Naturally inspired living for homemakers
Welcome to this week’s edition of Living Simply Saturday- The “A Mother’s Work is Never Done” carnival (and gosh, isn’t it true?). This week, I’m so eager to hear all about your answers to these questions I posted last week (see that post for more background on the point of this week’s carnival): ** How …
Living Simply Saturday: “A Mother’s Work is Never Done”Read More
*An example of my loot from a successful morning of garage sale shopping for my son last summer* Find the next two posts in this series here: Part 2 Part 3 Inspired by my own recent efforts in stocking up on affordable children’s clothes for my two little ones, I thought I would share my own methods …
I found out a way to get blackberry stains off my little girl’s off-white blouse and pumpkin baby food off my little guy’s white/green shirt… without any heavy chemicals, and with minimal effort and cheap ingredients? Do I have your attention yet? 🙂 Here are the ingredients: Liquid Dish Detergent, Glycerin, and water. The glycerin …
Hello, fellow PCOS’ers! I hope you don’t think that I have forgotten or abandoned you in light of my current pregnancy! In fact, it makes me even more eager than ever to continue to talk through the issues surrounding PCOS. I hope that I can offer encouragement, as I keep sharing about the lifestyle changes …
** I apologize for yet another departure from the book I’m working through, but since leaving our house in such a hurry, I completely forgot to bring it with me. I’m going to diverge for two weeks, until I’m home again, then I’ll continue on with where I was at!** I think that being a …
Living Simply Saturday: The “A Mother’s Work is Never Done” EditionRead More
So, I have a new cookbook that I’d like to buy (surprise, surprise)… It’s called Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day , and here’s why I’m interested: I stumbled upon this video last week and was instantly curious as to whether I could incorporate this into my practice of making healthy, digestible (ie. soaked, …
I’m sorry I’ve kept you all in the dark for so long, but I’m finally ready to unveil the winning name from the “Name my Ebook” contest! Without further adieu, it is: Healthy Homemaking: One Step at a Time This was, far and away, the most popular choice in the polls! My own ideas for …
I have a confession to make. I hate Facebook. And I don’t Twitter. I’m not on MySpace. I don’t do Delicious or Digg or Stumble. Why, you ask? Because for me, these types of social networking and bookmarking only seem to add more clutter, busyness and obligation to my already very full little world. I’m …
Living Simply Saturday: Escaping the Technology TrapRead More
I have a couple of questions that I thought you ladies could give me some feedback on: 1) Do you use any computer programs that are intended for moms or for home management? Which programs do you use? 2) Do any of you use meal planning software or services? Which ones do you use (of …
My plans for the next week? Simple. Slow. Low expectations. Ahhh… Last week I wrote about attacking the clutter and sifting through our possessions, following along with the book Spring Cleaning for Normal People (and Biblical Womanhood’s 10 week challenge). Though I still fully intend to do this, I realized that at 14 weeks, my pregnant …
Living Simply Saturdays: Lowering my expectations and giving myself a breakRead More
Nope, I didn’t forget about the whole topic of coupons. I was just momentarily sidetracked for two months. 🙂 I had said back in early December that I was hoping to give couponing another shot (see my first attempt) while I was down in Seattle for Christmas. Unfortunately, the sickness hit really hard during the …
