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Creating a Handmade Home

by KatieC

Written by DIY contributor Katie Clemons of Making This Home. When we were young, our families often ate our food off of china. That’s what we called our very best dishes. Today, most of us are eating food on Made in China plates with Made in China forks. This transformation in our culture makes everything [...]

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Get Things Done at Home By Getting Stuff Out of Your Brain

by Tsh

Photo by Andrea Reader Alyssa asks, “I’m wondering – are you still going to do, or have you done the GTD for Home Managers? I’m sooo interested in that!” Thanks for asking, Alyssa.  My short answer – No, I haven’t “done” the GTD for Home Managers yet.  Between getting my e-book out, keeping up with [...]

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My Daily Docket is My Daily Lifesaver

by Tsh

My Daily Docket is a personalized form I made to help me manage my day at home. It’s my most often-used form in my home management notebook, and it really works for me. There’s a lot of info on the internet about scheduling your day as a stay-at-home mom, and I’ve tried to apply a [...]

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My Brain – aka, my Home Management Notebook

by Tsh

“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” -William Morris This is my favorite mantra for home management. I’m sort-of a minimalist by default, but it’s still not easy to keep a well-organized, efficient, peaceful home when you’ve got three-foot mess makers running around. Or [...]

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Toggl: a nifty time management tool for COOs of the Home

by Tsh

I work at home as a part-time graphic designer, and I also manage a lot of my work as a stay-at-home mom on the computer. Combine that with using language learning software, writing two blogs, reading plenty more, and keeping up with friends and family far away, that can equal a lot of computer time. [...]

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Adding Background Music at Home for Free

by Tsh

I love music, and I love to have it playing all day at home. It adds to the mood and the ambiance of our environment – when I clean, I have more energy and a better attitude if I’m listening to this song; I love reading and writing with anything by this guy in the [...]

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Busy at Home

by Tsh

Crystal has a guest poster today, who excellently and convictingly writes about what it means to be “busy at home,” per Titus 2. She says: Let us first consider the difference between “busy” and “busyness.”If we have a home in perfect order, but a two-year-old that has been begging Mommy all day to read a [...]

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