Clutter Free Academy

Does the idea of canning your own food scare you? What do you need? What CAN you can? Will I give someone botulism and kill them????

Today I talk with Melissa K. Norris, author of The Made from Scratch Kitchen, about how to get started with canning. We talk about which foods get canned using different methods, what the basic equipment needs are and did you know there is a difference between Pressure Cookers and Pressure Canners??? Melissa teaches us about all of these things and more!

Let's all give canning a try and post pictures in the comments!

Have you been feeling like you can't get it all done? Are you overwhelmed?

Kathi talks with Cheri Gregory, her co-author of their upcoming book Overwhelmed, to answer a listener's question.

"Hi Kathi!  I found your blog via Cheri Gregory's blog.  I've been 

enjoying (and hopefully learning) from your blog posts and podcasts.

I've been looking at my stuff, my house, my responsibilities, my kids 

etc lately and feeling like I am somewhat out of control.  The 

physical stuff generally is used and gets put back within a one foot 

radius of where it belongs.  I can purge stuff without any problems 

and have done some throughout my married years.  But when it comes to 

getting everything done in a timely manner without missing anything, 

I start to feel like my brain is too full or too small or has some 

kind of black hole somewhere!

(Maybe the mysterious force that normally eats socks has taken up 

residence in in my head? )  Four homeschooled kids ages 9, 7, 4, and 

1 tends to add a whole other load of

responsibility and tasks.   Where do I start and what do I do?

Signed, a slightly frazzled mom otherwise known as A."

Listen to this episode to get great advice and tips from Kathi and Cheri.

Have you been feeling like you can't get it all done? Are you overwhelmed?

Kathi talks with Cheri Gregory, her co-author of their upcoming book Overwhelmed, to answer a listener's question.

"Hi Kathi!  I found your blog via Cheri Gregory's blog.  I've been 

enjoying (and hopefully learning) from your blog posts and podcasts.

I've been looking at my stuff, my house, my responsibilities, my kids 

etc lately and feeling like I am somewhat out of control.  The 

physical stuff generally is used and gets put back within a one foot 

radius of where it belongs.  I can purge stuff without any problems 

and have done some throughout my married years.  But when it comes to 

getting everything done in a timely manner without missing anything, 

I start to feel like my brain is too full or too small or has some 

kind of black hole somewhere!

(Maybe the mysterious force that normally eats socks has taken up 

residence in in my head? )  Four homeschooled kids ages 9, 7, 4, and 

1 tends to add a whole other load of

responsibility and tasks.   Where do I start and what do I do?

Signed, a slightly frazzled mom otherwise known as A."

Listen to this episode to get great advice and tips from Kathi and Cheri.

Do you ever feel "not good enough"? 

Even as a Christian, you can know that all of your sins are forgiven, but still struggle with past mistakes or carry over feelings of inadequacy from life before becoming a Christian.

How do we break the cycle of bad thoughts? In this episode, I talk with Sharon Jaynes, author of Take Hold of the Faith You Long For: Let Go, Move Forward, Live Bold who experienced these very same feelings.

Listen and find practical tips and encouragement for your faith.

Do you ever feel "not good enough"? 

Even as a Christian, you can know that all of your sins are forgiven, but still struggle with past mistakes or carry over feelings of inadequacy from life before becoming a Christian.

How do we break the cycle of bad thoughts? In this episode, I talk with Sharon Jaynes, author of Take Hold of the Faith You Long For: Let Go, Move Forward, Live Bold who experienced these very same feelings.

Listen and find practical tips and encouragement for your faith.

What would it be like to be one of the original disciples? To walk with them daily?

If Jesus came to you and said, "Come with me?" what would you say?

Well, Jesus does ask you to come with him daily. Author Suzanne Eller decided to do a Bible study where she went deep into the walks of the disciples and wrote her book Come with Me: Discovering the Beauty of Following Where He Leads and shares with us what she learned.

What would it be like to be one of the original disciples? To walk with them daily?

If Jesus came to you and said, "Come with me?" what would you say?

Well, Jesus does ask you to come with him daily. Author Suzanne Eller decided to do a Bible study where she went deep into the walks of the disciples and wrote her book Come with Me: Discovering the Beauty of Following Where He Leads and shares with us what she learned.

Is your calendar too full? Do you get stressed about meal planning? Does social media become a time suck?

 Living Clutter Free does not mean just dealing with the physical clutter, but also the emotional and spiritual. 

Author Alex Kuykendall embarked on a nine month experiment to see how she could better her home life.

Listen as she tells us about the little changes she made that created a BIG impact on her life.

Is your calendar too full? Do you get stressed about meal planning? Does social media become a time suck?

 Living Clutter Free does not mean just dealing with the physical clutter, but also the emotional and spiritual. 

Author Alex Kuykendall embarked on a nine month experiment to see how she could better her home life.

Listen as she tells us about the little changes she made that created a BIG impact on her life.

Did you think we would have The Husband Project and NOT talk about sex? Of course not. So I brought in our resident sex-pert, Sheila Wray Gregoire to share her wisdom.

As the author of the book The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex: (And You Thought Bad Girls Have All the Fun) and creator of the website To Love, Honor and Vacuum, Sheila has done the research and can answer the most commonly asked questions that I hear (and all the others that I DON'T hear.)

So, put the earbuds in to listen if the kids are around because we are about to have some serious girl talk!