Category: ’Practical Home Help’
8 Tips for Maintaining Sanity When Your Partner Is Away
It’s not easy to be the solo parent when you’re used to having an extra pair of hands around. Here are 8 tips and tricks to maintain balance when a spouse is away. Read More…
4 Comments | Posted in Balance, Consistent Care, Featured, Practical Home Help, Routines and Schedules, Work and Family
Lavender & Tea Tree Herbal Laundry Booster
Commercial laundry boosters can contain harmful ingredients and irritating additives, but this herbal laundry booster is safe for even the most sensitive of skin. Read More…
3 Comments | Posted in Cleaning and Organizing, Ecological Responsibility, Green Living, Practical Home Help
7 Tips for Cutting the Toy Clutter
Here are easy and child-respectful tips for downsizing your kids’ growing mountains of toys. Read More…
3 Comments | Posted in Cleaning and Organizing, Practical Home Help
6 Tips For Connecting with Faraway Families
As a part of a bi-cultural family, Lyndsay shares some tips for staying connected to one’s home country and extended family even when distance separates stands between you and your loved ones. Read More…
1 Comment | Posted in Balance, Family Structure, Practical Home Help, Responding With Sensitivity, Work and Family
Inside our Just in Case Kits
Lyndsay shares the contents of her ‘just in case’ pouches, which are full of family safety items that are useful when she is out and about. Read More…
2 Comments | Posted in Alternative Medicine, Cleaning and Organizing, Family Safety, Holistic Health, Practical Home Help
Baking Powder Recipe
Mandy of Living Peacefully with Children shares a simple and easy tutorial on making your own baking powder. Read More…
3 Comments | Posted in Healthy Living, Practical Home Help, Recipes
How We Eat Footloose and Fancy Frugal
Five little tips for making your kitchen more cost-efficient … while retaining that gourmet feel. Read More…
6 Comments | Posted in Finances, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Practical Home Help
Frugal Fun for the Whole Family
Looking for family activities on the cheap? Look no further … Gretchen shares her favorites and wants your input too! Read More…
5 Comments | Posted in Arts and Crafts, Finances, Natural Learning, Playtime, Practical Home Help
Children and Chores
Have kids? Then you have chores to do! Find ways to include kids in your household tasks. Read More…
4 Comments | Posted in Balance, Cleaning and Organizing, Ecological Responsibility, Family Structure, Green Living, Practical Home Help
An Alternative Use for Peanut Butter
Mandy shares a story of a sticky situation which was alleviated by an unexpected food product: peanut butter. Read More…
2 Comments | Posted in Cleaning and Organizing, Responding With Sensitivity
