So often, dear friends of mine have claimed that cooking is just not in their wheelhouse. Among these women are some of the fiercest, strongest, most incredible women I know. It makes me sad to know that these talented and accomplished women see themselves as “less than” in any way – especially feeling inferior as a wife and/or mom simply because they’ve put their energy into learning and practicing other skills more than they have into the skill of cooking. So… in their honor, today let me impart to you three SIMPLE tips that even the most basically skilled chefs can accomplish with confidence and will allow you to “go…
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We Failed in July. See How.
As you probably already know, we budget out all of our money (as best we can) every month before it’s even in our hands. Some (like Dave Ramsey) refer to this as a “zero-based budget.” Some call it a “goals-based budget.” Whatever you choose to call it, the gist is that you make a plan for your money before the month even starts so you can avoid that awful question of, “WHERE DID ALL OF OUR MONEY GO???” Have you ever felt that way? I KNOW we have. Well, here’s the thing. Even if you’re a “budgeting expert” you aren’t perfect, and this month, we are a great example of…
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Weekend Wins for Feeling Accomplished as a Homeschooling/Working Mom During COVID-19
In the last 8 weeks (or however long we’ve been doing this… feels more like 2934 weeks, right?), I’ve gone through the stages of “grief” just as you have (and probably still are) over the loss of what my life used to look like and how it’s changed since the Shelter-In-Place orders and new country-wide regulations and social expectations. Within those grief stages, we’ve had to do things like: reorganize our schedules, reset our expectations, rearrange the ways our home functions, apologize to the people we love for responding in less-than-perfect ways (times a million), find new ways to feel accomplished since it’s seemingly impossible to meet the old expectations of…
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Easy + Sustainable Home Learning Management System — FREE Video Tutorial!
If your family is anything like ours, you’ve gone through seasons of feeling like you’ve “got it all figured out” (which only lasts a day or two) and seasons of feeling like a complete chaotic failure when it comes to homeschooling and home learning. I have good news, though! Regardless of how many more weeks you’ve got in your homeschooling career, I was finally able to film and edit a quick video tutorial showing you the system that has been a game changer in organizing and managing our two kiddos and their school work (both physical and digital) for the last several weeks. I hope it’s helpful to you and…
