January 29, 2010 by Marci | 3 Comments
Today, I am linking up with Mandi at Organizing Your Way as part of her series 31 Days Of Organizing For A Better 2010. She is blogging about connecting with family and friends. Here at Overcoming Busy, we’ll be talking about how organizing is good, as long as it doesn’t turn into more “busy” work [...]
January 28, 2010 by Marci | 2 Comments
There is a story my dad used to tell about one of his aunts. In the 1940’s in the rural area where they lived, it was a luxury to have nice china and linens. Aunt Freida was one of the blessed ones. She had a china cabinet full of china and glassware. She had drawers [...]
January 27, 2010 by Marci | 6 Comments
My outgoing text:
Would I offend you if I didn’t mop the floors before you come over tonight? Don’t think I’m gonna have the time.
The response:
I never notice if your floors are clean or dirty.
Excellent!
We had friends over for dinner last night. Good friends. The kind of friends that walk in the front door without knocking. [...]
January 25, 2010 by Marci | 4 Comments
This month, I set the goal for myself to get back into a steady exercise routine. It has been three weeks since I started and I am happy to tell you that I have been pretty consistent with my exercise! I am thrilled with my progress! Even more exciting than keeping up with the exercise [...]
January 23, 2010 by Marci | No Comments
Join me today as guest author at Family Survival 101. Today, we are talking tips for staying clutter free.
January 22, 2010 by Marci | 2 Comments
“If I fail to spend two hours in prayer each morning, the devil gets the victory through the day. I have so much business I cannot get on without spending three hours daily in prayer.” – Martin Luther
I’m not suggesting you spend three hours each morning in prayer – although feel free if you want [...]
January 20, 2010 by Marci | 1 Comment
The New Year brings with it resolutions, Christmas returns, white sales and tax documents. In the next few days we will start getting documents on the interest we paid and made at the bank. We will receive the report of how our investments turned out in 2009. Church and other charitable organizations will send out [...]
January 19, 2010 by Marci | 1 Comment
“Have you ever been told you can’t because you are a girl?” that is the tag line of one of my favorite websites/blogs Girls Can’t What? My friend, Gretchen, is the creative genius behind Girls Can’t What? She strives to help girls break stereotypes and gives them a voice and support through her blog and [...]
January 19, 2010 by Marci | No Comments
Join me today at Family Survival 101 where I’m guest posting! We’re talking grocery lists and how to organize your list to make your trip to the grocery store shorter and more efficient.
January 18, 2010 by Marci | 5 Comments
As a fairly active person, exercise is always in the back of my mind. I mean, the need for exercise is always in the back of my mind. I know I need it and I do exercise – forshort periods of time. It seems I do really well for about 2 or 3 weeks, and [...]
January 15, 2010 by Marci | 3 Comments
I’m not sure why this topic kept creeping into my mind today. I have been thinking and reading on the topic of balance lately. It seems that as long as there is balance in our lives, we don’t seem very “busy”. However, when we get out of balance and our attention leans one way 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!
