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Focus: September Monthly Goals

I've always considered myself a pretty amazing multitasker - I've even prided myself on how many projects I can have going on at "once." When brain research came out a few years ago claiming that people officially can't multitask, I completely didn't agree with it. Of course people can multitask- moms and teachers do it 100 times a day.  Coming out of a summer season where I purposefully

Connect (August Monthly Goals 2016)

Anyone who is with a long term partner and has children knows that connecting amid parenting is hard. This coming month my husband and I will have been married 8 years, although we've been together much longer than that. There is not another person in the world I would rather share this journey with. We met as teenagers, grew with each other for several years, and in our mid-twenties eagerly

Remembering to Celebrate Mom Wins (May 2016 Monthly Goals)

So today I forgot my boss' birthday . . .  I should mention that I was supposed to be his "birthday buddy" and bring in a treat for the whole staff to share . . . I should also mention that I work in a pretty small town, with one small store, and no bakery  . . . So forgetting meant no treat for a happy staff to share. Forgetting meant totally having to own up to it. And, for me, forgetting