Plans, Planning and Control

January 12, 2010

Plans, Planning and the Illusion of Control
Like many moms I know, I have an on-again, off-again relationship with making plans.  All the experts tell you that planning is really where it’s at.
And some days, I buy it.  There are those days or weeks when I plot my course and I’m amazed at how easily things [...]

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Playing to Your Strengths

January 5, 2010

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Play to Your Strengths in 2010
Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure;Where your treasure, there your heart;Where  your heart, there your happiness.
St. Augustine
Well folks can you stand one more post on resolutions/intentions/goals (or the rejecting thereof)?
I wasn’t going to do it.  Really I wasn’t.  There [...]

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Do-Overs and High-Fives… Kissing 2009 Goodbye!

December 22, 2009

Well, as you can tell, this edition of Do-Overs and High-Fives is just a tad late.  I couldn’t figure out why it was taking me so long to sit myself down and do this one.  It’s not like there’s any lack of material.  I’ve got plenty of items for each list.
But I knew it was [...]

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Give yourself some room…

December 15, 2009

Give yourself some room!
I’m going to keep this one short because I know I’m feeling the time crunch and I’m guessing just about every mom out there is feeling it too.
If there’s one piece of advice I could give us all this month it’s this:
Give yourself some room.
And I mean that on all kinds of [...]

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Do-Overs and High-Fives: Talk about Trimming the Tree!

December 11, 2009

Well I’m a wreck this week.  I bit off way more than I could chew and have paid the price in sleep deprivation.  I’ve been in front of my computer screen WAY too much and I’m really ready to step away from the keyboard.
But not before a quick roundup of this week’s do-overs and High-Fives
Do-overs:
Deadline [...]

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Peace? During the Holidays?

December 8, 2009

Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm– anon.
Am I the only one that finds it strange that in this season where “peace” is one of the watchwords, it takes such an effort to find?
Between the rush to buy, go, do, see and the potential for conflicts, disappointment and hurt feelings [...]

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Do-Overs and High-Fives… The post-Thanksgiving Gratitude Edition

December 5, 2009

I know I just said this- but holy cow- it’s really the first week of December.
And it’s Friday Saturday.
How did that happen?
All I know is that it’s been a crazy busy time but so full of good stuff- and the hard bit here and there.
So here’s this week’s edition of Do-Overs and High-Fives
Do-Overs
Well- I’ll top [...]

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Rescue Kit for Overwhelmed Moms

December 2, 2009

Wowza, is time flying by or what?  I can’t believe it’s the first week of December already.
If you’re the highly organized type, you’ve already got your holiday cards purchased, addressed, signed with personal notes, stamped with festive holiday stamps and mailed.
You have all your gifts bought, wrapped and labled, shipped if necessary or safely hidden [...]

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High Fives…When the tooth fairy loses her wings

November 20, 2009

This isn’t the standard version of Do-Overs and High-Fives, but I think the title still fits.
The tooth fairy lost her wings today, and I’m feeling the full bittersweetness of watching my son grow up.
DH was in the shower and I was barely conscious when AJ marched into the bedroom this morning and announced, “I know [...]

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Why is Ma Inglls Happier than You? (Part 2 of a series)

November 17, 2009

In which we discuss why if  your life is all about maintenance, it will suck!
This series is inspired by the well-known Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  As a young girl, I read and re-read these books countless times, seeing life on the prairie through the eyes of Laura and Mary.  Sometimes their lives [...]

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