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Is Your Home Office Messing Up Your Home?

When I started my home business, I had very organized ideas about how I would have a little contained work space and things would all be very efficient. In reality, there are times when my work seeps over and takes over the dining room table and the kitchen counter–not to mention the coffee table or my bedside tables in my bedroom. When a person works a traditional job, one can often leave the work at work and reserve home for home “stuff.” When one works from home, everything that get mixed up and messed up together. I think most of … Continue reading →

Letting Go of Old Office Supplies

Recently, I was chatting with another home-business, work-from-home person and she confessed that she had a closet full of antiquated office supplies–paper, and old fax machine, a computer printer that takes that old paper with the holes along the side–we’re talking old, out-dated, and never going to be used again stuff. I am all for thrift and careful consideration of resources and expense when it comes to business operations–but it is time to let that old stuff go! The fact is–even office supplies can become too old. You may not know it, but paper absorbs moisture and can become unusable … Continue reading →

A Messy Nature

Why is it that some children are just messier than others? Is it some genetic trait that they are just born with? Do some children just naturally leave a trail of messes wherever they go? The answer of course is YES! Some children truly are born with that inquisitive and messy gene. They are curious about everything. As a result they get into everything. My youngest is one of those naturally curious children. Before she could even walk she was off and exploring. She would get into everything that was at her level. Starting when she was about eight months … Continue reading →

Adoption Transitions #6 Our Adoption Transition of Siblings

We ended up having a rather traumatic and stressful transition for Makala and Jeremiah. There was a combination of things that added to the stress we felt. Our children were matched with us during November and our state committee met the third week in December. We found out one week before Christmas that we were parents and our children were living in a foster home, over 300 miles away. The cards were dealt and we had a terrible hand. Everyone involved had to agree, given the seven-day waiting period, we would not be able to start the transition until after … Continue reading →