NEW! Family Manager Fun Shops
Family Manager Fun Shop Topics


New Year, New You
Learn how to take better care of you this year—and find the time to do it

Your Personal Best
Goal-setting strategies for achieving your dreams

Conquer Paper Clutter
Learn to set up a simple filing and recording-keeping system

Get Ready for Tax Time
Don't wait until April! Learn how to organize your financial paper work for filing taxes and get a head start on preparing for next year's tax return

Ready for Romance
Creative ways to say “I love you” and strengthen your marriage

Birthday Party Planning
Learn how to plan, organize and execute a creative, inexpensive birthday party

Saving Your Family’s Memories
How to organize photos and family memorabilia

Simplify Spring Cleaning
Smart strategies for cleaning your home faster and better

Time for Tea
An afternoon tea party is an excellent way to celebrate graduations, engagements or babies. Learn how to plan, organize and host a tea party with minimal fuss
or stress.

Take a Deep Breath
May is the busiest month of the year for moms who juggle sports and performance schedules and year-end school activities with everyday life. Learn how to
reduce your stress level during this hectic season.

Summer Survival
When school’s out, mom hardly feels like she’s on vacation. Discover how to entertain your children and create special memories while still maintaining sanity
and a reasonable structure.

Raise Your Child’s Creativity Quotient
You don’t have to spend a fortune to stock up on supplies and ideas that will help you and your child explore and create art, writing, music and movement.

Family Travel Tips and Sanity Savers
Learn to anticipate and respond to the inevitable twists and turns of family vacations.

Dinner Made Easy
Skip fast food or delivery pizza and instead discover nutritious kid-pleasing meals you can prepare in less than 30 minutes

Family Team Building
Learn how to get your family to help more around the house—without nagging

Quality Family Time Activities
Even the busiest families with the most divergent schedules can fit in valuable and fun activities that create lasting bonds.

Fun Family Outings
Take advantage of local resources to get out of the house and to discover adventures close to home.

Get Fit and Healthy in 10 Minutes
Exercises and nutrition ideas you can implement in 10-minute segments for a healthier you

How to Save Money on Just About Anything
Discover insider secrets to spending less on everyday products and big-ticket items.

Garage Sale Savvy
Tips and planning strategies for a lucrative garage sale

Reducing Seasonal Stress: Holiday-planning strategies
Make this the year you actually enjoy the holidays while still retaining tradition and creating priceless memories

Holiday Decorating and Entertaining Ideas
Transform your home into a warm and inviting winter wonderland. Your family will love coming home each day, and you’ll be inspired to open your house for
holiday parties.

Holiday Traditions and Memory Makers
Enhance the traditions your family already loves and discover new ways to celebrate.

Calendar Blocking and Schedule Management for Overly Busy People
Pick up quick tips that will make life smoother and time more manageable for even the most multitasking moms and dads.

Teaching Kids to Manage Money
The sooner children learn to take care of their resources, the fewer expensive mistakes they’ll make later in life.

Teaching Kids to Be Organized
Even if you struggle with organization, you can teach your children to create simple order in their lives.

Entertaining - Throwing a party with pizazz for pennies
Lavish your friends and family with gracious hospitality without spending a fortune.

Cut Your Housework in Half
Imagine the quality time you can spend with your family—or yourself—when you learn to reduce by half the time you spend cleaning.

Picnic Planner – easy meals/snacks/activities for a fun family outing
Picnicking is an inexpensive outing that you’ll want to make a weekly or monthly tradition after you learn how to pull them together effortlessly.

Budgets Made Easy
Once you learn how to create a realistic budget, you’ll actually look forward to holding yourself accountable for spending and saving.

Time & Schedule Management for Unmanageable People
Wrangle even the most unruly children and spouse (or even yourself) with time management strategies that provide just the right amount of structure
Gather a group of friends and have your own personal workshop in the privacy of your home.
(workshops include 1.5 hour session, take home worksheets and time for Q&A's)

Fun Shop - $10 per person (min. 5)
Fun Shop+ (includes book) - $20 per person (min. 5)
(book will depend on Fun Shop topic)
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