The Intentional Housewife

Come with me as I share my week’s journey with the children and the sporadic days off public school for snow and cold, Mom’s Night Out, and the continuing budget crisis.

Does your husband trust in you? Would he if he knew how you talked about him to your friends? Today we discuss the sensitive but increasingly common occurrence of slandering our husbands.  We look at some of the side-effects and how to help short-circuit this insulting and destructive behavior in ourselves and our social circles. This… Read More

We all say “Thanks” every day by reflex.  What about those times when you realize you should be thankful to someone for something much greater than that drink at the coffee shop?  Do you take the time to thank them, too? This week, let me take you down some paths in my life where someone doing this… Read More

Every good wife feels like Cinderella from time to time. Does anyone care? Does anyone notice? Why am I standing here doing for everyone else? In this week’s episode we’ll talk about this “Cinderella Complex” and how to find our Joy by remembering our Why.

This is the time of year that everyone is doing their last-minute business items, reconciliations, and planning for next year’s business. Our homes and our children are our business so we should be no different. In this episode, I discuss what I do for our end of year wrap-up to get ready for the next… Read More

We often forget that we aren’t raising children, we’re raising adults. In this episode, come along with me as I recall the lessons I learned on an afternoon search for tea.

Meal planning is a topic that few housewives love to do but it’s one of the areas of your budget and life that can have a massive impact on your quality of life. In this episode, we discuss the nuts and bolts of how to do meal planning and how we integrate that into our… Read More

Ever notice how budgeting experts never have budgeting problems? In this week’s episode, we explore how we run our budget and discuss budgeting problems that have arisen and how we dealt with them.

Too often we forget to take care of what’s important in the face of taking care of what seems necessary.  This week, we’ll explore my thoughts on getting closer to happy; for everyone.

In this first episode, I discuss the importance and setup of the family planner.