'Suzy Homemaker' was the name of a vintage line of toy appliances that encouraged girls to play by cleaning and cooking... just like mom!
'Suzy Homemaker' was the name of a vintage line of toy appliances that encouraged girls to play by cleaning and cooking... just like mom!
'Suzy Homemaker' was the name of a vintage line of toy appliances that encouraged girls to play by cleaning and cooking... just like mom!
'Suzy Homemaker' was the name of a vintage line of toy appliances that encouraged girls to play by cleaning and cooking... just like mom!
Homemaking is a beautiful way of life. It can be the greatest vocation in the world, preparing and keeping the place of peace and solace where your family members can find refuge in the midst of turmoil and troubles of the world. Your home can be a nest to nurture... Read the Post
'Suzy Homemaker' was the name of a vintage line of toy appliances that encouraged girls to play by cleaning and cooking... just like mom!
Are you feeling less than productive? Homemaking can be overwhelming but there are some easy ways you can be a productive homemaker.
I get this way every summer as the veggies start creeping out of the garden and through my back door---I love to scour the Internet and my cookbooks looking for recipes---new and tasty ways of enjoying cherry tomatoes, big beefy...
It has been great fun connecting with some amazing and encouraging women all over the world in our new Wise Woman Builds Titus 2 Facebook Group (if you haven't joined yet, you are definitely welcomed to and we would love to have you)! Recently a sweet gal from the group shared a wonderful "chore" list that will encourage you to keep a biblical focus through the week that she said she keeps next to her "real" chore list. I thought it might inspire you especially with it being the first day of Spring and we all know that spring cleaning will soon be on the way in most of our homes! Here it is: WEEKLY CHORES FOR LIFE MONDAY - WASH DAY Lord, help me wash away all my selfishness and vanity, so I may serve you for the week ahead. TUESDAY - IRONING DAY Dear Lord, help me wash out the wrinkles of prejudice I have collected through the years so I might see beauty in others. WEDNESDAY - MENDING DAY O God, help me mend my ways so I will not set a bad example for others. THURSDAY - CLEANING DAY Lord Jesus, help me to dust out the many faults I have been hiding in the secret corners of my heart. FRIDAY - SHOPPING DAY O God, give me the grace to shop wisely so I may bless my family with contentment and happiness and all others in need of love. SATURDAY - COOKING DAY Help me, my Savior, to brew a big kettle of brotherly love and serve it with clean, sweet bread of human kindness. SUNDAY - THE LORD'S DAY O God, I have prepared my house for you. Please come into my heart so I may spend the day and the rest of my life in your presence. ~Author Unknown Let it be our prayer to keep Christ first and center in our homemaking and all the other important things that we do on a daily basis! If you would like to print this out, just click on the printable below, right click and open a new tab, zoom in, and then print. Super easy! I hope it is a blessing to you! Are you looking for more encouragement on this topic? We recommend The Homemaker's Mentor: Delightfully illustrated and filled with practical, proven "hands on" advice and inspiration for the homekeeper, this volume also has plenty of room for you to personalize it with your own snippets, recipes and annotations, and pages to journal in your own handwriting, keeping the way "Mother always did it" from becoming forgotten in this ever-changing world. The information in this volume, plus the unique touch you can add to it, will make this a cherished heirloom treasured by family for years to come. You can find this book HERE. Note: This post contains affiliate links---thanks for your support!
When Homemaking Becomes Your Ministry A Homemaker is more than just a housekeeper. Homemaking is a beautiful ministry. How do I know this? Because at one point in my life I have been both. I used t…
"The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed." ~ Titus 2:3-5 There are so many negative views in this modern world of homemaking that this little series was born. It shares the romantic side which hopes to encourage and inspire you to love your home and embrace your daily tasks. We are sharing all our past prose in one place so that you can make a visit when/or if the battle of the "homemaking blues" sets in. My hope is that some of these brief articles and sweet sentiments will be a blessing to you! “It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.” ~ Louisa May Alcott {titles shared below are linked} "She Riseth" Early ~ A Homemaker's Morning "Work of Our Hands" ~ A Homemaker's Wash Day "Swept and Good Order" ~ The Mistress of the House "She Strengtheneth" ~ A Homemaker's Health "He Praiseth Her" ~ The Contented Homemaker "Lemon Honey Marmalade" ~ A Homemaker's Musings {This is more than marmalade, it shares the versatility of being a keeper at home.} "Soul Enjoy Good" ~ A Homemaker's Day Inn "The Linens" {An Old Fashioned Day} ~ Whatsoever Thy Hands "O dear mothers, you have a very sacred trust reposed in you by God! He hath in effect said to you, “Take this child and nurse it for Me, and I will give thee thy wages.” You are called to equip the future man of God, that he may be thoroughly furnished unto every good work. If God spares you, you may live to hear that pretty boy speak to thousands, and you will have the sweet reflection in your heart that the quiet teachings of the nursery led the man to love his God and serve Him. Those who think that a woman detained at home by her little family is doing nothing, think the reverse of what is true. Scarcely can the godly mother quit her home for a place of worship; but dream not that she is lost to the work of the church; far from it, she is doing the best possible service for her Lord. Mothers, the godly training of your offspring is your first and most pressing duty." ~ Charles Spurgeon "There are many women who know how to keep a house, but there are but few that know how to keep a home. To keep a house may seem a complicated affair, but it is a thing that may be learned; it lies in the region of the material; in the region of weight, measure, color, and the positive forces of life. To keep a home lies not merely in the sphere of all these, but it takes in the intellectual, the social, the spiritual, the immortal." ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe "Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates." ~ Proverbs 31:28-31 This post may be shared with some or all of the following link-ups: The Art of Home-Making Mondays, Modest Mom Monday's, Monday's Musings, Make Your Home Sing Monday, Good Morning Mondays, The Scoop, Titus 2sdays, Titus 2 Tuesdays, Roses of Inspiration, Tuesdays with a Twist, Raising Homemakers, Wise Woman Link Up, Homestead Blog Hop, Wow Us Wednesdays, Coffee and Conversation, Homemaking Thursdays, Home Sweet Home, Our Simple Homestead, From the Farm Blog Hop, Front Porch Friday Blog Hop, Awesome Life Friday Link Up, Five Star Frou Frou Friday, Simply Natural Saturdays and Clever Chicks Blog Hop. Thank you lovely ladies for hosting these.
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Perhaps when you saw the title of this post you envisioned all the domestic skills of days gone by. You imagined an older lady teaching me how to can food from the garden, wash clothes by hand, or knit blankets. But that's not where I'm going with this at all. I've been watching the older […]
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Dear Homemaker, Is your life not exactly what you envisioned when you began this homemaking endeavor? Did you begin with enthusiasm, only to lose your zest after a time? Have you fallen into some bad habits which hinder your efforts rather than helping them? Maybe it’s time to review your... Read the Post
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Growing up on Little House books meant that I learned a great many lessons from Ma. Check out these five homemaking lessons with Ma Ingalls!
