tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32629830.post7967507441077641165..comments2023-09-23T10:55:34.604-04:00Comments on Slightly Crunchy Catholic: disaster planningmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637174816423519588noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32629830.post-56271357746753325952009-03-19T17:07:00.000-04:002009-03-19T17:07:00.000-04:00Mel, I love it!!! (The link for the folders didn'...Mel, I love it!!! (The link for the folders didn't work for me. What kind of folders are they?) You know that I, too, use MODG, and I always wished that I could pick your brain about certain things. This is perfect because it takes away the reason I use not to make lesson plans way ahead of time. I am also OC and I also have a newborn and I write my lesson plans (sporadically) by hand. Let me ask you, when you say "print out lesson plans," do you just sit down and the computer and type them all up? And if you do, do you have a template or something you use? Mel, I have totally come to the same conclusion you have regarding planning. Besides several really important habits and routines you need to acquire, (and sometimes even these get derailed--bedtime, cleaning the bathrooms), a schedule has to be a framework to which you refer as much as you can, otherwise, it can have a demoralizing effect. You have to be realistic and flexible and not regard every departure as a failure. Thank you so much. I hope you will not mind sharing more details. I wish your camera was working, too. Happy Feast of St. Joseph!J.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01674838815010546526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32629830.post-37133378897298820492009-03-16T23:41:00.000-04:002009-03-16T23:41:00.000-04:00Love the idea of disaster planning. As we head in...Love the idea of disaster planning. As we head into homeschooling this fall for the first time and new baby due this summer, I will need to keep this all in mind. <BR/>SueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32629830.post-43852722161738540592009-03-16T15:52:00.000-04:002009-03-16T15:52:00.000-04:00Yeah, this is why I gave up planning. And "Mother...Yeah, this is why I gave up planning. And "Mother's Rule of Life". And "Managers of Their Homes". And all the other "plans" I've tried. They just don't account for how chaotic our *LIFE* is - even when I PLAN for it not to be. LOL! ;) <BR/><BR/>Give in to the Chaos! Make Peace with Entropy! You will live longer. [That's my new motto anyhow LOL!]Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314251373368639823noreply@blogger.com