Grocery Shopping Tips for Families
How can a family with busy schedules fit in time to grocery shop consistently so we have the food we need in the cupboards? Let’s talk about it. Mystie:
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Building up women as capable, cheerful homemakers, one episode at a time.
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How Can I Take a Sabbath? Surviving a Day of Rest as Mom.
Struggling to rest on Sundays as a busy mom? This honest reflection invites you to embrace Sabbath by faith—even when the house is a mess.
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Declutter your head.
When your mind is stuffed with tasks, reminders, and pressure points, it can’t think clearly or stay present. A brain dump helps you clear the clutter and reclaim your calm. Use my free guide to start writing it all down and make room to think.
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How to Juggle Housework & Homeschooling
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a homeschool mom in possession of a large family must be in want of a housekeeper. That’d be nice, wouldn’t it?
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3 Ways to Make Hospitality a Habit
"Practice the habit of hospitality by creating a welcoming home, offering refreshment, listening with care, and sharing life with those around you."
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Convivial: Because Mom Is the Home Atmosphere
It was about 5 years ago now that I deleted my old blog and started over from scratch, choosing the name Convivial Home for my new effort. A real estate
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Ordo amoris in real life: making kids care
Ordo amoris is the heart of education—training our children to love what is true, good, and beautiful, even when it’s hard. Here’s how to cultivate right affections.
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Weekly Homeschool Checklists in Trello
Keeping track of what each student is supposed to be doing, and making sure they are doing it is one of the struggles of homeschooling moms everywhere. Here’s how
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Why Classical? Why Pagan Philosophy?
Over the years I’ve had conversations with several people who just can’t seem to get beyond the term “classical” in education. “What hath Athens to do with Jerusalem?
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My Secret Weapon for Beating a Bad Attitude in our Homeschool
So. It’s February. In our neck of the woods, it’s been a harsher winter. We’ve had inches upon inches of snow, then ice on top of that,
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5 tips for an extrovert homeschool mom
Isn’t homeschooling a sure way to drive an extrovert mom out of her mind? It depends on the homeschool and on the mom. As an extrovert homeschool mom you
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5 tips for an introvert homeschool mom
Homeschooling is made for introverts. So say the extroverts. Sure, we get to stay home and keep our circle of influence strong and consolidated. In our day-to-day lives we don’
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