It’s that time of year again!   Ultimate Blog Party is back and this is my 4th year participating.  I always “meet” some great new blogs every year and can’t wait to do the same this year!

I am a Catholic wife and mother to two little girls ages 5 & 2 with another little baby on the way.  We don’t find out what we are having though I suspect its another little girl.   We are slightly crunch — we breastfeed & co-sleep our babies and are (VERY) slowly working at living a more healthy lifestyle — cleaning up our beauty, cleaning, cooking, and health (with herbs and essential oils).  It’s a super slow journey so you will find both real food/clean recipes using things like coconut oil, as well as more mainstream family favorites.  We own a family business and I work about 6-8 hours a week doing marketing/writing and social media.

I’ve also recently signed up to be a Young Living Essential Oil Distributor, so if you are in the market for essential oils or have always wanted to try it, there is an essential oil of the month group on Facebook for our customers.   If you purchase the oils from me, I can add you to the group — just ask!    Here is the schedule for the remainder of the year:

• April-Lavender
• May-Slique
• June-Valor
• July-Purification
• August-Stress Away
• September- Peppermint
• October-Balsam Fir 5ml
• November-PanAway 5ml
• December- Sacred Frankincense 5ml or Regular Frankincense 15 ml

Here on Happy Little Homemaker, I write about the top 5 priorities in a Christian woman’s life – God/Catholicism, taking care of yourself, marriage, parenting & homeschooling and everything else a woman does to manage her household — clothes, cooking, cleaning, organizing, etc.  I write about 2-4 times a week and while I try to balance it, it tends to be very intensive about taking care of yourself, your home & homeschooling.

To get an example of what you will find at Happy Little Homemaker, here are the top 10 Posts since I moved to our new server a few years ago:

1. Making Your Own Fabric-Covered Binder – No-Sew Version!
2. 100 Things to Do In Summer
3. Mother’s Rule of Life Household Notebook Series
4. Homemade Pina Coladas {Recipe}
5. Homemade Happy Birthday Banner
6. Free House Rules Subway Art Printable
7. Pop-Up Camper Storage Hack {WFMW}
8. “A Mother’s Rule of Life” Book Study Schedule
9. Building a Household Notebook – Building Schedules
10. Ribbon Jello

So sit down with your beverage of choice — mine would be a ice cold tart & sweet lemonade (stay tuned next week for that recipe ) and feel free to browse around.    Let me know what you think about the navigation and blog design.  I just installed a new theme/menu structure last week.

If you like what you see and would like to guest post, I would love some posts for June, July and August so I can take an extended baby vacation.   Email me at jen (at) happylittlehomemaker (dot) com, if you are interested.

God Bless!

I’m so excited for my 3rd year participating in the Ultimate Blog Party @ 5 Minutes for Mom!   If you are new here, my name is Jen and I’m a Catholic wife and mother of two little girls, ages 4 & 1.    My passion is to help and encourage women with the heart of a Christian, wife and mother.    I share practical information to help women with being more effective at all their jobs, ideally in proper order – God, Self, Spouse, Parent & Provider.

…whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellent and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things…    Philippians 4:8 (NAB)

I am a book lover and learn by reading.   As such, I love to share book reviews for both adults and children.  I also share my faith, recipes, housekeeping tips, holiday celebration ideas, and homeschool fun for tots and preschoolers.

My most popular posts are in the sidebar, but I will list them here too so you don’t have to go looking for them:

• Making Your Own Fabric-Covered Binder – No-Sew Version!
• Mother’s Rule of Life Household Notebook Series
• Homemade Happy Birthday Banner
• Free House Rules Subway Art Printable
• “A Mother’s Rule of Life” Book Study Schedule
• Building a Household Notebook – Building Schedules
• Building Your Household Notebook – Think & Gather

You can find me at CatholicMom.com and CatholicMothersOnline.com on a regular basis, too.   And this year, I’m completely stoked to be going to #allume Social (formerly Relevent) in Harrisburg, PA.   My daughter will be turning 2 the day my family drives over and I’m excited to be attending my first blog conference.  I can’t wait to see what God has in store for me!   If you are a business lady and are looking for some Allume-related advertising, I do have several sponsorship packages available .

If you are interested in fun Catholic stuff, I have a giveaway open until 4.20 for a Sterling Silver St. Christopher Car Visor Clip.  And it uses rafflecopter so it’s super easy to enter!

So pull up your drink of choice (mine is a Coke from McDonald’s — I SWEAR they have paid extra for the optimal syrup to water ratio) and browse around.   Leave me a comment and I will return the visit!

Happy Partying!