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Been There, Done That Mom

By Jackie Pettus

Jackie Pettus is the founder of Habitudes.info, a web service offering household record keepers, charts and checklists that are stored "in the cloud." Notoriously organized, Jackie created Habitudes with know-how gained from 32 years worth of "household management" experience. Jackie is the mother of three and lives in San Francisco.

Even if you have to store them in your parent's garage, don't toss bank records and tax returns. I was so proud of myself for cleaning out the household financial files. I was told we only needed to keep financial records for 7 years for tax purposes. And who needs ... Read more...
I don't know much about football, which is one reason I don't watch the games on TV much. But my hometown San Francisco Forty Niners are playing in the Superbowl tomorrow and I don't want to miss out on the fun. It'll better if I know what the heck is going on. (A " ... Read more...
I started a web-based household record keeping service four years ago. It's centered around a personal record keeping application called "Matters of Fact (Things the Family Should Know)." Read more...
I'm not a big wine drinker and don't know much about it. And since I'm newly single and living in an apartment, I no longer give big dinner parties. When guests bring wine, we either drink it or it goes in my wine rack to pass along to someone else. There are ... Read more...
Here's a great printable Thanksgiving dinner shopping list. Happy Thanksgiving!     Read more...
In an emergency or disaster you may not be able to get cash OR use a credit card. During Superstorm Sandy many ATM's didn't work or ran out of money. To protect cash in your emergency kit, wrap it in foil and stuff it in a screw-top jar. Resist the temptation to use ... Read more...
For Mother's Day my kids gave me a great gift. They would take the entire bookcase of home videos and have them transferred to DVDs. I tried not to get too excited. My kids are 30, 34 and 35 and I still have a "gift certificate" they gave me twenty five years ago pr ... Read more...
OK, so I've been MIA from Working Mother lately. I'm in the middle of a divorce AND moving in 13 days from a large family home to a 1200 square foot apartment. (I've dubbed it Le Petite Penthouse.) Fortunately, I'm in the organizing business, so things should ... Read more...
After 40 years of marriage my husband is divorcing me. It has been a terrible blow to my ego. On Mother's Day, however, my daughter gave me an incredible gift. I got my self esteem back. She began her note with "This year marks your first Mother's Day as a mo ... Read more...
Our home of 30 years went on the market last Friday. And even though we filled a debris box with stuff over a month ago, I can see that I'm not going to want to move a lot of what's left, either. So I got organized and made a list of what I want to get rid of ... Read more...
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