Mom Improvement — Be the Parent You Want Your Kids to Become

My Week In Review

4.4.10

Last week was full of fun. The week went from cold, windy, rain to warmth and sunshine, while we enjoyed family, friends, field trips, and shopping.

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Growing As a Parent: Revisit the Past

4.3.10

Last week, I went through my old blog, PHAT Mommy, and pulled out the posts I wanted to import into this blog. I wanted to choose the most important posts that told the story of my life over my past 5 years of blogging. What I thought would be blog maintenance “busy work” turned out to be a very enlightening experience.

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An Open Letter On Health Care Reform

3.31.10

Healthcare in the US is in bad shape and getting worse. Many changes need to be made. However, the changes I advocate have to do with removing government interference in the industry, thus replacing the current government-backed healthcare “crony capitalism” with true free market capitalism.

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Mom-Improvement Monday

3.29.10

Welcome to “Mom-Improvement Monday.” Each week I’ll be highlighting my favorite blog posts that inspire us to be the parents we want our kids to become.

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SITS Down and Get Comfy

3.22.10

Did you know I write weekly blogging tips every Saturday over at the SITS site? SITS is a community of bloggers who support each other through commenting. Each weekday a featured blogger is chosen and today is my day. I want to take this chance to thank all the SITStahs for the wonderful comments they leave on my weekly blogging tips posts and for visiting me here today.

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Achieve Anything In Just One Year

3.19.10

I’m reading a great book (in between my ferocious consumption of The Hunger Games and Catching Fire) called Achieve Anything In Just One Year. It calls itself, “The last self-improvement book you’ll ever need!”

And it just might be.

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Get the Focus Off Food and On Exercise

3.12.10

For the coming week, I’m going to work on taking my focus off food and on exercising and drinking 60 oz of water daily. I know that when I exercise, I not only drink more water, but I am less likely to make poor food choices.

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My Son, the Movie-Maker

3.10.10

This week my son jumped over another hurdle in our homeschooling journey: The Presentation.

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Oops, I Did It Again

3.8.10

This is my new home. Join me. Because I love this place. Because blogging is powerful and inspiring and helps us connect and grow. And because I need you all — family, real-life friends, online friends — to support me, as I hope to support you, on the journey to “mom-improvement.”

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Four Reasons I Got Teary-Eyed at Blissdom

2.9.10

This past weekend I was in Nashville for the Blissdom blogging conference and my trip was full of emotional ups and downs. Here are four reasons why I got weepy at Blissdom.

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Learning Through Living

2.3.10

I think homeschooling parents are much more active than other parents in seeking out these unique activities. We can’t rely on a school for field trips and assemblies – we need to create these opportunities.

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Routine and Responsibility: Musings

1.23.10

While I know where I stand on my schooling philosophy, the “responsibility and routine” theme of our conversation kept haunting me. My kids have responsibilities (that don’t involve specific schoolwork), but they don’t have a routine.

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My #1 Parenting Tip: Shut Up!

1.16.10

Yelling has never gotten me anywhere in my parenting. Talking to my kids, reasoning (don’t you see that this behavior only gets you in trouble?), and negotiating has not solved one problem. Ever. What has gotten results?

Shutting the hell up.

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Zen In Ten

1.2.10

It’s all about focus for me this year. No more plowing along, deepening the rut I’ve been in. If there’s one thing this year has taught me, corny as it may sound, it’s that everything in your life can change in an instant. Make the most of now.

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December 2009 Can Suck It

12.31.09

I am so happy to be saying goodbye to December tonight. Here’s to a MUCH better January and joyous 2010!

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Best of 2009

12.24.09

I’d like to wish you all Happy Holidays and point you toward some good reading if you have some downtime next week.

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Fashion, Crafts and Spirits: Last-Minute Gift Ideas

12.17.09

We’re getting down to the wire. One week until Christmas. If you’re still looking for some gift ideas for the little – and big – girls in your life, check out these suggestions.

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