Carrie Willard

putting the "her" back in motherhood

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April 10, 2017 by Carrie

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

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

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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March 6, 2017 by Carrie

Best mom sayings that will simplify disciplining kids

Best mom sayings

Disciplining our kids effectively can be exhausting at times. We want to impart our values to our kids, but we sometimes fail due to sheer overwhelm or fatigue. Here are some of my best mom sayings to memorize to make your life with kids easier. I also explain why they work so well. Read on… […]

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March 2, 2017 by Carrie

Things I’m Enjoying Lately

Every once in a while I post things I am enjoying. It’s a sort of product review meets gratitude list. This list is for stuff I liked in February. I moved this month, so a lot of stuff will revolve around that (I’m talking to you chocolate, comfy shoes and Epsom salts!). Lily’s chocolate – […]

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March 1, 2017 by Carrie

Drugstore game: why I don’t play

drugstore game

The drugstore game is a method of stacking store sales (especially BOGO deals) with coupons in order to obtain drugstore items for pennies on the dollar, or even for free. I learned how to do the drugstore game back when I was a single mom getting out of debt, and I did it for a […]

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February 27, 2017 by Carrie

Moving: routines and the power of place

Our move is complete, although our “settling in” is far from done. Turns out, 9 people have a lot of stuff. The only thing we haven’t unpacked: the books. We need to buy a bookcase first. My body is aching and exhausted (*except for one part) and for the last two days I’ve been having […]

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February 6, 2017 by Carrie

How to Get Over Mommy Guilt

Mommy Guilt: how to get over it and have fun with your kids again

The following is a transcript of an interview I recorded with Aviva Pflock and Devra Renner of Mommy Guilt. They join me to talk about their book Mommy Guilt: Learn To Worry Less, Focus On What Matters Most, And Raise Happier Kids. We discuss how guilt feelings are at an epic high in our time, and how […]

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January 15, 2017 by Carrie

The truth about homeschooling a large family

homeschooling a large family

Homeschooling a large family looks a bit different than people expect… This week I had an enjoyable luncheon with a group of blogging moms. When my turn came for an introduction, I said that I write about, among other things, homeschooling a large family with 7 kids. (There’s usually a tiny, collective gasp right about […]

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January 10, 2017 by Carrie

Clean with pretty things

Yesterday I talked about how I want to have a cleaner house (even while living with a husband and 7 kids – what can I say, I like to dream big). A thought came to me late yesterday afternoon. I remembered something I read years ago. The main message was this: Use good tools. Clean […]

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