Take at least ONE moment for yourself every single day. Even if that moment is only as long as an inhale and an exhale.

Hire a housecleaner to come once every two weeks. Your time is worth the money and it alleviates the stress of spending half your weekends vacuuming and cleaning toilets!

FOR YOU -- Organize your closet by color so you can easily see what you have and what goes together well. FOR THE KIDS -- Put your kid's clothes into outfits in a zipper bag so (if they are old enough) they can choose an outfit themselves that you've pre-paired.

I do the grocery shopping online and avoid the store altogether. Giant (peapod.com) will deliver for a $6.95 fee and I figure with the money that I am saving comparing prices online and noticing what's on sale, it's completely worth it.

Write everything down. Appointments, school supply lists, shopping lists, things to hunt for during the next Target sale, the cell numbers of everyone in playgroup, the hour your hubs will be in a staff meeting and unavailable. Write it all down somewhere you look often.

The next time you take a trip, write down everything that you pack in categorized lists by person, type of item (cosmetics, clothes, food, entertainment etc.). Also, list out all your tasks as you do them, like notifying neighbors, setting the alarm code, programming the thermostat, etc. Just write it all down as you do it. Then, keep the list and use it for subsequent trips.

Basically I try to think about what will really matter when I look back on my life. Will I be happy to say that my house was always clean or that I spent time on the floor playing with my kids?

Don't do the lunches at night. Make your kids do their own lunches. You'll be amazed at what they can do themselves. Also, make them load and unload the dishwasher.

Let's hear it for self-preservation. No, make that self-indulgence. After all, if we don't indulge ourselves, who will? Massages, a morning run on the week-ends, a manicure whenever - whatever gives you uninterrupted alone time can be a life saver, not to mention a saver of one's mood.

While you are cleaning up after dinner, set up your coffee pot for the next morning. If your pot has a timer, set it so that you can wake to a fresh pot and avoid the cost of getting coffee while you are on the run.