by admin on January 31, 2011
“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr. I’m a busy mom. I’m a wife, high school teacher and coach, business owner, blogger, and hamster [...]
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recipes,
time management,
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by Nif on September 29, 2010
The holiday season is almost here, and October is knocking on our door. The busiest times of our lives are the best times to stay organized and with a plan. Please feel free to download and use our gift to you – the StrongMothers Daily Planning Sheets. We’d love to hear how you like using [...]
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Wordless Wednesday
by Nif on November 2, 2009
I bet many of you do this, too… I “cook ahead”. Sundays are the days that I “cook-ahead” for the week, the day I usually go to the grocery store (using my Publix deals from http://www.southernsavers.com/). Yesterday, I prepared 4 dishes for the week and afterwards I realized that I should have taken pictures to [...]
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by admin on October 31, 2009
StrongMothers Beliefs We believe in the power of a team. We believe in the power of a mother. We believe that we can learn from each other. We believe that parents need a village, too. We believe in you. We know you’ve got a story to tell, and we would love for you to [...]
by Jobi on October 17, 2009
Over the past couple of weeks I have been swamped with all sorts of meetings and have been communicating with friends who have also had meetings ranging from business, to personal, to highly organized, and one that was even completely confidential with our very own President of the US (way to go Isis!). It was [...]
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choices,
influence,
positive attitude
by Nif on August 30, 2009
I’ve been missing you! This past week — inspired by the blog Zen Habits and the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley — I tried a “semi- media fast.” I want my entire family to go on a media fast, so I thought I would try it myself first. Before going whole-hog (I’m from [...]
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motherhood,
self-discipline,
time management,
values
by Nif on August 12, 2009
Summer is winding down, and that means back to school and new routines. While you are getting your children back into their routines, I want to share a new routine for you to try. Below you will find what I call the “Dailies.” These things should be done every day, and I think you [...]
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I’m always looking for ways to do things better, more efficiently, and/or frugally. I hope to share what I find with you here, and I hope you’ll share your ideas, too! Since summer is here, I don’t like to spend a lot of time in the kitchen, especially cleaning it. With two kids, sometimes it [...]
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time management,
timesaver
As a mom, sometimes (most times) it seems like there is not enough time in the day! I have a great quote that I always think of when I feel like there’s not enough time, and it goes like this: “There are 24 hours in a day. I don’t care what you do with yours; [...]
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