So you’re making important plans for National Get Organized Week, right? At this moment you are eagerly anticipating the arrival of October 4-10 so you can...
Life Skills & Home Economics
For the first time in their lives two dozen recently rescued ducks get their first taste of life in a pond. Woodstock Farm Sanctuary had been trying to rescue...
Chores (or Life Skills or whatever more pleasant name you wish to give to common household tasks) don’t generally rank up there at the top when we start...
I have been fascinated with the concept of the 10-item wardrobe for a while now. If you haven’t heard of it, the idea is that you winnow down your...
Don’t you wish that once you cleaned your home it would just stay clean? It’s really some cruel joke that we have to contend not just with endless...
Clutter breeds at my house. Seriously. Or maybe we carry its spores on our skin and clothes and they drop off in all sorts of random places around my home...
One of the biggest problems that homeschooling families face is how to keep the house clean. Living in a space constantly, particularly with little kids...
Because Earth Day is coming up on April 22nd, hopefully more people are thinking about how they can better preserve the quality of life we live on earth by...
Got a big mess of art stuff and not sure how to go about getting from disaster to sanity? I used these five steps to organize homeschool art supplies in my...
It hasn’t always been common knowledge that toddlers and preschoolers are capable of successfully performing tasks to help keep the house clean. But now, as a...
You’ve laid out a chore system, made nice chore cards, and written lists of things to be done. You’re determined to make this thing work, to get some household...
Chore charts. Oh how I loved them! They spell organization! They say, “We’re a well-oiled home!” And the options are endless! Laminated...
Not long ago knitting seemed to me one of those daunting, complicated skills ladies my age only possessed if it had been passed down from a mother or a...
I’ve been trying to learn the true meaning of hospitality. In my research, I’ve learned that hospitality is much simpler than I thought. Dictionary.com defines...
Making soap is honestly one of my favorite things to do. I find fascination in the science, enjoyment in always learning more about my craft, and peace in...
