Got any good scheduling tips?

The school year is upon us and  things are BUSY around here.  I’ve got a public schooler, a homeschooler, a toddler, a baby and various outside activities.  After one week with everything in full swing, I now have a pretty good idea of our basic daily schedule.  So now I’m putting it all into my [...]

Things I Love Thursday

I’m conducting an experiment and I hope you’ll be my guinea pig join me. I’m going to do a trial run of a “Things I Love Thursday” meme. Here’s how it’s going to work: Each week I’ll pick a theme (like maybe crock pot recipes or cleaning products or mommy blogs or whatever). On Thursdays, [...]

SIDS Prevention

I had a brother who died of SIDS when I was 3 years old (he was 8 months old when he died).  The day of his death is my earliest memory.  So perhaps it’s not surprising, then, that I started freaking out when I was about 7 months pregnant with my first child, plagued by [...]

Insecure

I’m realizing something. It’s nothing new really, but I’m realizing it in a whole new way, or at least admitting it to myself in a whole new way. I am deeply insecure. I do most things to gain the approval of others. I talk a lot about wanting to please God, but if I’m honest, [...]

Organized shmorganized

So with the new school year upon us, I’m trying to get myself into a better routine. Except that switching from an 11:30 pm bedtime/7:00 am wakeup time to a 9:30 pm bedtime/5:30 am wakeup time is easier said than done. Why I decide to undertake such a monumental task in the span of, oh, [...]

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