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  • House + Love = Home

    House + Love = Home by Jenny Marrs and Christmas traditions

    Design books are not what I typically read, but House + Love = Home by Jenny Marrs was so much more than that. It’s an encouragement to live life intentionally, focusing on your family’s values and priorities. Not wasting time on things outside of those.  We are in the midst of a bathroom overhaul (two…

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  • 2024 Goals

    My 2024 Goals are: I’ve divided the year into chunks. I like Sarah Hart-Unger’s quintile system. Her life looks different when her kids are home from school, so she divides the year into seasons of life, or the school calendar. Read more about her system here. I am not using traditional quarters of the year,…

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  • The White Lady

    The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear

    The White Lady is a fascinating story of Elinor de Witt (later, Elinor White, AKA the White Lady). Elinor got into the spy business as a young girl in WWI Belgium. After escaping to England after a mission went wrong, the spy was needed again to fight the Nazis in WWII. The story is dual…

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    Starting a new planner!

    I love starting a new planner!  Filling out a new planner is like a treat for myself!  I keep a list of events / tasks for the next calendar year in the back of my current planner. The Tidbits planner, which I’m currently using, has one page open for this, but I ended up using…

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  • sensory bins for my daughter to play with while I work out

    Fitting in Workouts with Kids

    Fitting in Workouts- Here’s What’s Been Working for Me Lately: -chasing my daughter around the house or yard -playing ball with her -walking laps while she is on the playground or at sports practice -cosmic kids yoga on YouTube -kids dance workouts on YouTube -take her on a walk around the block -Give her a…

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  • How to Make a Pacing Guide for an Online Class

    How to Make a Pacing Guide for an Online Class

    Divide the number of units by the number of weeks = number of units per week that need to be completed Pay attention to when school holidays and teacher workdays are (especially short weeks). You do not want to assign a full load on a three-day week (ask me how I know 🤪). To break…

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  • My Passion Planner from 2020

    Neutral Planners for Students

    Sarah Hart-Unger had some great ideas for neutral planners on her podcast, Best Laid Plans– Ep 158- Aug Q&A. Daily Spread The Full Focus Planner would be a nice option with a daily spread. The Simplified Daily Planner also looks nice and budget-friendly, although it is undated. Weekly Spread I always recommend the Passion Planner…

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  • Working Ahead Before a Vacation

    Working Ahead Before a Vacation

    It’s important to start working ahead before a vacation as soon as you know when you will be gone. Put the dates in your monthly spread. Let your teacher know when and that you would like to work ahead before the vacation- ask if they have any suggestions. Look at how much work is due…

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  • 5 Steps to Planning a Productive Week

    5 Steps to Planning a Productive Week

    I would suggest using an hourly spread so you can easily visualize how much time you have to do your work. Here is an example, and following are 5 Steps to Planning a Productive Week. Try these 5 Steps to Planning a Productive Week and let me know what you think!

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