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Archives for July 2013

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Practicing Hospitality Despite our Imperfections and Fear

Practicing Hospitality Through Imperfection & Fear

July 31, 2013     Keeper of the Home

Guest Post by Jami of Young Wife’s Guide When I invite guests over to my house, I envision a perfect day of getting things ready. My twin baby boys will be perfectly behaved. I will get up early and start preparing the beans and chicken for dinner. I will get the kitchen perfectly clean, pick …

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Category: Family Life, Homemaking

Why Are So Many Women Suffering with Thyroid Problems? 1

Why Are So Many Women Suffering with Thyroid Problems?

July 29, 2013     Keeper of the Home

This summer we are taking some time to discuss some current issues that are on our minds–issues that we do not know how to answer. We are relying on you, the Keeper of the Home readers, to weigh in as we wrestle with these often complex subjects. By Erin Odom, Contributing Writer Up until a …

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Category: Homemaking

What Do You Do When Simplifying Isn't So Simple?

What Do You Do When Simplifying Isn’t So Simple?

July 26, 2013     Keeper of the Home

By Emily McClements, Contributing Writer Too many times over the past year my husband and I have looked at each other in exasperation and exclaimed, “TOO MUCH STUFF!” It happens when… …our laundry pile has stopped fitting inside the hamper and has, instead, exploded over the top, down the sides, and all over the floor …

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Category: Family Life, Homemaking

Refreshing Lavender Rosemary Spray

Simple Summer Skin Refreshers

July 24, 2013     Keeper of the Home

By Andrea, Contributing Writer Summer is the time of year when more of our skin is exposed to the world. It’s also when we spend the most time in the sun and the heat. And time spent in the sun and heat is usually time spent sweating. Whether your skin is pale or dark, dry …

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Category: Homemade & DIY

Homemade Antibacterial Foaming Hand Soap 1

Homemade Antibacterial Foaming Hand Soap

July 22, 2013     Keeper of the Home

Over the course of the past couple of years, I’ve enjoyed learning how to make homemade products–like homemade liquid dish soap, homemade deodorant and various homemade food products, like bread crumbs and cream of chicken soup. Today I’m giving you a recipe for a safe antibacterial foaming hand soap. Besides being void of the harmful …

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Category: Homemade & DIY

Let's Talk About Birth Control, Shall We?

Let’s Talk About Birth Control, Shall We?

July 22, 2013     Keeper of the Home

By Natalie, Contributing Writer Got your guard up? Hopefully this post will help bring the different sides together a little closer on this subject. I don’t claim to have it all figured out, but since Stephanie asked the contributors on KOTH to write up a post this month on a topic that we don’t have …

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Category: Family Life

Homesteading in Suburbia – Five Easy Ways!

July 19, 2013     Keeper of the Home

Guest Post by Scott Morefield Rolling pastures in the middle of nowhere. A silo shading a barn full of dairy cows. Chickens clucking in the yard. A gigantic garden guarded by an imposing scarecrow, just a bit higher than the corn stalks waving in the wind. A farmhouse right out of the 1880’s, surrounded by …

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Category: Homemaking

How Many Clothes Do Kids Really Need? 2

How Many Clothes Do Kids Really Need?

July 17, 2013     Keeper of the Home

By many people’s standards, I suppose my children don’t have that many clothes. I certainly don’t spend a lot of money buying clothes, and we sometimes have lean seasons where we run a bit low on boy’s shorts or wish we had just a couple more girl’s short sleeved shirts. The closet you see above …

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Category: Homemaking

A Modern Alternative Mama's Two-Week Meal Plan 1

A Modern Alternative Mama’s Two-Week Meal Plan

July 16, 2013     Keeper of the Home

By Kate, Contributing Writer This is an average meal plan in our home. We have four kids who are 5.5, 4, 2, and 4 months (the baby doesn’t eat with us yet). Our goal right now is to increase the quality of food we are eating while keeping our budget down. I create meal plans …

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Category: Real Food, Recipes

Fabulous Fruit Pizza

Fabulous Fruit Pizza {Kids in the Kitchen Summertime FUN!}

July 12, 2013     Keeper of the Home

By Kelly, Contributing Writer Summertime is the perfect time for cooking with kids! For us busy moms, the slower pace of summer often makes it a bit easier to orchestrate than during the school year when life can be, well, a bit chaotic to say the least. And spending time in the kitchen with your …

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Category: Family Life, Real Food, Recipes

DIY Starbucks Passion Tea Lemonade

DIY Starbucks Passion Tea Lemonade

July 10, 2013     Keeper of the Home

By Beth Ricci, Contributing Writer I don’t know about you, but my desire for not-so-healthy treats goes crazy in the summertime. With so many social gatherings, there’s opportunity galore to indulge. Ice cream, picnics, birthday cakes aplenty (in my family, at least!), and more! Last summer when I began loving coffee, I developed an (unfortunate?) love for …

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Category: Homemade & DIY, Homemaking, Real Food, Recipes

Finding Simple Living Values

July 8, 2013     Keeper of the Home

By Michele, Contributing Writer A life of simplicity sounds nice, doesn’t it? But what does that really mean? Stories abound of families selling everything to live off the land, leave a small footprint, travel lightly, or other endeavors. But does that sound simple to you? Maybe… But perhaps not. Our family has lived various versions …

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Category: Family Life, Homemaking

Simple ways to connect with your kids when you're already tired 2

Simple ways to connect with your kids when you’re already tired

July 5, 2013     Keeper of the Home

Written by Stacy Karen, Contributing Writer We know that kids need quality and quantity time with their parents in order to connect with them. We know the value of tying heart strings between us. But what’s a mom to do when she is already exhausted? Motherhood is not for wimps. Meeting the needs of children …

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Category: Family Life, Homemaking

Why Is It So Hard to Have Self Control With Food?

Why Is It So Hard to Have Self Control With Food?

July 3, 2013     Keeper of the Home

I probably shouldn’t write this post. Beside me sits a small bowl of homemade treats from the freezer, which I certainly don’t need but definitely want. I fully intend to eat them. If you could taste what I’m tasting (creamy, chocolate-peanut buttery goodness), I bet you’d eat them, too. Two weeks ago, our family completed …

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Category: Family Life, Homemaking, Natural Living, Real Food, Recipes

5 Unconventional Uses for Crock Pots

5 Unconventional Uses for Crock Pots

July 1, 2013     Keeper of the Home

When I was a child, I thought the crock pot was for one meal alone: roast beef. Oh, I am sure my mother used it for other meals, but for some reason the common Sunday lunch of a slow-cooked roast beef with a side of slow-cooked carrots and potatoes made a huge impression. In fact, …

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Category: Real Food

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