Archive for May, 2008
Getting Kids to Pick Up: The Saturday Basket
Picking Up Can Be A Hassle
I know of no young children, who when given the task of picking up their toys, will not try to get out of it. The sad truth is that without some sort of strategy to corral toys, they would quickly take over all living space. Some parents cope with this [...]
Differences between Productivity and Time Management
Managing your time is not the same as being productive.
What Is Time Management?
Time management is making the most of your time. A good time manager will never have idle moments unless they were planned, and works on doing things the best way in order to use a minimum amount of time.
What Is Productivity?
Productivity is doing [...]
Crockpot Baked Potatoes
On a recent very warm Sunday, when I was scheduled to bake a bunch of potatoes for the upcoming week (see Review: Weeknight Survival Cookbook), I couldn’t bring myself to turn the oven on. So I baked the potatoes in the crock pot instead.
Baking Potatoes in the Crockpot
First, pick out your potatoes and wash them.
Next, [...]
Why I Have Left Flylady
I’ve left the Fly-nest. Flylady has been an infinite help since I joined her list back in 2002, but the time had come for me to move on.
Why I Joined
I joined back in 2002, when I was very close to delivering my first child, and deep in the nesting phase. My house was very cluttered, [...]
How To Manage Email At Work
If you were to look in your email inbox at work, how many emails would you find? 10? 100? Too many to count? How about 0?
One of my former managers routinely kept emails in his inbox. Every three months, at about the 5000 mark, or when he would run out of space on the server, [...]
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