Quick Tip: Spring Cleaning

Looking for a few good ideas on how to attack that spring-cleaning efficiently? Check out the resources Gena Sego put together. Go to the Resources (in the navigation bar) then Household Management or Click Here. Gena has recommendations for books, magazines, websites and more!

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What Are They???

How about clean laundry that smells and looks simply clean, not like lavender, not like a mountain stream, not even like baby powder? Hmmmm. I recently started using non-toxic, hypo-allergenic, biodegradable laundry detergent that takes only one tablespoon per load of laundry. Instead of fabric softener, I purchased wool balls to put in the dryer [...]

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Quick Tip – Clean Candle Jars

I love the warmth of a fragrant candle and have found an easy way to get rid of the remnants of the melted wax so I can reuse the container. Simply put the candleholder in the freezer for several hours or even better overnight. Then use a sharp knife around the edge of the wax [...]

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What to do with all those Christmas Card Pictures?

&nbsp; I love getting to see pictures of family and friends at Christmas. But, what do you do with all those cards as the New Year begins? There are several options: <ul> <li>Throw them away (gasp, surely not!)</li> <li>Frame them (does anyone have enough frames or wall space?)</li> <li>Keep them <ul> <li>Bundle them and place [...]

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What Did Ben Franklin Say? {Creating a Christmas Budget}

Keeping Christmas: Household Management Benjamin Franklin is credited with the saying, Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves. He meant that if you spend small amounts of money carefully and wisely, you would naturally follow suit with larger amounts. Luke 16:10 puts it this way: He who is faithful [...]

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Creating a Coupon Shopping List…

by Gena Sego (This post is the third in a series on couponing, to read the previous articles click here.) If you have been trying your hand at couponing the past couple of weeks, good for you!   This week I’d like to share with you how I go about composing my shopping list, to [...]

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