Healthy Home Healthy Planet

Published in January 24th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Family, Family Finances, Family fun, Frugal Living, Going Green, Healthy Living, Homeschool, Simple Living, Unschooling

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Go Green for Less Most families have an opinion about the green house effect, Al Gore, and carbon footprints. What I find interesting is that regardless of what side of the issue one is on, going green makes sense. The earth is a planet. You can only deplete its resources to a certain extent [...]

Organizing Your Pantry, Freezer, and Food Surplus the Simple Way

Published in January 12th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Going Green, Healthy Living, Kitchen, Organization, Simple Living

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Keeping an Inventory of Food for a Healthy Home Getting your home organized is one of the best ways to create a healthy living environment for your family. This can seem an insurmountable task when you look at your entire home. If you break your home down into smaller units, you will find the [...]

2011 New Year’s Theme Revealed: Why Is it Always All About Health?

Published in January 5th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Art, Christian Living, Christian Parenting, Digging Out of Debt, Family, Family fun, Frugal Living, Going Green, Home Decor, Homeschool, Kitchen, Organization, Simple Living, Unschooling

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An Exciting Healthy Makeover for All Aspects of Life Sometime in November I began praying for guidance, and quite frankly pointed direction, of what would be most meaningful and helpful to you in the upcoming year. A few ideas began to form in mind and as I thought about what to present. However, it was [...]

Break Salad Boredom with this Fall Salad Recipe

Published in October 26th, 2010

Posted by Leslie in Autumn-Fall, Frugal Living, Going Green, Kitchen, Salad Recipes, Vegetable Recipes, Vegetarian recipes

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Fall Salad Comfort Food Recipe When Fall comes around I typically am ready for soups and stews. I could cook them everyday August usually causes my brain to look forward to the coming cool months and the comfort and enjoyment of those deliciously warm bowls of goodness. I must admit, that this is the time [...]

Countdown to a Peaceful Christmas: Get Organized Now!

Published in October 19th, 2010

Posted by Leslie in Autumn-Fall, Christmas, Frugal Living, Going Green, Home Decor, Organization, Simple Living

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How to Get Your Home Organized and Have a Peaceful Christmas I have an odd lifestyle that leaves me little time for organizing. I live in my house only 3-4 days per week. With a large homeschooling family that equates to me uncovering piles in odd places with no idea as to how or [...]

Increase Your Kitchen Cupboard Space for FREE

Published in October 11th, 2010

Posted by Leslie in Frugal Living, Going Green, Home Decor, Kitchen, Organization, Simple Living

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Get 25% or More Cupboard Space in Your Kitchen! One of my New Zealand readers emailed me about an issue with kitchen storage. After looking at pictures of her current cupboard organization and a list of her items to be stored, it was time for a little evaluation. There just wasn’t enough cupboard space for [...]

Molly’s Monthly Savings Digest Review

Published in October 7th, 2010

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Digging Out of Debt, Frugal Living, Going Green, Home Decor, Kitchen, Organization, Simple Living, Soup/Stew Recipes

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Molly’s Monthly Savings Digest: Is It Worth Your Time & Money? I have long been a fan of Molly over at Econobusters for real life everyday ideas for simple and frugal living. I have to admit, though, that I had never purchased one of Molly’s Money Saving Digests. When I saw that October’s issue was [...]

Simply Frugal Autumn Decorations: Part II

Published in October 4th, 2010

Posted by Leslie in Art, Autumn-Fall, Digging Out of Debt, Family fun, Frugal Living, Going Green, Home Decor, Simple Living

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How to Make a Leaf Mobile We are in full Fall mode here at the old estate. Although I am not painting the living room until I finish big project numero uno, I am working on our Autumn décor with Beaner, the artist. Last week I showed you our fabulous and Free “thankful” banner in [...]

Plan A Garden, Update a Room, Cook A Meal, and Keep a Record

Published in March 16th, 2010

Posted by Leslie in Art, Beef Recipes, Digging Out of Debt, Family fun, Frugal Living, Going Green, Home Decor, Homeschool, Kitchen, Organization, Simple Living, Unschooling

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In answering emails from you, I noticed that a few similar requests are popping up. So today I thought I would offer you all a few links to some of the things I use or will be using to help me with upcoming projects for both school and home. I trust you will find them [...]

Free “Go Green” Home Organization Containters

Published in October 22nd, 2009

Posted by Leslie in Digging Out of Debt, Frugal Living, Going Green, Home Decor, Organization, Simple Living

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There are times when I get into organization mode and everything must have a proper place. When it comes to art and school supplies I often have found myself contemplating different types of storage containers to accomplish this task. The problem I would run into was each time I went to slim line or re-organize, [...]

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