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Routines to Help the Weary Mom

January 28, 2011

Written by Beth Corcoran, Contributing Writer
I know a lot about exhaustion. In fact, as I write this, my family is on the mend from the flu. While I may not have the fever and chills anymore, two weeks of the flu spreading through our family has left me one tired Momma!
But you don’t need to [...]

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Panel Discussion on Burnout and Fatigue: 3 Women Get Real About Their Struggles, Part 2

January 17, 2011

In the first part of this panel discussion, we focused on what led to a situation of burnout and fatigue, how the panelists recognized it, their signs and symptoms and more.
This time, I wanted to focus on the hopefulness that exists, even when we find that we've come to the end of our rope. Winter [...]

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How to Keep a Clean Home: It’s all About Prevention

October 19, 2010

Written by Emily McClements, Contributing Writer
We've been talking about a lot of different natural preventions and remedies here at Keeper of the Home over the past several weeks, but today I'm going to venture off the beaten path a little bit and talk about a different kind of prevention - around the home.
We've all heard [...]

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Creating Routine with Little Ones

April 7, 2010

Photo by David Clow
By Emily McClements, Contributing Writer
If you’re anything like me, you may have read in books, watched on a Nanny show, or read posts on blogs about creating a routine for your children. It all sounds so wonderful to have perfectly planned out days where you are super productive, spend lots of quality [...]

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Overcoming Scheduling Challenges: Bringing More Peace to my Day

March 19, 2010

Image by Andreanna Moya
Flexibility. It is one of the great skills that I have come to realize are a necessity for mothering.
Learning to go with the flow and figure out what to do as each new season of life arrives, full of unique challenges and opportunities, is essential.
I've talked recently about my desire to cut [...]

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Getting Organized in the Garden: Seed Starting and Planting Schedule

January 29, 2010

One step to ensuring a really good gardening season is knowing in advance what needs to be done and when it needs to be done. This will help you to avoid planting things too late because you weren't ready or didn't have the right supplies on hand at the right time.
This year I found a [...]

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Your Turn to Get Organized with a Meal ePlanner!

January 27, 2010

As requested, here are the closeups of some of the pages from my homemaking binder.
Believe me, if you're looking for someone's routines and schedules to emulate, mine probably aren't the right ones! Organizing is something I strive for, but not necessarily something I always achieve. And please always remember that when I share things like [...]

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Creating a Homemaking Binder

January 19, 2010

**We're just back from Seattle after what has been a crazy week and a half! My blog schedule for January is now a bit off and I need to reassess it, but I will continue to putter along on my organizational projects that I've begun. More recipe organizing, and yes, the ListPlanIt download lists and [...]

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Time to Get Organized!

January 7, 2010

Image by macinate
I seem to have a yearly break down in my systems of organization.
I can get systems set up, rooms de-cluttered, schedules made and being used, etc. for about 6-9 months and at that point, they start to disintegrate. I fight desperately to hang on to them, but generally it is of no use [...]

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