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Hospitality Without Losing It
When you think hospitality what do you envision? For the idealists – It is a magazine cover shot of friends laughing around a perfectly curated table? A guest bedroom made…
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Crafting a Biblical Family Vision Statement
In my previous post on Blessing Your Children, I promised that I would also address crafting a Family Vision Statement. My husband and I crafted a vision statement for our…
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Emergency Prepping with Prudence
It seems there are two camps when it comes to emergency prepping. Either you are all in: off-grid homesteading with a solar generator, homemade water filtration system, and a cellar…
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Keeping Sabbath and Finding Rest – Even With Young Children!
We have finally reached a point that we are able to honor the Lord by our Sabbath rest, together, as a family … most of the time.
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5 Grocery Budget Busters and How to Defeat Them
Grocery prices have been on the rise lately due to inflation. If you are anything like me, you are paying closer attention to your grocery budget! Each time I go…
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Laundry Systems that Work! Tips and Tricks
We just added a new member to our family. She adds a disproportionate amount of extra laundry for her tiny size. Ironically, she also lives in our laundry room right…
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After Christmas Reset: 10 Realistic January Organization Tips
If you are like me you are familiar with the day after Christmas “overwhelm”. You look around at your home with all the new “stuff”, remnants of wrapping paper, and…
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5 Reasons for a Family Afternoon Tea Time Ritual
We’ve done some sort of family tea time for quite a while. My husband enjoys Earl Gray and is secure enough in his masculinity to enjoy it in fine china…
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Top 10 Reasons Everyone in your Family Needs Alone Time to Thrive
The other day I was watching my oldest daughter playing in the front yard. She was swinging and singing and very happy not knowing I was watching through the kitchen…
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Gratitude Exercises for Kids and Free Printable Thank You Cards
How can we teach gratitude to our children and foster in them a joyful and thankful attitude? Read below for several gratitude exercises applicable to any age. I have also included free printable thank you cards for kids and for adults with some helpful writing prompts.
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Become a Mom Who Reads Again
While I still don’t have as much time for reading as I did when I was a carefree third grader I have found ways to fit reading into my life once again.
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YNAB – Planning A Kids Birthday Party on a Budget
I want to share with you how we do wonderful and exciting birthdays for cheap. I mean really cheap. My kids party budget is $25.
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These are a few of my favorite things for bugs, nails, and water!
I thought I would take a moment to recommend some of my favorite things this summer! Here are my latest top 3
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Ten Tips to Read Your Bible as a Busy Mom
There is nothing that will impact your roles as a wife, mother, homemaker, etc. more than a steady diet of Bible in your life.
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Quick Tip: Save Your Leftovers and Your Sanity!
I thought, “There must be a better way!” Alas, there is indeed a better way.
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Is Minimalism The Answer For Your Home?
Messes are an inevitable part of productivity but too much mess hinders productivity
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Your Quick Clean-Up Toolbox for Kids – Avoid Mess Frustration!
Kids messes tend to wear us down because they are so daily – hourly even! Here is a little toolbox of strategies to use so that you lose it less often.
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40 Things Frugal Moms Actually Need For The First Baby
I remember looking up registry ideas on the interwebs when I was expecting my first baby. Getting lost in Pinterest finding lists like “The Ultimate Amazon Baby Registry Checklist: Must Haves from an Experienced Mom” or “WHAT DO YOU REALLY NEED TO REGISTER FOR WHEN YOU ARE EXPECTING YOUR FIRST BABY?”. I would read them and discover a lot of fancy items that weren’t actually necessities. Sure, that wipes warmer might be neat but was it something I actually needed? Fortunately, I had some older women in my life to tell me what was truly a need, and it wasn’t a “blooming sink bather”.
