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The Most Efficienct

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At the Ready

My father, in the obsessive time-saving ilk of Cheaper By the Dozen‘s Frank Bunker Gilbreth, oft proported the value of going to bed in one’s clothes for the next day.  Not only would this save on laundry (no pajamas to wash), the primary gain would be the efficiency in the morning–no need to get dressed.  As children, we just blew him off as “silly Daddy”.  Now I know that he was onto something.  The patience required to dress an almost-3 yr. old in the morning is not something I possess.  My father is definitely a very wise man.

In a similar vein, I used to gawk at people who left their Christmas lights up post-January.  Now I see someone lighting it up in green and red on Valentine’s Day and think, “Dang!  They are on the ball–10 months ahead of schedule.  Go them!”  Truth is, I’m jealous.  I wish I had enough nerve to leave my lights up year round, save myself the annual hassle of hanging them (read: nagging my husband to go out and hang them) and say a sweet little “oh well!” to anyone who would beg to differ.

A tremendous fan of time-savers and anything that allows me to perpetually be “at the ready”, I’m very interested in further efforts towards efficiency.  Obviously, no idea is too quirky, as I’m willing celebrate Christmas year-round if it makes my life easier right now. 😉

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Meredith

Meredith blogs at The Mom of the Year, where she dedicatedly earns her title one epic parenting fail at a time, offering quick, relatable laughs for fellow parents and all their empathizers. She has been part of several best-selling anthologies, featured on prominent sites such as Huffington Post, In the Powder Room and BlogHer, and loves her role as the Executive VP/Operations Manager of The BlogU Conference. When she's not breaking up fights over Legos and juice boxes, she remains fully committed to sharing a less serious look at the world of parenting.

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