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Archive for the ‘Time Savers’ Category

If there's one thing we can always spend recklessly and never get back, it is our time.  As a parent, doesn't it seem like just YESTERDAY that you held that teen as a newborn in your arms OR does it seem like just last week when you got the call that the adoption papers were finalized?  Gosh, if I spend too much time dwelling on how fast the years have gone, I'll end up a basket case!

Time is SO precious, yet it is something we handle very lightly, losing minutes here and there.  So, I thought about some ways I try to save time homeschooling.

Here is a short podcast with an idea for how you can save time with your dinner meal planning.  Just click on the link for the format you want to use to listen.

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For those who have been Mrs Homeschool readers since the beginning, this “may” sound familiar.  I’ve decided to go back into some of my past posts and turn them into podcasts for those who prefer to listen instead of read!

I don’t know about you, but most days, I don’t feel very organized.  There seems to always be something out of place and a “to do” list that grows instead of shrinks.

But when I take a step back, I am actually more organized than I tell myself.  And being organized fits into my theme of “Save 10 in 2010″.  You gotta love a theme! :o)

Gosh…you give a gal a new kitchen and she disappears from the Internet for a few days, huh? :o)

Yep…we finally got our “new” kitchen all fixed up.  Wanna see a pic?  I figured you might…

When I was in high school, I was a cashier at a local grocery store, Publix.  While this was not my ideal job by any stretch of the imagination, I had great friends that worked there with me (love ya Becky!) and it made it SO much fun.

One of the things I didn’t understand when I worked there was why all the little old ladies used to get really cranky