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Christy’s Simple Tips–How to Clean a Coffee Pot

You know the smell. Someone forgot to turn off the coffee maker and now you’ve got burned-on coffee stuck to the coffee pot until the end of time if not longer. Relax. I’ve got the inside trade secret on how to get that ooey gooey stinky stuff out.

How to Clean a Coffee Pot

Allow the coffee pot to cool completely. This is important, so you skimmers and shortcutters better not skip this step. You’ve been warned.
Toss in two or three spoonfuls of salt, a handful or two of ice, and a couple splashes of lemon juice.
Swish it around—you know, hold the coffee pot and swish; don’t bother getting a spoon and stirring or anything as complex as that. That only results in more dishes needing washing.
Watch in amazement and awe as the goo loosens.
When finished, rinse with cool water.
Repeat if necessary, depending on how long your coffee pot was neglected.

No lemon juice, no problem. Any acidic kitchen liquid will do just fine, like plain ol’ cheap ol’ white vinegar. In the restaurant biz we used lemons because we always had them on hand and already sliced at the end of a shift, so it was easy to grab, squeeze, and toss the whole shebang into the pot…almost every night…because we were so-not-good at remembering the coffee.

I knew my restaurant experience would come in handy. Now if I could only find a use for my college degree.

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How to Organize Ebooks (and Create Your Own Library) in 5 Simple Steps

This post contains affiliate links. They don’t bite, so don’t be afraid of them. If you purchase something through my affiliate link, I receive a portion of the proceeds at no additional cost to you. It’s kinda like a great big thank you for my time.

Just as real books in the real world can cause a real big mess real fast, ebooks in the e-world can become e-clutter. They can get all jumbled up so you don’t know what’s what and can’t find what you’re looking for when you need it. Even e-clutter makes me shudder. Shudder. See?

Stocking up on useful-to-you ebooks allows you to create an amazing resource library, but it’s a waste of time and money if you can’t find them when you need them. That totally used to be me, but not anymore! Is that your dilemma?

Never fear! Librarian-Wanna-Be is here! I’ve got your back with my ultra-simple ebook organization method.

How To Organize Ebooks in 5 Simple Steps

Simple Step #1: Create a Folder for Your Library

Right click on your desktop.
Scroll down to “new” and click.
Scroll down to “folder” and click.
A folder will pop up on your desktop with the current name, “New Folder” highlighted. Type over “New Folder” and hit “enter” to give it a pretty name. I call mine “Christy,” because that’s a pretty name. 🙂 Not really; I call it “Library,” because I always wanted a library. We will henceforth refer to it as “Library.”
Double click on “Library” to open it up. You now have this image:

Because I share my computer with all my minions, I have my own “Christy” folder on my desktop. I created my “Library” folder within my “Christy” folder on my desktop. If you want your “Library” folder inside of your version of a “Christy” folder on your desktop or anywhere else, just drag and drop your newly created Library folder into your “Christy” folder, or create a “Library” subfolder by performing step 2 below inside your “Christy” folder. When I double click on “Christy,” it opens up to the image below, where you can see my “Library” is located:

Simple Step #2: Create Subfolders Within Your Library

Either simply click “New Folder” in your open “Library” window and skip to 5, or follow the next three steps.
Right click anywhere within the Library window.
Scroll down to “new” and click.
Scroll down to “folder” and click. (Is this sounding redundant? Yawn.)
Type in a category for your books. Categorize by genre, topic, alphabet, whatever tickles your organizational fancy. I categorized by use, such as recipes, homeschooling, getting fit–that folder’s dusty. (It’s really called health and beauty…and it is dusty.)

Simple Step #3: Create Subfolders for Current Reads and Duplicates to Use as Gifts

Create a subfolder for books you’re currently reading or that are on your immediate “Read This Now!” list. I began my “Current Reading List” or “Ahem! Read This Now!” folder with an “A” so it sat at the top of my other folders as a nagging reminder. Nag nag nag.
Create another subfolder for duplicate books or those that came as part of a bundle but which you don’t want or need. This is important to keep down clutter. These can be used as gifts or as giveaways. (Learn how to give ebooks as gifts without breaking copyright laws or selling your soul.) I began my “Duplicates” or “Zany Gift Basket” folder with a “Z” so it was bumped to the bottom of my folder line-up where it’s out of the way, but I’ll know where to look for it.

Simple Step #4: Create Subcategories Within Subfolders

Double click to open one of your topic folders, such as my “Homeschool” folder.
Repeat step 2 within that folder to create subcategories. These can go as deep as you want, although I’ve never actually tested that theory, nor will I. I do, after all, have a life and an extensive “Ahem! Read This Now!” folder calling my name.

Simple Step #5

Locate your downloaded ebooks.
Right click on the ebook of your choice.
Scroll down to “cut” and click.
Locate and double click to open the folder of your choice in your “Library.”
Right click in the window.
Scroll down to “paste” and click.
Alternatively, open the window where you currently store your ebooks and open the “Library” in a separate window. Drag and drop each book to its respective folder.
From now on, save each book to its respective folder. That’s a good librarian.

Where do I get my ebooks for my ebook resource library?

I subscribe to four and soon-to-be only three newsletters that offer freebie alerts. Two are specific to my homeschooling approach, one is a generic homeschool site that I’m booting soon, and one is a general frugality site. I skim them quickly and am very selective about what I download.
I save freebies offered as newsletter subscription bonuses for sites I follow at one season of life or another. Eventually I unsubscribe if that blog overwhelms me or is no longer relevant to my life.
I receive them as gifts. Ebooks make great gifts. I talk about that here.
I occasionally buy a book specific to my homeschooling, homemaking, writing, or blogging needs, usually on sale.
I occasionally purchase a mega-bundle, mostly for the bonuses to be honest. Even if I’m only interested in 5 or 6, it’s cheaper to buy the whole bundle than those few separately. The rest go in my “Zany Gift Basket” folder.
I keep my eye on the Bundle of the Week, 5 related books for $7.40. Usually I pass, because I don’t like to spend too much money and I already have other books on the same topics, but sometimes I jump.
I write my own! Ha ha! Except I’m not joking. (If you’re keen on that idea, check out From Idea to Ebook, an affordable course to help you write and market your own ebooks.)

Now get to organizing, and enjoy your library! Librarian-Wanna-Be signing out!

How do you organize your ebooks?

Can You Use the Ultimate Healthy Living Ebook Bundle as You Simplify?

Before you read this post, I want you to know something. I want you to know that every time I am asked to participate in a bundle sale, I struggle. I struggle with the idea of introducing you to 86 ebooks and an e-course and 9 bonuses, because that’s a lot of stuff. I preach simplifying, and having a lot of stuff is not simplifying. Second, while there are some excellent items in here, I don’t have the time to read through all the ebooks, so I can’t personally recommend each one, and that matters to me. I don’t preach “fear” to my readers, and I can’t guarantee the bundle isn’t 100% fear-free. Third, I receive a commission on every purchase you make through my link, and, while I love that you support The Simple Homemaker site through your purchases, I never want you to think I’m promoting something just for the money, and I don’t ever want you to feel pressured to buy. That’s why I often say “no” when I’m invited to share these deals with you.

So why am I participating? Because some of these resources are excellent, the price is amazing, Christmas is coming (think gifts), and there are a good many people who could benefit from this bundle. If it’s not you, please don’t feel pressured to purchase, and please don’t unsubscribe just because I’m sharing a great deal with others who may be interested. If you want to unsubscribe because of my lame humor, I totally get that. Thanks for listening. Onward!

Ebook bundle sales are a growing trend in the ebook world. The team at Ultimate Bundles know this, so they worked hard at making this Healthy Living Bundle totally worth your while. Totally! I for one think they could have made it better…if they coated it all in chocolate. Ha ha. Little joke. It wouldn’t hurt you to laugh. Ooookay, then, moving onward.

Read the details about the Ultimate Healthy Living Bundle here.

Here’s my super brief summary of the Ultimate Bundle. (You don’t think I can be super brief, do you? Just watch!):

86-ebook library worth $809
FREE 12-week online conference with over 40 authors worth $67
9 FREE physical and online bonuses worth $158
Total value of $1034 for $29.97

See, that is ultimate! (And I was super brief. Apology accepted.)

Get the full scoop on the Ultimate Bundle here.

Now I want to tell you from my perspective who would benefit from this bundle so you don’t spend superfluously or complicate your life. While you’re skimming through, keep your eyes open for anything that will help simplify your life. Simplify! For example, in my season of life, making my own beauty products is not simplifying, but whipping up 15-minute freezer meals totally is. Adding to your load is not simplifying! Cluttering your life with things you will never get to is not simplifying! Building a solid resource library to meet current or future needs is simplifying. Get it? Good. Onward.

Who could benefit from this healthy living collection?

1) Anyone wanting to cook healthier, tastier meals for their family.

2) Anyone with a hubby and kiddos who want you to break free from the usual breakfast, lunch, and dinner ruts so easy to fall into.

3) People dealing with food allergies who would like help, fresh ideas, and encouragement from others who have been there. I totally empathize with this. It can be overwhelming!

4) Anyone wanting to clean without chemicals and not wanting to scour the web for “green-clean” recipes. I’m in this boat, but I don’t have the time to move beyond a few basics without complicating my life right now. This is therefore not an immediate selling point for me, except that it could be a valuable part of a resource library for the future. (I show you how to organize a ebook library later this week.)

5) Anyone who is not me who wants to fit exercise into her day. Ahem. Oh, and anyone who is me who wants more energy. Hmmm. Correlation? Nah.

6) Your kids, who want homemade sweets from a mama who may want to be cutting back on sugar. That’s totally me…and my kids…and my man.

7) Your hubby, who totally wants to smooch your ruby red lips without eating your lipstick made from coal-tar, lead, and aphid-cousins. Um, gag! He’ll appreciate the recipe for homemade lip balm so you can ditch the stick. Who needs bright red, anyway!

8) Those of you interested in stocking a more natural medicine cabinet.

9) Anyone experiencing emotional or physical difficulty that life throws our way. Sometimes we need to stop everything else and get these aspects of life in order to be able to move forward.

10) Your brown thumb–the one that always wanted to become a green thumb. Mine is doomed to be brown forever.

11) Anyone who eats more than once or twice a week–the meal plan tools will be a big hit. Check out that homeschool version. I am all about meal planning! This is a crucial aspect to a simple home!

12) Anyone wanting to enjoy life a little more and stress a little less. Hello! They’re totally preaching to the choir here! I should have written those books. 🙂

13) Anyone that wants to be armed with an extensive library of natural, healthy, and practical solutions to the wacky situations life can throw at a person in a day, or who wants to gift others!

And there’s much, much more!

Did you see yourself in any of those? I did…but not in the lipstick-wearing one. I don’t like to freak my readers out, but that’s just disgusting. If I wore lipstick, I would totally be buying this…even though I already bought it.

Check out the Ultimate Bundle here…especially if you wear lipstick! 😉

Here are a few extra reasons you may want to buy:

Skim through the included books and see if there are a few you have been wanting. If the total price of the books you want is more than the total bundle, buy the whole thing for less cash and download only the ones you want, or download them all and give the rest away.
Christmas is coming. You can use ebooks as gifts. More on giving ebooks as gifts here.
You want the laundry detergent for free, which is regularly almost as much as the entire bundle.
You want any of the other bonuses.
You want to host a giveaway or 86 giveaways on your own blog or launch a blog with a giveaway.
You want to build a resource library for future use. (I teach you how to organize your ebook library here.)
You want to read all the books this week and show up next Monday at the office or homeschool co-op totally smarter than anyone else…ever! (That’s really why I bought it, since I don’t wear lipstick. Just so you know, you won’t learn how to make lipstick–it’s lip balm)

Learn how to get smarter than anyone else…ever! 😉

Who should not buy this bundle?

My mom and sister-in-law who don’t read ebooks.
My grandma, whose computer doesn’t work and who doesn’t have a Kindle or smart phone or smart anything else…except a smart husband…and a super-smart granddaughter…at least after she reads all these books! 😉
My dog, who doesn’t have opposable thumbs and can’t read very well.
Anyone who gets a few too many wrong answers in “When a Good Deal Isn’t.”

Get the details on the bundle by clicking here

or skip the middle man (which is me–hi!) and

click here to go straight to the Ultimate Bundle site to buy.

You can also try out the buy button, which is much more fun. Wheeee.

(That last link is an affiliate link. That means if you purchase the bundle through that link, I receive a commission at no extra cost to you. It’s how I buy ebooks to get super smart and homeschool books to make super smart kids.)

My Simple “Ten Things” Strategy

Sometimes life is overwhelming and everything just seems…complicated, which is the opposite of simple. I’m totally not on board with complicated. Away from me, Complicated!

When my life is feeling complicated and I don’t know where to start, I turn to my little bag of simple tricks. One of my favorites is my ridiculously simple, but highly effective “Ten Things” Strategy. It goes like this. Pay attention now.

Do ten things.

That’s it! That’s the whole strategy.

You could stop reading right now and go do ten things, or you could ~~procrastinate~~ hang out here and let me break it down for you. Hangin’ around? Okay. Here’s the gist of my simple “Ten Things” Strategy.

If your backside is plastered to the couch, tell your backside, “Listen up, Backside. You can do ten things. You really can!” Backside may whine a little, but eventually it comes around and says, “Hey, you may be right about that. Let’s do it!” (Please tell me you have conversations with your backside, too.) Between the two of you (you and Backside, that is), you can quickly blast through ten things.

Sometimes doing ten things doesn’t make much of a difference, but if you and Backside work smart, those ten things can really add up.

Here are ten ways to be smart about my simple “Ten Things” Strategy.

1) Do ten simple things that make a big difference, like picking up the big blankets on the floor in the family room, or making the bed in your bedroom or putting ten big things in the dishwasher or picking up the ten biggest toys in the playroom.

2) Enlist your children. When I enlist all of my kiddos, that’s 8 people at work. That means 73 things gets done or picked up or folded or washed. (That’s 73 instead of 80 because the one-year-old can only count to three, so she stops there.)

3) Don’t give it too much thought. If you’re a TV watcher, hop up as soon as the commercial hits or the Netflix episode ends and do your ten things. If you walk into your bedroom and it isn’t inviting, quickly do ten things and then continue with your day.

4) Just do it, even if (or especially when) you don’t feel like it. If you’re just feeling blah and you want to ignore the mess in the kitchen and eat hot popcorn with chocolate chips melted in it, throw ten things in the dishwasher first, or clear ten things off the table. Whatever!

5) Let your progress fuel you. Sometimes (like in my alternate reality) there are only twelve things that need to be done. When I get through ten, I find myself motivated to do the last little bit.

6) Listen to your body, but don’t listen to your body if you’re in a funk. In other words, if you’re really hurting, pick up ten dirty socks and call it a day. If you’re just feeling unmotivated and whiny, pick up all the dirty socks and call it one thing–the dirty socks.

7) Apply this to anything–a pile of paperwork, a full email inbox, messy bedrooms, garage sale items needing pricing, unfolded laundry, lonely socks looking for soulmates, bushy eyebrows, unwrapped presents, thank you notes, dusty knick-knacks (no knick-knacks, no dust…just sayin’), fund-raiser phone calls, push-ups needing pushing.

8) I’m not above bribery. When my backside is feeling particularly unmotivated, I say, “Hey ,Backside, we do ten things, we’re eatin’ ten M&Ms.” It’s not pie, but it works.

(If you’re one of my food nazi friends (love ya!) cringing at the thought of my eating ten M&Ms, two things: 1, I don’t eat M&Ms because they make my stomach hurt and cause the air around me to turn a rather unpleasant shade of green (a humiliating, but amusing post for another day), and 2, chill. Still love ya.)

9) For a bigger impact, do ten things in ten areas of your life. Do ten things in the bedroom, bathroom, office, purse, sock drawer, email inbox, junk drawer, garage, van, laundry room, piano bench, spice cupboard, junk drawer, pantry, tool box, play room. That’s pretty intense. Usually I stick to ten simple things.

10) Use the ten things strategy in reverse to keep your playtime in check. “I will only pin ten things, read ten blogs posts, eat ten cookies (What?! They’re little!), chat on the phone for ten minutes, read ten pages.” Mmmm…cookies.

My “Ten Things” Strategy is so ridiculously simple, that it really didn’t need a ten step expose. Still, that was fun, wasn’t it? Yup, fun over. Now it’s time for you and Backside to get down to business. Now, right now, let’s get up and do ten things. (Eating ten cookies doesn’t count.) Ready? Break!

For Monday through Friday “Do Ten Things at Ten” reminders and fun, join me on Facebook or Twitter. Are there cookies? You’ll just have to find that out for yourself.

Did you do it? Did you do ten things? What’d ya do?

An important note: After reading the comments from some of my Simple Homemaker Facebook friends and Twitter tweeps who are doing a daily Ten Things Challenge with me, I’m noticing some confusion. When I say “Do Ten Things!” I do not mean these ten things:

Clean the bathroom until it shines, AND
Cook dinner…for a month, AND
Do all the laundry in the house…or neighborhood, AND
Change the tire on your car, AND
Mow the lawn, AND
Run for President, AND
Get your doctorate, AND
Write lesson plans for your child’s entire educational career, AND
Get married and have children, AND
Get therapy.

I mean something more like this:

Wash ten dishes, OR
Pick up ten toys, OR
Trim ten little toenails, OR
Address ten Christmas cards, OR
Tackle ten things in your paperwork pile, OR
Fold ten things from the clean laundry basket that’s become a permanent household fixture, OR
Put away ten things from the dishwasher, OR
Put away ten things on the kitchen counter, OR
Pick up ten things on the family room floor, OR
Dust ten things on the mantle (which, by the way, you would never have to do if you didn’t have ten things on the mantle, you know. Less is more because less is less dust, less work, less clutter, which means more time, more fun, more living!).

Please don’t feel like I’m telling you to work for an hour or wear yourself out. This is a simple strategy to make a little dent in a big project or to extinguish a hot spot or to tidy up a small mess. It’s simple! Of course, if you can and want to, go ahead and run for President and get your doctorate this morning…but don’t feel you have to. Are we clear? Good! Now go do ten simple things!

An Important Letter From Past Me to Future Me

This is a message from Past Me to Future Me written on 10/17/12 and scheduled for nearly one year from now…today in your time.

Dear Future Me:

At the time of this writing, you were holding a sleepy baby whose big hazel eyes looked up at you as she nursed. Now you are facing her second birthday in a few short months. Did you use the time well? Did you look into her eyes and her world more than into this screen? Does she know that she’s loved, safe, wanted?

As a mother you were facing new territory: a teen learning to drive, a young lady wanting to start college early from home, a bit of the “Mother, you’re being annoying” that cuts at the heartstrings. And you treaded in some all-too-familiar territory: little girls transitioning into young ladies. Do they know they are valued, treasured, cherished above all else? Do they know God has plans for them and will not let them down? Do they know you think they are awesome?

Your boy. He was struggling with moving from little kid to big boy. He was mastering “pest.” Does he know he’s loved unconditionally? Does he know he’s appreciated and wanted? Does he know he’s a really neat kid? Does he know you really like him…a whole lot?

Your husband. He was finishing up his first year as a full-time music missionary. It was a frightening year. Now you’re in the midst of your second year. Does he know you support him 199%? Does he know you treasure him? Do you respect him? Do you laugh enough together?

And you. You were going to write that book. Did you instead write Facebook posts? You were going to have a great year with your kids homeschooling, traveling, helping them adjust to life on the road full time. Did you do that, or did you lose yourself in selfish pursuits of nothingness? How much time have you wasted borrowing trouble and worrying? How many moments have been lost to regrets and what-ifs? What has controlled you more: fear or faith? Have you worn a smile on your face and faith on your shirt-sleeve, love in your eyes and grace in your words?

Knowing you (me) the way I do, probably not enough.

Every new day is another chance, but every day gone by is a lost opportunity. Savor the moment. Seize the day. Squeeze the chubby cheeks. Laugh with the big girls. Ask to see that little boy’s muscles and ooh and aah over them. Hug them all. Kiss your hubby in front of the kids.

Tell them you love the…show them you love them.

Forgive yourself. Forgive others. And forget it.

And remember that tough spot your family was in last year, leaving your home for good, moving into a travel trailer, battling illness and fear, and building a full-time traveling Christian music mission? God’s grace carried you through, didn’t it? Remember that.

Now get off the computer and make your hubby’s coffee…and how about something a little pumpkin-y for breakfast. They would love that.

Love and a wake-up-call,

Past Me

“Be still….”

When a Good Deal Isn’t

We’ve all been there. It’s a deal too good to pass up. Sure, you don’t neeeeeed another jacket/outfit/book/purse/project/cat/boardgame/ebook, but it’s just so functional/chic/educational/cute/darling/pathetic/fun/helpful that it’s too good to pass up.

Is it really?

How do you know if something is really too good to pass up? The following seven introspective questions will help you decide that for yourself.

As an example I will use the current Ultimate Bundle, which is all the rage on the blogosphere. How do you know if it’s worth it to spend $29.97 on $1034 worth of ebooks and bonuses? Wowzers, Lady, that sounds too good to pass up. I know…but is it really?

To find out if you should jump on a good deal or tell it to pound sand, ask yourself these seven questions:

1. Will you use it?

If you have 50 unread ebooks waiting around for you, and you really don’t read ebooks or haven’t tapped in to the last three amazing offers you jumped on, what makes you think this one will be any better? Be honest with yourself. (I bought because I can garner further tips to share with you and my children, and because some will make great gifts.)

2. Will it be clutter?

Is there a place for what you want to buy? Yes, the ebooks are electronic and won’t take up any actual shelf space, but they can become electronic clutter. If you are not going to use them or give them away, they will sit on your device or “cloud” taking up space. (I will explain how to organize ebooks in an upcoming post.)

3. Is it in the budget?

If you’re dipping into the food budget for money to spend on the next great deal, you should shell out $5 for From Debtor to Better and learn how to manage your money. Anything that causes you to overspend is not a good deal, even if it’s “only” 31 cents a book.

4. Can you make money off of it or use it as a gift…and will you?

If you intend to give away many of the ebooks for wedding showers, baby showers, Mother’s Day, birthdays, or Christmas, that’s great! If you want to use them as giveaways on your blog or even sell them, that’s terrific. BUT–and that’s a big but–will you? You know your track record. Are your somedays piling up so high that it would take your great grandchildren to finish up the list? If so, don’t add another someday to the pile.

5. Do you need it?

I’m not saying you’re not allowed to buy anything except oxygen, a couple hydrogens, and some food. But ask yourself if each purchase will benefit your family in both the short term and the long run. In the case of the ebook bundle, if you are actively trying to learn to be a healthier mama or a better home manager, this is a fantastic purchase. If you don’t give a rat’s patootie about homemaking, why are you even reading my blog?

6. Will it trump your family?

Don’t bring anything into your life that will rob your family of time together, space, and money. In the case of the ultimate ebook collection, if you are a disciplined reader and read for half an hour in the morning and at night while the kids are in bed, great! If you want it as a research resource for when you need it in the future, that’s super savvy of you! Go for it! If you find yourself neglecting your duties and family while staring at your Kindle, not so great.

7. Do you have one just like it?

How many ebooks about losing weight, eating real foods, or surviving pregnancy do you need? How many church dresses does your preschooler need? How many pairs of shoes do you need? How many purses do you need? How many toys does your dog need? How much stuff do you need? Get it? Good.

But, Christy, it’s just too good to pass up.

Is it more important to you to spend money on yet another _______, and have to store another ________, and have to take care of another ________, than to save that space, money, and time for your family?

I don’t intend to make you feel guilty every time you spend money, but you should be aware and conscientious. Every time money goes out of your home and stuff comes into your home because of a deal too good to pass up, you are increasing the amount of time your spouse or you spend working to earn the money, and increasing the amount of time you or your spouse spends cleaning, maintaining, storing, or otherwise managing more stuff.

If you don’t need it, have no space for it, can’t afford it, don’t have time to manage it, won’t use, or it will distract you, than it is not a good deal. Period.

In the case of the ultimate ebook collection, I earn a nice commission off every purchase, money I use to fund my homeschool. Naturally, I like it when someone buys through my link, ‘cuz that means I can buy math books! BUT–and that’s an even bigger but than the last one--I don’t want anyone buying just because it’s a good deal, because if you don’t have the space, time, or money, then a good deal simply isn’t. Plus spending money on something that will only result in physical (or electronic) clutter and financial complexity goes against everything I stand for here at The Simple Homemaker!

So…if you’ve read this and with a good conscience can buy that jacket/outfit/book/purse/project/ cat/boardgame or super awesome ebook collection, then go for it! (And do use my ebook collection link if you don’t mind.) But if not, please walk away and be content with what you have, because chances are you have enough. After all, to quote Mary Poppins, who is practically perfect in every way and therefore must know, “Enough is as good as a feast.”

Homemaker, Do You Need Help?

This post contains affiliate links. Even if you are not interested in this amazing deal, please spread the word–it really helps us out as we try to homeschool seven kids on the money I earn through this blog. You people rock!

I can’t count the number of times I’ve wished I had someone by my side teaching me what I needed to know to run my home better, raise my children with more wisdom, simplify, tackle dirty dishes and dirtier diapers with grace, feed my children better, budget, be a better wife to my squeeze. I basically wanted an Alice (Brady Bunch) combined with Aunt Bea (Andy Griffith Show) combined with June cleaver (Leave It to Beaver) combined with the Proverbs 31 woman (Bible, obviously), and it wouldn’t hurt to have a little bit of Laura Petrie (Dick Van Dyke Show) mixed in there, too, if only for her sassy hair and cute PJs. Let’s call her Aunt Jaurice 31.

While I do have wonderful women in my life, I don’t have an Aunt Jaurice 31 on hand every moment to answer my incessant questions, particularly in the evening when all is quiet (ha ha–little joke there) and I can ~~over-analyze~~ ponder my day.

This, homemakers, this offer is an amazing substitute for Aunt Laurice 31…except it doesn’t bake pie or do dishes or banter sarcastically with the kids or rock babies when you’re in the shower–remember showers?

By popular demand, 100+ homemaking bloggers are bringing back The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle, and it’s better than ever–it really is!

The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle is a complete library of great eBooks on homemaking—a truly valuable knowledge base you’ll use for many years to come. Unlike a library, though, you don’t have to spend years building it up. The Ultimate Bundles team has done the hard work for you, searching the web to find “the very best eBooks from top homemaking authors” and combining them into one essential collection that you can buy in one simple purchase.

(If these are “the very best books,” you may wonder why my ebook isn’t in there. Wink wink. They asked me to contribute, but I don’t like selling my ebook at full price and then turning around and dropping it down to pennies. It doesn’t seem fair to my original buyers. Therefore, I committed to waiting six months before including my book in any bundles.)

Hurry scurry to get the ultimate eBook collection on homemaking at a once-in-a-lifetime price.

If you don’t have an Aunt Jaurice 31, you may well not find a more comprehensive set of homemaking resources anywhere — and certainly not at this price. Bought separately, they’d cost a total of $698 (not including $200+ in bonuses). But you can have all of them for just $29.97. If an extra $10 is in the budget, you not only get the full set of PDF files, but also a bonus set of Kindle editions, perfectly formatted for easy Kindle reading, due to popular request. I believe it’s the best deal on homemaking eBooks anywhere on the web. It will only be available for six days; grab yours before it’s gone! Ends Monday!

In this bundle, you will find 80+ eResources aimed to grow you in all aspects of homemaking, including:

Homemaking
Motherhood
Marriage
Food (recipes!)
Self-care
Faith (for you & for your kids)
Work-from-home & blogging
Pregnancy & babies
Health & wellness
Homeschooling
Holidays & special events
Financial stewardship

See the full list of 80+ eBooks, audio files, eCourses & printable packs included in the sale.

We’ve also included $200 of freebies from our 10 awesome partners!

In addition to all the amazing eResources, this bundle includes the best bonus offers it’s ever had, including:

A free 10-pack of greeting cards from Dayspring
3 free eye shadows from Redeeming Beauty Minerals
Free art print plus $15 store credit to Hope Ink
$15 store credit for fabric & patterns from Marie-Madeline Studio
Sixty-four loads of eco-friendly laundry detergent from Dizolve (This pays for the bundle!)

As well as five more incredible offers from:

These deals are worth over six times the price of the Ultimate Homemaking Bundle. So you’re up on the deal right away! Learn more about the bonus offers.

This huge wealth of information and guidance will be right there on your laptop, tablet, smartphone, or Kindle, whenever you need it.

Here’s what you need to know about the sale:

When? 8 a.m. EST Wednesday, April 23 until 11:59 p.m. EST Monday, April 28
What? 78 eBooks, 2 eCourses, 2 audio files, and 2 printable packs PLUS over $200 worth of bonus products you’ll really use!
Where? Purchase the bundle here.
How much? Well now, that’s the best part. The entire package is worth nearly $900, and it’s selling for less than $30. Sweet deal, right?

Want to learn more? Read about what this amazing bundle offers—or just buy it now! Remember, this bundle is available for 6 days only, from 8 a.m. (EST) on Wednesday, April 23 to 11:59 p.m. (EST) on Monday, April 28th. Disclosure: I have included affiliate links in this post. Read the fine print about this bundle and read the answers to frequently asked questions about the bundle.