For a limited time, grab a free download of the Free & Frugal Homeschooling Planning Pack from Free Homeschool Deals!

This 18 page pack includes:

• Frugal Homeschooling Assessment
• Frugal Homeschooling Planning Page
• Weekly Goal Sheets for Homeschool
• Monthly Goal Sheets for Homeschool
• Unit Study Planner (x5)
• Mom’s Master Planning List in 2-Colors
• Student Planning List (Boy & Girl)

Perfect opportunity to get better organized at any stage of homeschooling!

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Planning on any summer traveling this year?  Make sure you document those memories by using a travel journal like this one from Gadanke:

These 60 page hand cut journals are printed on 100% recycled paper and are perfect for small postcards, photos, mementos, ticket stubs, brochures, and lots more collected items from your trip. Here’s how this journal works:

• Casual itinerary pages let you capture the facts. Includes a mini calendar, space to journal or paste travel stubs and receipts, and prompts on how you chose this destination.
• Daily documenting pages make brief journaling easy. With so much going on each day, quick 5-minute notes are perfect for jogging your memory of what you’re experiencing. It makes more detailed journaling so much easier when you have more time.
• Classic star stickers and mini maps add to the fun. Flag your destinations and show, “Here we are, folks!”
• Writing prompts help you record the details of your adventure. Capture everything from the shops you peeked in to the time you were uhh… “enjoying the views” (i.e. not getting lost!).
• Pockets, Italian patterned papers, and tags make your book beautiful. Scrapbook or journal on them – whatever your style.

The Happy Housewife readers can enjoy 10% off the regular price of the travel journals (reg. $17) by using coupon code: HAPPYJOURNEY through 5/29/12.  And, if you aren’t traveling this year, Gadanke also carries lots of other products like Prayer Journals, Baby Books, Kid Journals, Wedding Card Scrapbooks, Food & Recipe Journals, and more!

Order your Gadanke Travel Journals today!

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Michelle at A Lighter Journey helps to keep her home in order by limiting the dishes and towels that each person in the family uses.  It keeps her on top of the dirty dishes, and the kids are better at hanging up their towels.

For more ideas to help you simplify and organize one day at a time, visit the Organized in 365 Archives.

Have you shared a great organizing tip on your website? I’d love to feature it on TheHappyHousewife.com. Submit your Organized in 365 tip.

Don’t have a blog, but have a great tip? Submit your Organized in 365 guest post here.

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A belated Mother’s Day gift for anyone who signs up for email subscriptions from Domestic Serenity…

The eBook, “Honoring the Rhythm of Rest” will encourage and equip you:

• to understand the meaning of true rest
• to ask of yourself: am I living intense, or intentional?
• to counteract the myth of ‘doing it all’
• to consider 3 intentional ways to practice rest
• to journey back from burnout

Grab your free copy here!

The following is a post from contributing writer Lana.

I’m not sure about you, but we have had a record amount of rain this year.  With rain brings bugs, i.e. mosquitoes.  We love to be by the poolside  without having to wear bug repellent so we took matters into our own hands.

We made our own citronella candles that were pretty and could be used as a centerpiece.

 Supplies

• Pretty bottle (We used an Oil Drizzle $2.99 and a Cruet $1.99 from Target.)
• Tiki Wicks (Lowes – $2.99 for 2)
• Marbles (Free, leftover from a Birthday party.)
• Citronella Oil ($6.98 for 64 Fluid Oz, we only used  1/4 of it.)
• Scissors or PVC cutter
• Foil

Directions

1. Place marbles at the bottom of your bottle.  (This is the part that my daughter loved.)
2. Fit the Tiki wicks into the bottle.

1. Cut the wick short with either scissors or PVC cutter.

1. Fill bottle with oil.  Be sure to wipe off any spills well.
2. Wrap the wick with foil so the flame will not enter the bottle.

Warnings:

As with all fire, use extreme caution.  I would not recommend using a glass that could break with extreme heat.  Our wick was wrapped with foil so the heat was away from the glass. Be aware that extreme temperatures in glass can cause breakage or explosion.

These candles should not to be used inside the house or by children.  Don’t leave the candle unattended for any length of time,  and do not allow the wick to touch the glass.  I nor The Happy Housewife will be held liable for any accidents.  I

Other ideas:

• Use a mason jar, wine or a beer bottle.
• Use different color oils.
• Remember a trip to the beach by adding seashells, fish rocks, sand or sea glass.
• Dominoes would be cute addition in the bottle for game nights.

More posts from Lana

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As we get ready for summer grilling and entertaining, check out this sale at Flirty Aprons!

Use the code: May40 at checkout to receive 40% off any purchase at Flirty Aprons through 5/28/12.  Not only are these great for yourself, but they’d make for a great hostess gift as well!

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I wasn’t quite sure what to call this recipes, since these aren’t really lemon bars. But they are lemon-y, you cut them into bars, and they are frozen, so it is kind of appropriate!

This recipe idea was given to me by my friend Andrea. She seems to have lots of great ideas for quick and yummy snacks, so when she told me about this easy treat I knew I had to try it!

This dessert is so easy to prepare that my eight-year old actually made it! She was so proud of making her own dessert and the whole family enjoyed it! It is a perfect cool treat on those hot summer days or a great quick dessert to bring to a party!

If you don’t love lemon, consider using a different flavor of pudding. Chocolate, strawberry, pistachio, the possibilities are endless!

Now that I have shared my favorite COOL WHIP dessert, I want to see a photo of yours! Share a photo of your dessert below for a chance to be entered to win a digital camera! Visit the COOL WHIP Facebook page to see more recipes and share your creations.

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of COOL WHIP. The opinions and text are all mine. Official Sweepstakes Rules.

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Christi from Not Just {a mom} shows us how she repurposed some packaging to organize a junk drawer.

For more ideas to help you simplify and organize one day at a time, visit the Organized in 365 Archives.

Have you shared a great organizing tip on your website? I’d love to feature it on TheHappyHousewife.com. Submit your Organized in 365 tip.

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The following is a post from contributing writer Andrea Green.

Memorial Day weekend is right around the corner, which means grilling season is right around the corner too. Instead of the same, tired burgers, why not whip up these delicious chicken apple burgers?

More recipes from Andrea

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I’ve moved seventeen times in nineteen years so I know a little bit about moving stuff around.

I’ve learned a lot about being and staying organized from all the moves and a few years ago I shared my thoughts on holding on to stuff.

For more ideas to help you simplify and organize one day at a time, visit the Organized in 365 Archives.

Have you shared a great organizing tip on your website? I’d love to feature it on TheHappyHousewife.com. Submit your Organized in 365 tip.

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