Carrie Willard

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February 5, 2020 By Carrie 4 Comments

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Work at Home, Homeschooling Mom of 7: a day in the life

Homeschooling, work at home mom of 7: A day in the life

That title was just a wee bit click bait-y. After all, only four of my children are homeschooled at the moment. The oldest two have graduated! And the youngest (5), does just a little schoolwork for kicks and giggles. Two are in high school and totally self-sufficient in their education at this point. So, only […]

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November 28, 2019 By Carrie Leave a Comment

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Cheap Homeschooling (with Several Kids)

Considering homeschooling your kids? If you worry that you’re going to spend a lot of money on educating your children properly, read on. This post shares my tips for cheap homeschooling, even with several kids. A bit of backstory if you’re new. As of late 2019, my family has two grads (21 and 18), two […]

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September 4, 2019 By Carrie 13 Comments

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Homeschool 2020

For many years on this blog I shared what homeschool curricula choices I’d made for the year. Then, in April 2017 I started a new business. My blog took a big backseat after that. Recently I decided to begin writing here again, mostly because I still have an audience. About once a week someone emails […]

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January 11, 2019 By Carrie Leave a Comment

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I KonMari’d my home (again!)

I first talked about Marie Kondo and the KonMari method (as explained in her best-selling book, The Life Changing Art of Tidying Up) back in 2015. At that time, I decluttered my entire house using her methods. And it stayed that way for the most part! I did, however, do the process again this week. […]

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June 16, 2017 By Carrie 1 Comment

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How a homeschooling WAHM does summer (without losing it)

How a Homeschooling Work At Home MomDoes Summer

So summer is here in full swing. (I do take a break from homeschooling in the summertime, in case you’re wondering.) The kids are spending their time pursuing hobbies deeply, splashing around outside with the hose and making arrangements to meet their friends at the pool. It’s all fun and good, but what about the […]

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May 1, 2017 By Carrie 6 Comments

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Favorite Cleaning Tools: 4 Homemaking Tools I Can’t Live Without

Since we’re talking about spring cleaning and avoiding “tool-shaped objects” syndrome, I thought it would be a perfect time to talk about favorite cleaning tools I can’t live without. For years, I cleaned with sub-par products, wasting time, energy and money on homemade cleaning products and homemade laundry detergent that didn’t work (and that left my […]

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April 26, 2017 By Carrie 9 Comments

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Spring cleaning: skip it and do this instead

Why to skip the spring cleaning - and what to do instead!

Everyone’s talking about spring cleaning right now. I’m going to take a slightly contrarian position and encourage you to skip it entirely. Here’s why, and what you might do instead that’s a more profitable use of your time.   Where did spring cleaning come from? “When homes were heated with wood, coal or coal oil […]

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April 10, 2017 By Carrie 7 Comments

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Simple Healthy Cookbooks: 3 favorites for food on the table in record time

Simple Healthy Cookbooks

If you’re like me, you want three things. One, to feed your family healthy and delicious meals. Two, to not spend all day slaving over a hot stove accomplishing number one. And three… self-cleaning kitchens. Well, I can’t help you with the third thing. But I CAN recommend my 3 favorite simple healthy cookbooks to […]

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April 1, 2017 By Carrie 8 Comments

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Foca Laundry Detergent: 5 Frugal Uses Outside the Washing Machine

Frugal Uses for Foca Laundry Detergent - outside the laundry room

Last summer during my no spend challenge, I looked for the cheapest laundry detergent that still had positive reviews. That turned out to be Foca. Foca laundry detergent comes in huge bags and is dirt cheap. Like, 4 pounds for $3.42 cheap. I liked the convenience of a large bag of detergent.  It meant I […]

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March 10, 2017 By Carrie 7 Comments

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How To Homeschool and Work From Home

How To Homeschool and Work From Home

One of the questions people ask me most often is about how to homeschool and work from home. People email me or ask in person, “how do you do it all?” These issues have been on my mind a lot lately and I thought my response would be helpful to others. How To Homeschool and […]

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Hi, I’m Carrie!

Bienvenue! My goal is to inspire and provide resources for moms to simplify their lives. With what aim?

So they can find time and space for their own goals and passions during the busy mothering years. Simplifying the mundane to make room for the sublime. Let's put the "her" back in motherhood!

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