How to Build a Meal: Planning Dinner. Plus a Free printable Meal Building Worksheet!

A few weeks ago I showed you how I meal plan and why it works for us. Today I want to dig a little deeper into meal planning and go over how to put together a dinner. At the end, I have a free meal building printable worksheet to help you quickly plan out your...

100 Blessings Hidden in Everyday Life

Life can be so busy at times that it distracts us from the blessings that are hidden throughout our days. Being a homemaker, I can easily get caught up in the mundane tasks of everyday life and lose sight of how beautiful this life really is. With all of the cooking, cleaning, scheduling, and taking...

Mini Refresh Pt. 2- How to Organize and Style a Bookcase

It's a new month and so I'm back with another Mini Refresh! If you don't know what that is, on the first Thursday of the month I will pick one thing in my house to give a refresh too. I don't always have time or money to reorganize and deep clean whole rooms but I...

How I Meal Plan and Why it Works for Us.

I've been meal planning since the beginning of our marriage and let me tell you, I'm completely lost without it. I honestly don't know how people do it! I'm the type of person who really likes structure, and I thrive when I'm using my planner. This method of meal planning allows me to switch meals...

Things You can Clean when You Don’t have Time.

If you are having a busy day, week, or if life in general seems to be filled with endless things to do, finding time to clean your home can seem almost impossible. You're heart may be to clean your house and have it all in order but often times other things steal that time away...

What I’ve Learned Going from Homemaking in a Apartment to Homemaking a House.

My husband and I lived in our tiny 1-bedroom apartment for 3 years before moving into the house we are renting now. The plan has always been for me to stay at home and be a full-time homemaker while expanding my seamstress work. It is what I dreamed of doing and my husband fully supports...

Mini Refresh Pt. 1- Reorganizing the Spice Cabinet

Living off of one income puts my husband and I on a really tight budget, which means most of our money goes to necessities, and there isn't much left for wants. But this does not mean that I can't have a nice looking and well organized house! Along with not having much to spend on...

3 Simple ways to turn your House into a Home

Sometimes our homes don't feel like a home, as much as it feels like a house we just live in. This can be very frustrating, and may leave you feeling a bit stressed out or overwhelmed. Part of homemaking is finding ways to cultivate an atmosphere that reduces stress and creates a sense of comfort....