30 Day Challenge Update - One Week Down!

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Well I am officially on to day nine for the 30 Day Challenge (runs on US Eastern time) and I am actually pretty amazed that I have managed to keep up. It has required a lot of hours, which has meant a lot of late nights! I haven't ...

Christmas Planning Checklist

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

I do so love a check list. I have just put together a checklist for Christmas Planning. Naturally I have gone to my preferred application of Excel. I have also included into this spreadsheet, the next level down planning sheets, like the budget, Christmas Present Ideas and ...

Christmas Planning In July - Making Handmade Fabric Notebooks

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Earlier this month I got together with a talented and craft friend to make the first batch of hand made Christmas Presents for the year. Our first get together in July was a planning meeting. For my crafty friend, this was very kind of her to ...

Children’s Timetable Term 3, 2008

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

New term and new timetable. There were just a few minor changes that I needed to make to the Children's Timetable from Term 2. I have been creating these timetables for a couple of years now and find them to be very helpful in assisting the children to ...

Christmas Planning In July - Presents

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

I have traditionally not been one of those organised people who buy up presents at the sales in June or July, but have tended to leave my shopping until November or December. Although I haven't bought anything at this year's sales either, I am going to try something a ...

Mum’s Work Plan

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

I love my children dearly and enjoy spending lots of time with them, but I also believe that I need to plan time for myself to pursue interests of my own. I have a number of plans as to what I would like to do with this blog, ...

Monthly Review - June

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

REVIEW - KEY TASKS FOR JUNE: Not being too busy. June although not perfect has been my best month so far, for getting to bed before 11pm. I actually wrote myself a work plan at the start of the month in consultation with Mr Infrastructure. Across the week I ...

Some Pre-Planning For The School Holidays

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

It is only a bit over two weeks until we have school holidays here in Victoria. It has been a very long term and I have to say that I am looking very much forward to the school holidays arriving. During the term breaks I aim to have ...

Planning Children’s Birthday Parties - Emergency Plan and Thank You Notes

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

This is Part 6, the final post in the Planning Children's Birthday Series. Part 1 was a 10 Point Birthday Party Plan Check List. Part 2 focused on family strategy for birthday parties, party themes and birthday party invitations. Part 3 was centred around Guest and ...

10 Quick Ways to Feed Unexpected Lovely Visitors

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

As you may have noticed, I do love to plan and have things very much ordered and organised. However too much of this can make life a little dull , so I do also appreciate and value the unexpected as well. I love the "pop in" visit and always find ...