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Heading South

Are you heading South today? Is your home-based foundation swirling downward? Use these resources to support the treasure of your busy home life.

Step-by-Step Calendaring Tool

Work events, school events, daycare schedules, doctor's appointments, lessons, and (oh yeah...) some fun. How do we fit it all in and how do we keep it all straight? Here's a no frills tool to help you begin the process by identifying your values and end it with a less chaotic calendar.

Franklin Covey – Day/Week Planners

These are all their paper models. The site also carries all the fun electronic gizmos, but the narcissistic part of me still likes to gawk at my own handwriting, so I use the classic weekly pages. Decide for yourself, but whatever you do get a usable calendar system!

Destination Organization
Jamie Martin, Professional Organizer

If you describe your life as stressed, disorganized, unproductive or chaotic, transform your life, work and home into peace, organization, efficiency and order with the expertise of a professional organizer like Jamie. Your family, work and home will thank you!

Fly Lady – Housecleaning Guru

(Yes, housecleaning!) Five-minute room rescues, using a timer for dreaded (or addictive) tasks, dressing “to the shoes” and zone cleaning are a few of my favorite tips from the Fly Lady. If I did everything she prescribes, I’d blow a gasket. Proceed with caution. Take only what you need.

Goodwill Industries Donation Estimator

When you purge your obsolete and excess "treasure" from your home and closet (in honor of keeping abundance flowing) you can use this handy tool to tabulate the amount of your donation for your taxes!

Wondertime Magazine

Real articles with practical advice and musings from real parents. Not your cookie-cutter parents magazine!

Recipes

Have an arsenal of options for your meal planning so that “what’s for dinner” actually has an answer. If the concept of “meal planning” completely threw you, write to me straight away at Julie@julzoflife.com and we’ll get you on track!

Bruce Wilkinson - Videographer

No time to scrapbook but want to capture memories (photos and video) for the grandparents and posterity? Check out Bruce's packages for photo montages. Easier, more affordable way to make lasting (and duplicable) keepsakes.

Robin Walker - Custom Hair Bows and Boutique Children's Clothing

Need a unique birthday or shower gift? Or is your daughter’s hair constantly in her face? Fellow mom-trepreneur, Robin has great solutions to keep little ones looking adorable (and seeing through their growing hair!). All items handmade.

A Reminder That You're Appreciated By Your Kids

You may have received this poem as an email forward. "When You Thought I Wasn't Looking" is the title. The author is Mary Rita Shilke Korzan. She now has a book out by the same title. Follow the link above and then click on the heart to see what she's up to. Great story of how one person's sentiments can touch so many.

Heading East

Heading downtown to get down to business? Check out these resources - support for the treasure of your work life.

Maria Boynton - Salt Advertising Services

Salt Advertising Services is a full-service communication specialty provider. They can:

• create your logo

• design your website

• design and print your business stationary

• write marketing copy

• design your marketing materials

And they do a mighty fine job of it, I must say!

Elizabeth Hagen – Organizing Expert and Professional Speaker

This is an article on creating a customized Office/Household "Command Center" that keeps the "bits" from escaping your head without action and tames the paper tiger on your desk! It's great. I thought I was organized until I heard her wise suggestions.

Robert Middleton – Marketing Guru

For general marketing tips: this man gives away great resources and advice. Have his newsletter come to you each Tuesday or just go to his website to read what applies to your current needs.

Quicken – Go electronic with your finances

Make tax time, bill paying and report generation a snap by doing the front-end work of putting your finances in something like Quicken. You’ll thank me come tax time next year.

Heading West

Looking for new frontiers... people to see, things to do?! Use these resources to find ways to make treasured connections.

Noble Mother

If you are an "intentional mother wanting to parent with integrity," then The Noble Mother has a resources and helpful, nourishing advice for you. Raelee Peirce has gathered a community of like-minded mothers to support one another. “We can never have a noble race of men until we have a noble race of mothers.” - Elbert Hubbard

Cool Mom Picks

A great site to have your products rated and hopefully featured! Also a great way to find other mom-trepreneurs in your field to connect with and support!

Mums the Word – Online magazine for working moms (mostly UK)

Get support and a fresh perspective from moms from all over the world.

Check out their networking group online – chat with other “mums” in or out of your field.

Giant Potential – Women in Business Chat Forum

Find like-minded women at their desks everyday!

Ning.com – create your own social network for anything

Lots of options, endless possibilities

Mommy Track’d – “The working mother’s guide to managed chaos”

Hilarious newsletter and empowering advice.

Heading North

Feeling frozen or stuck… or in need of crisp clean air? Use these resources to discover the treasures to lift your gaze upward again.

The Chest – Julie Ford’s Blog

Nuggets from me, your mom-trepreneur treasure hunter!

Treasure for Transitions

This is written to be used for a new year changeover, but it could be adapted for any transition like a job change, divorce, death of a family member or moving into new uncharted territory.

Treasure for Your Relationships

This is a great way to rekindle the romance and connection when you get a free weekend away from the kids or even a night out. Take advantage of great conversation time with, well, GREAT conversations.

The Gremlin Taming Institute

“Your gremlin is the master of misery lurking in the shadows of your very own mind. Your gremlin is not your negative thoughts and traumatic past experiences. He’s not your fears, regrets or self-limiting concepts. He’s the one who uses them – and more – to create elaborate cinematic works suited to your unique vulnerabilities. And he’s the one who seduces you into watching them and into confusing them with the pure experience of you r breath-to-breath existence.” From A Master Class in Gremlin-Taming, Rick Carson

Free teleclasses and valuable information on other learning products available at their website.

The Other Side

Some wonderful things can only be located by taking a chance and looking to see what's on the other side of the map. Use these resources to discover the treasures in your life you may have never imagined possible.

Colleen Huberty - Director of Toe to Toe Ballet School

“If you’re not dancing, you’re wasting your feet.” See what Colleen’s done in Elkhorn, WI.

Lyrics

Here's a place to go so you can see what they're really saying in your favorite song on the radio!