Many of us are finding ourselves cooking at home a lot more than usual these days. That makes menu planning even more important if you want to avoid the 5 p.m. “what’s for dinner?” frenzy. With a little planning we can make this part of homemaking much easier. This post may contain affiliate links and…
How To Create Your Own Homemaking Binder
Taking care of a home and family is a surprisingly complex job. Managing schedules, planning meals, organizing daily/weekly/seasonal tasks, keeping track of home-related information and so much more. Creating a homemaking binder can be a huge help in getting it together and staying on top of all that it takes to manage a home and…
Create a Beautiful Life With a Morning Ritual
A beautiful day starts with an intentional morning ritual. This is something I’ve been working on for quite awhile. My morning ritual isn’t perfect yet but I’m making progress. This post may contain affiliate links and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Read more here. Dee’s Morning Ritual This is what my morning…
Decluttering Resources Roundup
I’ve been trying to declutter my house off and on for YEARS! In fact, I started this blog way back in 2006 with the idea I would chronicle the decluttering process. Little known fact: The original blog name was “Ponderings of a Packrat”. You can even read my very first post, if you are so…
How To Organize Plastic Food Containers in the Kitchen
Keeping the plastics food containers organized has been the bane of my existence ever since I set up housekeeping. No matter how I organized, within a week or two the plastics cupboard was a huge mess all over again. I’ve heard enough others mention the issue that I know this wasn’t my problem alone. But…
Emergency Preparedness – The Basics
September is National Emergency Preparedness Month. Let’s take a look at some of the situations you might want to prepare for and how to create a plan to suit your own family. Emergency Preparedness I first started getting serious about preparing for emergencies in the late 90s leading up to the Y2K “crisis”. As we…
The FlyLady Method: 5 Minute Room Rescue
Do you have a room or area in your home that scares you? I mean, the very thought of someone outside your family seeing it truly gives you the heebie jeebies? It could be a basement, craft room, walk-in closet, a child’s bedroom, your bedroom, whatever. You know it needs to be decluttered, cleaned and…
The Value of a Homemaker
Let’s go ahead and get something out of the way right off the bat. While my current status is that of a full-time homemaker/blogger, I’ve also worked out of the home, both part-time and full-time. Even while working I still considered “making a home” an important part of my daily life as I’m sure many…
Housekeeping or Homemaking?
Is there a difference between homemaking and housekeeping? Do you differentiate between the two? Ever since I wrote this blog post about homemaking, I’ve been pondering the question. I also asked this question on the Life With Dee Facebook page and received some interesting comments. The general consensus was that there is a difference. We all basically agreed…
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