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7 Surprising Items to Include in Your Hospital Bag When Having a Baby

August 16, 2018 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

These items may not appear on many hospital bag packing lists, but they are wonderful to have during childbirth and while recovering.

I’ve seen dozens of checklists for what to take with you to the hospital when you head in to have a baby. I feel like if you’ve seen one of these, you’ve seen them all. I’ll soon be giving birth to my third baby, so I don’t really need someone else’s checklist when packing my bag. I know what I’ll need! Interestingly, there are a few … [Read more...] about 7 Surprising Items to Include in Your Hospital Bag When Having a Baby

Filed Under: Raising an Inheritance Tagged With: babies, organized living, pregnancy

Chores or No Chores? Which is Best for Kids?

June 4, 2018 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

Do chores benefit kids or should kids be exempt from chores because they are so young? As you decide, consider these ways that chores impact kids.

It doesn’t take long after becoming a parent to realize that there are a lot of parenting controversies out there. For example, parents of infants will butt heads over topics like breastfeeding vs. bottle feeding and sleep training vs. not sleep training. Now that my oldest has left the baby and toddler years, I’m encountering new … [Read more...] about Chores or No Chores? Which is Best for Kids?

Filed Under: Keeping the Home, Raising an Inheritance Tagged With: organized living, preschoolers, school-age children, toddlers

How to Deep Clean Your Purse

April 23, 2018 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

Cleaning your purse can be quite a chore! However, this simple guide makes it easy to clean your purse quickly and effectively.

Have you ever been at a gathering where they had a purse scavenger hunt? For these activities, which are sometimes played at wedding and baby showers, you are awarded points if you can find particular items in your purse (e.g., grocery list, hand sanitizer, sewing kit, postage stamp). There are various ways to administer points, but you … [Read more...] about How to Deep Clean Your Purse

Filed Under: Keeping the Home Tagged With: cleaning tips, health and safety, organized living

8 of the Best Foods to Buy In Bulk

April 16, 2018 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

It’s not wise to buy all foods in bulk, but there are many that make great bulk buys. Here are eight of these.

Buying foods in bulk can be a great way to save a bit of money on your grocery bill. However, it’s not wise to purchase all of your foods in bulk. Some foods spoil so quickly that it’s nearly impossible to use bulk quantities of them before they go bad. Other foods cost the same whether purchased in small or large quantities, so there’s … [Read more...] about 8 of the Best Foods to Buy In Bulk

Filed Under: Keeping the Home, Managing Finances Tagged With: frugal living, organized living

6 Household Items That Need Cleaned More Often

April 2, 2018 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

When we clean, there are a number of not-so-obvious items that we tend to overlook. Here are six of these and details on how to clean them.

Spring is a time of deep cleaning for many of us. There are a number of obvious things that we clean during this time, but there are also some not-so-obvious items that we tend to overlook. These latter items can be teeming with germs or covered in grime! Thankfully, they’re all pretty easy to address. Items we should clean more … [Read more...] about 6 Household Items That Need Cleaned More Often

Filed Under: Keeping the Home Tagged With: cleaning tips, health and safety, organized living

Imprinting Our Days with Good

March 19, 2018 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

The first thing you do in the morning impacts the rest of your day. Given its significance, what is the first thing you should do?

I recently listened to the audiobook of Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren. It’s so thought provoking that I’ve listened to it twice! In this book, Warren discusses how we can be aware of God’s presence during the routines of everyday life. As she discusses making the bed in the morning, she mentions the concept of imprinting. … [Read more...] about Imprinting Our Days with Good

Filed Under: Growing Spiritually Tagged With: organized living, spiritual growth

5 Ways Timers Can Help You be Productive

February 5, 2018 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

Timers can help us stay on track and get tasks checked off our to-do lists. Here are five useful ways timers can increase our productivity.

I often feel like I’m short on time—there just doesn’t seem to be enough time in the day to get everything done! However, when I stand back and look at the things I need to accomplish and the time I have available, I can see clearly that most days my problem is not having too much to do, but not using the time I have effectively. Over … [Read more...] about 5 Ways Timers Can Help You be Productive

Filed Under: Keeping the Home, Reflecting on Life Tagged With: cleaning tips, organized living

14 Reading Plans to Help You Dig Into the Bible

December 29, 2017 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

Reading the Bible is one of the best ways to grow in your faith. Here are 8 reading plans to guide you through the entire Bible in a year or two.

If we’re going to get to know God better and grow in our faith, then we need to be reading the Bible. In my opinion, we should make reading the Bible a priority each day, not just on days when we have extra time or on days leading up to holidays like Christmas and Easter. The Bible doesn’t provide specific instructions regarding our … [Read more...] about 14 Reading Plans to Help You Dig Into the Bible

Filed Under: Growing Spiritually Tagged With: organized living, spiritual growth

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