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5 Things That Help Simplify Life in a Large Family

June 24, 2020 Lisa

Life in a large family can be crazy at times. There's always a bustle of activity, and plenty of stuff. In our efforts to simplify life in a large family, we work a lot on purging and decluttering. It seems like we always have too much stuff.  I'm learning that more stuff … [Read more...]

Homemaking, Organizing simple life

Why We Use Excel to Balance the Checkbook

March 22, 2017 Lisa

How do you balance the checkbook? We've started using Microsoft Excel, and it works great!

A couple of years ago, balancing the checkbook was a hassle. We'd forget to write purchases in the register, write numbers in less than perfect handwriting, or make an error subtracting somewhere. Then there was the actual register. When we switched to a new one, we still had … [Read more...]

family, Organizing finances

Save Time with a Diaper Basket

May 25, 2016 Lisa

This simple diaper basket helps me save time each day. Minimizing decisions through simple solutions helps so much!

I'm a huge fan of minimizing decisions and making life easy. In fact, I developed a course about doing just that to help other freelancing/blogging moms. That's why I had to come up with a solution for diapers. You see, I currently have three in diapers. Owen, Simon, and … [Read more...]

Organizing, parenting diapers

Organizing the Freezers

July 14, 2015 Lisa

Way back before Brynna was born (you know, like six months ago!), we used to have these things called morning and afternoon chores that addressed one room in the house, with extra cleaning.  We did the kitchen one day, the bathroom another, and so on. We only spent 15 … [Read more...]

Cleaning, Kitchen, Organizing

Cleaning Out the Games

December 30, 2014 Lisa

I'm a bit of a board game junkie. I LOVE to play games with my family and friends. So do my kids. And they often ask to play games together during free time. I love it! And I love all the new games we got for Christmas. But...there wasn't room for the new ones with the sad … [Read more...]

Family Life, Organizing

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Hi, I'm Lisa! I blog about large family life, living, and love here on Maggie's Milk. You'll find posts related to homeschooling, homesteading, and doing life as a large family.

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