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When Less Really is More

November 28, 2011

Last week, we turned our house upside down. Almost literally.
In a matter of one morning, we uprooted everything in our family room (which housed all of our children's toys, DVDs, some books and random other things), our entire downstairs storage (boxes upon boxes, whose contents we had long forgotten), and our "messy" room (an office-like [...]

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21 Ideas for Celebrating a Simple, Natural Thanksgiving: Eats, Decor, Gratitude

November 21, 2011

I have to confess something... I will not be celebrating Thanksgiving this week. That's because as a Canadian, that day came and went back in October! But I know that for most of you, Thanksgiving is your focus this week and so I wanted to share some ideas and inspiration with you.
I had far too [...]

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Homemade Herbal Vapor Rub to Relieve Coughs and Congestion

November 8, 2011

Written by Courtney, Contributing Writer
Seeing our children suffer from a cough is no fun at all. However, coughs have their place in healing and should usually not be suppressed. If we prevent a cough from doing its part in recovery, we can set our child up for a much more serious illness. What starts out as [...]

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11 Ways to Teach Your Children to Be Diligent Workers

October 25, 2011

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.
Written by Beth Corcoran, Contributing Writer
About a year ago, I was exhausted by the amount of work I [...]

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September at Our Home

September 29, 2011

I can hardly believe that fall is upon us already, but the beautiful crimson leaves outside my window attest to the fact that it's true. I am always sad to see the summer go, especially since we had such a short season of truly warm summer weather here in the Pacific Northwest, and yet I [...]

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Four Steps to a More Peaceful Home

August 5, 2011

A peaceful home is something many of us long for. A place where relationships are healthy and spirits are happy, where we can rest our weary bones and just be ourselves.
There's no denying that creating a peaceful home takes work. The road to peace is not smooth or easy, but it's worthy!
I have found the [...]

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How a Visual Schedule is Bringing Order to Our Home

July 27, 2011

Inspired by Simple Homeschool's article on Creating a Visual Schedule for Kids, I realized that this was exactly what our home needed to bring some much-desired peace and order to our days.
Too many times each day, I was being asked "when are we eating lunch?" or "why can't I watch a movie right now?" or [...]

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Q&A Video Blog: Eating Healthy During Summer Travels and in Other’s Homes

June 30, 2011

In today's video, I'm answering this question from a reader:
How do you handle situations where you know you will be eating at someone else's home... and the home you are eating at does not eat whole foods? I am trying to get my family on a more whole food/healthy food diet but when we [...]

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Waste Not, Want Not: Lessons in Frugality for Children

May 13, 2011

Written by Meg Dickey, Contributing Writer
As we seek to train our children well, one of our family's major learning points is to teach our children the art of frugality.  Frugality is making good choices with the resources God has given you - this includes your brain, as I am apt to remind my children. :-)
I [...]

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Non-Toxic Cleaners You Can Make at Home

March 4, 2011

Written by Stacy Karen, Contributing Writer
Advertisers everywhere proclaim the germ fighting power of chemical-filled cleaners. Many would have us believe that there is no way to clean and disinfect without a chemical product. And doesn’t every good mother want to rid her home of germs and dirt?
May I encourage you not to buy into [...]

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