Oct

4

Keeping the Single Mom Home

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October 4, 2009 | 1 Comment

Hello everyone! You get and extra post this week. Yay!!!!
Keeping the Single Mom Home
Part of my effort in providing single mom families with support.
It can be hard to keep everything in our home, as well as our lives, organized. I know this first hand. I struggle, as many do, with organizing my home. Cleaning tasks [...]

Jul

10

Easy Ways for Single Moms to Green Their Families

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July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Greening our homes is the ‘in’ thing, but it is also important for our Earth and the health of our families. We want our children to grow up happy and healthy, with the ability to live in a clean world as adults.
This post is my way of offering up some simple ways in which you [...]

Jun

15

Single Mom: 10 Tips for a Less Hectic Summer

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June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment

As a single mother, I generally have incredibly hectic summers. I provide childcare, so I work five or six days a week from home. We hang out at the playground, walk, talk, play games, do crafts, cook and so much more. I may work until four or five.
After work, I have to clean and do [...]

Jun

1

Single Mom: Top Posts for May 2009

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June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment

We had some very popular posts for the month of May. I decided to share them with you. They are worthy of reading over again, and you may pass them along to your friends and family if you like.

Quick Tips for the Single Mom: Keeping Our Homes
Quick Tips for the Single Mom: Kitchen Helpers
Quick Tips [...]

May

23

Quick Tips for the Single Mom: Keeping Our Homes

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May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Yup! You knew this was coming. It’s true…keeping up with daily household tasks really is important.
I am trying to streamline things. Here are my best tips:
1. Make you own laundry detergent.
2. Use vinegar, homemade laundry detergent, dish detergent, baking/washing soda and salt for all of your cleaning needs. It’s much cheaper, and much healthier for [...]

Mar

27

Stay-At-Home Moms: The Pros and the Cons

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March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Being a stay-at-home mom is a wonderful experience, but it is not always a viable one for a single mother. In order for this to work, you must have money to live off. How you go about getting the money to do this is up to you, but it may not be easy.
Maybe you invested [...]

Mar

26

Single Moms Go On Strike

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March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Do you have children who won’t do anything for themselves? For you? Are you always running around like a chicken with its head cut off trying to keep up with everything?
If your children are old enough to make a sandwich, it may be time to go on strike.
Why go on strike? Because you can’t do [...]

Mar

23

Preschoolers and Chores

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March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Preschoolers are at a great age. They understand that picking up after themselves is important, and they also love to help mom. They want to be independent, and to show you that they can do things on their own.
They can successfully, for the most part, do the tasks that they learned as toddlers with no [...]

Mar

22

Toddler’s and Chores

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March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

As single moms, we often feel like we have too much on our plates. What with working, cooking, cleaning and taking care of the children, we barely have any time for ourselves.
Little do some moms know that toddlers can be counted upon to help out. They usually even enjoy doing ‘big people’s work’.
This is great [...]

Mar

22

Single Mom Helpers: Housekeepers

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March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Single mom helpers are a great idea. When I decide to have more children, I would like to have someone help me with housekeeping part-time. I already have someone in mind. She is a teenager, and would love to have some extra money.
I would not have her do too much, and would only have her [...]

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