Time Management and Organization for Mom’s - Work at Home, Work Out of the Home or Stay at Home.
I have talked a lot about the importance of weeding the clutter and junk, it really is the first step. Moving things from one place to another in your home is just a lesson in futility and frustration, and it never looks better anyway!
Physically removing things that are in your way will give you a sense of mental as well as physical relief. As it turns out, less really is more.
That’s no secret.
The next step is what we’ve all been waiting for - beautification!
I was having a pleasant day yesterday when I decided to flip on a movie while I did some sorting in our living room.
As it turned out I didn’t do much sorting because the movie was in french with english sub titles. It looked good so I got hooked and watched it (the plan was to listen while I worked)
As the movie progressed, it went from an average, good movie to one of horror. It was upsetting to me to watch, I had to turn away a few times.
But it got worse, because at the end I found out that it was a true story, about a little girl who died from severe child abuse at the hands of her step-mother and her own father.
We are going to get the easter eggs today for our Easter Egg hunt. I am going to get a few extras for cookies.
Just use your favourite cookie recipe, it can be any kind almost, and put either some easter egg pieces, just crunch them up, or some pieces of left over easter bunny, what ever you have works.
It’s a great way to use too much candy too. Just throw it in the freezer (well, hide it in the freezer) and use it when you make cookies.
At our house with so many relatives too much candy was always a problem. Now the kids are older it isn’t such an issue, I can’t believe I’m actually contemplating buying extra for cookies.
I find that if I can choose a room or floor to concentrate on each week, it really helps to keep me focused and motivated when I have a spare minute to do a thing or two, or gives me a place to focus concentrated effort on for larger chunks of time.
Guess what.
Focused, consistant chunks of time = progress and completion.
And that = happy mom and family!
So, especially being Easter weekend, in some ways it will be busier, but some of you may have a little extra time, is there a room, area or floor of your house that you would like to “make a project” this week.
My husband came home on Friday and we where all sitting around watching a movie.
He got the munchies and said that there would be something “mysterious” ready in 15 minutes.
15 minutes later he comes down with home made oatmeal/chocolate cookies for us all - it was one big cookie cut into 4.
I’m eating my cookie marvelling at his obvious talent to whip up a batch of REALLY GOOD oatmeal/chocolate chip cookies in about 10 minutes minus cooking time. And thinking, if he can do it, why can’t I do that?
It was so good, and I was so amazed, I had to ask.
What recipe did you use? I was just waiting for him to say that he made it up in his head, he’s like that. (the results vary!)
the reward.
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