A couple of weeks ago after a long day out at our homeschool group, I told the kids we were going to clean after dinner so we wouldn’t have to worry about it over the weekend. I mentally prepared myself for their whining, but when they finished eating they got started right away, motivated by the prospect […]
Could 2017 be the year you finally get organized?
A couple of years ago we realized that the systems and clutter busters we’d had in place when we had four girls under five years old were no longer working for us! Those girls were bigger, with more opinions, more stuff of their own, and more mess, and things felt very chaotic and disorganized all the […]
7 things saving my sanity as a work-at-homeschooling mom
I don’t care what anyone says, life as a work-at-homeschooling mom isn’t easy, no matter how good at it you are. It takes, well, work to juggle work (whether it’s a full-time job or a business of your own) plus homeschooling, and there just aren’t a ton of extra hours in the day when you’re doing […]
Because it doesn’t have to be boring to be functional
A few years ago, when Life Your Way was more of an online magazine covering a broader range of topics, I posted about the tension between form versus function in home design. My husband and I are complete opposites in this area—as an artist, the form or beauty of our home is his highest priority. […]
Chores and allowance for keeping the house clean AND building character
One of the questions I hear most often from other families—blog readers and friends alike—is how we handle chores and allowance as a family. There are so many different approaches out there… unpaid chores as a contributing member of the family a regular allowance tied to age rather than chores paid daily chores paid optional jobs […]
When the clutter is getting to you…
Several weeks ago I sent an email asking you what your biggest struggle was right now. While several of you shared your heartfelt stories of divorce and cancer and pain, for many of you the struggles were more in the everyday—getting organized…and staying that way, feeding your family healthy food without slaving away in […]
