Flylady

I know that a lot of ADD Moms follow Flylady’s system for keeping the house (and more) under control. For those of you who may not know, Flylady helps those living in C.H.A.O.S. (Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome) learn to polish their sinks and fly one baby step at a time. Flylady is about keeping […]

The Donation Box

Everybody collects excess stuff. As ADDers, we are extra good at that. 🙂 Unfortunately we’re not so good at keeping our stuff under control. Someone I have known for a very long time (and who shall remain nameless) thinks that cleaning involves making neat piles of all of your stuff. No. Piles are piles, neat […]

IKEA and ADHD

Last weekend while we were in Michigan we got a chance to visit the IKEA store because it was near our daughter’s house. I want to sell everything I own and IKEA-ize my house. This is really an amazing company with an unique vision. They focus on keeping prices low, packaging as minimal as possible, […]

Motivated Moms

ADD Moms can have a hard time getting it all done. We can also have a hard time remembering what it is we need to do. Things like appointments and outside activities get put on the calendar (we hope). But it’s the daily things like housework that sometimes get away from us. There are a […]

One Thing at a Time

We ADDers are supposed to be so great at multi-tasking, but the truth is that we do a lot of things at once and don’t really accomplish a lot. I’ve also noticed that we seem to really only be able to balance one part of our lives at a time. For instance, if your home […]

Keeping the Family Fed: Meal Planning

Did you know that meal planning and grocery shopping are more difficult for ADD Moms because we have ADHD? It makes sense when you think about it. In order to keep our family fed, we have to plan meals, add ingredients we need to a list (plus anything else we need), buy the groceries (getting […]