Keeping Track of Party Invitations,
Permission Slips, and Appointment Cards
- If your house is anything like mine, you are inundated daily
with a slew of birthday party invitations, school permission
slips, and appointment reminder cards. Keeping track of them can
be a challenge.
How to Use a Family Calendar
- Family calendars are a great tool to help busy families stay
organized and get control of the family schedule. The key is to
be disciplined about using it.
Conquering Kids’ Clutter
- Spring is almost here, and with it comes the urge to clean,
DECLUTTER, and toss out — until the next year, when we start all
over again.
Getting Back Into The Groove After
a Family Vacation -
Sleeping in, relaxing by the pool, spending quality time with
the family, and having wonderful memories are all the great
aspects of family vacations and frankly the reasons most
families take a family vacation year after year. But with all of
the great fun, getting back into the groove of things after the
vacation can be a challenge.
Weekly Meal Planner
- For those of you who subscribe to our free monthly newsletter,
you know what a big fan I am of our monthly meal planner.
I’ve Become One of THOSE People
- I like to pretend I’m laid back and easy going. You know the
kind, the person that doesn’t sweat the small stuff, worry about
deadlines, or doesn’t need a “do list” to get the most basic
things in life accomplished.
Getting Organized for the New Year
- Question: My family life is so hectic. It seems like we
are always running and never have time to just relax. We really
want to get better control of our lives, but don’t know where to
start.
Parents’ Night Out
- Getting away for a few hours with your spouse every so often
is a definite must do, but actually getting out the door with
your sanity in check can be a challenge.
How to Organize Your Family Games
- For every parent out there struggling to organize (and keep
organized) their family game closet , here are some suggestions:
More than 30 Days of Night
- Top Tips for Avoiding the Debt Vampires this Christmas - For
some Christmas can be more of a horror story than a celebration
of light. It can bring a nightmare where every day seems darker
than the next.
11 Quick and Easy Things You Can Do
Right Now to Organize Your Personal Finances
- Stay on top of your personal finances with these tips.
Debt Reduction Strategies
- For many families battling debt is a problem. From braces, to
daycare, to family vacations, families every day are struggling
to keep up financially and are relying more and more on credit
cards to help pay the bills.
Five Strategies to Keep Families
Organized this School Year
- Start the school year off right and conquer the craziness by
establishing healthy habits, strategies, and routines that will
focus and guide your family throughout the school year.
Back to School Strategies and
Printables - Start the
new school year off right with these back to school strategies
and printables.
How to Fit Quality Family Time into Your Busy Schedules - If
your family is anything like ours, you are running in a million
different directions. Soccer games on Tuesday, PTA meetings on
Monday, business trips on Thursday and Friday, and Sunday
everyone collapses from exhaustion.
Did You Bring the Camera?
- Planning a family outing this month? Here are some quick tips
to help keep your family on track and make memories you want to
remember rather than forget…
Holiday Survival Guide - When Andy Williams sang the lyric,
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year”, he must have been
joking. What with presents to buy, parties to attend, and cheer
to spread, we often find ourselves wondering what the heck is so
happy about the holidays.
Connecting with Your Kids When You Don't Have A Lot of Time
- Is your homework finished? Did you make your bed? What do you
want for lunch? Some days it feels like this is all I ever say
to my kids. Days like these are enough to make any parent feel
sad and insecure.
Parents' Night Out - Getting away for a few hours with your
spouse every so often is a definite must do, but actually
getting out the door with your sanity in check can be a
challenge.
Organizing Your Shopping List - It never fails. I will be
upstairs getting ready for my day and realize we are out of
toothpaste or I will be sitting at work and suddenly remember we
need to bring the snack for the next soccer game. And I always
say to myself one of two things:
The Power of a Good Routine - For the most part, all of us
have some sense of a daily routine already. Usually dictated by
school, work, and extra-curricular activities, our daily
routines at a minimum usually involve consistent schedules for
getting ourselves off to school or work in the morning, dinner
on the table in the evening, and into bed at night. But
what many families struggle with is fitting in and remembering
all the extra’s that go along with having kids, full time jobs,
and outside commitments and obligations.
House Cleaning - The Thorn in Every Family's Side - Our
house cleaning philosophy here at Families with Purpose is
simple - clean it to your standards, minimize the distraction it
takes on your family life, and don’t beat yourself up when it
doesn’t get done.
Creating a House Cleaning Schedule - The key to keeping
house cleaning from overrunning your family life is to create a
plan consistent with your housecleaning philosophy and stick to
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