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Malia Russell is the blessed wife to Duncan, thankful mother to four children, ages 3-18 and an author, conference speaker and director of Homemaking 911 Visit her site for inspiration, encouragement and practical help in your roles as a godly wife, mother, homemaker or home educator.

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Decisions, Decisions
[Self-Improvement:Organizing] How many decisions do you make a day? Making a decision according to dictionary.com is: the passing of judgment on an issue under consideration. Each decision I make requires energy and attention.

Inward Calm
[Home-and-Family:Motherhood] Do you ever have so much to do that you feel completely overwhelmed? Do you feel too tired, too weak, too irritated, too disorganized, to possibly get everything done that you should? Today, I am reminded once again that if I am inwardly quiet I shall see the proposed sequence and take my day one thing at a time.

Eliminating Distractions to Reduce Chaos
[Home-and-Family:Motherhood] Distractions are one of the major problems among homemakers today. More than ever before we are inundated with self-imposed distractions that keep us from achieving what we would love in our homes: order.

Swap and Save This Year For Christmas
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Looking for ways to keep Christmas affordable? Consider the idea of having a "Swap" party. Most women have heard of cookie swaps, but did you know you can have other "swap: parties as well? Here are some great "swap" ideas that we have used in years past.

Keeping Christ in Christmas This Year
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Each year, Christian parents struggle to balance between the consumerism of Christmas, and keeping Christ the central theme of Christmas. Here are some ideas of ways you can keep Christ the main focus this year.

Keep Christmas Sane This Year - 5 Thrifty and Fun Christmas Ideas
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] We all know that Christmas Consumerism is something we want to avoid. This time of year, everyone seems to be focused on gifts, and less focused on family. You do not have to "go broke" to have a fun Christmas. By planning ahead a bit, you can celebrate Christmas with very little money and still have a very special celebration.

Making Baby Food at Home
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] Making your own baby food at home will result in time and money savings, and give your baby the healthiest choice for food. It does not have to be a scary mystery. Making baby food is easy and very inexpensive.

Organizing Your Favorite Board Games
[Gaming] Are you sick of fighting stacks of battered boxes of board games with pieces spread all over the house? I learned a great trick while staying in a vacation home that solved this problem forever! No, I did not throw all the games away.

Tame the Paperwork Beast!
[Self-Improvement:Organizing] A friend from an online group I am in recently stated she wanted to "Tame the Paper Beast." I LOVED that description. With that in mind, I wanted to share some thoughts with you, about some of the things I have done to help tame that beast.

Streamline Your Mornings
[Self-Improvement:Time-Management] Mornings should be a blessed time of day. Everyone should be well rested and ready to go. If your mornings are a blur of rushing activity, or just need some fine tuning, here are some tips for you.

Help Your Children Happily Turn Off the TV
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] From time to time I get this question, " How do I get my kids off the TV without a big fight?" or "My husband likes to watch things that are inappropriate on TV and lets the kids watch it too. What can I do?"

Make Your Own Laundry Detergent
[Home-Improvement:Cleaning-Tips-and-Tools] When I first read about making homemade laundry soap, I was excited but skeptical. Would it save me any money? (Yes!). Would it take a lot of time? (About 15 minutes per batch). Would our clothes look clean and smell good? (Yes!) Would it cause problems for our washing machine? (No).

Using Venison
[Food-and-Drink] Using Venison- The Basics. When we were first given Venison, I was not sure what to do with it, so we started out making Venison Jerky in the dehydrator, using ground venison, mashed flat, cut into strips. These were a HUGE hit. We added a small amount of the venison jerky to our "goodies gift baskets" at Christmas and folks loved it.