For many families, healthcare costs can add up over the course of a year and represent a fairly significant tax deduction. Depending on your health insurance co-pay it could take a big bite out of your budget. Keeping track of your healthcare costs may be beneficial at the end of the year when you do…
If you blog professionally -- even if you're not yet earning money from your blog -- then it's important to treat your blog as a business. One way you can do that is by creating a blogging business plan. Your business plan doesn't need to be a formal document since you're probably not working with…
Have you ever used a mind map to brainstorm or outline an idea? If you are not using a mind map, you're missing out on a great tool (and if you have, you can skip the next four paragraphs and head straight to the free printable at the end!). A mind map allows you to…
I'm a huge fan of hotkeys, text expanders, and other shortcuts that help you get more done in less time! Windows Hotkeys saves so much time by pressing a few keys than moving the mouse to the menu at the top of the screen and trying to remember where the function that you want to do…
I like to think of myself as a person who keeps a clean house, but a few of my possessions would likely tell a very different story. My phone screen is currently covered with smudges and grime, my computer keyboard has unidentified splotches of funk on it, and the TV screen is even punctuated with…
Teaching children to be responsible adults should start early. Assigning age-appropriate chores for each child helps them learn responsibility. The key is to do the chore with the child, teaching them how to say make their bed, pick up their clothes and put them in the dirty clothes hamper. Start with easy chores. Make it…
A few weeks ago, Kristina emailed me to see if I would create a home maintenance log to help track warranties, repairs, etc. My awesome husband worked with me on this printable that has enough space for all of the information you need for each appliance or system in your home. You can fill out…
In 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Franklin Covey talks about the idea of balancing urgent tasks with the truly important ones, an idea that Charles Hummel also wrote about in the 1960s in Tyranny of the Urgent. It is about time management. How to organize your day so that the most important projects get…
Keep track of your pet information, including pet insurance information if you have one. Great to use for your own records and for pet sitters -- with this handy printable! Although it's been a while since our family has had pets, Amy from The Finer Things in Life and Tara from Deal Seeking Mom both…
Although not all bloggers aspire to be published authors, I know many do. As I work on a book project with Tara from Deal Seeking Mom, I thought you might appreciate an inside look at the book writing process, or at least the process from my perspective. The Back Story A couple of years ago,…