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For hours of T-shirt folding fun.

This isn’t meant to be a post about who to call when your electricity goes off, or how to “cope” with the situation. This post is about having fun when the lights have gone out and you have an evening to wile away. 1. Find a torch.2. Go and get some wood from the woodpile [...]

It’s so easy to be hard on ourselves when things don’t go according to plan. Here’s a gentle reminder to forgive yourself and start over (thanks Karen).

I find the grain of wood so beautiful, it draws me in and makes me want to run my hands over it. Appreciate your wooden tables and chairs (and any other wooden furniture for that matter) by making a natural polishing oil and enjoying rubbing it into the grain with a soft cloth. Make up [...]

I’ll start by telling you that I have a dishwasher, and I love my dishwasher very much. I’ve had it for about two years, and it’s freed up lots of time to spend with my kids, so I appreciate it every day. Even though I don’t wash too many dishes these days, I still do [...]

This one goes out to all the moms and dads. What are we leaving behind for our children’s children? I found this video on Celsias blog.

In this past week, The Zen Housewife has been included in the Meditation, Yoga and Spiritual Grown Blog Carnival at K-L Masina, as well as the Carnival of SAHMs at Wired for Noise. I’m trying to round up the housewives for a Carnival of Housewives, anybody interested? Send me an email.

Composting is a great way to reduce the amount of rubbish that you send to landfill, and it provides lots of lovely, nutritious compost for your garden. That said, it can be a rather messy process. From the mouldy slurry in the bottom of the compost collection bucket in the kitchen, to the muddy walk [...]

Soyen Shaku was the monk who brought Zen to America. He lived his life by these 10 rules. Imagine how different our lives would be if we all lived like this: 1. Upon awakening, quit your bed at once, like discarding a useless pair of shoes. 2. In the morning, before dressing, light incense and [...]

There are some top-quality blogs out there giving help to the housewife. Here are two that I really like: TipNut.com – More useful than great-aunt Mabel, this gem of a blog will tell you how to make your own sandwich spread, cook for hordes or be a good farm-holiday guest. Brilliant household tips all the [...]

To live an honest, decent life we must take responsibility for our actions, and live with an ethic of right action and right effort. It is up to us to decide what right action and right effort is for us. For me, continuing to pour poisonous cleaning solutions down my drain and spraying them all [...]

In this second of two posts on using storage to bring a more peaceful atmosphere to your home, I would like to start with a reminder that storage won’t bring that longed-for peace unless you have de-cluttered your home first. We shouldn’t be hoarding or imprisoning lots of neglected stuff in our storage solutions. Our [...]

“Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.”- Shunryu Suzuki Routines can help to calm and steady us. And when we are calm and steady, and know what to do (and so don’t need to spend time thinking about it), we can still our minds and allow ourselves to [...]

You’ve de-cluttered as much as you can, but still your living room looks untidy? It’s time to put the power of storage into action. Storage is the solution to mess, provided you have de-cluttered and have enough storage. In this series of posts we are looking at what we need, and how to house all [...]

Want this badge? I am very pleased to announce the launch of a new blog carnival for housewife bloggers: Carnival of Housewives. Just like other blog carnivals, the Carnival of Housewives will travel from blog to blog, on a monthly basis, or more often if there is the demand. Each month, one blogging housewife will [...]