Is your home a peaceful place? Or do you feel like you are living in a constant state of chaos and survival mode? Or maybe the mood of your home is somewhere in between? Today, I’m really excited to talk about routines. I believe they are the key to a more peaceful home. (Notice I said peaceful and not necessarily quiet? I have young kids after all!) {Note: This post contains affiliate … [Read more...]
My Simple Laundry System (how to achieve laundry liberation)
Laundry is one of those necessary evils that needs to happen regardless of what is going on in your life. It's hard to keep up with laundry, but adding little children to the mix and laundry can be a beast! I sometimes wonder if it multiplies at night while we're all sleeping. ;-) I've been doing laundry for a long time now, but it wasn't until we had children that I had to come up with some … [Read more...]
My FAVORITE Homemade Laundry Stain Remover
At this stage of life, the household product that I use most around here is stain remover. I use it every single day that I do laundry, which is basically every day since I have laundry coming out of my ears. Actually, maybe stain remover and laundry detergent are tied for first! :-) I've posted here before about my homemade laundry stain remover, but I thought it was time I did an update … [Read more...]
How to Make Your Own Laundry Detergent
On Tuesdays, I thought it would be fun to do a Ways We Save series. As with most series on this blog, I have no idea how long it will last. I'm not that organized. :-) You'll find lots of budget-related or general money-saving posts in my The Teacher's Salary series, but these upcoming posts will be specific ways we save in the day-to-day. They might be big or small, but hopefully they will … [Read more...]
How to Whiten Yellowed Pillows {a Pinterest Experiment}
Months ago, I pinned this tutorial for whitening yellowed pillows. I'd been wanting to tackle it for a while, but I finally managed to get to it this week. {Note: This post contains affiliate links. Read disclosure here.} I'm actually trying something new this week, where I spend any extra time in the day working in my "focus room" for the week {more on than later}. This week's room has … [Read more...]
