Archives for the 'home organization' Category
Organizing Your Family History [Productivity @ Home]
On Tuesdays, I share my thoughts on Family Life. Today’s guest post is written by Cheryle Hoover Davis.
How many times have you set about to write your family history, only to run across the daunting task of putting it all together in a manner which will make sense?
Many people give up writing their family history [...]
Organized Pantry Helps Meet “Healthy Eating” Resolution [Productivity @ Home]
Every Tuesday, I share my thoughts on Family Life.
For many of us, "healthy eating" tops the list of New Year’s resolutions. Whether it’s losing ten pounds or providing nutritious meals for our families, one of the keys to making this dream a reality is organization. Planning meals in advance, educating ourselves and our kids [...]
Resolved, Part II - Family Life [Productivity @ Home]
This week, I will be writing on the topic of New Year’s resolutions,
looking at my resolution subsets each day for my usual daily topics.
Today, I discuss resolutions related to Family Life.
It feels especially fitting that I rang in this New Year tightly lined up with my "men" and 750,000 new friends near Trafalgar Square [...]
Your Household is a Business [Productivity @ Home]
Today’s guest post is by Jim DeSantis. Every Thursday, Productivity @ Home looks at the topic of Family Finances.
You’re probably concentrating so much time on your job, your family, and dealing with day-to-day stresses that your personal checkbook takes a back seat. More than once you have been shocked when you didn’t have enough money [...]
Winter is a Great Time for Home Improvement Projects [Productivity @ Home]
Today’s guest post is by Gaetane Ross. Every Tuesday, Productivity @ Home looks at the topic of Family Life.
The most popular time for home improvement projects is the spring and summer. After all, who wants to paint their house or put on a new roof when snow is falling? That doesn’t mean, however, that there [...]
Getting the Family Christmas Card Done [Productivity @ Home]
Every Tuesday, I share my thoughts on Family Life.
Every year it arrives like clockwork the day after Thanksgiving - the "annual first Christmas card". It’s uncanny how the sender, a friend who now lives a few states away from me, manages to time her card so perfectly. This year, owing to the early [...]
Creating a Family Emergency Preparedness Plan [Productivity @ Home]
Every Tuesday, I share my thoughts on Family Life.
Events such as this week’s unfortunate California wildfires are reminders to us that we all need to take proactive steps to have family emergency preparedness plans in place in the event of a disaster, storm, or emergency. Watching families depart their homes and return to rubble is [...]
Cleaning Up Our Family’s Act [Productivity @ Home]
Every Tuesday, I share my thoughts on Family Life.
The past few weeks have been extremely busy around our home, with the start of school, a protracted visit from my mother and 2 year old nephew, the football/fencing season and my own personal work projects. When times get so hectic, I tend to turn a [...]