Have you ever had the nagging feeling that you should be doing something else? It might come when you’re looking at family pictures on Facebook during work hours, or when your kids call you late in the evening and ask you when you’re coming home. Finding the right work/life balance can be one of the …
How To Keep Your Resolutions
January 16, 2013The results are in – here are the top five resolutions from our 2012-2013 survey: 1. Become more physically fit 2. Improve financial condition 3. Improve health 4. Lose weight 5. Read more/become more educated In an interesting twist, we also asked our respondents about their resolutions’ duration, both which resolution they gave up first …
5 Tips To Jumpstart January
January 7, 2013We have a thing for January. It’s National Get Organized Month. All that sorting, stashing, planning, and relocating are right down our alley. It’s what makes us tick—not because any one of us individually is perfectly organized, but because for a whole month the dream feels almost attainable. And even if we never find that …
Making Your Planner Work For You
January 2, 2013It’s been a while since we’ve had a serious discussion about planners. With the year coming to a close and another starting fresh, now is the perfect time for a refresher. You’ll soon be setting goals for a new year, and using a planner will make reaching those goals a little easier. Here are a …
7 Things To Do With Your Family Over Winter Break
December 12, 2012With so many demands on our time, it’s a rare day indeed when we can devote a few hours simply to laughter and conversation with the people we love. Winter break is the perfect time to do just that. So now that you have the time, what do you do? Here are a few ideas. …
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7 Things To Do With Your Family Over Winter Break
December 12, 2012With so many demands on our time, it’s a rare day indeed when we can devote a few hours simply to laughter and conversation with the people we love. Winter break is the perfect time to do just that. So now that you have the time, what do you do? Here are a few ideas. …
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Counting Down
December 2, 2012I remember one Christmas Eve as a kid. As usual, I couldn’t sleep and woke early only to discover that it was barely 4:00 in the morning. Far too early to slip upstairs and peek. So I tried to sing myself back to sleep by chanting Four O’ Three, Four O’ Three, Four O’ Three…. …
Counting Down
December 2, 2012I remember one Christmas Eve as a kid. As usual, I couldn’t sleep and woke early only to discover that it was barely 4:00 in the morning. Far too early to slip upstairs and peek. So I tried to sing myself back to sleep by chanting Four O’ Three, Four O’ Three, Four O’ Three…. …
Simplifying December
November 28, 2012December is a month to spend with family. Sometimes though, it’s a month spent as your family’s air traffic controller, keeping track of holiday parties, school concerts, classroom treat days, and family traditions. Here are five tips to help you simplify your December and reclaim some quality time with your family. 1. Organize Your Holiday …
Simplifying December
November 28, 2012December is a month to spend with family. Sometimes though, it’s a month spent as your family’s air traffic controller, keeping track of holiday parties, school concerts, classroom treat days, and family traditions. Here are five tips to help you simplify your December and reclaim some quality time with your family. 1. Organize Your Holiday …
Holiday Etiquette Do’s and Don’ts
November 20, 2012When you plan a holiday party, you come face to face with one of the greatest stress-inducing situations of the holidays. You’re not just responsible for your own enjoyment, but also the experience of all your guests. Consider these ideas for being an effective and gracious host or hostess: Remain Calm – planning a party …
Holiday Etiquette Do’s and Don’ts
November 20, 2012When you plan a holiday party, you come face to face with one of the greatest stress-inducing situations of the holidays. You’re not just responsible for your own enjoyment, but also the experience of all your guests. Consider these ideas for being an effective and gracious host or hostess: Remain Calm – planning a party …
Preparing for the Biggest Shopping Days of the Year
November 13, 2012Thanksgiving is just around the corner. It’s a great opportunity to consider your blessings and be grateful for the things that matter most. A nice meal and a good rest will also give you the energy you need to make it through the next 24 harried hours known to all of us as Black Friday. …
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Preparing for the Biggest Shopping Days of the Year
November 12, 2012Thanksgiving is just around the corner. It’s a great opportunity to consider your blessings and be grateful for the things that matter most. A nice meal and a good rest will also give you the energy you need to make it through the next 24 harried hours known to all of us as Black Friday. …
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Family Traditions – Anticipating the Holidays
November 9, 2012In the culinary world, it’s well known that presentation is just as important as taste. The best meal in the world just doesn’t taste the same if it’s all jumbled up in a Tupperware container. Holidays are the same way – how you present them in the weeks leading up to them plays a large …
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Family Traditions – Anticipating the Holidays
November 9, 2012In the culinary world, it’s well known that presentation is just as important as taste. The best meal in the world just doesn’t taste the same if it’s all jumbled up in a Tupperware container. Holidays are the same way – how you present them in the weeks leading up to them plays a large …
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Goal Setting: Final Checklist for 2012
October 17, 2012As we approach the final months of 2012, it’s a good time to review the goals you’ve set for the year. You’ll get a sense of satisfaction for all the goals that you have already met or exceeded during the year, and October still leaves you time to recalibrate the goals you haven’t met yet. …
Planning for Halloween
October 10, 2012If you’re like a lot of parents, the list of things that could go wrong on Halloween is enough to make you walk right out of your skin. The last thing you want to do is scream into the holiday without a plan. That would be ghastly—horrific even. So here are several Tricks to help …
Making Sense of Your Closet For Fall
September 24, 2012It’s that time of year again. A new school year has begun and a new season has arrived, along with a change in the weather. That means, of course, that it’s time to change what’s in your closet. Out with the old, in with the new. Organizing your clothes every season is a good way …
Meal Planning – Filling Stomachs and Schedules
September 20, 2012Have you been in a dinner rut recently? Every family has their own menu of quick standbys – spaghetti with canned sauce, scrambled eggs, macaroni and cheese, pizza. You hear about how important it is to eat healthy, but end up watching well intentioned produce wilt in your crisper drawers. To make the most of …
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