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New Year’s Resolutions for Your Family

The start of a brand new year inspires many people to make some New Year’s resolutions. They make a promise to themselves to work on something specific that they believe will make them happier or healthier. This year, take the opportunity to make some New Year’s resolutions that focus on your family. You can make family New Year’s resolutions as part of your New Year’s Eve celebration. Sit down with your family and make some resolutions together. Decide on things that your family members want to work on as a team. The best part of family resolutions is that everyone … Continue reading →

The Reason Your Kid is Cranky

Forget about sex or sleep; for many parents it’s more like sleep or sanity. If your kid is not getting enough sleep, your sanity suffers. According to new research, a good night’s sleep is essential to keeping children on track. That may be the understatement of the year. For decades researchers having been touting studies that show well-rested children do better on standardized tests, get better grades and are better equipped to rationalize and control impulses. However, a new study, set to be published in next month’s issue of Pediatrics, takes the theory a step further by detailing what happened … Continue reading →

Are You Treating Yourself Right?

Before I started working from home, I never really thought of myself as a lone wolf. In fact, I fancy myself to be quite a social animal. Recently, though, I have been hearing stories from friends which have solidified my opinion that working for myself, by myself is really the way to go. The things that people experience as a part of their employment never cease to amaze me. Talented people being let go suddenly, other talented people being placed in situations that show their employer’s total lack of regard for anything personal including family, the list goes on. I … Continue reading →

Is Procrastination Worth Your Time?

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I’m a procrastinator, I always think things are going to take so long, so I put them off, and off and off. This is probably truer of housekeeping than anything else in my life. Vacuuming takes too long. I’ll do the dishes tomorrow, they’ll take too long tonight. Making the bed takes too long. We pass these habits on to our children as well and before we know it, the house is out of control. In an effort to stop procrastinating I’ve decided to time everything I do. I’m not going to rush through each job, just do it at … Continue reading →

Gummy Remote Control Buttons

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Just when I think the house is clean I see something else. I’m kind of a surface cleaner. If you came into my house you would think it was clean, because on the surface, it is. I can’t stand clutter so there isn’t anything laying around. No papers on the desk or stuff piled on kitchen counters, that drives me crazy. Due to the lack of clutter, my house always looks clean. It’s my deep, dark cleaning secret, get rid of the clutter and you can fool most people. It’s all the little deep cleaning jobs that get me. Light … Continue reading →

Keeping Your Kids Safe Online

We live in a world of technology. We are constantly bombarded with the latest and greatest of everything. They even make cell phones for toddlers to call mom and dad now. With the constant growth in technology it is important to educate your children about staying safe online. Children who are educated about internet safety are much more likely to take precautions to stay safe than those who aren’t. The dangers of the online world are rampant. There are predators lurking around every corner, waiting for them to make a mistake. Talk to your children about the importance of staying … Continue reading →

Help With Housework

The makers of Scrubbing Bubbles have released the results from their second annual Dirty Work Index. They surveyed 2000 men and women and found that women still do most of the housework and as much as we may complain about that, it doesn’t seem that we are ready to give up the housecleaning limelight. Most women say they want more help around the house but they are not confident that their husbands can clean to their standards so they just do it themselves. Men feel they are helping more around the house but are not getting credit for it, and … Continue reading →

Get A Bunch of Free Books for Your Kindle!

There are plenty of people who were given a Kindle as a Christmas gift. Does that describe you? If so, then you have probably purchased and downloaded a few books by your favorite authors. You might have selected some classics, as well. Now is the time to check out the many books for Kindle that you can download for free. Kindle is an electronic book reader. It makes a nice gift for people who love to read. Family members of people who are big readers might hope that by giving that person a Kindle, there would be a few less … Continue reading →

Coordinating as the Manager of Your Home

As I continue this blog series on being the manager of your home, we are moving from the planning phase to the coordinating. I always like to first define things before we delve in. When it comes to coordinating a business—or in our case, our home—one of the meanings is to bring order. Wouldn’t most of us love to see more order in our homes? Think about those things you have done a good job with keeping order of. For instance, I am great at keeping laundry in order. I have a firm schedule that I stick to. This eliminates … Continue reading →

Finding Time For Work

One major challenge for home – based professionals who are also stay at home parents of young children is finding time to work. It is not always easy, but there are a few things that you can try to see if they work for your particular child or children and your unique family situation. Some of these are things that I have tried, and some are not. If you have other ways that you have found to secure additional work time for yourself, please feel free to share – I would love to hear about it. As a stay – … Continue reading →