You know me by now, right? I like rules. I like to make rules and I like holding myself accountable to rules. So obviously, when Lily Fields makes a New Year’s Resolution, it comes with rules. I find that this helps break down a resolution into smaller chunks, making it hard to fail entirely, which,Continue reading “The “Golden Rule Rules” Rules”
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Week 48: Anger, Snuggles and Resolutions
This year, I set myself 22 little goals to pursue throughout the year. I call them the 22 in 22. Once a week (or there abouts), I take a few minutes to check my progress on a few of my goals. #1 Connect better with the scalawags, according to their Love Languages It’s not oftenContinue reading “Week 48: Anger, Snuggles and Resolutions”
Week 42: Hugs, kisses, the circus and dissipation
This year, I set myself 22 little goals to pursue throughout the year. I call them the 22 in 22. Once a week (or there abouts), I take a few minutes to check my progress on a few of my goals. #1 Connect better with the scalawags, according to their Love Languages It started asContinue reading “Week 42: Hugs, kisses, the circus and dissipation”
Week 41: Useful planning, little friends, prospective decluttering.
#14 Mise en Place and Weekly Planning Yee-haw! My sister Poppy, who appeared in the podcast episode about Scheduling and Planning, gave me some solid advice about planners. She reccommended having a 6-month planner, and then suggested a few things to make it efficient and something I would actually use. Well, I am pleased to reportContinue reading “Week 41: Useful planning, little friends, prospective decluttering.”
Week 40: Husband, Cat, Creativity
This year, I set myself 22 little goals to pursue throughout the year. I call them the 22 in 22. Once a week (or there abouts), I take a few minutes to check my progress on a few of my goals. #2 Do the heart work necessary for my marriage I won the grand prizeContinue reading “Week 40: Husband, Cat, Creativity”
Week 39: Getting Stuff Done
This year, I set myself 22 little goals to pursue throughout the year. I call them the 22 in 22. Once a week (or there abouts), I take a few minutes to check my progress on a few of my goals. #9 Create a workflow for new projects and know how long each part takesContinue reading “Week 39: Getting Stuff Done”
How’s that ambivalence coming along?
I entered parenthood with a great deal of ambivalence. I never was a fan of babies, and I had a love/hate relationship with children. The love part was that I know they are the future: teach them well and bla-bla-bla. The hate part was the irrationality, the ungratefulness, the noise… My only real experience withContinue reading “How’s that ambivalence coming along?”
It’s been a summer
School starts today. Yesterday, I took my boys for one last “hoorah” to our favorite little theme park, amid a million other little errands. I got them a frozen treat (a blue slushy is for one, strawberry ice cream cone for the other). I asked, “So what was the highlight of your summer?” And inContinue reading “It’s been a summer”
The Little Scientist Presents
Of my two scalawags, I would be hard pressed to say which one is more into working with wool. Don’t get me wrong, they aren’t running home after school and plunging into it (the way I am, in a desperate attempt to get it all washed before summer hits!) Each one has their own interestContinue reading “The Little Scientist Presents”
The Instrument Carousel
Where I grew up, we had the opportunity to start playing a stringed instrument in fourth grade. Anyone who wanted to play a band instrument had to wait until fifth grade. When I think about it, the fact that in fourth grade, in a public school, we had the opportunity to learn an instrument…it bogglesContinue reading “The Instrument Carousel”
Sing With Your Feet 