Organize Your Bag
I have always been a woman who carries a good sized bag, usually one of those sloppy hobo looking ones. I hate square structured stiff bags. The problem with a big old purse with no structure is that it can be hard to find what you need when you need it. (Geez… is my ADHD […]
Eat the Frog!!???
My Aunt Elizabeth married a man from Georgia. His family had a New Years tradition of cooking a hog’s head for dinner. It was supposed to bring you good luck throughout the year. My cousin always said that it was true; if you ate hog’s head on New Year’s day, nothing worse could happen to […]
Lessons for the ADD Mom
As ADD Moms, one of the biggest challenges we face is getting what needs to be done, done without making ourselves crazier in the process. We are easily distracted, after all, and without some structure in place, our days often come to an end with nothing really accomplished. I don’t have a magic wand that […]
ADHD and Added Pounds
Did you know that if you have ADHD, it might be more difficult for you to lose weight? Sad, but true. The same difficulties that you have focusing on the task at hand or sticking with a project until it’s complete can also throw you off track when it comes to dieting. Although it might […]
Adding Structure
Like most people with ADHD, I do better in a structured environment. And while I have worked outside of the home, most of my married “mom” years have been spent at home. Home – where there is little structure unless you create it (and enforce it). I’ve been reading a lot of “makeover” kinds of […]
Out of Order
Out of order can mean a couple of different things. On the one hand, out of order can mean that something isn’t working. When the Diet Coke machine is out of order, we can get really frustrated because we can’t get our fix. 🙂 Out of order can also mean that things have been taken […]