In a fit of end-of-summer ambition and good will, I decided it would be nice to host a Potluck-Picnic-Back-to-School-Bash at our new house. We never had a housewarming, and we’d been meeting families at our kids’ schools that we wanted to get to…
This August, I was frequenting Target at least once a week for last minute vacation amusements, birthday gifts, camp clothes for kids, and so on. While I do keep a Target list housed in Evernote, my husband and I never seem to synch up to tag team…
Some of you may have noticed that I’ve recently changed the name of the Upcoming To-Do List to the Later List. I decided on this for several reasons. One, I am into alliteration. Also, some early readers of The Together Leader manuscript (Hi,…
I haven’t done a total tools refresher for new readers, so here comes a short series on why certain tools are needed! I recently received this calendar in the registration packet for my 2-year-old’s fall preschool program. I’m a purger and…
Y’all know I don’t do a lot of guest blog posts around here, but when I find a SUPER Together Teacher, I invite him/her to send a post my way. Maggie Goldstein has been a middle and high school teacher with KIPP for the past five years. While…
At the end of last month’s very popular interview with Tom Rath, I warned you I’d be back with more! Modeled after Eat Move Sleep, Tom wrote a wonderful children’s book called The Rechargeables. His story follows two children, Poppy and…