It’s that Anticipated Time… Spring Cleaning! Every year we are quick to get out the cleaning supplies and go to work “Spring Cleaning” various areas in our house and surroundings. Tackling jobs that perhaps we have put off during regular house cleaning lists during the year. Every year we are excited and content after reviewing our accomplishments and checking...
Finally its 2021 and in January and it is traditional that we make goals or resolutions-Right? Well, this year my goal is different from years past of dieting and exercising daily. Don’t get me wrong, those are great goals but they need to have action plans-something I never did before. This year my goals are related to my small business and...
It is sometime in April, I believe it is the 14th. I know it is a Tuesday because my neighbors have their trashcans at the curb. I took mine out too just to be safe. It was now 8:30am. I made breakfast for my daughter and woke her up. She was surprised, “mom, why are you waking me up?” she...
The New Normal… What is the new normal? Working from home, School from home? It sure is in Broward County, Florida. No paper products such as toilet paper or paper towels, no meat in the meat ailes. Curfews on certain businesses. So I had to come up with some rules for normalcy. I have made new house rules that my 14...
At the doorway there is a jar of writing pens that you can
take, so naturally I grab a few and stick them into my purse. After all, I have
just paid for a session so I can take a pen –right? So I have to admit, I love these pens and use them daily at
work. Now months later … I was...
We all want the best for our child, which goes without
saying. But I was left at a loss of what to do when the school counselor called
to speak to me about transferring my 13 yr. old daughter into an honors Math class. My immediate thought was yes of course we want to move to an
honors class. Why wouldn’t I want...
I’m stressed out and it is negatively affecting the way I single parent right now. My children are everything to me and I know from past experiences that they always pick up on my attitude even if I think I am doing my best to have my ”game face” on. Part of the issue is that I have not been...
It’s been a bit since my last post, but so much has been going on with getting through holidays and through the New Year and I am sure you have been feeling the same pressures. This is the time that many people make New Year’s Resolutions or promises to themselves and we all know how those usually work out-usually forgotten...
I have been fortunate in my life to experienced so many things and have so many possessions when at one time I could fit everything I had in one small hatchback car. Still I have a long way to go with budgeting in my life so that my family’s future will be strong and that is when I began...
The Fourth Grade Blues When did fourth grade become so difficult? My daughter who has always brought home fantastic grades and rarely needed homework to be reviewed is now struggling with the fourth grade. She definitely already has the fourth grade blues and school has just begun. Her teacher has told me that fourth grade is the big life changing grade...
