Finding Joy in the Ordinary Days of Home
Do you ever have one of those days? The kind where you wake up already irritated, before anything has even happened. You’re short on patience, easily overwhelmed, and it feels like joy is nowhere to be found. If I’m honest, when I was a young mom those days came more often than I care to… Read More
What a “Good Homemaker” Really Is (and What She Isn’t)
Homemaking Is Bigger Than a Job Title When most people hear the word homemaker, they picture one specific life: a stay-at-home mom, in an apron, with dinner simmering and a spotless house to match. And if that’s your life right now, I hope you feel encouraged in it (this is my life, more or less… Read More
How We Built a Simple Food System That Taught Our Kids Real Skills (and Took Pressure Off Me)
We’ve started a new system in our home the last couple of years and it’s been one of those changes that quietly ends up touching everything. It’s not flashy. It’s not complicated. But it’s steady, practical, and surprisingly life-giving. Each of our kids is now trained on one special food that they’re fully responsible for… Read More
Sword in One Hand, Spatula in the Other: Homemaking Isn’t Small
Homemaking Isn’t Cute. It’s Holy. I woke up to wicked laughter coming from the living room. Not the sweet kind of laughter. The suspicious kind. The kind that makes your eyes fly open and your stomach immediately drop. The two-year-old twins had clearly escaped their beds and were up to something. I groaned and dragged… Read More
I Don’t Want to Forget This Year: What God Taught Me in a Hard Season
(You can listen to the article here if you prefer!) In many ways, the past couple of years have felt like one long saga of moving from one stressful event straight into the next. There were stretches where it felt like we barely had time to catch our breath before the next thing hit. We’ve… Read More
This Is Me, Starting Again: Returning to the Work of Home, Faith, and Everyday Faithfulness
(Listen to the article here instead!) I didn’t know how to cook a real meal. I didn’t know how to keep a house running. And I definitely didn’t know what I was doing when I hit “publish” on my very first blog post. That was October of 2009. Jason and I had been married for… Read More
5 Ways I’m Cutting Costs (but not Quality) This Year – S2, E31
In today’s episode, Jami goes into detail on her top 5 ways she’s planning to cut costs this year. Listen in! Listen to the Podcast: You can find all the links and notes for this episode below! Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer. Links & Resources: Join our private… Read More
[CLASSIC REPLAY] Remember, there is still Kingdom work to be done – S2, E29
Are you feeling frazzled right now? Maybe overwhelmed as you look to the end of the year and a start of a new one? I’ve been feeling that a lot this year so I had to remind myself: There is important Kingdom work for me to do each day. I just need to refocus enough… Read More
Q&A Time with Jami – S2, E28
In today’s episode, Jami answers listener questions about homeschooling, housekeeping, attending conferences with kids, sleep training, and more. Listen in! Listen to the Podcast: You can find all the links and notes for this episode below! Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer. Links & Resources: Join our private community… Read More
5 Ways I’m Cutting Costs (but not Quality) This Year – Episode 42
Looking for ways to cut costs has been on all of our minds this year. Rising gas prices, rising food prices, and a supply chain that feels unstable as led many of us to ask, “what else could we be doing?” In today’s episode, I’m sharing some FUN life updates for the Balmet family as… Read More