A List of Reminders: Simple Ways to Cut Expenses Andrea Pokorny writes about money and home management at MainstreamMom.com. She has been published in Reader’s Digest and contributes to websites like EverythingMom.com. She is passionate about delivering tools...
Emergency Supplies Checklist Preparing for disaster is something we all know we should do, but have you? Spend a weekend this month to get your family and home prepared for an emergency, natural disaster, or even the next power outage. Make an emergency plan, collect...
Spring Deep Clean Even if you stay on top of your weekly house cleaning to do list, there are always chores that get put off until one day you realize you haven’t dusted the blinds in six months or washed the comforters since you had house guests last summer....
Vacation Planning Checklist Mandi Ehman is a wife and homeschooling mom of four spunky girls. She’s also the founder of Life…Your Way, where she helps her readers sort through all of the information and opinions that are thrown at them each day to make the...
Jamie Oliver’s Grocery List We all LOVE the basic principle of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution: make it easy and affordable for families to cook fresh, healthy food. Sounds great, right? Maybe you’ve been meaning to try some of Jamie’s terrific recipes but...
After School Checklist This simple checklist keeps kids focused in the afternoon. The list takes the mental work out of the transition from school to home(work). Your kids don’t need to remember anything, they just have to check the boxes. With repetition, these...
Chores for Kids: Starter Lists Guest post by Mandi Ehman, founder of Life…Your Way. When it comes to helping kids help themselves, I think the biggest barrier we face as parents is that it’s often faster and easier to just to do it ourselves. But...
10 Snacks Kids Can Make Themselves We welcome Mandi Ehman, founder of Life…Your Way, as our guest author to share her ideas for healthy snacks that kids can make on their own (plus a shopping list of pantry items at the end). We’ve all seen the prepackaged...
Top 5 Chores Kids Do It’s harder for kids to argue about doing chores if most kids are doing them, right? That’s why we’re reporting on the most common chores kids do, by age group. We hope it helps with your ongoing effort to get the kids to help...
Room Parent Checklist for Back to School by Karen Bantuveris, the founder & CEO of VolunteerSpot, a time and sanity-saving online coordination tool that empowers busy parents, teachers and grassroots community leaders by making it easier get involved. Karen lives...
