In the Spirit of BackRooms and Getting Things Done… I know I need to get to The Lab which has to be sorted before school begins again, into some sort of order. This is a little room off our kitchen, which no matter how hard we try always ends up as the dumping zone. It [...]
Saturday Spot : The To-Do List…
February 8th, 2010 · 7 Comments
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Saturday Spot: Se7en’s “Survival of the Season” Spot…
December 27th, 2009 · 7 Comments
This is a mad time of year when folk can get caught up in all sorts of projects. It is so easy to lose perspective and go madly insane with to do lists. We can get so busy that we forget to take the time just to be, and especially just to be with the [...]
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7 Motivations to get Kids to Do Their Chores: What Works and What Doesn’t.
August 20th, 2009 · 14 Comments
For someone who didn’t think they had a lot to say about chores and could never raise the energy to even think of a chore chart, turns out I have quite a lot to say, after all. Last week I wrote a post: Se7en Things I Would Like My Kids to Learn From Doing Chores… [...]
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Saturday Spot: The Vegi-Box…
June 7th, 2009 · 7 Comments
We have had a dreadful week weather wise but this was our pick-me-up. Our vegi-box arrived with enthusiasm on Thursday…
And hidden under that spinach was a whole heap of bright yumminess…
Our celebrity chef climbed in as usual. Spread it all out and decided the weeks menu – really you all need a 4 year [...]
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Saturday Spot: The Laundry…
February 1st, 2009 · 11 Comments
Last week on the Saturday Spot I did a tour of the kitchen and in the corner you may have spotted my friend: the washer.
With se7en kids this is the one question almost everyone, even perfect strangers ask: “How do you cope?” long pause, sigh…”With the laundry?”…
Why anyone wants to know about our laundry I [...]
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Saturday Spot: A Drawer a Day…
January 18th, 2009 · 4 Comments
The time has come the Walrus said…
To get my house back into shape after the Christmas Season. And to vaguely getting back to the streamlined home-schooling machine that we dream of being. We have been inundated with visitors, and that means dashing round the house and stashing whatever is lying around on any of [...]
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The Cupboard…
January 11th, 2009 · 10 Comments
You haven’t had a Saturday Spot from our home for a while, so I thought lets do an honesty blog… and take a look in our fridge right here, right now: What does a family with se7en kids keep in their fridge…
Firstly I have mentioned before that not all spaces in our home are what [...]
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