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This is the year. This is the year that I finally get my family’s finances under control. It’s been spinning out of it ever since we had twins—talk about a surprise! All of a sudden, we had jumped from a family of 3 to a family of 5, only our incomes had stayed about the same. Needless to say, our money stress shot through the roof.
There’s an old saying that I totally despise.
A way to a man’s heart is through his stomach!
Let’s be real, it’s hard to keep your house clean and tidy when you have kids. It’s even harder to do so if you’re out of the house from 9 to 5, Monday through Friday. It means you have limited time at home to catch up with chores and quite frankly, who wants to spend their evenings and weekends cleaning, tidying and organizing. You need a weekly cleaning routine! Listen mamas, the first thing to we want to make clear is that keeping a cleaning routine IS NOT about having a perfectly clean house all the time. It’s not realistic to be on top of every single room of the house, but what is manageable is creating a regular easy-to-manage schedule that works for you and can become second-nature in your daily routine. So how do you do that? Start by figuring out a weekly cleaning schedule that makes sense…
So you’ve decided to get organized for the new year – Congratulations! This is the first step in the creation of a life for you and your family that has more order and clarity and less chaos and stress. You have many things to look forward to: knowing where something is when you need it, feelings of peace and calm when you enter your home, and you might even benefit financially from the fewer things you’ll likely be buying. In fact, studies show that the choice you’ve made might even improve your mental health, help you eat better, and increase your productivity.
Raising good little humans. That’s the long-term plan of all parents, right?
It’s that time of year when I gather my delightful six-pack of children to receive their feedback around my best/worst mom fails of the year. They enjoyed sharing many of them with me, but my darlings have kindly narrowed it down to just three for 2019. They are as follows:
Understood, that when Shawn Achor talked about The Life-Altering Power of a Positive Mind on Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations podcast, and suggested saying three things you’re thankful for each day, he didn’t exactly have the morning school drop-off in mind.
Christmas is celebrated by approximately 70% of the population in the US and Canada each year. This leaves millions of other people that do not celebrate or are of different faiths; Buddhists, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Atheists and Agnostics to name a few. Sharing your Christmas celebration need not be offensive to those people who do not have the same beliefs as you.
Dear readers, I wrote this post ten years ago. It’s hard to believe that 30 years has now passed. Originally posted on Yummy Mummy Club.