by Amy | Jul 26, 2018 | Family & Home, Family Matters
Is family organization a myth, like unicorns? Or are organizational skills something people are born with, like red hair? Neither, anybody can do this, even me. Having a busy family can be chaos at the best of times, but when you have kids, pets, aging parents and...
by Amy | Mar 15, 2018 | Family Matters
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...
by Amy | Dec 7, 2017 | Family Matters
Nobody has enough time. It’s not a new problem, but it is getting worse all the time. Every day our expected workload increases. More work with fewer staff, longer commutes, and gone are the days of admins and secretaries. 24 hour communication, endless emails...
by Amy | Nov 30, 2017 | Family Matters
Meal time can be a pain, trying to please everyone; is there a better example of perfection being the enemy? Too often, you get overwhelmed by the planning, making it very difficult to ever accomplish anything, and so you end up ordering pizza, again. Break the cycle...
by Amy | Nov 23, 2017 | Family Matters
Outsource Christmas?!? It probably sounds ridiculous, but how many of your traditions are actually chores that you don’t enjoy anymore? Do you scramble around the month of December trying to get it all done before your family and friends descend? Meanwhile, at...
by Amy | Nov 16, 2017 | Family Matters
Don’t forget to read to the end and get a Christmas planner. Ask people their best Christmas and they will tell you about their childhood, or their children. I would like to tell you it was my daughter’s first Christmas, but she spent the week vomiting, so...