You were called to be a homemaker.

That woman over there, pushing her buggy down aisle 8? Yeah, she was called to be a homemaker too. Also, the cashier taking care of both of you? Yup – her too…homemaker material.

In fact, all women were called to be homemakers. Every single one. It’s hard-wired into us.

The problem is, you aren’t living like it matters.  [Read more…]

As Christmas approaches and you check out the Christmas countdown clock wondering how much time you have left, you probably are like me thinking:

WHAT DO I GET FOR PEOPLE WHEN I’M TRYING TO CUT DOWN ON CLUTTER?!

If you, like me, have rid yourself of clutter, it feels strange trying to give a gift. You don’t really want to add to someone else’s clutter problem, ya know? So what do you get people for Christmas that won’t become part of their future clutter?

I spent some time researching and chatting it up with a couple people and we came up with this list of 100 clutter-free gifts – so now you can give freely, knowing you can bless someone AND not give them something that requires dusting. [Read more…]

For the first post in this series on Dressing Your Truth, see How to Find Your Style.

I squandered a lot of our family’s clothing budget on myself. Money down the toilet. Why? Because I would buy things, thinking they were cute or acceptable, and then end up not liking them at all. Whether it was the color or the style, they just didn’t work for me.

I’ve spent so much of my life just trying to cover up my body with big, flowy clothing. I didn’t want people to see my rolling rear end and I always tried to hide the fact that my hips are “good birthing hips.”

Don’t you want to feel like you look pretty? That you’re a good representative of your family? [Read more…]

Part of home management includes managing the family clothing budget. For many of us, that can go to pot pretty quickly. I am coming clean – I confess! I used to be HORRIBLE at this part of home management. I never knew what to buy for myself. For my kids, I had knocked this out of the park (consignment, yes please!) but for myself I was trying to hit the broad side of a barn…and missing. (Myself, being the barn.) Until I learned about Dressing Your Truth.

What’s your point in life? What is that you really DO? Why do you wake up every day and what do you hope to get done before you pass out in a stupor?

I’ll tell you what you are:

You’re a manager. Of your home. You cook, you clean, you budget, you chauffeur, you make rules, you call the shots, you drink coffee, you sometimes hide and cry in the bathroom, you try to get it all done to the best of your ability and then you realize something…

You feel like you’re taking crazy pills.