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My New Kentucky Home

A blog about faith and family, home and homeschooling.

The BIGGEST Reason Our Kids Aren’t More Help Around the House

July 12, 2018 by My New Kentucky Home

The Biggest Reason Our Kids Aren't More Help Around the House

There aren't many jobs out there tougher than motherhood.  Child rearing is a full time job, and the fact moms often do it on little sleep and with very limited resources is truly remarkable. Not to mention all the manual labor involved!  "Momming" itself is work enough, but when you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Housecleaning, household chores, household hints, housekeeping, housekeeping tips, housework, Motherhood, Mothering

Five Things Tuesday — 5 Cleaning Tools Every Woman Needs

July 26, 2016 by My New Kentucky Home

cleaning tools

  There are certain tools every man wants in his toolbox.  Tools are designed to make a task easier, so whether he's tightening a bolt, loosening a screw, or driving a nail, having the right tool is important. And, hey, the same is true for housework!  Certain cleaning tools make … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean house, cleaning, cleaning tips, Five Things Tuesday, homemaking, Housecleaning, household, household chores, household tips, housekeeping, housekeeping tips, housewife, housework

11 Household Items that are Better to TRASH than Clean

January 28, 2016 by My New Kentucky Home

  I've pulled bookshelves and cabinets, picket fences and enamel buckets out of people's trash or away from their yard sales and I've scoured and scrubbed and cleaned and painted to give them new life.  I mean, if something is valuable, or if it could be, then going that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: cleaning, cleaning tips, home, homemaking, house, household, household hints, housework, Uncategorized

For the ADD Housewife–The Trick of 13

July 18, 2013 by My New Kentucky Home

Some women are amazing mess-tacklers.  They can rush into the center of a home disaster or an organizational nightmare and whip it into shape with incredible zeal and focus. Me?  Not so much. It's not that I'm incapable of cleaning well or that I have no organizational skills.  I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: homemaker, homemaking, Housecleaning, housekeeping, housewife, housework, Trick of 13, Uncategorized

         

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