I’ve been reading a lot lately about how there isn’t enough time, housework drains our energy, men don’t do enough of it, etc. But, I have found that all the negative ideas of home care do not help motivate you to do it. Sure,
cleaning
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I was complimenting a client on how well she has been taking care of the little stuff and not procrastinating. She let me know she was using a plus one philosophy. If something spills in the kitchen, the drawer next to it gets decluttered. If
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When my Grandma was teaching full time and Grandpa was working, they had a cleaning person that took care of the house when their kids were younger. Back then many households had a cleaning person. Fast forward many years and now many women feel
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A reader said a friend of hers had been trying to implement the habit of cleaning up as she goes, but a 1 year old and a husband were making the work go backwards. When your kids are between 1 and 3 especially it’s really hard to keep
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I had enough of my broken necklace on my desk. So finally I got out the hot glue gun, plugged it in and fixed my clasp. Took less than 10 minutes. Now I was on a roll, what else needed hot gluing? I hot glued the bird back on the fence of the
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Does it sometimes feel like you are the only person doing work in the house? Do you feel resentful that other people play while you do nothing but work? Do you find yourself nagging and complaining? Oops, you may have slipped into martyrdom.
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Sunset at Lake Macatawa this weekend I was immersed in beauty this weekend. Taking photos at Lake Michigan and Lake Macatawa with my daughter. Seeing butterflies and sculptures at Frederik Meijer Gardens with my family. Viewing a clear midnight