There are so many reasons we find ways of criticizing youth today: they are self-involved, they take too many selfies, they feel entitled, they have short attention spans, they are lazy – they lack a … Read more
Year in Review – Top 10 4M & Organizing posts from @DownshiftingPRO This week I will be counting down the top posts that were viewed on DownshiftingPRO – Your Family, Your Home, Your Life. 4M … Read more
It is here. It’s the time of year when you need to set your clock back one hour. It has come and gone and now you need to check-in. Twice a year you should be … Read more
What Makes a Good Marriage? Last weekend I celebrated by 22nd wedding anniversary with my husband. That is a pretty nice milestone considering some may have not thought that this would last. How does anyone … Read more
The Bruce Peninsula We were in the Bruce Peninsula this summer on our family vacation and we had an absoltuely wonderful time. The Bruce (as we affectionately call it here) is about 3 1/2 hours … Read more
The summer was coming to a close. We had decided that we would do just.one.more.thing before the start of the school year. It was promising to be a fun filled day on an extremely hot … Read more
The days are slowly but surely being ticked off on the calendar. She’s been home for nearly four months and its time to ditch the family dinners, household chores and babysitting her younger siblings. … Read more
We just came back from the cottage and we had a wonderful time. I have to admit, it was rough for me because we had neither cell phone service and limited (and I mean limited) … Read more