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How To Use Home Canned Gifts in a Christmas Basket

It’s canning time. Our focus is getting our harvest preserved for winter use. It’s also the perfect time to start thinking ahead for Christmas. HomeRead More →

2022-06-23
In: Canning & Preserving, Holidays, Homemaking
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12 Easy Ways to Keep Your House Cool in Summer

When it is blazing hot outside, we want to spend more time inside. Our temptation is to turn the A/C down to the Arctic cycle.Read More →

2022-06-21
In: Homemaking
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Summer Salad Luncheon: Make it Easy, Fun, and Refreshing

Summer is the season when we look forward to relaxing and spending time with friends and family. Some of us host a neighborhood picnic. OthersRead More →

2022-05-24
In: Homemaking, Recipes
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How to Have Fun with Weaving on a Bracelet Loom

With the onset of spring, the days start getting longer. We find ourselves outside, working in the garden, mowing the lawn, or just sitting inRead More →

2022-04-28
In: Creating, Homemaking, Simple Life, Weaving
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How to Maintain and Enjoy Self Care for the Homemaker

As a homemaker, our lives can become fairly busy. We balance caring for our home, nurturing our families, helping our neighbors, and joining in withRead More →

2022-04-19
In: Homemaking, Simple Life
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Make Life Easy! Scheduling Tips for the Homemaker

Plans. Calendars. Journals. Schedules. For the homemaker, our world revolves around these tasks. To not have a schedule can mean missed appointments, complete disorganization, andRead More →

2022-04-14
In: Homemaking, Simple Life
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Make Your Busy Days Easier with a Slow Cooker

Homemakers often have days that are so busy with cleaning and social obligations, there just isn’t enough time to prepare a full meal for dinner.Read More →

2022-04-12
In: Homemaking
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Life in Action: The Social Obligations of a Homemaker

As homemakers there is a bit of a misnomer that we do little more than cleaning house, preparing meals, and using all the free timeRead More →

2022-04-07
In: Homemaking
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Make it Easy – Create a Cleaning Schedule

As homemakers, we want a home that is easy to manage. We also want a home that magically stays clean.  However, that Magic Wand eitherRead More →

2022-04-05
In: Cleaning, Homemaking
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How to Live Frugally: Think Outside the Broken Box

We all want to learn to live frugally, but in the process, we sometimes think we can be too frugal, and overlook things because theyRead More →

2022-02-24
In: Homemaking
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How to Revive the Lost Art of Writing Letters

We live in the almost instant world of technology. The art of writing letters has gone to hang out with other has-beens like 8-tracks, floppyRead More →

2022-02-17
In: Homemaking
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How to Hold a Meaningful Conversation with Almost Anyone

It is difficult to hold a meaningful conversation these days. We are so used to the shorthand we use in texts and emails we haveRead More →

2022-02-15
In: Homemaking

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Welcome to the Farm Wife! I am Julie, and I live on a 60-acre farm in NW Louisiana with my husband, cows, chickens, cats and dogs. I am a writer, speaker and teacher on all things living a Simple Life. Author of: The Farm Wife - Living a Simple Life on the FarmRead more...

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