Thirty-three years ago I experienced mom guilt for the first time. My first baby was 10 months old and crawling towards a small bookshelf I had with some beautiful porcelain statues. I quickly approached her and slapped her hand (just hard enough to get her attention) and said, “NO!” and moved her away. She turned to look at me, bewildered (this was the first time I had slapped…
In the blogging business, we’re always looking for ways to solve practical, tangible problems our audience may be dealing with. While I try to do that with posts like DECLUTTERING, FREEZER MEALS, TEACHING CHILDREN ORDERLINESS, and HOMESCHOOLING, there seems to be a more urgent topic that I think needs to be addressed with these stay-at-home orders. What does mom need? As if motherhood and all that is included…
It doesn’t matter what age you are, this Corona Virus Pandemic and the repercussions of shutdowns, self-isolating, and home quarantining are unprecedented. Never have we had to readjust our lives so quickly and dramatically and learn how to survive and thrive during this covid-19 home quarantine. Change is always easiest when we instigate it. Buying and moving into a new home or having another baby are changes that…
As I see all the news reports and hear the conversations about the corona quarantine and the ‘panic’ that some families are experiencing, it occurred to me that there is hopefully a bright side of the corona quarantine. I remember the Christmas when I was pregnant with our 5th child and all four of our children had chicken pox. Our oldest was five so…yeah…four children under five with…
It’s kind of funny, and definitely ironic, that I’m writing posts on how to have a clean home and how a cleaning mindset affects your success. I remember like it was yesterday, sitting on the bed in my very messy room with my mom when I was about 11 and she was trying a ‘new approach’ to get me to be orderly and clean in my room. She…
It’s that time of year when Lent is approaching and the familiar question of, “What are you giving up for Lent?” is asked. Chocolate, sweets, snacks, desserts, tv, social media, etc. are all common answers. While ‘giving up’ something that we love is a good sacrifice, maybe a better question to ask is, “How will you allow Lent to change you?” Certainly, giving up something we love will…
Within the last year have I spent some time identifying my fears – actually articulating them – and looking at how my fears hold me back in life. At some point in my adult years, I realized I could rely on God to help me overcome my fears and trust in Him – which is not always easy to do. But I had not really spent the time…
When I was younger, there was something about the excitement of a new year and having that “start line” to begin new habits – also known as New Year’s resolutions. But as I’ve grown older, and the New Year’s Resolutions never really became new habits, I kind of dread the idea of thinking about a new year, new resolution. I’m a perfectionist so when I make a resolution…
As the holidays approach, is your Christmas to do list getting longer? It can become overwhelming… Menus to plan Gifts to purchase Groceries to purchase Pick out and purchase a tree – not just any tree – the perfect tree Decorate the house – inside and out! Cookie baking and traditions to fulfill Travel plans to make ….and a new outfit to purchase this year – like every…
I am amazed at the power of mindset and the fascinating control it has over our behavior. Women accomplish all kinds of remarkable things because they want to or because they believe they can – childbirth is probably the most obvious. But if we can harness that positive mindset to be used in the ordinary, daily life we would find our lives so much happier and more easily…