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I was recently reminded of how vital taking care of the essentials is in managing the home …before all of the other home projects. And by ‘all the other home projects’ I’m referring to organizing projects. Listen. I know that it’s January, and January is the time when we spend a bundle on organizational tools…containers, […]

I have a few children who are always looking for ways to earn extra money…and as a busy mother of eleven children…there are always extra jobs around the house that I could use a hand with. I have created a system to make doing extra jobs around the house a win/win situation for both me

I have moms ask me all the time how to get their husbands more involved with housework. This is a very tricky question, and I’ve always felt that it was more appropriate for a marriage counselor to tackle than me. I’m excellent at teaching you to manage and motivate your children. But a husband is

Have you ever felt completely overwhelmed…when it seems like everything is going wrong and you just can’t catch a break? Or does everything just feel hard, like it takes a tremendous effort to just get the basics taken care of?  I have found, in my own life, that when my home is a disorganized, messy

Telling your children to go clean their rooms may seem like an exercise in futility, but let’s think about it from a child’s perspective. Let’s say you are a child, and your room is a disaster. There is “stuff” everywhere and you are feeling incredibly overwhelmed because you have just been told to clean your

The last six months have been one major event after another in our home. I started having high blood pressure in my last six weeks of pregnancy, so I had to slow down. Then we had our 11th baby three weeks early. I was 42 years old when I had her, and I lost a

As a mother of eleven children, I have learned over and over the value of being prepared. Prepared for what? Well, prepared for any scenario I can think of (within reason). Being prepared is not just for preppers, conspiracy theorists, paranoid people, or people of specific religions. There is actually a lot of wisdom in

.o I Building positive habits as a stay at home mom will ultimately determine your success or failure in the job. And by success or failure, I’m talking about the way you feel about yourself as a stay at home mom, and not necessarily whether or not you remain in the role. Since you are