We’re on the verge of a new year, and what better look to celebrate than beautiful white lights and snowy Christmas decor? This week’s photo of Chicago’s famous Michigan Avenue (where I went shopping while I was at BlogHer this summer) was taken by smaedli.

This stunning photo of the graves at Arlington National Cemetery decorated with matching Christmas wreaths is so moving that we just had to share. Thank you to all of our soldiers, past, present, and future, that serve our country to preserve the freedoms we hold so dear. May peace be with your families this holiday.

Our Winter Eye Candy photo today is a warm and cozy cottage bedecked with red Christmas poinsettias everywhere! We love the poinsettia garland above the mantle, poinsettia garlands trimming the windows, and even the simple small potted poinsettia on the table as a centerpiece.

The final season of the year is here, and our Winter Eye Candy photos have been specially selected to showcase the beauty of these snowy days! The beautiful colors of the sunset behind these snow-covered Joshua trees is stunning. These winter Joshua trees were growing in Lancaster, California.

This photo of a deer next to a snowy apple tree is just too beautiful not to set as your desktop wallpaper. The red of the apples is set off so amazingly through the soft snow in the orchard. This poor apple tree just doesn’t want to let go of its color, even though winter has arrived.

Get Ready for Winter with Home Ever After’s Winter Checklist

Are you ready for winter?  As the winter season slowly approaches for you (or quickly for those of you in colder climates), it brings on a whole other host of duties delegated to the household manager (usually Mom or Dad). 
In addition to your everyday chores, there [...]

If you read my article for Blog Action Day a few weeks ago, you know that we are having a very unusual winter here in Alaska this year.  Whereas we normally have snow on the ground by the first week of October, this year we had no ground cover until just yesterday morning! 
I’ve been [...]

It’s my pleasure to join Blog Action Day for the second year in a row and help further the global conversation for change and awareness!  This year’s Blog Action Day is climate change, which I feel I have a unique perspective on since I live in Alaska. 
I was reading through a Top 100 list [...]

Welcome to our new contributing writer, Dr. James Hubbard of My Family Doctor Magazine, who will be writing for our Health Corner column.  Having a doctor in the house definitely works for me!

The following is an article written for HomemakerBarbi.com by James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H., publisher of James Hubbard’s My Family Doctor, the magazine written [...]

Save Money on Heating Fuel Overnight
While brainstorming ways to cut down on our heating fuel costs this winter, one of the ideas that my husband and I came up with was to lower our thermostat at night while the family is sleeping.  We’d have to make an initial investment by purchasing new bedding and warm [...]