Mothering, Time Management

The worst version of myself.

Julie / September 2, 2012

On one of my favorite chick flicks, You’ve Got Mail, at one point Tom Hanks’s character asks, “Do you ever feel you become the worst version of yourself?” Oh, boy, Joe, do I ever. I am exhausted much of the time.  I am pregnant quite a bit, too.  Even on a good day, my brain has four separate threads dedicated…

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Homeschooling, Printables, Time Management

To-dos; homeschool day 1

Julie / August 23, 2010

So, here is the revised version of The To-Do List: The other one was technically working fine, but as it grew easier to stay in routine (both from building habits and from decreased mess to work with), I decided that it would be wise to try to work in all the little recurring tasks that still need done every once…

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Homemaking, Time Management

Using Evernote for Homemaking

Julie / August 19, 2010

Evernote is, I admit, relatively new to me.  I’d read about it quite a bit, but didn’t quite realize that it was free or so completely cloud-based (i.e., everything syncs to online). Using multiple computers scattered around the house is definitely an essential part of the way I do home organization.  Part of this is because our house is two-storey,…

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