by ishen | Jul 4, 2014 | Home, Organizing, Personal
As the family historian, I spend a lot of time taking family pictures and video clips of the kids. I have looked at several different solutions for pictures and videos to help manage our family archive. Equipment iPhone – Like most people, I take pictures via...
by ishen | Oct 9, 2013 | Home, Organizing, Project Management, Strategies
I recently went through a pretty major move that involved two toddlers, buying a new house, and selling a new house. This was a situation that called for a lot of de-cluttering and purging before and after the move, and I have learned a lot about the pros and cons...
by ishen | Mar 15, 2012 | Health, Home, Personal, Strategies
After a little more than a year of being a stay at home mom, I was feeling worn down and terrible about myself. Like any mother of a toddler and breastfeeding infant, I was tired. More than anything, I felt like I was maybe not cut out to be a stay at home wife. Sure...
by ishen | Feb 17, 2012 | Home, Strategies, Work
“If everything is important, nothing is important.” Important vs. Urgent Eisenhower once said, “What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.” Important activities have an outcome that leads to the achievement of...
by ishen | Nov 28, 2011 | Food, Home
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, mostly because it has pretty much meant spending time with friends and family, and participating in one of my favorite social activities — feasting! Previous to this year, I have always been either lazy (going to a restaurant...
by ishen | Oct 31, 2011 | Book, Children, Family, Home, Strategies
While Anxious Parents is not a how-to parenting book, it is very useful for a parent to read as a primer to parenting books. I wish I had read this book before reading over 20 different kinds of parenting books before and after the birth of my first child. While I...
