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How to be Happy by Living Life Backwards
I just had a wonderful visit with an old friend and realized that life is pretty great. I forget that sometimes, don't you? Everybody is trying to figure out how to be happy, or to find happiness. I found it by Living Life Backwards. Is finding happiness possible or a...
How To: Personal Assistant for the Working Mom
This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase from these links, I will get a small commission. As an average working mom, I never saw myself as someone with a personal assistant, but I have learned a lot since then. Welcome to the world of personal...
Hospitals & Doctors
Surgery – What to Pack for the Hospital
A lot of people ask me what they should take to the hospital and I'm never sure how to answer. We are all different and have different needs, but that's not very helpful, so I'll give it my best shot. Clothes I don't normally bring much because I am hot all of the...
Surgery – What to Do Before
Get Healthy No matter what your condition, nor your type surgery, eating well and exercising will only help with your recovery. Talk to your doctor though. This is not the time to train for a marathon, or go on a cleanse. Your body is vulnerable. Ask your doctor what...
So You Need Surgery – Preparing Family and Friends
First you've gotten your head around the fact that you need surgery, and what that entails. Then you've figured out what you need and want in order to get through it all. Now it's time to tell others. Family Your family is going to be worried. Whether they show it or...
Caregiving & Friendship
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Happiness & Resilience
My Inspiration
My Inspiration I found out who I wanted to be at 11 years old. I'd had 9 surgeries by the time I was 10. Traction, body casts and bone grafting, I had been through the mill. It is all a blur, and I never felt connected to it until number ten. My mother always...
Happiness & Resilience
All of my life people have asked me how I can be so happy, have such a good attitude and keep going through it all. I know that life is about change, coping with it, adapting to it and thriving in the face of it. You have a lot you want from this life, and you can...
Today I Am Sad
Today I am sad. No particular reason, or maybe a million reasons. I am sitting in the brightest, sunniest room in the house, but the day reflects my mood. It is overcast and snowing. It feels good, that the weather reflects my mood. I hate sunny and beautiful days...
Family & Home
Improving Your Relationship With Your House Cleaner
You tried a cleaner, but it is not working out? Before you do anything, lets review some possible problems: Have you communicated your needs and wants sufficiently? Are your expectations are too high? Have you given them enough time to adjust? Do they have enough...
Do Not Clean Your House – Starting Your Cleaner
Now that you have selected a house cleaner (see: Find Your Ideal House Cleaner), it is time to prepare. No, you shall not clean your house before they come. Unless you really need to. My house got so bad once that I had to call a service to arrange a spring cleaning...
Find Your Ideal House Cleaner
Finding A House Cleaner Now that you know what you want (see: What Are Your House Cleaning Needs?), you need to hire somebody. Your first step is to find them. Depending on your area there are some ways: Recommendation from a friend Google Maps (usually services only)...
Working Mom – Ambitious and Exhausted
So maybe you are at the end of your rope If you're a working mom, maybe you have read some of my posts on time management and spending less time at the office and laughed at my naivete. I'm okay with that. I have been a career woman for a long time, and I have had a...
What Are Your House Cleaning Needs?
So, you are convinced that outsourcing some of your housework makes sense. Let's start with a simple one: house cleaning. There are a few ways to approach this and each have their pros and cons. But before you contact anybody, you need to know your own requirements....
What You Should Consider Outsourcing At Home
Hopefully after reading my earlier posts on Why to outsource, you are ready to start considering What you could outsource. Let me give you a few examples of jobs I have had help for and you can see if anything applies to you: I have had the obvious; a cleaning company...