We’re off on another plane trip. This one is about 24 hours from door to door, and I haven’t been able to get our meals confirmed. So I’m planning to bring our food (sigh…another thing to pack and carry!) It’s a little tricky because we don’t have access to heat things up and I don’t …
Category: Organization
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Staying motivated – how do you do it?
I think everyone has times where life feels like it’s headed uphill. And sometimes, the momentum is gone and it’s time to find it again. How do you do it? Well’ I’ve been there several times this year, but I keep pulling back and getting things done (most of the time, anyway!) Here are my …
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Revamping your routines : Weekly Routine
“Ma used to say: Wash on Monday, Iron on Tuesday, Mend on Wednesday, Churn on Thursday, Clean on Friday, Bake on Saturday, Rest on Sunday. Laura liked the churning and the baking days best of all the week.” –Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods In modern times, things are a little more variable. …
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Revamp your routines: Evening routine
Back to the topic of routines… I wrote about our morning routine. On to evening routines! This is a little more difficult for me. Any mother of young kids will tell you that the evening routine takes A LOT of time. Mine starts about 5 pm, as I’m starting to pull dinner together and the …
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Organized… and not so organized
As usual, I have some things well in hand and others…well, they are manageable mostly. I tend to post about things that are going well. Lest you imagine that things are always perfectly in their color coded, labeled boxes around here… Thanks, kiddos, for the pile. I do a lot of pile pick-up these days since …
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An easy countdown calendar (kids)
My family is a mobile one. We move every 2-3 years for dh’s job, often across at least one ocean. And we go back to visit friends and family in the US for a month or so most years. And since there are 4 young kids in the family (now 9, 6, 3, and 2), …
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Revamp your routines: morning routine
I’ve written about why routines are important in living an organized, intentional life. But it’s time to get to work now that summer is in full swing. All the kids are home with me, and we’ve been either hosting guests or out of the city / county for the last 2 months. Now, we’re settling in …
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Routines: the basics
Knowing what comes next is comforting. It’s recommended to set up a routine with kids from when they are tiny, and even for adults with dementia or other neurological issues. So there is something nice about a routine. Some people object to the word routine, so you can call it what you want: schedule, plan, …
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Planning your trip to Israel (part 3: logistics)
So far in this series, we’ve flown to Israel, gotten ground transportation, and arrived at our housing. We’re all ready to go out and explore – but hold on, that’s part 4! Today we’re going to talk about the logistics and little pieces of the trip that make it better / easier / homey. Cell …
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Planning your trip to Israel (part 2: Where to stay)
Now that you’ve got flights to Israel, let’s talk about where to stay. Wherever you go in Israel, there are several options for where to stay: with friends or family hostels hotels apartment The first option is something that you’ll have to find for yourself. If you have friends and family in Israel, and they …
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