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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    5 Tips for Saving Money on Natural Skincare

    January 6, 2012

    Written by Stacy Karen, Contributing Writer
    As we learn more about how our skin absorbs the products we slather on, it's only natural that we desire to use safe alternatives as part of our regular skin care routine.
    If you’ve taken a peek at some of the organic/natural skin care products on the market, you already know [...]

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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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        5 Frugal Real Food Meal Ideas

        January 3, 2012

         
        Written by Mindy, Contributing Writer
        Without proper planning, a whole foods diet can be more draining on your wallet than you might expect!  However, by menu planning and incorporating meals with lower cost ingredients into my meal plans, I actually spend the same amount on groceries now as I did before we made the switch to [...]

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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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            Pumpkin Spice Pancakes: A Perfect Winter Breakfast

            December 30, 2011

            There is nothing like the sweet combination of pumpkin and spices for the perfect winter breakfast.
            Not to mention the fact that pumpkin is a seasonal winter veggie extraordinaire, boasting large amounts of fiber, potassium, magnesium, vitamins C and E, and plenty of antioxidants in the form of carotenoids (which gives pumpkin its deep orange hue). [...]

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              Too Many Holiday Sweets? Give Your Body a Sugar Break

              December 28, 2011

              Am I the only one who finds the holidays a struggle with all of the sugary temptation? I'm over at Simple Organic, talking about an important thing that we can do to help our bodies combat the sugar overload...
              Holidays are a time for indulging. We stuff ourselves on turkey feasts, swear that we couldn’t eat [...]

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                11 Ways to Save on Your Grocery Bill

                December 27, 2011
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                As 2011 comes to an end, we’re sharing helpful lists to help you save money, stay healthy, get organized, creatively repurpose, frugally gift-give, intentionally celebrate and more in our “11 Things for 2011” series throughout these holiday months.
                By Contributing Writer Brandy Ferguson
                As a busy wife and mother of almost eight boys, it's been necessary through [...]

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                  Give Yourself a New Year’s Planning Retreat

                  December 23, 2011

                  Written by Erin Odom, Contributing Writer
                  Christmas may still be two days away, but it's already time to be thinking about the new year. And I don't mean New Year's Eve celebrations (although I hope you have some fun ones planned!). I'm talking about making a concerted effort to plan and make goals for 2012.
                  I have found [...]

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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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