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Maggie — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:06:00 -0600

So those of you that know me well know that homemaking is not my strong point. So in order to keep me going (or get me started) I read about it. Titus 2:3-5 and Proverbs 31 are well worn pages in my Bible. And there are several blogs I frequent that give good encouragement as well. These are written by ladies that do a great job of being Titus 2 ladies, even if they’re not older in years.

Crystal Payne at Biblical Womanhood has many resources and started a refresher series of Making your Home a Haven Monday’s. I jumped right in yesterday and have done my morning routine both days. It starts with me waking up and feeding the baby while doing my Quiet Time (although she hasn’t been cooperating and is waking up an hour before I want to so I feed her in bed and then get up to do my QT) this is also when I make up my to do list and do any computer reading. Then I started doing an “hour of moving”. So I’m busy doing housework for one hour, whatever needs the most attention. Then I’ll take a shower, make breakfast for the family and then we have breakfast and family Bible time. This gives a good start to the day and provides momentum to keep moving. I’m also trying to include Princess Olive in more of what I do, even if she just watches.

Home Sanctuary is another encouraging spot where she lists a small thing we can do to help make our home a sanctuary for our family every day.

Tammy’s Recipes has tons of wonderful recipes and she’s inspired me to bake all of my baked goods. So far I’ve done bread, pitas, bagels and cinnamon rolls and they’re all delicious. They’re much less expensive, I know what’s in them and often use freshly ground whole wheat and they’re much more delicious, plus Princess Olive likes to help me.

Heavenly Homemaker is another great site I recently found. She’s into healthy eating with real foods. You’ll find some good recipes with natural sugars and whole wheat.

Organizing Junkie is another fun one and inspires me to be more organized. Right now I’m just trying to cut clutter as I go about my household tasks. I have a Goodwill bag constantly going and things are slowly but surely becoming more simplified.

I also just read The Total Money Makeover that I checked out at the library. This is an excellent book and Dave Ramsey has some other excellent resources for taking control of your finances. After reading this hubby and I sat down made a more tight budget and came up with a plan to get rid of our debt once and for all. This book is for everyone. It is definitely for those who have substantial debt and need a plan to stop the vicious cycle. But it’s also for those (like us) who have the typical American debt: maybe a credit card or two (even if you don’t carry a balance), a car payment, student loans and a house. I would even recommend it for those who don’t have debt but would like a plan for saving for retirement, kids college and just plain building wealth. So the housekeepers are canceled and our budget is a bit tighter, but we’re making headway on our car loan and this will be for just a short time that I believe will all be worth it.

Well that’s it for now, time to get moving again. :)

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