Your Essential Living Room Cleaning Checklist
The living room is aptly named. It is a room for living, not for showing off. In the living room we read, talk, and form connections with one another and friends. We study, work, and…
The living room is aptly named. It is a room for living, not for showing off. In the living room we read, talk, and form connections with one another and friends. We study, work, and…
Sometimes, kitchen cleaning has been my favorite home chore. Other times, not so much. In my 23 years of married life, I’ve had 7 different kitchens. For many, that probably seems like very few, but…
In Defense of Baby Showers Most weeks the last thing we think we need is to add another event to the calendar, especially an event that requires a gift and possibly our help in supplying…
They say that September is like a second January, marking the start of a new school year and a fresh beginning. However, unlike the exhilarating start of January, September often feels exhausting. Give me October…
Yes, kids should do chores. I’ve written before about how having chores is good for kids. But assigning chores to kids isn’t about offloading housework so someone lower on the totem pole does it instead…
Yeah, I’ve googled “Help getting organized” before, too. The piles, the closets, the dirty corners, the cruft of living a full life all feels like too much to handle on my own. Surely someone has…
Tired, feeling like a failure, not sure what to do but there are a million things you should have done yesterday – I hear it every day from ladies joining Convivial Circle. They are on…
Two and a half years ago we moved sold our house of twelve years, the one I thought we’d be in for at least another ten, if not twenty or thirty years. We moved across…
Yes, moms should read novels. Story grip might be a strong temptation, but it’s worth the struggle. I’ve written before about how reading novels changed my homemaking by waking me up to some of my…
Getting a family dinner on the table can feel relentless. Whether we serve up a success or a flop, the next meal will follow fast on its heels. As mothers, one great temptation is to…