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Managing Life as a Work-at-Home Mom: How to Juggle It All, Part 2

January 16, 2012

Did you miss the first two posts in this series? Find them here and here.
Let's continue on with the practical, shall we?
Making Work More Productive
Part of the balancing act is learning to work smarter, not harder. This includes developing the ability to see what doesn't need to be done, and not just learning to do [...]

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Managing Life as a Work-at-Home Mom: How to Juggle It All, Part 1

January 9, 2012

As I shared last week, I think that working-at-home is an amazing and viable opportunity for many women who wish to (or need to) work but still want to remain at home with their children.
Today, I want to get really practical and start sharing some of the things you can do to really make it [...]

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Managing Life as a Work-at-Home Mom

January 5, 2012

As someone who has a firm conviction that being home with my children and keeping my home is the best thing that I could possibly do in this season of life, I never really considered any sort of career or business work once that first sweet baby arrived.
Becoming a work-at-home mom was not part of [...]

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The Most Popular Posts of 2011

January 2, 2012

I hope that you've all had a restful and memorable time with your family during the Christmas season! Our holidays were relatively uneventful, but still wonderful.
My husband and I took a couple days away the week before Christmas to do some dreaming and goal-setting for the coming year. Then we spent a quiet week preparing [...]

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Merry Christmas!

December 22, 2011

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end...
Isaiah 9:6,7
Wishing you all a very blessed Christmas, as we celebrate the Savior!
There [...]

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My Podcast with Simple Mom

December 19, 2011

I've mentioned before that I love to listen to the Simple Mom podcasts. Not only do they make laundry or other tedious cleaning tasks go by a little easier, but they're light-hearted, a fun way to get to know other mom bloggers, and feature my sweet friend Tsh from the Simple Mom blog.
I've been a [...]

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My Journey to Burnout and Back: A One Year Update

December 8, 2011

It was nearly one year ago that I first began to share about my experience with burnout.
Last January, I shared very candidly about the circumstances and lifestyle choices I had made that had pushed me to a place of spiritual, mental and physical breakdown. It was undoubtedly one of the hardest times of my life, and [...]

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A Warm Welcome

September 21, 2011

This month, I'm happy to welcome 4 new contributing writers to Keeper of the Home!
Brandy @ The Marathon Mom
Diana @ A Little Bit of Spain in Iowa
Erin @ The Humbled Homemaker
Courtney @ Simply Nurtured
Also joining us are 3 guest writers, whom you will see a little less often, but still quite frequently:
Natalie @ Visionary Womanhood
Mindy [...]

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Monthly Email Giveaway WINNER for The Willow Store!

April 3, 2011

The winner of last month's email-only giveaway from The Willow Store is:
elizabethcrook82@...
Congratulations!
If you haven't checked out The Willow Store yet, take a look! They have many excellent, sustainable options, including wool dryer balls, other natural laundry options, reusable female pads, cloth diapers, and lots more.

This month's giveaway is from Health, Home, Happiness. Cara (a contributing [...]

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So Many Giveaway Winners!

March 3, 2011

Recently we had an awesome week of giveaways! And now...the winners!
The winner of the Naturopathic First Aid Kit, out 3684 entries, is:
Amy Hofer (lizziehofer@...)
For those who didn't win, Naturokits is offering a coupon code: DCKOTH, for 10% off their kits through March 15th.
The winner of the Graham Gardens Gift Basket, out of 1829 entries, is:
Emily Yates [...]

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