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Best Life Hacks For Busy Moms

Being a mom sometimes means feeling overwhelmed!  (Uh, sometimes?  Okay, yes, most of the time…) Too many things to do, too many places to be, and too many kids to keep track of (How many do I have again?  Where’s your brother?!)  Getting everyone up and dressed, feeding them something (mostly) nutritious, cleaning and laundry on repeat. Errands and activities and homework…oh, my!

Sound familiar?

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Mama, I hear you!  I’ve been you!  I still am you, and trust me…I still don’t have it all figured out.

But there are a few life hacks for busy moms that you can implement TODAY that can help you hack your way through #momlife!  Easy, simple, straightforward…almost “duh” things, that you totally would have thought of yourself…if you hadn’t been so busy in the first place!  Try just one thing today, and if it makes you breath a little easier, keep doing it.

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That’s it!  Enough is enough!!  You have to get rid of it all or burn the house down!!! (Don’t do the latter, I don’t recommend it.  I work for the Fire Department, and really…we don’t need your business).  It’s a struggle I deal with frequently…you can read more about it in my post How To Let Go – Inspiration From A Decluttering Fraud.

But before you get desperate, stuffing garbage bags full, or piling it all in your car for a trip to the dump (or threatening to burn the house down), let’s pause for a moment.  First and foremost, that’s not helping Mother Earth at all.  The US already puts too much recyclable waste in landfills (don’t worry…we do it here in Canada too).  Second, if you take a few extra minutes, you can get rid of your stuff, and make some cash in the process!…

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Making Your House Your Home After Divorce

Your divorce is final, now what?  Maybe you’ve been able to keep the house in the divorce, or maybe you’re moving to a new place. But one of the most important things you can do for yourself is start making your house your home after divorce.  This is your chance to start over, to reinvent yourself!  Why not start with the place you and your kids now call home?

Even if money is tight, there are some quick and easy things you can do right away to personalize your space, and give it a fresh new look.  The memories of your marriage and life before are going to come creeping back no matter how hard you try to erase them, but you don’t have to invite them everywhere you look!

Here is a list of things you can do that will go a long way in making your house your home after divorce….

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I love quick & easy gardening.  Putting out plants and flowers, or getting out in the yard on a beautiful sunny day, turning more and more of the grass (which my son hates mowing) into beautiful garden beds full of lush greenery with pops of colourful flowers.  It just screams summer to me!

However, plant life does not feel the same about me.  They don’t like how busy I am, how I sometimes forget to water or clear the weeds.  And vegetables?  I’m either planting too early, and they get cold, or planting too far into the heat and humidity, and they wilt and die.  Green thumbs I do not possess, despite years of effort.

So what’s a wanna-be gardener to do?  Here’s my 5 Simple Tips for Quick & Easy Gardening when you don’t have time, or a green thumb….

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