I’m tooting Sylvia’s horn today! She’s been writing new homekeeping eBooks for CHK readers. Two of them are ready now, and one more is coming very, very soon. I also want to give a shout-out to my daughter Haniya, who has been putting Sylvia’s writings into pretty eBook forms! Thank you for all your hard work, sweetie.

Here are details about the two books that are available right now — “Homekeeping 101″ and “Homekeeping Lists for the Chronically Ill and Disabled.” You can purchase them just below at very affordable prices, or you can browse them along with our other eBooks on this page (including our Spring Cleaning eBook, and our Thanksgiving and Christmas Planners).

“Homekeeping 101″ eBook

“Often today, women begin homekeeping without the luxury of already having the knowledge they need. They have to learn as they go, a little here and a little there.

Thirty years ago, when I became a wife and started keeping my own home, I was already prepared and had trained for my new career. My Mother and Grandmother taught me with diligence and care all the homemaking skills that I would need for this new era in my life.

Since I can’t come and teach you in person, this eBook will teach you some basic homekeeping skills.” –Sylvia

The 21-page ebook covers these topics (and more!):

• Help with Creating Routines for Cleaning Rooms
• Cleaning Methods for Rooms
• Bed-Making Tips and Methods
• Basic Household Schedules
• Natural Cleaners
• Essential Oils: A Primer
• Deep Cleaning Routines
• Laundry Primer and Tips
• Special Laundry Needs: Wool Care & Ironing
• Caring for Rugs
• Household Tips
• Washing Dishes
• Recipes — Roasting Chicken, Making Stock, Boiling Eggs, Homemade Crackers and more!
• Tips for Cleanliness

Price: $5.00.

Note: Be sure to click the “Return to …” button when your payment is complete!

“Homekeeping Lists for the Chronically Ill and Disabled” eBooklet

“If you have a chronic illness or disability, I understand how difficult it can be to get your home cleaned to your personal specifications and keep it clean. This eBooklet will help you work around your disability or illness and still get things done.” –Sylvia

This 6-page eBooklet includes:

• Introduction to what the eBook covers and how it can help you
• Major Decluttering Helps
• How to Get Help
• Discussion of Work and Rest
• The Homekeeping Daily Lists — help for each day!
• Ideas and Methods to Make Housekeeping Easier

Price: $3.00.

Note: Be sure to click the “Return to …” button when your payment is complete!

When you make a purchase at CHK, you’re supporting the CHK ministry to women in tangible, needed ways. Thank you!

Azure Standard, a natural food warehouse that delivers, is reaching out to potential customers to find out where future drop sites are needed. The only way they’ll know you’re interested is if you tell them so! Visit their Facebook page, and — as the button to the right says — join the conversation.

My family and I have been Azure customers in Oregon for more than 6 years. And we were customers in California before that. Over the years, I have saved money on normal and bulk sized purchases of grains, beans, oils/fats, nuts/seeds, spices/herbs, animal feed, and more! The best part is they deliver. A group of people choose a drop-point (a parking lot or someone’s home, for instance) and one or all of the group meet the truck there on delivery day. The group with which I currently order is a family who receives the orders at their home, without need for anyone else to be present. They allow me a few days of leeway in picking up — very helpful as I live a fair ways away.

I’d like to introduce you to Mrs. Joseph Wood, a sweet internet friend of CHK. Her family’s business is delivering Azure products to the Midwest. Her husband Joe drives the delivery truck with the help of Jedidiah, the Woods’ oldest son. Mrs. Wood and the Wood daughters help out with phone calls and blogging as well as running the Facebook page and setting up new drops for customers. Their truck currently serves Coloradao, Texas, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri, while the entire Azure Standard delivery route reaches 22 states!

Interested in a drop in your area? Visit the Facebook page, give them a call at (785) 633-3152, or visit the Azure Almanac blog.

If you’re not familiar with Azure Standard and the possibilities, visit the Azure website to read their history. You can request a free catalog and more!

I’m pleased to announce that our popular Thanksgiving Planner is back, only better! We added more devotionals, turkey tips, and recipes to an already great resource. Our 42-page Thanksgiving Planner includes:

• Brief History of Thanksgiving
• Thanksgiving Games
• 4-Week Thanksgiving Planner and Devotionals
• Article: “The Danger of Unmet Expectations”
• Devotional: “Renew My Strength, Lord”
• Devotional: “Holy Living”
• Sylvia’s Turkey Tips
• Instructions for Brining a Turkey
• Recipes ~ both Family Favorite Recipes and Whole Food, Allergy-Friendly Recipes
• Harvest Crafts and Home Decor Ideas

Price: “Pay What You Can” (suggested donation $4.95).

Note: Be sure to click the “Return to …” button when the donation is complete!

Your purchase helps support the CHK ministry to women. Thank you!

Don’t forget! We also offer a Christmas Planner.

Copyright Notice: All content of the CHK Thanksgiving Planner is copyright protected by the Christian HomeKeeper Ministry ™. You may print one copy for your own personal use for reading; but you may not copy, reproduce or use the content in any form online, or offline, for any other purpose without express prior written permission from Christian HomeKeeper™ ministry.

This is the story of Mickie the CHK Kitten. Mickie loves to sit on my computer while I am working at CHK.

Last week my husband and I took a little drive to a nearby town to do some errands. After we were done, we decided to get something to drink. He was pulling into a gas station to get some bottled water or pop and I asked if we could go to McDonald’s for some sweet tea. Sweet Tea is my downfall. sigh. Anyway, he drove on down, we missed our turn, but he managed to get where we were going. We got in the drive up line and ordered our tea.

This particular McDonald’s has two drive thru lines and then after you’ve ordered your line merges with the other line. I have no idea how they manage to keep that straight but they do.
The line next to us had stopped and a man was out of his car looking all around. Finally I saw what he was doing, or rather heard it.

There was a tiny little kitten running all around his car, meowing very loudly. The kitten was so small I almost didn’t see it . He was afraid he was going to hit it so had stopped and gotten out when he heard it. There were cars everywhere and the kitten was very frightened.

The kitten was hiding in the flower bed by the intercom. And it was so vocal! And skinny, and so very dirty.
So I just said, “Oh, poor thing.” And my husband, the “anti-more-animals-in-the-house-man” said,”Well, get it.” I gave him the “I don’t believe you and are you sure about this” look. He said, “Well, we can’t leave him to fend for himself.”

So I motioned for the man to bring the kitten to me. And he did.  We bought it a sausage and biscuit and brought it home.

I bathed it, ascertained that it was a male and named him Mickie because of where we found him. Mickie was covered in fleas and his bath water was black when I was finished. I cleaned and fluffed him and sprayed him with coat conditioner that I use on the other animals.

Now he’s nice and fluffy and smells so good. He is sitting in my lap as I type and thinks I am his mother. lol

So welcome Mickie the CHK Kitten and see how he grows.