December 31, 2009 by Marci | No Comments
I will be taking a blogging break to be with family for more holiday festivities! Enjoy this previous post that can help with your planning for this new year. I’ll be back Monday January 4 ready for a new year of Overcoming Busy!
Whether you think you are not very busy or you know you are [...]
December 27, 2009 by Marci | 1 Comment
Just when I was feeling a bit let down by the end of Christmas festivities, Angie at The Creative Mama announces a party! January 11-15, all of us involved with TCM will be celebrating its first anniversary! Mark your calendars. Keep checking your readers. You are not going to want to miss this!
Are you a [...]
December 25, 2009 by Marci | No Comments
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. – Isaiah 9:6
2000 years ago, God gave us the gift of his son, Jesus. In this [...]
December 23, 2009 by Marci | 3 Comments
Only 2 days til Christmas! Is your shopping done? Are your presents wrapped? Got batteries for the camera? Most importantly, are you and your family enjoying the Christmas season? Are you slowing down enough to make memories? Have you grasped the reason for the season? Or, have you just been barreling through December just trying [...]
December 21, 2009 by Marci | 1 Comment
Earlier this fall, one of my favorite bloggers, Annie at Sister Wisdom, took a short blogging vacation to tend to her family and herself. (very wise, don’t you think? we all need to do that everyonce in a while.) I am pleased to announce that Sister Wisdom has returned!! Her posts seem to speak to [...]
December 21, 2009 by Marci | 3 Comments
Only 4 more days til Christmas! Can you believe it?! Some of you might have already had your family Christmas this past weekend. Many of you will have several Christmas celebrations over the next week. All the anticipation and preparations come down to these few days. I have found that for our family to thoroughly [...]
December 17, 2009 by Marci | 2 Comments
The bulk of my Christmas shopping is finished. I just have a few little items to pick up…and I can’t decide if I should take back the boots I already bought my daughter and get the cute ones she tried on last night! Anyway….the gifts that always sneak up on me are the ones for [...]
December 15, 2009 by Marci | 6 Comments
There are some days when getting just one thing done is a huge success!!
Why is it that the days I have set aside to get things done are the same days my kids really need me? Why is it that the days I really want to spend some quality time with the kids, they would [...]
December 14, 2009 by Marci | 6 Comments
Christmas decorating, Christmas shopping, cookie baking, cookie exchanges, play practice, Christmas plays, gift wrapping, Christmas parties, driving by Christmas light displays, Christmas crafts, making Christmas memories.
That’s what I’ve been doing these past couple weeks. A friend asked me yesterday what we have been up to lately and I told her. “Wow! You are busy!” she [...]
December 8, 2009 by Marci | No Comments
Is Christmas about the gifts or the giving at your house? Let’s share some ideas on how to get the focus on the gifts we give instead of the gifts we get over at The Creative Mama.
December 7, 2009 by Marci | No Comments
I can’t believe it is already December! The weather forecast is calling for snow overnight. Just thinking about it makes me cold! This week is going to be a soup and cozy food week. Here is my plan for warming my family up this week.
Chili and grilled cheese sandwiches
Chicken and rice soup and homemade bread
Lasagna [...]
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!
