Did you know that there is a cost to the things that you own? I had heard that, but didn’t know it experientially until this past month. I began a de-cluttering project of the entire house and shortly my husband joined in, bringing along a ruthlessness I hadn’t known I needed. When I say we [...]
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Written by contributor Stephanie Langford of Keeper of the Home. When I first became a wife over 8 years ago, I was a disaster in the kitchen. I hardly knew how to make anything from scratch. I cooked chicken until it was rubbery out of fear of undercooking it. I routinely burned half of the things that [...]
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Allow me to transport you to my family room during homeschool two weeks ago. We’re in the middle of reading an amazing story for Circle Time, but it’s becoming increasingly difficult to focus on the story at hand. The two year old climbs (literally) all over myself and the other children. When we try to [...]
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I know that learning to do canning is a goal for many women, and yet those with young children are particularly apprehensive to give it a try. The thought of working long hours in the kitchen, with scalding hot water, glass jars, and valuable food that you don’t want to waste can make it seem [...]
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So many days, I get overwhelmed by the mundane trivialities of life. Another meal to serve, another page of math to check, another load of laundry to wash, another diaper to change, another fight to break up. Particularly for those of us with young children, days can run into each other and tasks can feel [...]
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Last week, I took my daughter out on a date. I didn’t tell her where we were going, only that she would love it. We said good-bye to Daddy and her siblings, made a quick stop for yummy drinks, and then pulled up to the movie theater. Movies aren’t generally something that we go out [...]
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