home maintenance & management

home maintenance & management

A Day in the Life of a Once a Month Cleaner

by Jamie
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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom Today I’m finishing up all this cleaning talk with a post over at Steady Mom. (Somehow posting before & after photos of my toilet doesn’t seem appropriate in this venue!) If you’ve missed any posts in this series, be sure to check [...]

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How to Clean Your House Once a Month

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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom I was completely floored by the response to last month’s post about once a month cleaning. Many of you shared your enthusiasm and also asked specific questions about how to clean your house just once a month. Today I’m back with more [...]

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5 Ways to Simplify Dinner in a Homeschool Kitchen

by Heather
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Written by contributor Heather Bruggeman of Beauty That Moves There was a time when I looked at homeschool families and thought they must have it all together at home.  I imagined dreamy, organized living spaces and multi-course meals spread on the farm table three times a day. After all, they were home – they must [...]

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The Case for Once a Month Cleaning

by Jamie
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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom This post is part one in a three part series about cleaning. You can find the second post here and the third here! Late last year, I thought I had it made when I booked a local company to clean my house [...]

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Lessons from a Life Skills Day

by Kris
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Written by contributor Kris of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers Housework and homeschooling.  Those two words don’t always go well together.  While my family does employ a chore chart that has served us for many years, there are also weeks when we’re so busy all we have time to do is “dump and run.” Afterward, my house [...]

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5 Easy Ways You Can Simplify in Under 30 Minutes

by Jamie
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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom Without a doubt, the simple life has a lot going for it. In theory. But when you’re a homeschooling parent, you may not have extra hours to devote to the cause. Let’s face it–sometimes we don’t have the time to even nurture [...]

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