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Note: As of 2017, The New Homemaker is an archive. The articles on the site are all original to TNH. For more musings from Lynn, the person behind this site, go here.

10 Memory Boosters to Help You Organize Your Life

Feel like your brain is missing? Welcome to parenthood! Or possibly menopause. I forget which. Oh wait! Both. And then there's brain fog. I have fibromyalgia, so sometimes it's even worse than usual.

Luckily, there are strategies we can use when the ol' hard drive fills up. Here are ten. Don't forget them!

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Your Epidermis is Showing!
Skin care part one: Caring for the body's largest organ
Make Your Own Lard
Believe it or not, it's good for you
Decorating Clay Pots
The ivy pot has "Tell me why the ivy twines" written in Sharpie pen, with freehand leaves; the sage pot was rubber-stamped and then touched up; and the little pot was the result of Josie slopping on paint and Mommy brushing it out for her--turned out rather Monet-like!
A project for the whole family