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"Have nothing… that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful."  William Morris's words still ring true. I keep this quote on my refrigerator, where I see it everyday.  It is both a literary reminder and a succinct way of describing my philosophy on "stuff".  In one brief sentence, we have →

Planning, second only to God and my family:-) I enjoy planning anything almost as much as the activity itself.  So, here is what Professor Mom has been planning for the 2008-2009 school year… For my six-year-old son, I base most of what we do around Sonlight's awesome program.  (The little one – 4K – is →

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 →

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.  →

Hi everybody! Did you every notice that we all love to talk about who we are and what we do until someone asks us to do it?  OK, here it goes… My bio: Heather Shanks, aka Professor Mom, is an author and researcher specializing in education and family life issues. Much of her work centers →

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 →