The habit of doubling a recipe I often have pep talks with myself while I’m in the kitchen. Something like…
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Housekeeping Habits
Back to basics: simple suppers
So you’ve started back with the basics. Slow and easy. Or maybe not. Maybe, like me, you are feeling a…
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Easy Christmas decoration storage
Raise your hand if you’ve already taken down your Christmas tree. Neatly packed away all the decorations? Sigh. Not me….
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Chores or service opportunities?
Which sounds better to you – a household task or a chance to help? When I think of chore I…
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Jurisdictions
“Time to pick up jurisdictions,” I call. There is honestly no way I could possibly follow behind five children and…
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Power Hour
I have a cleaning schedule that I really like. It covers all the day to day cleaning and also has…
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Ready, set, go!
The habit of being ready Here they come. Piling loudly through the church door. One child’s ankles are neglected –…
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Preschoolers as part of the action
With holidays coming up there will be a bunch of action in the kitchen. So how do you allow preschoolers…
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The Habit of Knowing you, Knowing your children and Knowing your family
I have to confess that the only routine in my house is the fact that we go to sleep every…
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Papers, stacks and hole punches
I’m so glad Kendra gave us permission to discuss emerging habits in her A Morning Routine part three. Especially since…
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What’s for dinner? Part One – planning
If your kids are anything like mine, you hear this question more than once a day. All the things that…
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Cleaning Thankfully
It is so easy to feel bogged down by the day to day business of taking care of a family….
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