Today I'm officially starting chapter 4 of the Art of Homemaking. It is entitled "A Place for Everything and Everything in it's Place." It is the longest chapter in the book (so long that it is actually broken up into 8 sections) and is chuck full of information and advice that really is pretty awesome. As I reread it I thought again about how the women in decades past elevated the occupation of homemaker from a station to an art. These women were amazing, their dedication, organization, ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking: Facet No.3—Some are Almosters
The chapter covering Facet No. 3 is a short one entitled "Some are Almosters".What is an almoster?Well Ms. Hoole describes an almoster as:those who..."just don't quite make it...Their intentions are good, and they almost make it. They spend lots of time and energy, but they don't quite reach their goals, they don't quite get the job done. Their houses are never quite clean, their ironing is never quite caught up, they are never quite ready, or quite on time. "Sound familiar?It does to me.So ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking: A Report and Facet No.3
Happy Easter Weekend!***THE REPORTLast week was week 3 of working on "Facet No. 2 Another "A": Ambition".As I said last week I made for myself a ginormous list of tasks to accomplish.But again I didn't complete everything on the list.However, this time I didn't beat myself up about it...everything that was most important got completed---including those things that just come up---stories that need to be told, toenails that need to be painted (mine are currently neon yellow as are most of my ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking: Ambition Meet Priority
Last week I said that I would be continuing to work of Facet No. 2 (From the Art of Homemaking)Ambition.So I have been. At the beginning of the week I sat down and made a list of 33 things that I wanted to accomplish this week (besides the usual housekeeping, child rearing, sewing, self-preservation, and other various weekly obligatory items).I worked hard. I accomplished a lot. I WAS AMBITIOUS!But I didn't get to cross off everything on my list.Dang.No matter how hard I tried not everything ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking—A is for Ambition
This week I've been working on Facet No.2: Ambition.Here's the report...Every day this week I've had in the back of my mind....be ambitious...be ambitious...be ambitious.This has been good and bad.Good in that I've started a lot of projects, brainstormed some great ideas, and have tried to take advantage of every spare minute.Bad in that I've started a lot of projects that I haven't finished and I've been running around like a crazy person and wearing myself out---literally.Soooooo...here's ... View the Post
Moments….
I have been telling a certain 6 year old that I wanted to teach her to do some simple embroidery stitches (I only know simple) and yesterday she came to me with an embroidery hoop and a needle and said she wanted to learn. The problem was that I had about 15 minutes before starting dinner, was in the middle of folding laundry, and had an 18 month old running around unfolding laundry as fast as I could fold it....and it just wasn't a good time. But, I stopped. Took a breath. Looked at the ... View the Post
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