• Simple Cooking Tips Anyone Can Learn | Renée at Great Peace #mealplanning #cookingtips #familycooking
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    Simple Cooking Tips Anyone Can Learn

    There are a few simple cooking tips that anyone can learn. If you’ve been feeling like the extent of your culinary skills encompasses heating up leftover pizza and pouring bowls of cereal, it is most likely time to home in on some more in-depth cooking skills. Not only is learning to cook better for your health but being able to make meals is a skill that makes life far easier and saves money. These tips will make sure that you perfect your skills and learn more in the kitchen.

  • Home Organization Tips for Busy Moms | Renée at Great Peace #homemaker #keeperathome #household #organization #family #ihsnet
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    Home Organization Tips for Busy Moms

    Organizing your home can be a seemingly insurmountable task for busy moms. From school, work and extracurricular activities to meal planning, cooking, and laundry, life gets extremely busy. This doesn’t leave you much time to organize your home. There is good news though, there are several home organization tips for busy moms that can get you back on track without too much fuss.  Home organization doesn’t need to be frustrating. In fact, it can be fit into your busy schedule if you get creative.

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    How to Cook for a Small Family

    Portioning for Small Family Cooking  When meal planning it is important to know how to plan specifically for your own family size Mine is a family of three. By any standard we are a small family. When I first got married I knew how to cook. But, I didn’t know how to cook for a small family! I wanted to also tell you about products that I think are useful in the kitchen. This post contains affiliate advertisement links.  I grew up in a family with 4 children and 2 adults. My dad was the youngest of 9 children and where I grew up I was surrounded by my aunts,…

  • 5 Scriptures for a Homemakers Soul | Renée at Great Peace #homemakers #stayathomemoms #workathomemoms #keeperathome #ihsnet
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    Scriptures for Homemakers

    It’s winter.  Snow and ice are prevalent, and many long days are spent indoors. It often feels dark and like the house can become overwhelming. This is especially true for homemakers, homeschoolers, and stay at home moms.  That’s why I’m sharing 5 Days of Home and Keeping in Winter. Take a look at all five days to see what I’m sharing. Oh, and don’t miss the Free Scripture Art Printable pages for the Homemaker’s Soul below. Scriptures for Homemakers Keeping with Purpose Making the choice to honor the God given role of being a keeper at home can sometimes feel like an overwhelming choice. Day in and day out of dishes, laundry, floors…

  • 8 Homemaking Tips to Organize Your Pantry | Renée at Great Peace #homemaker #keeperathome #householdchores
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    8 Homemaking Tips to Organize Your Pantry

    It seems as though the pantry can easily become a catch all, a place for you to hide away food boxes and cans and hope no one ever takes a look. Keeping the pantry organized can quickly become a household chore that no one wants to tackle. But, you can organize your pantry with eight simple tips. This way you can create a pantry that is functional and visually appealing!   Are feeling stress when you open your pantry? Or. do you find that you aren’t utilizing the food before it expires? Then it’s probably time to organize your pantry and give it an overhaul. And be sure to check out…

  • How to Manage Household Chores Daily | Renée at Great Peace #householdchores #homemaker #keeperathome #moms #wives
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    How to Manage Household Chores Daily

    Having a clean house is an amazing way to feel comfortable and cozy in your environment. After all, a cluttered house makes for a cluttered mind, and who has time for that? But, if you take a few minutes each day to manage household chores clutter stays at bay. While many people love when their homes are clean and tidy, having to do the work to get there is an entirely different story. Household chores such as washing laundry, cleaning the floors and dusting tend to add up if they aren’t done frequently, leaving you with a lot to do and not much time to do it. The good news…

  • How to Prepare the Home for the Winter Illness Season | Renée at Great Peace #winterillness #seasonalsickness #coldandfluseason #homemaking #householdchores
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    Prepare the Home for Winter Illness

    This is the winter illness season for colds, flus, and other yucks! In our family we all have struggled with head colds, sore throats, headaches and achy bodies already and we’re only a few weeks into winter. There are a lot of people we know who’ve faced the crud and it seems to be lingering.   Just last evening Young Man ended up with a sick tummy, so it looks like it’s time for round two. Last week, I shared some tips for cleaning up after an illness. 

  • Your Best Homemaking Tips! Readers share their best tips for homemaking at Great Peace Academy
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    Best Homemaking Tips from Real Homemakers

    As we wrap up this home and keeping series I thought about the best way to grow as a homemaker. I think perhaps it is to learn from other homemakers and their experience. So I reached out to you over on my Facebook Community.  I asked “Let’s share our best homemaking tips. List 1 or 2 of your best tips in comments.” You guys never fail to offer me encouragement and ideas over there. So Thank YOU!  Anyway, there were some really good ideas shared so I’m including them here for all of you to read.  Homemaking Tips from Real Life Homemakers Homemaking Tip #1 – Have a Routine  “Have a…