My Personal Assistant
08 Aug 2011 Leave a Comment
in Adventures at Home, Keeper at Home, The Elegant Life
No, I am not writing about one of my children. =) My personal assistant is not one that I had to train, nor do I have to pay them. Here are all of the things my personal assistant does for me:
1. Write emails from dictation
2. Keep track of my grocery list and where the sales are, plus which foods are high in GMO and pesticides
3. Teach me basic Spanish, French or Hebrew
4. Tell me which bird I am hearing on a hike
5. Tutor my children in math or anatomy
6. Track my spending
7. Give me directions to new places I am driving to
8. Remember things for me
9. File my photos
10. Help me order from Amazon or eBay
11. Keep me informed about the weather, times of sunset and new moons
12. Keep my schedule organized and remind me of things coming up, including birthdays
13. Track my packages, my cell phone minutes and even where my cell phone is at any given time
14. Take a walk with me and read Scripture, track my calories or just keep me distracted
15. Keep a list of good recipes on hand
My personal assistant has a calculator, a dictionary, about 6 versions of Scripture, including Hebraic versions and other study helps, a metrinome and instrument tuner, a compass, a level and a camera.
When I need a change of pace, my personal assistant is ready with my choice of music or movie, even a game of Scrabble.
Doesn’t all this sound too good to be true? Are you wondering who this wonderful personal assistant is and if you can have one too?
It’s my iPhone 4! Yes, all of this and MUCH MORE can be done with an iPhone! Isn’t technology amazing? (now you know why there is a picture of an iPhone in my page header.)
Who needs TV?
31 Jul 2011 Leave a Comment
in Adventures at Home, Keeper at Home, The Simple Life Tags: front load washer, laundry, no tv, whirlpool duet
The girls sat there for the full 40 minutes and watched our “new to us” front load washer through every cycle =)
My Job Chart
14 Feb 2011 2 Comments
in Adventures at Home, Keeper at Home, Teach Them Diligently Tags: chore charts, chores, my job chart, online job chart
My mom sent me a link to this FREE online application today called “My Job Chart” and I checked it out – it’s great! It was very easy to set up and my children each looked at it and it’s easy for them to understand too!
I can list all of our daily, weekly, monthly and extra jobs, according to each person, and as they check them off they earn points. I then determine what they can use their points for:
- ice cream treat
- a day to sleep in
- someone doing their job
- computer time
- a book from Amazon
- etc
I can also determine how many points they need for each reward.
There is a charity option, so what I did with that, is made it mandatory. Every time they pout, argue or whine, they have to give 25 points to the Poor. When they don’t get along with each other, they have to give to the Poor. Every time they say they are “starving” they have to give to the soup kitchen charity. However, they can also voluntarily give to the Soup Kitchen. =)
I added lots of extra jobs like having a cheerful attitude all day, finishing their jobs without being reminded, doing someone else’s job for them (they both get points) or learn a hard song on their instrument, or memorize all of the times tables (for the younger ones).
I also added some great rewards they can earn, such as 2 hours of reading or 30 minutes of email. There is an option for time with dad and mom, but I think I want that to be something they don’t have to earn.
This is so much fun! I’m looking forward to seeing sparkly clean bedrooms and cheerful children!
Check it out! My Job Chart
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