This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ThrowBarkDogChow #CollectiveBias I'm sure most pet owners or want to be pet owners have heard of Cesar Millan the Dog Whisperer. Well, when we first got our Milly we were having problems walking her because she would go crazy and basically try to walk me as she went after another dog. Well, that's when I got even more acquainted with Cesar Millan. I spent hours watching his dog ... continue reading...
Key to Planning a Successful Day
I have tried so many things in the past 5 years that I have been a work-from-home mom and pretty much all my life. My problem is I'm a procrastinator at heart, I hate routine but I also need routine, I am spontaneous and I struggle with following rules. A schedule translates to me into--rules. So one of the first things that helped someone like me to overcome my fear of schedules was to look at them more like boundaries than rules. I can do boundaries! Block scheduling has changed my life. I ... continue reading...
Healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Muffins
My boys are in baseball this fall, so this morning I debated about buying something or making some muffins. I was going to buy hostess cupcakes but I was afraid a parent might get upset with all that sugar. I'm in charge of organizing snack so I figured I probably shouldn't start the season off with such an unhealthy choice. Though at this point I'm the only parent who signed up for snacks so it may have not mattered. Well, we were also tight on time so going to the store wasn't going to happen, ... continue reading...
In 3 Simple Steps Create Your Family Mission Statement
Years ago, I wrote grants and proposals for my non-profit organization and the most often asked questions were--What is your vision? What are you objectives? What is your plan of action? Thanks to my dad who was always grilling me with these kinds of questions as a child I learned to think this way. I didn't like it as much as a kid, but as an adult, I loved these kinds of questions. In my organization I thrived on putting together proposals for my ideas and plans but it never ... continue reading...
21 Days of Discovering the Heartbeat of Our Home
Not everything involved in cultivating a home is obvious that's what I realized early on in our marriage and I still struggle with it now. I longed for a manual as I racked my brain trying to remember the wonderful things my mother did. She was a dedicated mom and wife so I tried to think through the things that made us strong. Early on I realized that our home is intended to be so much more than the stuff that adorns it. But I always get excited about--decorating! Oddly enough 13 years later ... continue reading...
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