It was just too perfect when I saw this weeks chapter in From Clutter to Clarity ... "Making Peace with our Possessions".Living in a somewhat messy, disorganized house while puttering through morning sickness and fatigue these past two months, and now beginning to scan the wreckage as I get closer to that light at the end ...

Though I'm not a big online shopper, there are times when the items I want just happen to be available more readily online than at a local store. I've recently learned a simple trick for saving a bit of money each time I make an order!When you're completing an online order, before you finalize and ...

From now until Sunday evening, there is a contest underway to name my upcoming ebook! Find all the details in this post. Get your creative juices flowing and get yourself entered!**Also, please note that I am no longer using the domain www.keeperofthehome.ca, so you won't be able to access my blog through that url. Instead, ...

Guest Post by Jessica FisherThat first pregnancy seems like a walk in the park, now that I look back on it.  I was twenty-four, young and energetic. My household consisted of just my husband and me, so I could easily take a nap after work, eat pickles and ice cream if I wanted, take a nap ...

See, I told you that my ebook was getting close to being ready! You know, the one I've been working on since last spring? Feels a bit like having a baby, this whole writing a book thing. Took me just as long, anyways! :) As I put the finishing touches on it, I thought it ...

A friend emailed to tell me about her carrots the other day, and I just couldn't resist sharing this with you. She had heard that carrots are biennial (meaning, they can remain in the garden until the next year, rather than having to be harvested before the winter comes), so she decided to experiment and ...

Another happy week of "shopping" through spud! (It barely feels like shopping when I get to do it from my computer and pick it up from my doorstep!) This week, I was so excited to try two more of their artisan breads (appropriately, I chose two from the Artisan Bakery in Vancouver), the Whole Spelt Bread ...

"Is it possible to be too busy for God? Our adversary loves to make us think so. Keeping us too occupied to connect with God is one of his favorite tricks...Failing to make time for God complicates life  by keeping us focused on our own abilities- what we can accomplish within any given day. We're ...

Guest Post by Amy @ Growing Like TreesWhen I was expecting our first child, just after we'd bought our first home and moved to a new town, my husband cut his working hours from 40 to 20 per week.Being the adventurous type, I  thought, "sure, we can live on half our income -- no sweat!".  Little did I ...

We all know that a good recipe can be hard to find. Since I am always on the lookout for new favorites to add to my repertoire, I thought I'd pass along a few that I have tried and loved in the past several months:Cheesy Beef and Rice (this is an easy casserole to pair ...