Posts by Maddy123

Aww...love the drawings!  That's great! 

Great thread!   I second the "overly complicated meal" issue that others have mentioned.  Sometimes when making a meal plan, I will get all the ingredients for something complicated like roasted veggie lasagna. ...

A couple other tips for using the Kanban that have helped me:   Use time-based tasks when possible.  I have learned that it is better to have a post-it that says “10 minutes – kitchen” than “clean entire...

You can customize the Kanban to work with your needs.  I really dislike doing the laundry (and sometimes forget it in the washer), so it's worth putting it on the Kanban for me.  My post-it says "Laundry Loop" because I want...

I’m not sure if this is the right area to post or not, but I wanted to share a organizational system that has been working for me.   Maybe some of you have used this system?  A Kanban is a signboard that was originally...

Hey, great list!  Thanks for posting!    

I enjoy Christmas, but feel kind of "eh" about Thanksgiving. I think it's because for the last 12 Thanksgivings, I have hosted a meal (mostly for my IL's who live out of town...and they are not my fav people). It's a lot of...

Hey DeChRi, I think you are very clever to have found a way to make your MIL feel good. So that's one "detail" that you seemed to have handled well. My MIL is someone I don't care for very much. Luckily, she lives in...

I would try black shoe polish and maybe even a black sharpie marker first.

It's nuts to ask your son and his family for money in this situation. But just to feel better, I would probably say, "Mom, things are very tight here..but we can give you $50 this month and $50 next month and that is all we can...