Daily Charts For Children

I hung these charts in my daughters’ rooms and they have been SO helpful!  The girls know that these charts have to be done before they can come downstairs and eat breakfast, so I don’t have to stand over them and say “make your bed, brush your teeth!” etc:

 
Then when it is time to start [...]

A Tip for Overworked Homemakers

I know too many homemakers who struggle with feelings of inadequacy, depression, or anxiety in contemplating the monumental tasks they are trying to accomplish in their homes.  Homemakers are the busiest people I know: they do the daily duties of housekeeper, laundress, childcare worker, chef, secretary, gardener, nurse, chauffeur, and more. 
Those of you who know me personally know that I [...]

“Faking it” to Get it Done

Yesterday I did NOT want to clean.  Whenever this happens, I pull out my trusty copy of Confessions of an Organized Homemaker and soon I’m feeling more excited to organize, de-clutter, and get my house looking the way I want to feel.  What motivated me?  The author’s quote about faking yourself into action:

“Once I was put in [...]

Fall in LOVE with Housework

Yesterday I decided it is time to fall in love with housework!  While enjoying my day off, I went to the salon for a hair cut where my stylist and I chatted about the drudgery of housework.  In the midst of our whine-fest, however, (which I was about to win because I have four children and she [...]

No More Tears During Homework!

It worked!  When I followed the advice from Jessie Wise’s article, it worked!
I sat down with my gradeschoolers two days ago and told them how upsetting it was to me when they whined at chore time or schoolwork time.  I basically told them: “If anyone whines when I ask them to do their schoolwork or [...]