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Easy Meal Planning
I finally figured out a meal planning system that works for our family!And I get to cross off one item on My Organizational Vision! I’m ecstatic!Okay, enough with the exclamation marks. But I’m seriously excited. I called all of my family members to tell them about it.First, let me backtrack and explain why meal planning is for me (with the obvious caveat that it’s not for everyone):- I do not particularly enjoy cooking. Although I wish I were more like this author who starts a pot of boiling water and then decides what to put in it, I have to be honest with myself and admit
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Reflection & Rejuvenation: April
April kind of snuck up on me!Honestly, March was a bit of a blur between presenting at two different Montessori conferences (one in Houston and one in Orlando–so happy that I got to meet the lovely blog reader and kindred spirit behind the company Montessori 123), dealing with vomiting/diarrhea/achiness among all three human members of our family–excluding the fourth who is in utero–and trekking to eight different meetings.But there were so many memories to savor, too. A group of families with babies/toddlers from our new church gets together for a monthly potluck, plus we took a family trip to a small Texas town, went to a birthday… Read More -
Yet Another Budget Update
Image courtesy Emily Henderson’s blogThe financial discussions (and–let’s be honest–occasional shouting matches) continue around these parts. To catch up those of you who have joined us recently, Matt and I have a lot going on right now that impacts our finances (fortunately, it’s all by choice):- I took a year off to stay home with Henry after his birth from 2011-12. I continued with side projects that brought in additional income (I published a book, did a couple consulting jobs for schools, sold our house for a profit without using a realtor, and ran several Purposeful Conception courses), but I still brought in considerably less than when I
