Be your own boss. Sounds good huh? It is good, really good, most days. As I send my kids off to school I have a plan, not to get distracted. To create! All day! At the end of the day, I want to feel like a famous painter, writer, dancer, or producer leaving their studio…
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One Pot Meals for Thanksgiving Week Guests
Thanksgiving is not just one meal when entertaining out of town holiday guests. The family time that Thanksgiving provides often last 3-7 days. Delicious, ‘prepare ahead’, one pot meals are essential. Try a few of these recipes this week–be sure to make a double batch to freeze and serve. Having soup on the stove or…
Best Night to Day Last-Minute Mom’s Gift Guide
This Last-minute Mom’s Gift Guide is for you, whether you are a last-minute shopper or the mom you are shopping for is a last minute person. Simple rest to dressed clothing options and tools for getting things done quickly and comfortably. As a work from home mom, I want to go from rest to dressed…
Tremendously Tiny Guesthouse That Will Make You Want to Build One
Tiny Guesthouse in Seattle is an awesome collection of recycled materials and a grassy roof deck! At only 68 square feet total, nothing is left out of this tiny wonder in Fremont, Washington. (If you are like me and hate to wait, skip to the bottom for the virtual tour. Please remember to pin this…
Benefits and Risks of Standing Desks
What are the benefits and risks of a standing desk? Sitting is the new smoking, right? What does that even mean? That just by sitting I am filling my lungs with toxic smoke laden with tar and other corrosive products? Excessive sitting impacts our body’s metabolic system: “Today, our bodies are breaking down from obesity,…
Want More Free Time With Your Family?
I want more free time with my family how about you? When I add up the school/work day and see how many hours I truly spend face to face with my kids I feel sad. Before school, I spend about an hour with them and after school about 4 hours which includes dinner, homework, preparing…
Make Road Trips with Kids More Fun with Free Podcasts ( you might just learn something too!)
Road trips with kids offer family learning and fun on the run. Add to this by including a fun discussion sparking kid’s podcast. Just yesterday, my youngest son and I learned (via podcast) that camels, those desert beasts of burden, are not uniquely fit for sand storms and harsh winds–no, that actually come from a…
Confessions of a Constantly Late Mom: Margins in Time Management
My time management skills are faulty from birth. Confessions of a constantly late mom are not entirely true. Most people want to give me grace because I am a mom but I have been this way as long as I can remember. Time management has been an issue for me all my life. I…
Organize Your Holiday Schedule In 15 Minutes
Holiday schedule organization in as little as 15 minutes keeps a busy home from turning into chaos. You can use a simple wall calendar and 15 minutes at a family dinner to create a plan for attending holiday parties and performances. (This post does contain affiliate links to help you find items and support the…
How We Created a No Stress Christmas Day and You Can Too!
We saved our family Christmas Day by doing nothing. Six or seven Christmases ago we started doing “nothin’ ” for Christmas Day. It came as a revelation to my husband and I when the boys were really little. (Affiliate links provided so you can find products and we can support the blog-thank you so…