Name my ebook!
See, I told you that my ebook was getting close to being ready! You know, the one I've been working on since last spring? Feels a bit like having a baby, this whole writing a book thing. Took me just as long, anyways! 
As I put the finishing touches on it, I thought it would be so much fun to involve all of you in a naming contest, which gives me a great excuse to tell you what the book is all about!
As promised, it is a collection of "baby steps", ranging from very basic to some slightly more important and involved steps, but all intended to slowly guide you towards better nutrition and healthier, more natural living.
There are 26 steps in total, one step for every two weeks, which means that it is a one year journey (though I've also given other options for working through the steps at an alternative pace). Each one gives you a simple goal, explains some of the why's behind the step, offers suggestions to get you going, and plenty of book and online resources for further study or to help you keep moving forward.
Topics include:
- improving produce, meat and dairy quality
- cleaning out the "no-no" items in your pantry
- learning to use natural remedies for sickness
- making homemade (and cheaper) yogurt
- practicing nourishing cooking techniques, particularly for grains
- ways to reduce your waste and consumption of disposable items
- reducing toxins in your home and your beauty routine
- assessing the plastics you use
- and many moreā¦
This naming contest is going to happen in three stages. Stage 1 consists of y'all giving me your absolute best suggestions for a fabulous title for my new ebook!
Stage 2 is where I take the names and narrow them down to my top 8 or so, and then bring the vote before you lovely ladies in a poll. In Stage 3, I will choose my favorite name, and also announce the other top 3 choices from the readers poll.
Each of the 3 top readers choices will receive a free copy of my ebook. The grand prize winner, who actually names my ebook, will receive a copy of the book as well as a package of natural, toxin-free home and beauty products (which I am choosing, so it'll have some things that I love in it)!
To enter, all you need to do is:
1) Leave a comment with your top name choices, including both a serious and a not-so-serious title suggestion for the ebook (if you're feeling not so creative, like myself, feel free to give me just one or two serious suggestions
2) Make sure that you leave your email address so that I can contact you if you're the winner (just in the comment form, not the actual comment).
3) Contest closes Sunday, Feb.1 at 7:00pm.
4) Look for the poll on Monday morning and make your vote known (and yes, if you're a finalist, you can vote for yourself!)
So, what do you say? Name that ebook!
Edit: Comments are now closed. Thank you, ladies, for all of your incredible name suggestions! You blew me away!
Just took a break from writing an article on āTrolls in Norwayā for the Newspaper.to read your blog. This 74 year old brain does not work well at 5 a.m. but did put it into gear for a few suggestions.
1. āTrial and Errorā.
2. āStarting with the Basicsā
4. āStarting from Scratch with Stephanieā
Iām sure there will lots of great suggestions for you to pick from and will be keeping watch.
Nana
Iām thinking of something going along with the name of your blog, soā¦
ākeeping the homeā¦ greenā
ākeeping your homeā¦ nourishingā
Or because it is a one year processā¦
āOne year to a more nourished homeā
āBaby Steps To Natural Livingā
Iām feeling to sick to give anything creative! This is my first time commenting but I have been reading your blog for a few months!
Here are a few ideas:
1. Help for the āNot-So-Healthyā Homemaker
2. A Yearās Journey to Better Health
3. The Homemakerās Guide to a Healthy Home
Your ebook sounds wonderful! Canāt wait to see it!
In Christ,
Sheri
i think nourishment is a theme of the book as well as your values!
ā simple and short: ānourishā (perhaps with a subtitle?)
orā¦ āa nourished homeā ānourishing homemakingā āmaking a nourished homeā
Keeping a natural home? Iāll give it some more thought and see if I can think of anything else
Baby Steps to Better Living
How about something like:
Step Up to Natural Living
Keeping a Nourished Home
Nourishing the Home
āAround the Houseā
āNaturally Homeā
A Journey to Natural Living
Stephanieās Natural Living Guide: Baby Steps to Better Health
Keeper of the Homeās Natural Living Guide
Keeper of the Homeās Baby Steps to Natural Living
Easy Steps to a Natural Home
Easy Steps to Natural Living or Living Naturally
A Homemakerās Guide to Living Naturally
A Homemakerās Helper: Baby Steps to Natural Living
I hope I didnāt repeat any. I look forward to reading your ebook!
These are the two that I came up with :
1) Keeper Of The Organic Home
2) The Nourished Organic
The scripture āBy small and simple means are great things brought to passā keeps coming to mind, so maybe:
āSimple Means to a Great Lifeā or
āSimple Means to a Wonderful Homeā.
Or, given that when you are well nourished youāre really LIVING
āBringing Your Home to Lifeā
Naturally Keeping the Home
Practical Steps to Keeping the Home Naturally
Health, Clean and Free
Easy and Inexpensive steps for a better, healthier you
I keep thinking about how you have to crawl before you can walk so:
Steps to a Nourished Walk
or
Crawling to a Nourishing Walk (not serious about this one)
A Homemakers Guide to a Home Makeover ā Naturally!
Natural Living Home Makeover
The One Year Healthy Home Makeover
Healthy Homemaking: One Step At a Time
A Healthy Look at Your Home
Transforming Your Home For Natural Living
The Practical, Natural, Annual Guide to a Healthy Home (closest to a joke one I could get!) =)
~Megan~
The Homekeeperās Guide to Naturally Inspired Living or
The Homemakerās Guide to Naturally Inspired Living
Naturally Inspired Living: A Homemakerās Guide
Living Naturally: The Homemakerās Guide to a Healthy Lifestyle
These ideas stem from your website heading. Iām sure the ebook reflects what your whole website is about!
-So, You Want to Live Green? 180 in One Year.
-So, Youāre Interested in Natural Health? Give Yourself A Year to Make the Switch.
-Journey Toward Natural Living: 180 in One Year.
-Greener Living, Step by Step.
-From Extreme to Mainstream, How to Become Healthy Naturally Without Joining a Commune. (heehee)
-You Can Live Naturally: A Step by Step Guide to Making the Switch in One Year.
I suggest something simple:
a) āNourishing Stepsā
b) āNourished Home; step by stepā ā¦.
blessings, grace and endurance on your endeavoursā¦keep in mind that for many of us this is a much needed āministryā to help us get started and organized to nourish our families and homesā¦
Jenny
One step at a timeā¦ a one year journey to healthier living
You can do it tooā¦.A one year journey to healthier living
Baby Stepsā¦.. A one year journey to healthier living
Take charge of your health one step at a time
Live healthyā¦ one step at a time
Make it happenā¦.one step at a time
Honor God with your healthā¦.one step at a time
Healthy Living Takes Time
Walk, donāt run!ā¦.Healthy living takes time
Take your timeā¦steps to a healthier life
Patient Endurance
Give a yearā¦ Gain a new life
Greater healthā¦.give it a year!
Keeping it simpleā¦. a journey to greater health
Keeping it simpleā¦. a year-long journey to greater health.
Good Luck!!
Erin :o)
The Naturally Healthy Home
A Frugal Momās guide to a Healthy Home
Happy, Healthy, and Green
Having a Renewable Household in a Disposable World
Renewing Your World
A Christian Momās Quest for Healthy Living
Keeper of the Green Home: 26 Steps Towards Natural Living
Donāt mind me, Iām on a role.
Not serious:
Crap āem and Scrap āem
Goodbye Gut Rot, Hello Happy Tummy.
From Hotdogs to Wholesome Goodness
Serious:
Processing Our Processed Homes
Keep Your Home Well.
Live Wellness.
Itās Good For You! (well, itās a little silly too)
A Healthy Home ā One Day at a Time.
A Guide to a Wholesome, Toxin-Free Home.
Oh, pick me, pick me.
Sorry, change that last title to:
Your Guide to a Wholesome, Toxin-Free Home.
How can you not buy it if itās yours?
Serious title- Healthy Living, Healthy Home
(Steps to) Pure Living
Sorta serious title- Detox Your Life
Health Hints for the Homemaker
Health on the Horizonā¦And How to Get There
Health Hints for the Homemaker
Health on the Horizonā¦And How to Get There
How about:
āThe Nourishing Yearā
āOne Year to a Healthy Homeā
āNourishing Your Familyā
āThe Nourished Pantry: A Complete Makeover, Step by Stepā
Or just
āThe Nourishing Pantryā
I thought of some silly ones but I think theyād only be funny to me.
* Healthy Homemaking
* Healthful Homemaking Tips
ā¦I am not very creative!
Good for you, Stephanie!!! Canāt wait to read your book!
My suggestionsā¦
Keeping Your Home: One Year to a Healthier Family
Small Steps for Big Changes: One Year to a Healthier Home
Homemaking Naturally: How One Year Can Make a Big Difference
Simple Steps to Healthier, Wealthier, Wiser Living
Simple Steps to Living Wisely
Nurture Your Home Naturally
I canāt wait to read your e-book! It sounds interesting.
I am not creative but Iāll try: Some of these can be mixed and matched as well:)
(1) Keeper of your Home Naturally
(2) Keeping your food and home the Natural Way :26 Steps
(3) Keeper of the Home: 26 steps to a healthier family and home
(4) Making life simpler, healthier and non-toxic
(5) Back to the basics of a healthy Family and Home
(6) A One Year Guide to a Healthier Family and Home
(7) Making Your Life simpler, nutrition and home healthy
(8) Starting from the beginning: 26 Steps to a more non-toxic inside and out
(9) Keeper of the home: Stephanieās 26 steps to a better you and home
(10) Stephanieās Guide to a Non-toxic, simpler diet and home
How about
Keeper of the Home: Basic (or Baby) Steps to a Healthy Home & Family
Keeper of the Home: Basic (or Baby) Steps to a Natural Home & Family
funny (sorta):
Let Keeper of the Home detox Your Family and Home
āNatural Living That Wonāt Break the Bank: A Step by Step Guideā, āToxin Free Frugalityā (it rhymes, but perhaps doesnāt capture the main purpose of your book?), you could add a subtitle to it āToxin Free Frugality: A Step by Step Guideā. āNatural Living, One Step at a Timeā. My creativity juices have ceased flowing :). Thanks for your blog, by the way. I found out about it about 6 weeks ago (I donāt even remember how!)and really enjoy your posts. Blessings to your family and I look forward to reading your ebook.
Congratulations! It must feel so exciting. Canāt wait to read it!
Okay hereās my contribution, for what itās worth.
And apparently I got stuck on subtitles for some reason, sorry. 
IncrEdibly Simple: Basic Steps to Healthy Eating
Stepping Stones ā A Guide to Healthy Living
Keeping Your Homeā¦Simple, Healthy, and Natural
Keeping Your Home ā Foundations for Living Simply, Naturally, and Healthy
Here are my ideas- I havenāt read everybody before me, so if some are similar or the same, it is not my intention.
1. Natural Simplicity: 26 Foundational Steps to Better Nutrition and a More Sustainable Lifestyle
2. Simple Sustainability: 26 Foundational Steps to Better Nutrition and a Greener Lifestyle
3. Simply Green: 26 Foundational Steps to Better Nutrition and a More Sustainalbe Lifestyle
4. Nutritional Foundations: 26 Steps Steps to Better Health and a Greener Lifestyle
A humerous one is: Soak Your Troubles Away
1. Extreme Home Makeoverā¦26 Steps to Better Health and a Natural Lifestyle (Greener Lifestyle, More Sustainable Lifestyle)
2. Natural Home Makeoverā¦26 Steps to Better Health and a Natural Lifestyle (Greener Lifestyle, More Sustainable Lifestyle)
3. Home Detoxā¦26 Steps to a Healthier Home (One Year To A Healthier Home)
4. Natural Home Detox (with any subtitle)
5. Natural Home Cleansing (with any subtitle)
6. How To Be The Keeper of A Naturally, Healthy Home (with any subtitle)
Oh, and congrats on finishing your book!!!!
Hey I donāt have a name for you, but a thought (that you may have already thought of)ā¦
http://www.blurb.com is a typical āmake your own book websiteā BUT the advantage of making a book with them is that you can sell your books online through them. It could be an option along with your ebook because once you upload your book to their site, it will tell you how much it costs to print, and you can add an additional amount to sell the book at so that you make a profit still. Anyway, if you were looking for an idea like that, itās something you can try. I have made a photo book there and plan to do one a year. (They also upload blogs) I love blurbā¦
Love the ideas you have outlined for us in your book:) All I keep thinking of isā¦
FRESH: FROM THE INSIDE OUT
natural sustainable living
easy step goals you can achieve
Wow there are some great ideas, I donāt envy you having to choose:)
Baby Steps to Better Health
A New You By The New Year
Keeping the Healthy Home
Keeping Your Home Healthy
I canāt wait to read your book
Healthy Living Little by Little
I just found your blog, and this looked like fun. Iād like to read your book. There are a lot of great ideas here, but I didnāt see this one, so Iāll throw it out there:
Keeping it Natural: Simple Steps to a Healthy Home
My title would be: Doing Whatās Natural.
Thanks for the opportunity to help, this is fun!
Cara
This sounds like a wonderful book, thanks for writing it! It seems to encompass many areas I have been trying to incorporate into my life.
A Natural Voyage ā Steps Toward Living a Nutritious, Healthy, and Natural Life
26 Ways to Live Naturally
One Year Guide to Living Naturally
-āThe Undomesticated Domestic Lifeā
I recently found your website and wanted to contribute to the book title. It is very simple:
Healthy to the Core: Live Simply, Love Deeply
Gradually Green