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Parenting for Lazy People: The Napping House, Part II

By Lori | Published: October 6, 2014

  Naps: bane or blessing? The thought of a regular time each day when our children sleep (and we can think our own thoughts and do things hard to accomplish with little children underfoot) can seem like an enticing but elusive dream. I wrote (a long, long time ago) about the why of napping here, […]

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Parenting for Lazy People: The Napping House, Part I

By Lori | Published: March 4, 2013

Picture your household at 5:30 pm. What’s happening? How does everybody feel? What is each person doing? Is there chaos or contentment? If your family includes children under six or so, I bet the answer to that last question depends mostly on one thing – what they were doing three hours earlier. Naps? Why Bother? […]

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Cerebral Homemaking, Part 10: Keeping the “Stand” in Standards without Losing the “Flex” in “Flexibility” – The No-Go-There Rules

By Lori | Published: January 10, 2013

This is the last Cerebral Homemaking article. Here are the others in the series: Part 1: Wrapping My Mind Around My Work Part 2: Please Lie Down on the Couch and We’ll Begin the Analysis Part 3: Lofty Thinking — About Vision, Philosophy, and the G-Word Part 4: Blast Physics! We Have to Aim Just […]

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Cerebral Homemaking, Part 9: Homemaking is So Daily

By Lori | Published: November 1, 2012

It’s totally right for the kitchen to look like this when heavy cooking is happening — the problem comes when we start to accept leaving it that way. “Life is so daily” is a common quotation of uncertain provenance, and it lends itself to endless variation. “Marriage is so daily,” “Parenting is so daily,” “Exercise […]

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Family Matters: Cultivating Kindness

By Lori | Published: October 25, 2012

Recently, I ran across the following in two places, and it struck a chord with me about some ways our family could stand to improve: Showing kindness — Courteous words instead of sharp retorts. Smiles instead of blank looks. Enthusiasm instead of dullness. Response instead of indifference. Warmth instead of coldness. Understanding instead of the […]

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Cerebral Homemaking Part 8 – Not a Kid Anymore

By Lori | Published: October 3, 2012

Other Cerebral Homemaking posts: Part 1: Wrapping My Mind Around My Work  Part 2: Please Lie Down on the Couch and We’ll Begin the Analysis Part 3: Lofty Thinking — About Vision, Philosophy, and the G-Word Part 4: Blast Physics! We Have to Aim Just a  Little Higher Part 5: Time Matters Part 6: We […]

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Cerebral Homemaking Part 7 — Mundane or Maniacal?

By Lori | Published: September 3, 2012

Other Cerebral Homemaking posts: Part 1: Wrapping My Mind Around My Work  Part 2: Please Lie Down on the Couch and We’ll Begin the Analysis Part 3: Lofty Thinking — About Vision, Philosophy, and the G-Word Part 4: Blast Physics! We Have to Aim Just a  Little Higher Part 5: Time Matters Part 6: We […]

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Cerebral Homemaking Part 6 – We Like What We’re Good At: Developing Competency

By Lori | Published: August 17, 2012

 Competence drives satisfaction. We like what we are good at, and we shy away from things we think we are not good at. Car mechanics, baking pies, volleyball, spreadsheets, public speaking, settling a fussy baby, higher math – it doesn’t matter what it is – if we have had some experience and success doing it, […]

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Cerebral Homemaking Part 5 – Time Matters

By Lori | Published: August 8, 2012

All this thinking about thinking about our work as homemakers may have left you thinking: well that’s great, Lori, to decide that I need to improve my job skills and develop a vision for my home and set my aim higher than the level of my goal, but the thing is, I have a life and I just […]

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Cerebral Homemaking Part 4: Blast Physics! We Have to Aim Just a Little Higher

By Lori | Published: July 24, 2012

Previous articles in the Cerebral Homemaking series: Part 1: Wrapping My Head Around My Work Part 2: “Please Lie Down on the Couch and We’ll Begin the Analysis” Part 3: Lofty Thinking — About Vision, Philosophy, and the G Word In the last Cerebral Homemaking article, we talked about developing a vision for our homes and […]

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