Organization
August 2009 Day Planner
Print 'n' Go!
Wrap up your summer with this pretty, flirty-yet-grown-up day planner page! Ease back into the school schedule in style.
This free August 2009 day planner page will keep you organized, cool, and your schedule under control. Flexible enough to use one page a week or one page for the whole month, it fits into your lifestyle!
Click below on the link "Download Now," and you will find this file at mediafire.com where I store my files. Click on "Click here to Download." It will download as a pdf file onto your computer, and you can print it as often as you like.
August 2009 Day Planner Page | Download Now
Simplify Your Life from Outside In
Okay, stop!! Take a breath. Exhale. Now another breath. You're doing great . . . exhale. Nice job relaxing!
For this article, I need your full attention. Don't skim, because that's not relaxing; that's hurrying. Relax your shoulders. Take another deep breath. Exhale.
You needed those deep breathes, didn't you? I could tell!
So you feel overwhelmed? Want to simplify and organize your life although it seems impossible? Well I know that you can't drop everything in your life--family, kids, work, social obligations--and go live in a spa! I wish. But there comes a point in your life when you need to do something. | Read more . . .
Quotations about Simplicity
Simplicity is a strict taskmaster. --Mason Cooley
Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who have filled their lives with great deeds: they might be compared to some beauty carelessly dressed and thereby all the more attractive. --Jean De La Bruyère
Rich in the simple worship of a day. --John Keats | Read more . . .
Family Chore Charts
Use a printable to assign each family member a job to do each week by checking the box that corresponds with their name and the chore. Each member can also check the box after it's completed . . .
The chart is very flexible to use, and should be adjusted to your family's needs.
This second chore chart is better suited for one child. You could print one out to fill out specifically for each child in your home. They may enjoy putting stickers in the boxes after they accomplish each task. . . | Read more . . .
Motivation
Live in Motivation Mode
The daily grind. A slump. Off course. In the dumps. A rut.
There's lots of ways to say it, but you know what I mean. You have an idea of where you want to be, but for some reason or other, you can't seem to get from point A to point B.
And I'm not just talking about your career here. Lack of motivation can drain any part of your life--family, social, church. Even your old hobbies can lay on the shelf, in the garage, or out in the shed for weeks, months . . . years.
What happened? You were zipping along in life enthusiastically, and bit by bit . . . | Read more . . .
Journal Pages
No more excuses!
Keep those thoughts, memories, ideas, and musings in one pretty place with free printable journal pages.
Three to choose from, just print and write!
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Quotations for Success
Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. --George Washington Carver
If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done. --Peter Ustinov
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. --Henry Ford
Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. --George Washington Carver | Read more . . .
Quotations for Motivation
Don't let slip an opportunity; it may never come again. --Chinese proverb
Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult. --Hippocrates
Open the doors of opportunity to talent and virtue and they will do themselves justice, and property will not be in bad hands. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
There never is but one opportunity of a kind. --Henry David Thoreau | Read more . . .
How-To's
How To Freeze Peaches
Mmmmm, smell those peaches! The entire house is scented of . . . summertime.
Peaches are ripe during the first part of the summer in the South. We picked peaches from a gorgeous orchard. I brought home a boxful and then realized--I had no idea what to do with them!
So after asking around, my hubby's kinds family told me how they freeze their peaches (keeping in mind that the Family in general scoffs at cookbooks and other so-called experts, as their knowledge has been handed down for generations.)
First, spread the peaches out on a table, countertop, or some other surface. Be sure they are in an out-of-the way spot. Wait for them to ripen. | Read more . . .
How To Clean the Kid's Pool (and keep it clean)
Okay, for #356 on today's to-do list: Clean the Kid's Pool.
For the little pools, it's easy to dump them every day or so. For the bigger pools, there's a lot more work and water involved. Here's how to clean those bigger pools and keep them sparkly-fresh for about a week at a time.
First, start with a clean pool. If the pool already has water in it, dump the water and start from scratch.
Next, clean the surface of the pool. How you do this will depend on the type of pool you have--blow-up pools seem to be much more fragile than the roll-out pools. Be sure all debris such as leaves and dirt is removed from the bottom of the pool. Wipe the pool down to get rid of mold and mud . . . | Read more . . .
