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How I Made Busy Weeknights (and Weekends) With Sports Much More Manageable

April 28, 2018 by not your average mom 5 Comments

With four kids on the swim team in different groups at different times, a 35-45 minute commute to the pool, one kid playing baseball, and one kid doing track, April May and June are a little crazy. And no matter how much I feed the kids before we leave the house, sometimes we are gone […]

Filed Under: Moneysavers, Timesavers Tagged With: kids' snacks, packing the car, snacks for busy weeknights, sports mom, time management for sports moms

Every Mom Needs a Meal Train

March 7, 2018 by not your average mom 1 Comment

The first time I received a meal train was a few years ago when my husband had major surgery. Some friends set it up for me so I’d l have one less thing on my plate while he was out of commission. It was one of the best gifts I was ever given. And right […]

Filed Under: Moneysavers, Timesavers Tagged With: birthday presents for moms, chicken parm, chili, how to help a mom after surgery, lasagna, meal train, surgery, the best birthday presents for moms, turkey chili

One Room At A Time

January 22, 2018 by not your average mom 6 Comments

If you’ve been around the past few weeks, you know I’ve been getting organized. But this time it’s not just another okay-it’s-time-to-throw-some-sh*t-away freakout. This time it’s an I-am-no-longer-willing-to-tolerate-chaos complete and total paradigm shift. This also happened to me when I was teacher. For the first few years I taught elementary school, my desk was a […]

Filed Under: Timesavers Tagged With: chaos, clutter, laundry, laundry room, mud room, organization, overwhelm, paradigm shift

My Awesome Tiny Office

January 16, 2018 by not your average mom 14 Comments

It took me a while, but I FINALLY HAVE THE OFFICE I’VE BEEN ENVISIONING FOR YEARS. Up until about a year ago, my office was upstairs in a loft that I shared with the kids. It was part playroom, part my office. I really wanted my very own space, but we didn’t have a room […]

Filed Under: Decorating and DIY, Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Mental Health, Moneysavers, Timesavers Tagged With: charging stations, dough box, home office, office organization, repurposed armoires, repurposed bookcase, repurposed dough box, repurposed hutch, small home office spaces, small office spaces, small spaces, tiny spaces

Cultivating My Inner Calm

January 3, 2018 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Yesterday I shared that I am no longer willing to be disorganized. It’s not just the wasting of time trying to find things that is driving me crazy. It’s even more that clutter and the messes are making me angry. It literally puts me in a bad mood. If you’ve been around here for the […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body, Timesavers Tagged With: clutter, inner calm, organization, small office spaces

I’ve Hit Organizational Bottom

January 2, 2018 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Every January 1st I vow/resolve/whatever to be more organized. And every year I fall short. But this year things have changed for me. Because since changing the way we eat meals and starting to sit down as a family (or mostly a family) for every meal, I have realized what I’ve been missing out on. […]

Filed Under: Timesavers Tagged With: dining room table, gym, gym bag, headphones, organization, quality of life

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