Encouragement and Support for Christian Stay-at-Home Mothers
Tough love ahead: friends, there is work to be done and we need to do the work. If we want results, we need to work. There is no such thing as overnight successes. And sometimes the work is plain hard. No matter how much we try to work smart, some work is just hard. And we just need to put in the hours. Read more…
What is a brain dump and why do you need to do one if you want to get out of the overwhelmed zone? A brain dump basically transfers all the to-dos and ideas floating in your head to a safe and trustworthy storage place so that you can use your brain to think and not as a storeroom. Read how it works out for me and grab a pretty or a minimalist Brain Dump printable while here! Read more…
Do YOU want to stay home with your children? Because not everyone does. Is staying home to care for your children your heart’s desire but you are not sure how exactly to make it work? Erin Odom’s new offering You Can Stay Home to Raise Your Children can help. She has a lot of practical, not just theoretical tips and tricks. Read more…
It is 2018. Man has developed and is continuing to develop more and more gadgets to help us save time and energy, especially while doing household chores. But, are gadgets a boon or a bane in our modern lifestyle? No wonder the fear of being taken over by robots is real! Read more…
Children are natural hoarders. And they are not born knowing how to be organised, Therefore, teaching our children to declutter is an important life skill we need to teach them, on top of knowing how to cook and clean. Read more…
A daily pick up is a must if we want to maintain a certain level of neatness in our large family. Daily pick ups ensure that the general areas of the house is mostly neat. And when everyone chips in the chore is a quick one to do. But it also means that there must be a designated place for stuff. Read more … Read more…
After the post on grocery shopping and cooking for our larger than average-sized family, you must be curious about the size and type of kitchen equipment we use to facilitate cooking for our family. You must be wondering if we have an industrialised-sized kitchen or perhaps restaurant style woks and pots? Read more…
After managing the house for the past 23 years, I have learnt that one of the best ways to keep on top housekeeping stuff besides setting up systems and routines is to constantly declutter. 9 people under 1 roof means I need to be ruthless about it too. Otherwise our stuff will overwhelm us! Read to find out how I keep things under control – mostly. Read more…
In our large family, there are many, many opportunities for the children to learn how to cook. Sadly, none of them were ever interested. Perhaps the badly ventilated kitchen was partly to blame? But even if they did not like it, my grand plan was that they had to learn how to cook before they left home. Read more…
In a large family, many things have to be streamlined or I will go mad. Children are also quickly taught basic life skills. This is especially important in the early years when I had more people depending on rather than helping me. Labelling cups and plates is one way to keep on top of many dishes we use daily. Read more… Read more…