What is Hiding Under Your Bed?
Do you remember when you were a kid and your parents asked you to clean your room... how you quickly stuffed everything in the closet and under your bed and then ran off to play? Do you remember what happened when your mom looked under your bed? Do you remember the...
Happy Valentine’s Day! {{Plus, FREE Recipe}}
Happy Valentine's Day from Cultivate Grace! As a special treat for the holiday, I want to share a pair of recipes people request a lot from me. Chicken Tikka Masala (Slow Cooker) + Quick-Rise Skillet Naan Our whole family enjoys this delicious Indian dish. We've tried...
3-Second Shirt Folding Method Saves Space, Time, and Frustration
Last week we talked about storing clothes in outfits to save space and time. That's a great option if you have items you only wear in one outfit. Of course, you can hang mix-and-match outfits together, and still benefit from that method, but chances are there are some...
1 Simple Trick to Save Space and Rescue Your Mornings
One solution to a crowded closet is to get rid of clothes. It can be a good option, and likely, we could all make use of de-cluttering techniques where our clothes are concerned. But sometimes the problem isn't how much stuff we keep, but where to put it. A place for...
Going Green – Saving Green: Laundry Savings
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 There's something amazing to me about God creating the earth - if you read the creation account as if you've never heard it before, thinking about it like it's new information - well, it's a little...
Going Green – Saving Green: Paper Towels
One way we can execute grace is by preserving the earth for future generations. If I can minimize my carbon footprint, I offer my children and your children a healthy and beautiful place to live. I am not a radical environmentalist by any stretch of the imagination,...
Happy Pi Day!
It's Pi day. March 14th. 3-14. Pi=3.14... Get it? I think it's worth celebrating. Any reason to celebrate, right? Pi. Pi is the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet. Pi is also the symbol assigned to represent the relationship between the circumference (distance...
Going Green – Saving Green: Cleaning Wipes
Homemade Cleaning Wipes 1/2 roll Bounty select-a-size paper towels (cut in half as a cross-section) I use the name brand because it doesn't deteriorate when left sitting in liquid. 1 cup rubbing alcohol 1 T white vinegar water to make 4 cups liquid A plastic storage...
A Time for Everything (Household Tasks by Age)
For over a decade I've had toddlers in my house. I am familiar with toddler messes. And toddler abilities. And toddler dispositions. I am also familiar with how these messes, abilities, and dispositions "mature" (rather than disappear) as the child grows. Almost...
Cleaning House
Let's be honest here, those verses about Jesus throwing over tables in righteous anger weren't put in the Bible to instruct me on the proper manner to approach cleaning my house. But sometimes when I get started cleaning house with my kids, I feel like overturning...