I’m like a lot of parents in that I usually nag my kids to get the things done that they’re supposed to. They’re kids, they dawdle, sometimes to an amazing degree. It’s exhausting and frustrating telling them over and over to get their work done. Frankly, it’s usually not...
One of the biggest disadvantages to working at home has to be coping with the kids. It’s one of the biggest advantages too, but that’s beside the point just now. I’m talking about the times that you just don’t want the kids underfoot. Especially if toddlers are involved. Home...
Since I posted the other day about being told I work too much, today I thought I would share my favorite distractions, in order of how distracting they are. Distraction #1 Looks so sweet and innocent, doesn’t she? She’s also great at keeping productivity a long ways away, any...
One of the things I enjoy doing with my kids is teaching them basic life skills. It seems like a lot of parents skip some of the basics with their kids these days, because it’s easier to do it yourself than to teach it. Suckers. Teaching it is hard,...
It amazes me how fast a house can get messy. We clean the house up for company to come over, and shortly thereafter it’s a mess again. Mostly that’s due to having three young children. Kids just love to play, and that means messes happen. It just takes a...