Making life easier means a lot less stress
Asking for help around the home is not something that you should fear! I am learning that it makes for a happier home if everyone is able to do some chores, it is simple if you use a chore chart!
When my kids were little they didn’t do many chores, I was a stay at home mum and I didn’t need them to do anything much. They did lay the table and pick up after themselves and I taught them all how to cook! [Read more…] about The Best Way To Use A Chore Chart
Keeping on top of your expenses isn’t always easy when you own a car, but by creating your own car maintenance record you should use this to help you plan for future expenses and maintain a road worthy car. A car maintenance log isn’t difficult to create, there are different options you can choose, electronic or paper-based and they work the same, to track your spending on your vehicle and help you plan for future work and expenses too! [Read more…] about How To Create A Car Maintenance Log Just For You
Do you change your decorations depending on the season? It isn’t something that I have done in the past, we moved a lot when the children were little and it would mean more to pack and move, so changing decorations wasn’t something I had considered until now. I don’t want to move home, but I am feeling that I do need different things in the home to make it feel different but homely at the same time. It might be more work, but I am up for the challenge if it makes me feel good. [Read more…] about 8 Fantastic Decorations For Your Home
I have thought about the information that we all need to pass on to our children and relatives especially in case of an emergency, but the thought that was going through my mind is when and where do you share this information? What if something happens and people need information, how do they get the information, but not all the details before they need them? I know that you should have a will, but how do others’ know where this is? [Read more…] about Why You Need To Pass On Information To Your Children
I dislike throwing things away and I had a magnetic board, which was in the kitchen. However, I disliked it; I found it too small and it annoyed me more than it was useful. I wanted to keep it but I just didn’t know what to do with it, I just couldn’t think of a use. Then I wanted to keep a calendar with the details for the family upstairs, so we could keep everyone on track and a glance at the calendar makes it easier to see what everyone is doing. [Read more…] about How I Made The Perfect White Board For My Home
How quickly do you make your bed? You should make your bed in the morning because this helps to make a room look tidy; however, how quickly you make your bed after getting up is important too. If you want to have a healthy bed then it might pay you to hold off making it and give it a chance to breathe before you pull your room together and make the bed. It doesn’t matter how pretty your bed looks, what is important is to have a bed that is going to give you the best possible sleep and not to add to the potential of making you ill. [Read more…] about Why You Should Make Your Bed Last
I have been unhappy with my patio area for as long as I can remember, it was pretty much what we inherited when we moved in, but when the kids were little it did the job because they needed the garden to run and play. Now they are older, I knew that I could increase the size of my patio and at last have the patio makeover that I truly wanted and at a price that I know I could afford. [Read more…] about At Last I Can Share My Patio Makeover
If you feel happy then you will have a more positive day; there are things you can do which will help in that transition, some work better than others and that is OK. Nevertheless, it is important that you do feel happy and you, at least, try to find ways in which you feel good and start to feel happy. You only have one life and living it happily and fulfilled is going to make that time worthwhile and not fill you with regret that you didn’t make a stand for your own happiness. [Read more…] about 10 Ways To Help You Feel Happy
I have changed my views on lots of things and I have started to look at the bigger picture, if something broke in the past, I would choose a new one and I threw away the old one. I am making a conscious effort at looking at the broken object and assessing as to the potential for a repair and the costs involved. If the repair is something that my husband or myself is able to undertake, with the help of research and the actual cost and if it is worth our while before making any decisions. [Read more…] about Don’t Throw Away When You Can Repair And Make New
