A new kind of kid chore checklist!
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…
Why a professional organizer can’t help you
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…
Being a Happy Homemaker in a House You Don’t Love
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…
Family dinner as baseline hospitality
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…
What is a reasonably clean home? (and how to get one)
We don’t want to be the nagging, harping mom. But, it happens. What other options are there when the kids won’t keep their stuff picked up? We’re working so hard for a more clean and…
Want a clean home? Do this for efficient routines.
How many times have you scoured the internet, browsed Pinterest, or binged YouTube, looking for the next best tip or secret for a clean home? You want a clean home, fast, but no tips seem…
Can moms have hobbies?! – an interview with Lexy Sauvé
Or, being a creative homemaker It’s so easy to feel worn down and exhausted by life, mothering, and all the things – especially when you have six kids like Lexy Sauvé. Lexy has learned a…
Habits of a Happy Homemaker
Being happy at home is actually a matter of habit more than anything. The habits that rule our actions as well as those that rule our thought patterns determine whether or not we are satisfied and joyful in our work at home as homemakers.
Housework Is Good Work.
Is self-help any real help at all? A few months ago when I published Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done, it started showing up as a highlighted new release in the “Christian…
3 reasons you should start decluttering today
So you’re stuck on YouTube watching videos about decluttering again, huh? It’s ok. Let me tell you why you keep getting sucked in to watching OTHER people declutter AND how to get moving on your…