Managing Your Home
Seems like your home should be extraordinarily organized given that you’re working from home. If only it worked that way! The fact that you (and the kids!) are home all day can do in even the best organization system. Get tips here for keeping home and work life in order.
Practical Picnic Gear for Families
Little wicker picnic baskets are darling, but completely impractical for a family picnic. Taking kids on a picnic means more stuff and an extra layer of chaos so a family's picnic basket should be easy to carry and roomy enough to hold a family's picnic gear and food.
This list of picnic gear definitely favors substance over style, but these items are attractive and well made. And if t…
Little wicker picnic baskets are darling, but completely impractical for a family picnic. Taking kids on a picnic means more stuff and an extra layer of chaos so a family's picnic basket should be easy to carry and roomy enough to hold a family's picnic gear and food.
This list of picnic gear definitely favors substance over style, but these items are attractive and well made. And if t…
Saving Time and Money at the Grocery Store
Saving both money and time is a neat trick that most of us wish we could do everywhere -- not just the grocery store. So often the two have an inverse relationship. Saving money takes time; saving time costs money. But with some practice you can save time and money at the grocery store.
Saving both money and time is a neat trick that most of us wish we could do everywhere -- not just the grocery store. So often the two have an inverse relationship. Saving money takes time; saving time costs money. But with some practice you can save time and money at the grocery store.
Work-at-Home Moms' Kitchens
When you work from home, you use your kitchen differently than when you don't. Efficiency is important but more overall time means slow cooking is possible. So some WAHMs may need an upgrade on their cooking gear.
When you work from home, you use your kitchen differently than when you don't. Efficiency is important but more overall time means slow cooking is possible. So some WAHMs may need an upgrade on their cooking gear.
About - Meal Planner
What's for dinner? Don't have an answer, then start planning your meals with About.com's My Meal Planner tool. You can save and create menus using a simple calendar tool. You'll never run out of meal ideas again.
What's for dinner? Don't have an answer, then start planning your meals with About.com's My Meal Planner tool. You can save and create menus using a simple calendar tool. You'll never run out of meal ideas again.
WAHM Tip: Keeping Clean
When you and the kids are home all day, the house naturally gets messier than when you're gone. Keep the clutter under control by doing picking up as you work.
When you and the kids are home all day, the house naturally gets messier than when you're gone. Keep the clutter under control by doing picking up as you work.
10 Easy Steps To Reduce Your Piles of Paper
Kids seem to generate an inordinate amount of paperwork that piles up on the kitchen counter or, even worse, in your home office. Sarah Aguirre, About.com's Guide to Housekeeping, offers a system for dealing with all the paper.
Kids seem to generate an inordinate amount of paperwork that piles up on the kitchen counter or, even worse, in your home office. Sarah Aguirre, About.com's Guide to Housekeeping, offers a system for dealing with all the paper.
Organizing for Your Children
Getting your kids organized is no easy feat, but it can be done! You can utilize their existing space, and incorporate affordable storage options that will teach your kids to be organized, says Dena Pasis, About.com's Guide to Personal Organizing.
Getting your kids organized is no easy feat, but it can be done! You can utilize their existing space, and incorporate affordable storage options that will teach your kids to be organized, says Dena Pasis, About.com's Guide to Personal Organizing.
15 Minute Clean Ups for Every Room
It's a simple fact that when you're home, the house gets messier than when you're not. But a little cleaning time each day can go a long way. And many hands make light work, so get your kids involved. Sarah Aguirre, About.com's Guide to Housekeeping, gives tips on cleaning every room in the house.
It's a simple fact that when you're home, the house gets messier than when you're not. But a little cleaning time each day can go a long way. And many hands make light work, so get your kids involved. Sarah Aguirre, About.com's Guide to Housekeeping, gives tips on cleaning every room in the house.
10 Quick and Easy Dinner Recipes
Like it or not, cooking is often on the work-at-home moms' to-do lists. But it doesn't have to take all day. Stephanie Gallagher, About.com's Guide to Cooking for Kids, list ten quick recipes that kids will like.
Like it or not, cooking is often on the work-at-home moms' to-do lists. But it doesn't have to take all day. Stephanie Gallagher, About.com's Guide to Cooking for Kids, list ten quick recipes that kids will like.
How To How to Organize Your Grocery Shopping Trips
Grocery shopping is often part of a work-at-home mom's day, but it doesn't have to take all day. Dena Pasis, About.com's Guide to Personal Organizing, shows you how to be organized at the grocery.
Grocery shopping is often part of a work-at-home mom's day, but it doesn't have to take all day. Dena Pasis, About.com's Guide to Personal Organizing, shows you how to be organized at the grocery.