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Taking Pride in a Clean Home

May 14, 2010 By Melanie Edwards 12 Comments

Cleaning Supplies

It seems like everyday I hear a woman talking about struggling to balance her life. You know that I am a believer of trying to find balance, at least whatever balance means to you. But, it’s a reality that something always gives. Some days your work may suffer, other days perhaps your me-time suffers, and […]

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Filed Under: home Tagged With: balance, chores, clean home, cleaning, cleaning schedule, home, house, housework, moms, orgullo, pride, proud, Women

How Young Children can Help with the Laundry

March 1, 2010 By Melanie Edwards 7 Comments

Kid and Laundry Basket

Early last month, I posed the question, “Can Preschoolers Help Clean?” and provided a list of chores for preschoolers to do around the house. Many of you agreed that yes, preschoolers can indeed help clean around the house and even provided a few additional suggestions based on what your kids help with. One of the […]

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Filed Under: preschoolers, toddlers, Wahm Tagged With: balance, chores, home, house, housework, laundry, life, preschoolers, Sahm, toddlers, Wahm, work from home, work life balance, young children

Why Men Shouldn’t Do Grocery Shopping: A Purex Video Review

February 19, 2010 By Melanie Edwards 9 Comments

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Purex. All opinions are 100% mine. Hello, hello. It is that time of the week again. Viernes! Friday! And, it’s definitely TGIF for me. I’m looking forward to having some fun family time this weekend, though I was grateful to return to a “normal” […]

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Filed Under: home, reviews, viernes social Tagged With: #viernessocial, busy moms, home, housework, life, purex, purex 3-in-1 laundry sheet, purex insider, Sahm, social friday, viernes social, vlog, Wahm, wohm

Can Preschoolers Help Clean?

February 1, 2010 By Melanie Edwards 18 Comments

Today I found myself home with my baby girl but also needing to clean. She didn’t go to preschool today, but I knew that I couldn’t let her being home get in the way of cleaning. This is a busy and short week for me due to the upcoming trip to Blissdom, so it is […]

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Filed Under: preschoolers, Wahm Tagged With: children, chores, cleaning, house, housework, kid-friendly, kids, life hacks, preschool, preschooler, preschoolers, Sahm, toddler, toddlers, Wahm, young children

Re-Entering the Work Field

January 14, 2010 By Philippa Channer 12 Comments

Guest post by Philippa Channer of A Mom’s Fresh Start, who lives in Florida together with her husband and 4 month old son. Philippa is a wedding planner and is currently a stay at home mom. She is a member and certified consultant with the American Academy of Wedding Professionals. Find Philippa on her blog, […]

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Filed Under: guest-posts, Sahm, Working Mothers Tagged With: breastfeed, breastfeeding, formula, housework, moms, Motherhood, Parenting, returning to work, Sahm, Wahm, wohm, Work, working moms

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