Sidetracked Home Executives
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I am a Mary Kay consultant as well and I LOVE flyladynet SHe is a previous consultant and understands about what they callsidetracked home executives Check ...
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- I have to two kids who are younger and a husband :. I know how things can get forgotten and misplaced. What I have done is I put a HUGE dry erase calendar on the fron...
- L., I am a MK consultant as well. I have a 8 year old who is involved with soccer, football, baseball this year. My husband is a truck driver and owns his own busin...
- Hi L., The planner is a great idea and the colored highlighters is wonderful. I also have a dry erase calendar in the kitchen. I use different colors on it and put ...
How Do You Decide?
13 Oct 2009 ... “Sidetracked Home Executives” is also a great book that covers this subject. Good luck, S. 3 moms found this helpful. Helpful? ...
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- I just went through this. I took basically everything out of their room. I left a very few select things that I knew were special and then told them if they could na...
- I suggest taking some of the stuff you know they do not play with and put it into a plastic storage container in the basement for a month or two. If during that time ...
- J., I just went through this with my 4 and 2 year old, and it's not easy. They have certain baskets, toy box, and bins that we can fit toys into their rooms with. It...
New Mom of Fourth Child
... older ones Once they get home It dinner and activities they are involved ..... great organizational toolsSidetracked Home Executives is a great book I ...
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- I am a mom of 3 kids. Our youngest just turned a year. I too felt like I was drowning. My Doctor put me on some antidepressants and let me tell you i was very resis...
- I read a book called A Woman After God's Own Heart by Elizabeth George that seems to touch on a few things you mentioned. It might be worth a read. I'm assuming yo...
- Oh man...that's hard. I feel for ya. Society makes it so hard for families (especially with evening activities)to find the time to stay connected. I've heard of t...
Need Cleaning and Organizing Ideas!!!
The Side-tracked Home Executives (S.H.E.) The Messies Manual any book by Don Aslet or any number of other books! It can be fun reading these books because ...
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- Last year my children were about these ages and it was much harder for me to keep a clean home, but it has gotten easier since my youngest is a little older now. You ...
- Remember that the mess was not made in a few minutes but over a period of time and it will not be cleaned up in a few minutes -- nor will it stay "picture perfect" all...
- Hello C., Being a mom does settle down as your kids get older. There's no magic that will lighten the load but I would suggest to you that time management and using...
Seeking Help Selling Outgrown Toys and Clothes and Clutter-busting
My favorites are Sidetracked Home Executives and Change Your Life Challenge. I read S. H. E. as a newlywed 22 years ago and I still use tips that became ...
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- Hi K. - try's Craig's List. It's free and a great way to sell things! http://losangeles.craigslist.org/ Good luck!
- Hi K. - well, here is my 2cents for what it's worth :) I think if you want to teach your boys the value of money (which is great!), then something like a garage sal...
- I just found out about Craigslist.com I know some people that have bought some stuff off there and they said it was easy. I looked at selling some stuff and that also ...
Getting Kids to Do Chores
Pam and Peggy(Sidetracked Home Executives) - http://www.ShesInTouch.com. Joan Carris - http://www.JoanCarrisBooks.com Helping our Children read ...
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- I think it's important for children to help out at home. My son is 3, and I already have him doing things!!! He unloads the dishwasher (minus the knives and glasses!) ...
- Alica, What I don't understand is what do you mean your kids won't do chores? Once you have said something it shouldn't be a discussion or a choice. As a child I kn...
- What I have done is made out a chore chart. I list what chores they are to do each day. At the top of the chart I have the days of the week. On the side I have the d...
Is This a Normal Marital Relationship?
She encourages "sidetracked home executives" to get out of their CHAOS (can't have anyone over syndrome) one step at a time. I work full-time, my husband ...
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- I have dealt with a virtually identical situation - my husband has become his father (IF they don't recognize that these patterns repeat, they absolutely will repeat)....
- This is not normal. I agree with what someone else said, its not a cleaning issue. I now stay at home, but when my husband and I were both working outside the home (...
- Seems to be the norm in my household. I also have 4 children; two sets of twins. I work full time and manage our real estate portfolio with 28 rental units. I do hi...
Other ADD Moms Out There? How Do You Do It?
They give you routines to follow, and how to declutter your home in babysteps ..... daily musings about life and love, the Sidetracked Home Executives (SHE) ...
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- I took Prozac my entire pregnancy and while bf, wouldn't change it for anything. I knew I couldn't handle things without it!
- Hi A.~ I haven't read all the responses, but I read the one about being a prime candidate for something new in your life- and accepting Jesus. I felt like I really...
- Well a couple of things... 1. As you see something that needs to be done. Do it right away. Soon the tasks start melting away... 2. Start some essential fatty ac...
Healthy Eating for So Many ???!!
Marla teaches SHE's (Side Tracked Home Executives) how to put together daily routines to manage their lives. I love her daily email reminders. ...
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- If you belong to Sam's Club, you should be able to get whole wheat flour in 25lb bags for a reasonable price. You can either mix that with bread (white) flour or go fo...
- I find my children and family very healthy. When Meijer has chicken breasts on sale buy one bag and get one free, I stock up. I buy fresh vegetables, yogurt, granola...
- OK...you are probably done with the mac n cheese responses but I wanted to tell you about my FAVE mac n cheese idea. That is you buy a whole cauliflower.....cook it (...
Need Cleaning Tips
Buy a book at Amazon.com called "Sidetracked Home Executives" (S.H.E.) I was your age once too! Married at 18, first child at 19 and 3 kids by age 22! ...
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- My best recommendation is get it all clean and then move into a tent in the backyard and have pizza delivered to your backyard for every meal and then never go back in...
- My mom once told me that if you have kids you will never have a clean house. I didn't believe her until I had my own and she became mobile. My suggestion would be to h...
- For the toys, I have a few low shelves and a bookshelf I've laid on it's side to create 8 cubbies. Each toy has it's own spot either in a cubbie or in a basket on a s...
