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You Asked For It: Plan It- Don’t Panic! {A 6-Week Meal Planning Challenge}

September 9, 2011

All those who know that meal planning is a good idea, but struggle to actually do it, put up their hands! (Is yours raised?)
I definitely relate. I have been meal planning on and off (more on than off) for about 6 years. I know the benefits. I write about them. My budget and our family's [...]

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Lists for Homemaking and Home Educating Winners

January 29, 2011

Out of 279 entries, the winners are:
1-year print membership:
RaizingZ (mrsjessika26@...)  
 
Home Education e-planners:
Jennifer (jenn.k.johnson@...)
Angie P (aparrett@...)
Jacqui (jacsoliman@...)
Congratulations!

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Diaper Giveaway Winners and a New Way to Win Every Month!

December 1, 2010

Introducing Monthly Email Subscriber Giveaways!

Do you love giveaways and chances to win natural living prizes?

Starting this month, there is a new type of giveaway happening at Keeper of the Home. Each month there will be different giveaway package being offered, from a wide variety of companies just like the kinds of giveaways I usually offer.

All you have to do to be entered is subscribe to our email newsletter! We will draw a random winner out of all our email subscribers each month, so once you're subscribed, you're permanently entered for the giveaway draws!

Don't worry... your inbox won't be flooded with emails. Emails go out only when I put up a new post, which is usually 4 times per week (never more than once per day). It's an easy and convenient way to read Keeper of the Home!

This month's featured giveaway is coming from MadeOn Hard Lotion, a $50 gift certificate for your choice of their pure and soothing lotion bars, lip balms and more.

Winner of the Happy Heiny Diaper Giveaway

Out of 781 entries, the winner of the Happy Heiny Cloth Diaper 6-Pack is:

Harmony (samzmommi@...)

Congratulations!

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A Tour of our Family Closet (Video Blog)

August 20, 2010

When I knew that we were moving to a new house with a much larger master bedroom closet, I made the happy decision to create a "family closet" rather than continue to keep everyone's clothing in their own rooms.
What, you ask, is a family closet? It's a rather unique concept that I learned about initially [...]

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Shopping for Time – A Good Read for the Summer

July 1, 2010

Written by Sharon Kaufman, Contributing Writer
The Theme of the Book
One of my summer reads has been a small book that I've found to be most encouraging - Shopping for Time by Carolyn Mahaney and her three daughters. The premise of the book is founded on the text in Ephesians 5:15-16, which says, "Look carefully [...]

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Cultivating a Frugal Mentality

April 15, 2010
scraping bowl clean

Image by Rex Roof
Today I roasted a whole chicken. As I was cutting up and freezing bags of cooked chicken, I noticed myself doing something that I do automatically, but had never really thought much about... before sticking the cutting board in my dishwasher, I used my knife to scrape every last bit of chicken, [...]

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Environmental Stewardship

February 5, 2009
Laryssa guest post

Guest Post by Laryssa Herbert
The title may be too fancy, but it sums up what “going green” is all about for Christians.
We base our care of the earth, animals and resources on Genesis 1:28, which says: “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue [...]

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Spud Special Soup (The Ultimate in Comfort Food)

January 19, 2008

This is the soup recipe that I made during my marathon cooking this week- Ryan and I both adore it!
Spud Special Soup (originally given to me by my pastor's wife, when I first got married)

3 Tbsp butter
1 large onion
1/2 cup thinly slice carrot
1/2 cup diced celery
1 garlic clove (or more, if you like it)
4 cups [...]

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