Frugal Living Contributing Writers
Dawn lives just outside of a small-doesn’t-even-describe-
it-town in rural Georgia on a family farm surrounded by various farm animals and a variety of birds. She spends her days homeschooling her two boys, cooking traditional foods, and snapping pictures. Her blog, tractors and tire swings, serves as just one creative outlet where she journals real life experiences in living simply, cooking from scratch, and homeschooling.
Karen has been married to her college sweetheart for over 16 years and they have an 11 year old son and 8 year old daughter. She earned her Bachelors Degree in Family, Child & Consumer Sciences from Florida State University. She started SavingTheFamilyMoney.com in 2009 to help family and friends stretch their budget. Her website has tips and tricks to finding deals, recipes, and creative DIY projects. She teaches coupon classes in the community to help others maximize their saving so they can spend less on everyday items and more on family fun.
Kimberlee Stokes is the creative (and sometimes cluttered!) mind behind the popular website The Peaceful Mom. When she’s not homeschooling her four children, photographing dinner or writing about ways to make life easier, she enjoys thrift store shopping, watching movies with her husband and the occasional chocolate macadamia nut cookie. Join her at The Peaceful Mom where you can find fabulous ideas to save money, get organized and enjoy life including FREE printable planners!
Cooking Contributing Writers
Andrea has been married to Pete for 20 years, and together they have two teenage daughters. Struggling with the reality that her girls will soon be out on their own, she started vlogging at 101 Life Lessons. Each week she videos a life lesson for her girls hoping someday they will watch them and realize what she tried to create was a love letter of sorts. In addition to 101 Life Lessons, her pursuit of a green lifestyle led to her site The Greenbacks Gal where she posts organic deals, green steals and real food meals. If you were to run into her, you’d find she is never far from a steaming cup of hot tea. Read Andrea’s Posts
Brandy has been married for 16 years and is a homeschooling mom to eight boys. She loves cooking and is constantly exploring new recipes and learning new ways to feed her family healthy food. She shares her recipes, as well as household tips, natural living ideas, encouragement for mothers, and more at TheMarathonMom.com. Read Brandy’s Posts
it-town in rural Georgia on a family farm surrounded by various farm animals and a variety of birds. She spends her days homeschooling her two boys, cooking traditional foods, and snapping pictures. Her blog, tractors and tire swings, serves as just one creative outlet where she journals real life experiences in living simply, cooking from scratch, and homeschooling. Read Dawn’s Posts
Kristia writes about family finances, frugal living, and food at Family Balance Sheet. She spends her offline time raising her two young daughters, helping her husband run their small business, and training for her next half-marathon. Read Kristia’s Posts
Lynn loves to cook and bake, and it is a good thing, because her family loves to eat. She is always trying new recipes and experimenting with different foods, but her time is limited. She wishes she had all day to spend in the kitchen, but she is a busy mom. With her three kids and her husband, she lives on 43 acres in Northeastern Oklahoma. She is constantly on the go like most of you, so her site, Lynn’s Kitchen Adventures, is full of quick and easy, family and budget friendly recipes, tips, and ideas. Read Lynn’s Posts
SnoWhite met & married Frog Prince while they were graduate students living in the middle of the mitten state. Being far away from home, newly married and surrounded by food products that declared “may contain tree nuts”, SnoWhite and Frog Prince embarked on an adventure – an adventure to cook nearly everything they eat from scratch. At first, this choice was out of necessity, but as they started making bread, crackers and ice cream, they found the JOY that only God can provide in their tiny apartment kitchen, of all places! Their recipes are chronicled on Finding Joy in My Kitchen. By day, SnoWhite is an assistant professor, teaching college students about the ins and outs of biology and researching how students learn biology. One of her favorite courses to teach is of course, all about food – from how we grow it, to how we prepare it! Read SnoWhite’s Posts
Home Management Contributing Writers
Angie is a university trained teacher turned homeschooling Mom to her three children. She writes at her blog, Many Little Blessings, about the things that happen in life between all those loads of laundry. Angie has a heart for relationships and community, so she founded (and is a contributing writer and editor at) The Homeschool Classroom and Catholic Mothers Online. Angie also not-so-secretly dreams of being an artist and has an Etsy shop called Just a Tiny Owl, as well as a design/consulting business, Tiny Owl. Angie is also a Home Management contributing writer. Read Angie’s Posts
Jackie is a former elementary teacher who has been home for nearly 10 years. She has been married for 16 years to her wonderful husband JT. They have five children, 2 girls and 3 boys, ranging in age from 12 to nearly 1. When she isn’t wrangling kids or climbing out from under a mountain of laundry, you can find her crafting, cooking, reading, or whatever else is floating her boat at the time. Jackie writes about her daily life, craft projects, and how God has blessed her at Blessings Overflowing. Read Jackie’s Posts
Jasmine is a Christian, an Air Force wife, and homeschooling mother to six blessings. In her not so spare time, she loves to quilt, make soap, and learn more about herbs. You can find her at Ponder the Path where she shares tutorials, recipes, and her love of home. Read Jasmine’s Posts
Hello My name is Kristen! I am from the Chicago area, but currently reside in Iowa with my husband and baby boy, who was born in October of 2011. When I am not spending time with my family, I enjoy being creative, working out, reading Jane Austen, watching Law and Order, traveling, learning about other cultures, and running my blog, Make the best of everything!. I am very excited to be a contributer to “The Happy Housewife!” Read Kristen’s Posts
My name is Lana (like banana). I’m married happily to David, who is the ultimate DIYer and also loves to reconcile bank statements. We are in our 15th year of marriage bliss. We have quite the love story that most consider odd. We have five children that we currently educate at home. They constantly prove that we have so much to learn and our lives are seasoned with God’s Grace - daily. Thankfully most days we have more laughter than tears. We are constantly remodeling our ENTIRE HOME, finding cheap ways to update an old look, Square Foot Gardening, building something out of old fence, and traveling to The World’s Largest everything. Our blog is about loving Jesus, loving kids, loving others, loving food, loving DIY projects, loving travel and just loving life! Read Lana’s Posts
Homeschool Contributing Writers
Colleen is a Catholic wife, homeschooling mama of three {soon to be four}, blogger, and author. She is passionate about family and hands-on education, and loves to learn alongside her children as they experiment, explore, and play in their world each day. Visit her at Raising Lifelong Learners where she chronicles the adventures {and messes} involved when homeschooling gifted children with sensory difficulties. You can learn more about her books, including her latest Free Resources for Elementary Teachers, on her website. Read Colleen’s Posts
Lauren Hill is the homeschooling mama of 4 fabulous little people, ages 6 and under. In her free time (haha!) she blogs about all things laundry at Mama’s Laundry Talk and creates printable worksheets for the pre-K to 2nd grade crowd at Mama’s Learning Corner. Read Lauren’s Posts
Marci has been married to her best friend for 16 years. They have an 11 year old figure skater and a 7 year old hockey player. Before children, she worked in various areas of scientific research and development for corporations and universities. However, Marci counts home educating her children as her most challenging and rewarding research project to date. When not at the ice rink, you can find her blogging, experimenting, cooking, coaching softball, or attempting to organize her life. Read more from Marci at The Homeschool Scientist or Overcoming Busy. Read Marci’s Posts
Stef considers herself a relaxed homeschooling mom to two energetic superheroes. She believes in interest led learning and therefore is enjoying her second education. Married to a busy traveling man, they have taken their homeschool on the road and enjoy many field trips. Stef is the author of Educating Laytons . Read Stef’s Posts
Tabitha wife to Tom for over 15 years, and a stay at home, homeschooling mom to 6 boys and 3 girls aged 15 to newborn. We love to learn together as a family, and every day is a new adventure. We just moved to Kansas City, Missouri after living in Texas, Kentucky, Ohio, Utah, and Pennsylvania. We’ve been homeschooling (or learning about homeschooling) ever since we found out we were expecting our first child nearly 15 years ago. We have made it a goal to learn something new everyday, and we share what we learn with others! (People at the grocery store need to know about bugs, too, according to 4 year old boys…) Read Tabitha’s Posts
Contributing Writers Editor
Linda Etherton is the wife of a witty, do-it-yourself husband and mother of three wonderful young men, ages 21, 19, and 16. She has homeschooled for over 15 years. She blogs about recipes, kitchen tips, and the gluten free diet at GlutenFreeHomemaker.com. Many of her dinner recipes do not require special gluten-free ingredients and can be made and enjoyed by all.
