Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday, you’ll find me over at Keeper of the Home, where I’m giving 10 recipes for homemade kitchen cleaners! Here’s an excerpt: As we near the end of our “Spring Clean the Toxins” theme this month, let’s develop a recipe for a toxin-free kitchen. After all, the kitchen is often the center of the home, and it’s where […]
5 Shortcuts from Frump to Pump
Reading Time: 1 minuteImage by eflonToday I’m posting over at Christian Mommy Blogger again. In this post, I’ll give you 5 shortcuts to help you get rid of your “frump” and get “pump”! Here’s an excerpt: When I was a teenager–and even as a newlywed–I spent at least an hour getting ready every morning. I would shower, dry and […]
The Downward Spiral to Frump
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImage by Joe Shlabotnik Today and tomorrow I’m guest posting for Christian Mommy Blogger’s “Frump to Pump” Challenge. Here’s an excerpt of today’s post: When my husband and I first married, we both worked full-time outside the home. Naturally, we dressed up for work. My wardrobe consisted of lots of black dress pants and cute, colorful […]
Easy Homemade Liquid Dish Soap
Reading Time: 2 minutesGet your dishes clean without toxins! Here’s a recipe for easy homemade liquid dish soap using just a few ingredients, like castile soap and essential oils. This month’s homemade homemaking recipe is for an easy homemade liquid dish soap! I’ll be the first to confess that in this season of life I mostly use my […]
She Took a Tiny Spark in Me and Fanned it into a Fiery Passion…
Reading Time: 3 minutesImage by redcargurl Pen poised to paper…I sat in the hard, wooden desk and wrote. Anything and nothing…and soon it became everything to me. Freewriting. She instructed us to liberally write whatever came to mind. It didn’t matter if we wrote about our worst wounds or the smudged stain on the carpet. As long as […]
A Tale of Two Births: Medicated vs. Natural Hospital Births, Part 2
Reading Time: 4 minutesBrandy had a medicated birth in the hospital for her first son, but knew she wanted to try for a natural birth with her second. Here’s her natural hospital birth story! By Brandy I’m thrilled to have Brandy back today! She’s giving us a look at her two very different birth stories. Check out Part 1 […]




