Mother4Jesus

Here We Are—Our Country's 250th Birthday! When I think about our country, I automatically think about John 15:13: "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13 (ESV) I'm always amazed by the people who defend our country, those who came before us and those who serve today. There is a special calling on the life of someone who is willing to lay down their life for ours. They serve people they don't know. People who may not care about them. People who don't believe in what they're fighting for. They wake up every day. They train. They condition. They remain disciplined. And for what? The possibility of laying down their lives for our country. The thought of laying down my life for someone honestly confuses me. I would lay down my life for my children. (Although, catch me on a bad day and I may feel differently! 😂) There are very few people I would actually lay down my life for. Some days, I don't even li...

I have tipped my toes into the world of digital planning. Ok, so maybe I did MORE than just my toes.  Ok, Ok, I dove in head first!!  Why Digital planning??  *It’s fun *It’s Portable *It’s colorful *It saves on Printer Ink *It’s a creative outlet *My children LOVE all the cute stickers The list goes on.... I had started with Artful Agenda, which is a digital planning App. It syncs up with all your devices. It’s a great option, especially for those who really don’t want to or have the time to set up a digital PDF Planner. Click on the Link for my Review of The Artful Agenda App.  While the app is great and amazing, I couldn’t really use or decorate the planner the way I wanted to.  after much research, trial and error, I have found a combination that works for me. Actually, I’ve found MANY combinations that work for me. 🤷‍♀️😜 First you need to decide what you’re looking for.  I wanted a cute weekly planner that I ...

The new year has started and we've been running from the start! We've been busy with gymnastics and taekwondo!! Never a dull moment here. I can't believe February is almost here. To celebrate, I created some cute planner covers and dividers. These match my February Poster !  These can be used in any planner. Simply Print, put in a page protector, laminate, and write in what you want. You can edit these in any program. I am uploading PDF and JPG versions. The PDF version can also be used in any portrait-sized digital planner. The Jpg version can be inserted as a graphic on the page of any document/digital planner. You can resize these, they're a high resolution, you just want to make sure you keep the same aspect ration/constrain the proportions. For those living in Australia, their new year hasn't started off well. Many of the graphics I get from Janelle from Chantahlia Design . The fires have devastated many on that Island. She started a campaign to he...

Happy New year!! 2020 is here. That means a fresh start for resolutions and a fresh start for an organizational overhaul!  For me, it's imperative that my children help. As a homeschooling mom, there is no way I'd be able to do all that I do without their help.  We are a family. We learn together, We have fun together and We clean together!  One way that helps my children are Zone cleaning cards. I posted some free ones here.  The ones I posted are printable. You can print, laminate and bind them.  I recently created a digital school planner and my children liked it! I love that I can edit it weekly and design it with fun graphics. They enjoy that too.  I decided to try zone cleaning digitally!  I created this digital zone cleaning for Goodnotes users. I have the PDF and the Goodnotes file for you to download for free.  Just import into Goodnotes and edit as you'd like. If you want to edit it in another PDF editor, the...

I think my title is a bit dramatic, but that's how I feel.  For years, Nay...Decades, I've used paper planners. I couldn't find the perfect planner, so I started to create my own planner pages. Times change and my children's needs change, thus changing my own needs. My needs for the type of planner changed. They continue to change, sometimes from day-to-day.  I didn't want lists all over the house, or apps all over my Ipad. I decided to try digital planning. I have Onenote and thought it would be a good idea. The only problem is setting up a planner, one that I liked, was worse than organizing underwear!! It took too much time and with children and all I had to  do, it wasn't something that I could stay focused on. I do have trouble focusing on things to begin with.  Simplicity is one thing that helps my ADD. If it's simple, I can continue to follow through. This includes how I decorate and organize my home and also my planner.  When y...