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Clean Sweep: Pick your own project!

  Cleaning our homes should bring delight to our home. You might be married to someone who does not care about messes. I’m married to someone who is absolutely thrilled when he walks in the door and...

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Clean Sweep: Do you lack routine in your life?

  Discipline. Routine. Order. Schedules. Chore Charts. Meal planning. Do those things make you groan inside? If you tend to be a perfectionist person you thrive on those things, but if you are not,...

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Answering the “How do you do it all?” Question!

I seem to be getting more and more questions from mothers wondering how I manage to blog, own a business, be a consultant for Lilla Rose, homeschool my children, run my house, and still manage to be...

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7 Steps to Help Prepare for the Sabbath Day

  Image Source A Guest Post My children and I are reading Laura Ingalls Wilder’s classic Little House in the Big Woods. If you’ve ever read it, you know one of Pa’s stories is about how his father...

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How To make Homemade Playdough {Plus Free Printable Labels!}

I love homemade playdough. I actually like it much better then the stuff you buy at the store. What I make for my children is soft, squishy, easy to mold, and does not dry out near as quickly as the...

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Huge Apron and Dayspring Sale!

(Affiliate Links Included) I’m taking a day off the Swimsuit Series to share about these lovely sales. I enjoy wearing aprons around the house, for both practical and feminine reasons. I like to keep...

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Homemaking 101 DVD and A Must Read Post!

(Affiliate Links Included) My favorite Homemaking video is on sale today! This has truly blessed me, but not only that, it has humbled me many times. I’ve heard my children say more than once that...

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My Favorite Christmas Albums

One of my favorite things about Christmas time is the music. The glorious hymns that have been sung every Christmas in years past just thrill my soul! I know some people say we should just listen to...

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How I Am Organizing My House – And Why.

My goal for 2014 is to organize my house. How am I going to do this? Declutter, make goals, declutter some more, pray hard, stay motivated, and declutter even more. I don’t feel like I have an excess...

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How to make herbal glycerine tinctures

I’ve read for years on how to make herbal glycerine tinctures. I just never actually did it. There are so many wonderful things out there to do and my list of things I’d love to try seems endless!...

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How I Organized Our Toys

You may have come through the holidays and realized, like me, that something had to change. I took some time during our holiday break to organize a little, and the main thing I wanted to tidy up was...

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Introducing The Character Badges Program Plus Win $100 Cash!

You have no idea how excited I am to finally be introducing the Character Badges program to you! This program is not brought about by anything I’ve done, rather it is the work of my very talented...

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Seasons at Home Homemaking Magazine

(Affiliate Links Included) When my Mom passed away 3 years ago I inherited a lot of books and magazines, which was very special. I had to sort through all the homemaking and homeschooling magazines, as...

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Easy Chicken Quiche Recipe

  This easy chicken quiche recipe  is a staple at our house. It’s not something I make every week, but we have it probably once a month. Now if we were talking about burritos, that is something we...

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How to Make Your Own Magnesium Lotion

Magnesium oil is receiving a lot of attention these days. It can be commonly overlooked, but magnesium is a crucial mineral for our body.  Magnesium is used in hundreds of different body functions,...

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Some of My Favorite Things!

  The bonuses that I have received from the Ultimate Homemaking Bundle have been amazing. It’s worth purchasing the bundle just for the bonuses! With over $200 in bonuses, you will be getting some...

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Norwex Cleaning Cloths Giveaway!

Norwex: “Improving quality of life by radically reducing the use of chemicals in personal care and cleaning.” With the Norwex Microfiber System, you will not breathe, touch or ingest chemicals – you...

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Paula’s Bread Giveaway!

I love Paula’s Bread company, as there really isn’t anything she sells that I wouldn’t like to have in my own kitchen! From Bosch mixers, to grain mills, bread makers, and much much more! What I love...

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Mary & Martha giveaway!

Mary & Martha offers beautiful Home Decor, Kitchen items, Stationary and more with a Christian theme to the items. I own some of the kitchen items and they are just beautiful.   The dinner plates...

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A Non-Disney Princess Birthday Party!

We normally just do family birthday parties with our children, or invite a family that we are friends with to join us at our family party. I thought it would be fun to have an actual party for my...

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