tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645460088574068482.post4669302654605568197..comments2023-08-18T05:26:38.871-04:00Comments on Feet 2 Our Faith: A few tips to make the days go smoother...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046754241473668445noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645460088574068482.post-55806820241444781212011-01-26T11:01:54.129-05:002011-01-26T11:01:54.129-05:00I LOVE some of those tips! Hayley is 13, and I...I LOVE some of those tips! Hayley is 13, and I've got to get her contributing more. Also, my issue with her has been her Nintendo. She will stay on it all day long if I let her! She DOES love to read though. If she has a book to read, she'll automatically read instead of playing the nintendo. She's very picky about her reading material though!<br /><br />I guess the only tip I could add would be something that I just recently added to my life (due to Chalene Johnson's 30 day organizational challenge). I'm finally using the "smart" part of my smart phone. I have a blackberry, and found an app called "PocketDay Lists". I use it for my "to do" list and shopping lists. As I go through my week, and I think of something we need or that I need to do, I add it to a list. Now I will never again have to call my husband to find my list because I forgot to put it in my purse...unless I leave my cell phone home (that doesn't happen much)! ;-)JudyZavislakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17302933106563501911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645460088574068482.post-74056170289211319102011-01-26T07:24:00.462-05:002011-01-26T07:24:00.462-05:00@Anna-you have one day for cleaning? I'd love ...@Anna-you have one day for cleaning? I'd love to hear about that. I've kinda spread different tasks around on different days. Sounds like we are laundry-bound-at-the-heart! ;)<br /><br />@Katrina-oh my! one HOUR of blessing my house for every 15 min on the computer--WOW! Imagine the sparkling china...I've also heard someone throw down the gauntlet--read a chapter of the Bible for every time you check in on social media! Imagine all the reading we'd get in! :) <br /><br />I love getting better b/c of others! Thanks girls!! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046754241473668445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645460088574068482.post-67513415606602318832011-01-26T01:27:05.651-05:002011-01-26T01:27:05.651-05:00Hi there...visiting from Missy's blog :)
I lov...Hi there...visiting from Missy's blog :)<br />I love the 1 hour of reading = 15 minutes on the computer idea! My 11 year old son and my 9 year old daughter are going to "real" school this year from the first time (public) after homeschooling all the years before...and they have fallen OUT of the reading books habit and into the laptop habit. In their school, they do have a very nice laptop program, which teaches them all about working on the computers, doing power points (things I have no clue about!) and so I am appreciative of all the computer knowledge they are getting, but they each have their own iBook laptops now, and they love playing games on them. Too much. I've been looking for a way to get them back into the reading habit without being a mean mommy, lol, so your idea is going to work so well. They both do LOVE reading, but just get caught up on the computer and push reading to the way side. In fact, since I'm known to do the same thing myself (getting sucked into the computer) I think I'm going to make a rule up for myself as well. How about 1 hour of blessing my house (which can be cleaning, tidying up, laundry, decorating, and/or doing things fun with the kids like reading or coloring or playing games) = 15 minutes on the computer. I think I need something like that to keep me in check ;)Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04446770591516588794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645460088574068482.post-48371384374399188222011-01-25T23:59:35.809-05:002011-01-25T23:59:35.809-05:00We keep 3 laundry baskets in the laundry room (ups...We keep 3 laundry baskets in the laundry room (upstairs where the 3 older boys' bedrooms are)...one for each child. When they get dressed in the morning or for bedtime, they take their dirty clothes straight to the laundry room. The baby is in our room, so his dirty laundry goes in our basket. I do the same as you (whites on the right, I always say :) )...and I wash one load a day (yet somehow still need to play catch up with a couple extra loads on my cleaning day (thursday) ) Thanks for sharing your tips!!! Now, if I could only go back and make my mom exercise in front of me when I was younger, I might be more motivated haha! (just looking for an excuse...)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04140725647541897207noreply@blogger.com