Daily Planning: Creating Action Lists
August 22, 2008
Take the dog to the vet. Plan the church picnic. Babysit for Susan. Buy school supplies. Learn French. And on and on… If you were to dump your brain onto paper, you could easily have a 10-page, single-spaced, to-do list (scary, but true.) The reality is that we are tracking bundles of "stuff" for multiple →
Life Tracking
August 21, 2008
How do you keep track of the big and small details of your life? Do you use a traditional to-do list, the post-it method, or maybe it's the "all in my head" philosophy? My four-pronged approach includes my Calendar, Forward Lists, Project List, and Action List. These four documents sum up my "life tracking" system. →
Homeschool Memoirs: All About You (or me:-)
August 20, 2008
Your Year in Preview: Starting the School Year Off Right
It's a time of bittersweet good-byes, fresh starts, and new resolutions. Could it be New Year's Eve? No, it's mid-August and time to prepare for the start of another school year. How is yours going to look? Try this on for size… Every morning, you wake up refreshed after a full night's rest. You walk into your clean →
The Professor is in…
August 18, 2008
… and she is on a quest to prepare today’s youth for a lifetime of leadership. Welcome! A few years ago, I launched Professor Mom as a homeschooling resource site to give parents and students insight and strategies for learning. In today’s knowledge-based economy, technical knowledge simply isn’t enough. Strong leadership skills are critical for →
Let’s Hear it for a Sanity Break
April 15, 2008
Service: Small Effort, Meaningful Results
March 3, 2008
Sometimes, God speaks to me in little whispers. Sometimes, He is silent. Right now, though, He is shouting in both ears. I read an article this morning that briefly mentioned sacrificial living. Even though that wasn’t the topic of the article, those words stood out big and bold to me. Sacrifice and service are difficult →
How to Live with Life
February 26, 2008
Two women are walking down the street. One looks as though she bears the weight of the world on her shoulders. Her hair is stringy and her expression growly as she walks along in her mismatched sweatsuit with her shoulders slumped. The two children she is almost dragging with her are fighting between themselves and →
Are you Jesus?
February 24, 2008
“She Speaks” Conference – Proverbs 31 Ministries
February 22, 2008
For all of you who are looking forward to summer and want to propel yourself forward in time to warmer weather, check out BooMama’s post on the "She Speaks" Conference put on by Proverbs 31 Ministries coming this summer to Concord, North Carolina. (BooMama herself is on the speaker’s roster!) Here is a blurb from →