November 30, 2009 by Marci | 3 Comments
Its the Monday after Thanksgiving and believe it or not, all the leftovers are gone! I couldn’t wait to get the leftover mashed potatoes home from my parents house to make potato pancakes. They went great with cold turkey sandwiches with Green Goddess dressing, leftover dressing and pumpkin pie. I am getting hungry just thinking [...]
November 25, 2009 by Marci | 2 Comments
I had several possible posts ready for today, but none seemed to fit my mood. The kids and I spent the morning baking pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow with my family. It made me think of the reason Overcoming Busy came to be. I wanted to share the idea that life goes by fast [...]
November 23, 2009 by Marci | 1 Comment
That’s the question at my guest post at Steady Mom today. Jump on over and find the answer for yourself!
November 21, 2009 by Marci | 1 Comment
My daughter just loves to create. She has always enjoyed art and crafts and sharing her creations with others. A couple weeks ago, I wrote about my little entrepreneur and her new Artfire shop, Dallas Designs. That has been a dream come true for her and quite a learning experience. Because of her new online [...]
November 20, 2009 by Marci | 1 Comment
Over the past month or so, our series “Start Overcoming Busy Right Now” has looked at ways to immediately help get the busy out of our lives any day of the year. We have talked about things like making a date with our spouse, procrastination, and the 15-minute project. Today, I am in the holiday [...]
November 18, 2009 by Marci | 5 Comments
I couldn’t resist this old photo (1920’s) of a woman showing correct posture while doing housework.
Many times, I have talked about how important daily routines are to keeping the busyness out of your day. Routines ensure you complete what needs to get done before the events of the day steal your time. In our house, [...]
November 17, 2009 by Marci | 1 Comment
Yes, I am still here. I am a bit late blogging this week and didn’t post my usual Menu Plan Monday yesterday. The truth is that I have too many ideas to blog about and I am having a hard time narrowing it down!! We are also starting some fun Thanksgiving stuff in our homeschool [...]
November 13, 2009 by Marci | 3 Comments
Are you feeling alone in your whirlwind of a life? Do you feel disconnected from your spouse? Are you moving in different directions? Well, how long has it been since you and your spouse have been on a date? Around here, we need date night once a week. If we wait any longer than that, [...]
November 11, 2009 by Marci | No Comments
Want some ideas to enjoy Christmas without the stress? Head on over to The Creative Mama where I’m writing today!
November 9, 2009 by Marci | 1 Comment
Its another Monday morning. My usual Monday morning routine is to get up and proof my Menu Plan and then post it. Well, this weekend the temps were in the 70s!! We are in central Illinois, so this is not normal weather for November. We probably won’t see these temps until April. Needless to say, [...]
November 6, 2009 by Marci | 5 Comments
This is part of the weekly series “Start Overcoming Busy Right Now”. This series gives tips to begin overcoming busy immediately, right where you are.
What’s the one thing on your to do list that you keep putting off? I mean, it needs to be done and will probably take 10 minutes to accomplish. But, the [...]
Marci Goodwin is wife to an amazing husband and mother to two phenomenal kids. She is on a quest to get the "busy" out of her life so she can spend time on what's really important. Life is just too short to spend it on stuff that just doesn't matter!
