I always look forward to a chance to slow down and spend the time with my family during the holidays. A feeling of anxiety and being overwhelmed can take over so easily. Gift buying or making, decorating, work parties, school parties, family pictures, cookie baking...the list … [Read more...]
A power of doing just one thing
As a perpetually busy mama of four perpetually busy kids, most days I am split in a dozen different directions, trying to stay on top of things. Honestly, I like it this way (not that I have a lot of choice, ha). I like the sense of progress and accomplishment. But there are … [Read more...]
Have great weekend.
It is Friday! Hope everyone stays warm and healthy this weekend. It is supposed to be cold and rainy here in Austin, though not nearly as bad as in the North-East. A good weekend for comfort food, board games, reading and watching movies. Here are some useful links from my … [Read more...]
Keeping focus on the priorities: holidays wrap up.
Happy New Year everyone! Our Christmas decorations are packed up and put away till the next year, and we are shifting gears to our normal routine. It always takes a few days of mental refocusing and readjusting the schedule until things get back on track. This year the … [Read more...]
Why I keep exercising.
Life with a baby or a toddler is exhausting, life with a toddler and three more kiddos is extremely exhausting. Most of the time I feel torn in four different directions simultaneously,in addition to house work and staying on top of piles of paperwork, errands, and other … [Read more...]
