Of Course It’s Not Easy! It’s Work!
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Good morning.
Nice post.
If our chores are too much work, the antecdote is gratitude.
When we begin thanking God for the work in our lives, He allows us to see it as a prayer. Our homes become our “monastary” and every task an opportunity to give praise to our Heavenly Father.
Have a blessed day.
Your blog has been very inspiring to me! I have a 2 year old and a 4 month old, and my house is so chaotic. I have been trying to get it into order, having a terrible time. I actually spent yesterday afternoon reviewing your daily schedule and cleaning schedule, and I sat down and planned out a schedule from what you do hoping it’ll work for me. Today I’m doing a clean up of the whole house, and starting tomorrow I’m going to start the deep cleaning on schedule with you. I also think writing out what I’ll be doing at certain times will be extremely helpful! I’m definitely one of those who looks out of my out of control home and panics, so instead of cleaning, I sit down in front of my computer and read blogs. It’s time for a change :)
Oh Hallee, you don’t know how much I needed this. I am one of the worst homemakers on the planet, and I struggle every day to try to improve on the job I do. I needed this entry. Sigh, thank you!!
Again…thanks for the reminder to re-evaluate my priorities! With a crazy household consisting of a 7 year old, a 4 year old, a 2 year old, and a 1 year old (Thurs!)…I often get overwhelmed and just ‘quit.’ And then, of course, I am MORE overwhelmed when I get back to it! :)
Uh-oh. There goes that schedule guilt again. I’m going, I’m going…
I enjoy your blog. Thank you for making the time to share your wisdom and your life with us. A wise homeschooling mother of at least seven children once made a similar comment at a fellowship. “This is our job!” she said. “We would not leave ‘work’ in the middle of the day to run errands or watch television or make personal phone calls. Save those for the ‘off hours’.” At the time I was doing my grocery shopping mid-week, frantically trying to get lessons done so we could head to the store. I thought that since I was home all week, I should not have to shop on the weekend like other working people. But just by moving my shopping time to Saturday morning, I freed up so much time during the week. I now get to shop by myself (what a luxury!) and not feel like I’m taking up lesson time with an errand. We don’t watch television during the day and the children don’t use the computer until after their lessons are over, but oh does the computer suck me in! I do use it for our lesson work (we read a few books for free online) and try to check email while nursing the little one after I’ve done my morning chores (dishes and start laundry), but I have to remind myself to get off again once I’ve finished what I got on to do. For instance, I should be paying bills and not reading or commenting on blogs! Okay…bye for now. :)
That’s a great idea. I haven’t been coming at my homemaking as a job. I will re-read this so I can make it a point.
Love it, love it, love it. Awesome post. And that book sounds fabulous, by the way. I just love those old-timey homemaking books. Thanks for sharing.
love books written during that time period as well the thoughts and lifestyle were a lot differnt but there are often tips that are very useful