Wednesday's Word With: Lama

Lama, of Florida, is a stay at home mom with four children, ages 2-8. She also homeschools two of her children. Lama's husband works full time outside the home. When her husband is home, he divides the parenting duties and roles with Lama.

Busymom: Please introduce yourself.

Lama: My name is Lama. I am a stay at home mom with four children. I homeschool my oldest two children. The youngest two children join their older siblings when it is time for homeschooling because they love to pretend they are big and go to school.

Busymom: How do you manage to have time for yourself since the children are with you everyday?

Lama: We have a routine or a schedule. I write down our schedule on a big poster board for the children and myself to read and follow. I have a personal day planner where I record appointments, deadlines and reminders. The children are expected to help update the family calendar as well with their own tasks and projects.

Busymom: How long do is a homeschooling day?

Lama: It ranges between six to seven hours per day. I give them a lot of hands-on learning, so it goes by quickly. Often once in awhile, we will go past six to seven hours. After that, the older children will keep the younger children occupied while have about five to 10 minutes of "Me Time." Then I will supervise as I cook and complete last minute tasks. When my husband comes home, he will usually play or read a story with the children, allowing me to have one or two hours by myself.

Busymom: What do you do with the one or two hours?

Lama: I will read a book in my bedroom and light a candle or two, or take a nice hot bath or shower using my favorite gels and moisturizers.

Busymom: What kind of advice would you like to give to other busy moms?

Lama: It is hard for women to accept help from others because they may not do it the we like. That needs to change because by us doing many things, we are taking precious time from ourselves. Don't be afraid to delegate.

Lama relies on organization skills to help run her home smoothly. Great products to help strengthen the organizational skills would be MomAgenda or The Kitchen Folio. She also uses candles, bath gels and moisturizers to help relax and prep her for what to come. You can find top quality bath gels and moisturizers at http://www.allizon.com/.

Monday's Spotlight: Organizers

Question: The new year is about one month away, taxes are coming up, and I need to keep track of my children's school activities and projects. Do you have any type of products that can be used for organizing all those projects and tasks?

Answer: At Allizon.com, there are two types of products that may help with your organizational needs: The Kitchen Folio or Busy Mom Agenda. With the holidays and the new year fast approaching, being organized is more critical than ever. The Kitchen Folio allows you to store important papers for easy access for the times you will need them. The Kitchen Folio will instantly become "command central" for every family that uses it!

The Busy Mom Agenda has unique week-at-a-view format with space for mom and up to four children, as well as monthly views.





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Friday Favorites: The Kitchen Folio

Many times an area in our home, usually a desk, kitchen or dining room table, is cluttered with papers--notes from our children's schools, bills, reminders, menus, homework, newspapers, magazines, and even to-do lists. We place papers there thinking that when we have time, we will organize the papers and other clutters.

However, that doesn't happen to many people. We end up going through the clutter to find something that we need. But it doesn't have to be that way anymore. At Allizon.com, there is an item called The Kitchen Folio, it's the Mom Agenda solution to the paperwork problem!

The Kitchen Folio holds 48 pages in its heavy, duty clear plastic pages. There are 24 interchangeable tabs to categorize the pages by your choice of organization. The Kitchen Folio would be an excellent place to hold and organize papers that may be too important to throw out or lose.

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