Updated Video “How to Make Homemade Laundry Detergent” ~ 10 gallons for about $3
February 12, 2012 By 17 Comments
Save Money: Maintain & Value What You Have
February 10, 2012 By 18 Comments
I plan to “retire” most of my belongings. In other words, I’ll completely wear them out along with their usefulness before I replace them. If you are looking for how to become financially independent, maintaining what you have and completely using up what you’ve already paid for is one way to get there. Years ago, before [...]
10 Tips to Create Space that You Never Knew You Had
February 9, 2012 By 14 Comments
If you want to have this…. You’re going to have to find some of this…. It’s called space and it comes at a premium in most homes! While I totally prefer living in a smaller home, there is a continuous challenge to find extra storage space. The good news is that “living small” keeps me [...]
11 Ways to Make the Family Meal Table Fun Again
January 18, 2012 By 15 Comments
Raising a family isn’t easy. Raising a large, multi-racial, adoptive family is even more difficult, with many twists and turns in the journey. Adopting three siblings almost two years ago was an answer to years of prayer….and yet rocked our family like we never expected. One thing that happened caught me completely off guard. It [...]
I Knew There Must Be a Reason for January: Knitting and Crocheting
January 11, 2012 By 18 Comments
“Hello, my name is Kelly and I’m afraid of knitting”….. That was my story just a few months ago. Really???!!! Afraid??!! Of yarn?! Yep. Scared me to death. Not the yarn, per se, the potential for failure. The very high likelihood that I could look “stupid” kept me from learning a skill that I really wanted to [...]
Guest Post at "Simple Organized Living"
December 29, 2011 By 2 Comments
Today, I wrote a guest post over at “Simple Organized Living” by Andrea Dekker. Andrea is amazing! She is a motivational speaker, professional organizer, personal coach and much more. I’m so glad to know her (in a bloggy kind of way) and am honored to write for her during this transition time while she is [...]
How to Bounce Back & Recover from the Holidays
December 28, 2011 By 26 Comments
Do you struggle to bounce back after the Christmas season? Are you overwhelmed with fatigue? Is your house littered with holiday shrapnel as far as the eye can see? Yep, me too. The two times of year that have the greatest effect on my sense of balance in life are back to school/football season and the Christmas [...]
The Art of Persistence
December 27, 2011 By 11 Comments
Ever have trouble sticking with things? Are you the Queen of the unfinished? Do you jump from project to project, never feeling satisfied about the outcome? I’ve been there, I think all of us have. I wish everything in life were as easy as a Mousetrap game. From the unfinished sewing project, to the [...]
The Memory Maker’s Prayer
December 23, 2011 By 9 Comments
Dear God, Thank you for the amazing privilege of being a mother this Christmas season. What a responsibility you’ve given me as the “Memory Maker” of this home. Allow for good and loving memories of the holiday season in the hearts and minds of my children. Create in me a clean heart, God, one that overlooks the [...]
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