A few months back when Elizabeth and I were able listen to Daryl Hoole speak we took pages and pages of notes. (She just had so many great things to say!) And one of those things is what I've been working on this week. Mrs. Hoole says that before you go to bed you should put your house to bed.Basically that means before you go to bed straighten up your house and get it ready for a new day...put all dirty dishes in the dishwasher, pick up all toys, make sure laundry is folded and put away, ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking: Touch it Once
Remember awhile back when I said that I'd been keeping a secret and that I had started The Art of Homemaking book again...but hadn't been posting about it. Well, all that was true but then the holidays and the illness that never ends began and I fell off the wagon. But I'm back...and I've been working through it again.And since I've talked about chapters 1-4 quite a few times I'm skipping to where I currently am---chapter 5, which is entitled "A Place For Everything". The chapter header ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking: “Cause For Alarm”
Simon just left to go play over at his best buddy's house. Being 8 now he thinks he's old and big and tough...too tough for his mom to drive him over to his friends, even in the wind and the snow. But I watched him out the front window...because even though he's 8, he's only 8 and I'm a worrier. And what I worry most about is my kids. Lately I've been worrying that I'm not teaching Simon how to be responsible enough. I am reminding him constantly to do things, brush your teeth, flush the ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking: What Get Measured Gets Done
Several weeks ago when Elizabeth and I got to meet Daryl Hoole we also got to listen to her give an entire lecture on raising children...and I took like a million pages of notes... One of the things that she said that stuck with me was:"What gets measured gets done." I have always liked to make lists and cross things off of them.I make a "Things to do today" list every single day.(It's just one of those habits...I drop off the car pool, go and get a soda, then make my list...every ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking: Freezer Meals
Can I tell you that I love freezer meals? I really do. They started out as a necessity for me during a rough time in my life but I have grown to love them. They really are a life saver. I don't know what it is about a freezer meal but I feel like such a better wife and mother when I know that I have something in the freezer that I can pull out on a whim and feed everyone in an hour or so. (Now that's not saying that I don't call my husband and tell him to stop at Del Taco for 59 cent taco ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking: You’ll Never Believe Who We Met This Week
We can't believe it ourselves.We met the one and only Daryl Hoole!(And she even signed our "Art of Homemaking " books.) Elizabeth and I went to hear her speak Wednesday night at a nearby University and she was everything we imagined she would be. She was dressed in an amazing red suit, pearl necklace and dangly earrings. She is a lady. I enjoyed watching how she carried herself almost as much as listening (and taking 5 pages of notes) to what she had to say. She had poise and ... View the Post
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