The Best Strategy for Decluttering Your Home
Feel like you’re drowning in stuff? Here’s the BEST strategy for decluttering your home.
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4 Simple Steps to Getting Your Home in Order
Stop spinning your wheels and get your home in order with these four simple steps. Ever wonder how long it would take to get your home in order? A few years ago, I joked that if I sent my kids away for an entire summer,…
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How to Meet Your Family’s Needs the Proverbs 31 Way
When it comes to meeting your family’s needs, shopping just might be considered biblical. Some women love to shop. Some women hate to shop. Regardless of where you rank on a shopaholic scale, Proverbs 31:21-22 includes an interesting detail of a woman’s life: “She is…
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Keeping Busy at Home
Ever feel overwhelmed by the need to keep busy at home? Proverbs 31 shows there’s actually something really good about it. Have you ever found yourself in a position of not having anything to do at home? Is everything caught up? Are all your projects…
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Meal Planning and Preparation the Proverbs 31 Way
Get meal planning and preparation inspiration and ideas from the Proverbs 31 woman. Did you ever think you could find inspiration about grocery shopping or meal planning from the Proverbs 31 woman? Proverbs 31:14-15 shines the spotlight on how she fed her family: “She is…
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Cultivating A Willingness to Work at Home
The Proverbs 31 woman shows us it’s a really good thing to willingly work hard at home. It’s no doubt that the Proverbs 31 woman was industrious. As we dig into Proverbs 31, we find that after she was described as a wife, her description…
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The One Kind of Haven That Fulfills
Finding a haven that fulfills doesn’t have to be impossible. In fact, it can be easier than you may realize. My Thursday night was not supposed to be like this. I planned a quiet evening at home with my husband and kids – after dinner…
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Life’s Rainfall May Be a Lot More Necessary Than You’d Like
Just like it’s not the end of the world to get rained on, what if hardships aren’t the worst thing to happen to us?
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Finding Something Sacred in the Middle of the Mundane
Tired of mundane tasks in your day? You actually can turn that mundane to something sacred. I know I’m not the only homemaker and haven creator who feels like everyday life is swamped with the mundane. Think about the never-ending piles of dirty dishes, then…
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How to Create a Routine That Helps Your Day
Need some productivity or peace in your day? It’s time to create a routine! Ever wonder what a difference a daily routine can make? I happen to have a strange love and hate relationship with routines. I love the idea of freedom – having unplanned…
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How to Become a Haven and Bless the Sick
Want to bless the sick? You can become a haven by helping those who need it most. Over the past three weeks, my family’s been quarantined at home with an awful virus. Somehow, in all of our hustle and bustle, the contagious sickness worthy of…
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12 Things You Need to Disinfect in Your Home (& How to Do It!)
Wonder why you need to disinfect your home? Learn why you should, along with how to do it, and 12 things you need to disinfect in your home. Ever wonder what the difference is between decluttering, deep cleaning, and disinfecting? For years, I thought that…
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How to Spend All Day with Children … and Enjoy It!
Not every mom spends all day, every day with her children. If you ever need to do it, how can you manage? And what can moms do if they’re home all day with children? As a mom of two pre-teens, I’ve spent my entire motherhood…
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How to Be a Prepared Homemaker: Stock Up on These 20 Things
Wish you knew how to be a prepared homemaker? Start by stocking up on these 20 things! Over the past few weeks, a growing panic over the global pandemic has set in across America. The stock market keeps dropping, schools and businesses are closing, and…
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You Never Know Who Might Need Your Haven
Who might need your haven? You’ll never know … until you invite others to your home. I needed a haven. I knew it. After writing about haven creation for years, I forgot that settling into a new house could be a long process. And as…
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What You Can Do When Your Home’s a Mess
Feeling like your home is out of control? Here’s what you can do when your home’s a mess. It’s happened again. You look around your house and … whoa. You feel tense just at the sight of the mess. If surfaces happen to be cleaned,…
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The 1 Word That Can Change a Bad Attitude
Dealing with a bad attitude? Squash your negativity with just one simple word! Grumbling. Complaining. Over the past few months I feel like I’ve experienced a lot of amazing opportunities, yet missed out on what’s really good. Instead of appreciating the goodness, I revert to…
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Moving? Here’s How to Make Your Move Smoother
Moving into a new home? Here are lots of tips and tricks that will help make your move smoother. Moving stinks. While it’s quite possible you’re very excited about your new home, the actual moving process is pretty awful. Who really wants to pack up…
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Rescue Your Messy Home with a Homemaking Reset Day
Is your home messy … again? Never fear. Try a Homemaking Reset Day and enjoy the tidy results! It happened again. My once-clean house was messy. And not just in the “spend a couple hours tidying up” sense, but in the “I can’t get a…
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How to Spark Joy In Your Home
Want to spark joy in your home? Forget about your stuff and start focusing on people! If you’ve been following the Marie Kondo bandwagon, sparking joy is nothing new to you. But if you’re new to the KonMari method of cleaning, organizer Marie Kondo teaches…
