While I type I hear the sounds of busy activity: dishes clinking, my young people laughing and chatting, the dryer running, rain lightly falling outside. It’s a sweet spring Saturday with my people all at home. Two of the boys were out of town for 5 days, visiting my eldest son and daughter-in-law. The house…
Moms need to plan and set smart goals for the coming weeks and months, but a plan for the year is likely to fail. Learn how to set goals you can keep when you use 90-day planning. Why am I talking about making a plan for the year at the end of March?! This isn’t…
Finding contentment and working toward routine… As much as I struggled with boredom/lack of motivation in my diehard stay-at-home days, I now crave those kind of days more than ever. I guess I never realized how much I was suited to this life when I was in the thick of it. Funny how that is….
While things don’t always go to plan, creating a vision of what you want can help you get there. A Time Budget or Ideal Week helps you spend your minutes before they simply fly out the window. Figuring out how much time you have for all your tasks, helps you readjust how you spend your…
Hello and hello! It’s been awhile since I wrote a Weekly Ramble on Life as Mom. As I closed up my Substack last month, I realized how much I enjoyed writing this column each week. It’s a good debrief for myself. As I read through the archives, it makes me happy. Wow! I’ve grown a…
Life feels, no, I feel, unsettled. Not sure why, but I aim to find out. This week there were some amazing, mind-blowing sunrises and some non-sunrises when the heavy fog blocked any view of the homes past our fence, let alone the sun. The day pictured was one of those amazing days. Wow. Honestly, it…
Wow. I haven’t had a chance to breathe the last few weeks, so a quick “what’s coming up.” Specifically, the Christmases are coming! I’d like to say that this holiday season has been full of cozy nights by the fire, warm mug in hand while Christmas carols play and lights twinkle. That has not been…
After 103 time changes, I finally learned the secret. Of course, I haven’t been able to test my hypothesis. The government will probably finally vote on getting rid of the time change once I have my method perfected, but here’s what worked this time: Pretty simple, yeah? I suppose that for some people waking early…