Life as Mom https://lifeasmom.com/ Doing what matters Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:25:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Weekly Ramble – August 14, 2026 https://lifeasmom.com/the-weekly-ramble-august-14-2026/ https://lifeasmom.com/the-weekly-ramble-august-14-2026/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:25:21 +0000 https://lifeasmom.com/?p=141710845 Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? Hello, hello! I’m now week 2 into Operation Open Nest and I feel like I’m getting my bearings. I’ve spent most of the week at home since we had to do some car juggling. I’ve turned off all my alarms and allowed myself to sleep as...

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]]> https://lifeasmom.com/planning-quality-time-with-each-child/feed/ 9 The Weekly Ramble – August 7, 2026 https://lifeasmom.com/the-weekly-ramble-august-7-2026/ https://lifeasmom.com/the-weekly-ramble-august-7-2026/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:06:46 +0000 https://lifeasmom.com/?p=141710799 Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? Yes, I have trouble with my cuticles and I leave my tea bag in the mug ’til I’m done drinking. Not the most photo-worthy of images, but also very much the real me. I’ve been a nail picker since childhood. That’s what I’m doing in this...

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]]> https://lifeasmom.com/the-weekly-ramble-august-7-2026/feed/ 7 The Weekly Ramble – July 31, 2026 https://lifeasmom.com/the-weekly-ramble-july-31-2026/ https://lifeasmom.com/the-weekly-ramble-july-31-2026/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:00:48 +0000 https://lifeasmom.com/?p=141710779 Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? Whew. So much was crammed into this week. I think I left the house almost every day which is saying something for this hermit here. I did all kinds of running around last school year and so this summer has been oddly hermit like. I found...

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]]> https://lifeasmom.com/the-weekly-ramble-july-31-2026/feed/ 8 The Weekly Ramble – July 24, 2026 https://lifeasmom.com/the-weekly-ramble-july-24-2026/ https://lifeasmom.com/the-weekly-ramble-july-24-2026/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:54:00 +0000 https://lifeasmom.com/?p=141710766 Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? It’s always a little weird to be posting on Friday but telling you about the last week, including whatever happened on the weekend. For my Sunday to Saturday brain, it’s weird, anyway. But, since I can’t promise to do blog work on the weekend, this will...

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]]> https://lifeasmom.com/the-weekly-ramble-july-24-2026/feed/ 13 Make It a 15-Minute Day https://lifeasmom.com/power-of-15-minute-blitz/ https://lifeasmom.com/power-of-15-minute-blitz/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:12:30 +0000 http://lifeasmom.net/2009/12/home-management-the-power-of-the-15-minute-blitz.html Struggling to get anything done? Try this 15-minute cleaning hack. Don’t limit it to cleaning. Set a timer for everything on your to-do list and get stuff done! There are loads of tricks out there in the homemaking world about how to get the biggest ROI and how to be the most productive, tips on...

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]]> https://lifeasmom.com/power-of-15-minute-blitz/feed/ 10 The Weekly Ramble – July 17, 2026 https://lifeasmom.com/the-weekly-ramble-july-17-2026/ https://lifeasmom.com/the-weekly-ramble-july-17-2026/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:34:00 +0000 https://lifeasmom.com/?p=141710730 Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? Hey, hi, how are you?! Remember last fall when Bryan collected Funko Pops that looked like our kids? Well, he slyly snuck in one of me. ๐Ÿ˜œ The Incredibles (seriously the best classic Pixar IMO) was one of the first movies that our family really fell...

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]]> https://lifeasmom.com/the-weekly-ramble-july-17-2026/feed/ 6 How I Planned Our Trip to Japan https://lifeasmom.com/how-i-planned-our-trip-to-japan/ https://lifeasmom.com/how-i-planned-our-trip-to-japan/#respond Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:36:50 +0000 https://lifeasmom.com/?p=141710720 Here’s how I planned our summer trip to Japan for two parents and four teens/young adults. We had a great time, but it definitely took some savvy planning to make it come together. Last summer Bryan and I, along with four of our children, aged 16 to 23, went to Japan. We spent three weeks...

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]]> https://lifeasmom.com/how-i-planned-our-trip-to-japan/feed/ 0 The Weekly Ramble – July 10, 2026 https://lifeasmom.com/the-weekly-ramble-july-10-2026/ https://lifeasmom.com/the-weekly-ramble-july-10-2026/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:43:58 +0000 https://lifeasmom.com/?p=141710704 Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? Last weekend was fun, wasn’t it? Even if you didn’t have a big celebration with loads of people, I hope you had some good cheap eats! We sure did. The boys went to a party on Saturday, so ours was a decidedly small group at home....

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]]> https://lifeasmom.com/the-weekly-ramble-july-10-2026/feed/ 10 Things I’m Doing to Age Gracefully https://lifeasmom.com/things-im-doing-to-age-gracefully/ https://lifeasmom.com/things-im-doing-to-age-gracefully/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:37:01 +0000 https://lifeasmom.com/?p=141710690 At 54, my life is more than half over, yet I feel like I’m finally getting in my groove! Here are the things that I’m doing to age gracefully. You’ve seen the comparisons of the cast of the Golden Girls versus the ladies from Sex in the City, right? I don’t know much about the...

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