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Electronic Organizing System
Phew! A OneNote version for Mac is finally available and free! I’m such a planner kind of person, but I couldn’t keep up with everything in a pencil-and-paper format. I love that OneNote gives me the best of both worlds. It’s organized like a notebook, but I can copy and paste things, etc. I still carry a notebook with me everywhere, but I use OneNote on my computer and phone to keep track of my specific to-do items.Sorry for the short post! This past weekend and past few days included a visit from my mom, a trip to Dallas to present at the American Montessori Society conference, a board… Read More -
Travel List
Our family has traveled twice in the past three weeks: once to Houston for my birthday weekend and again to Houston for a spontaneous trip to the AMI Montessori Refresher Course (with a side trip to San Antonio to work on Redbud Montessori For All for 2016).On the first trip, we forgot to bring Tate’s rice cereal. On the second trip, we forgot Henry’s underwear.The frustrating part was that we could’ve avoided both of those issues (and made the entire packing process less stressful and more efficient) simply by making a list (and using the same list as a starting point for every trip).I’m fine making mistakes,… Read More -
Closet Organization
I’ve spent an inordinate amount of my time thinking about closet organization. It started back in our first home in Houston. We needed to maximize the closet space in our tiny bungalow with no garage (hello lawn mower and chicken food right next to the washing machine). I had grand plans to piece together my very own closet system from IKEA pieces, but I never got around to it before we sold our house and moved to Austin.
I started thinking about closet systems again when were building our house. I brainstormed different options and decided on IKEA. And then I changed my mind and was going to go with… Read More
