homemaking

After 8 children I have learned a few things to keep my house under control, managed and reasonably clean. It is not perfect, but it is not chaos by any means. Perhaps some of my methods will give you some ideas on managing your home. Everyone has different situations, so my ways will not work for everyone, but they might inspire you with ideas that will work for you!

HOLIDAYS

Thanksgiving Thoughts:

Thankfulness

Make a Thankful Tree With Your Family!

Christmas Thoughts and Traditions

Frugal Christmas Gift Ideas

Six Inexpensive and Creative Ideas For Valentines Day

A Season of Thankfulness

Christmas and Finances

Homemade Christmas Gifts

Frugal and Helpful Gift Ideas!

Homemaking Organization, Tips and Recipes and More!

Organizing the Home	Keeping the Children's Bedrooms Organized	The Laundry Room
Priorities	Home Management	The Kitchen, The Heart of My Home
Our Week at a Glance	My Daily Schedule	Our Day at a Glance
Menu Planning	The Bathroom	Summertime, Chores & Routines, and the Little Talk I Had With My Kids
Clutter Control Tips	Homemade Household Cleaners	Homemade Furniture Polish Recipe
Making Homemade Laundry Detergent... Is It Worth It?	Making Laundry Soap: Step-by-Step in Pictures!	Making Laundry Soap: Questions Answered
Printable Monthly Menu Planning Calendars December 2009 Calendar is ready!	Diapers Choices for the Homesteader: Cloth or Disposable?	Overwhelmed by House Cleaning and Organization?
How to Menu Plan and Grocery Shop for 2 Weeks

New eBook from The Family Homestead

Managing a Home:
Tips, Organizational Advice and Practical
How-To’s from a Mother of 8

This 60+ page eBook is packed with helpful information laid out in an organized manner on how to manage and organize your home. Click HERE for more information!

Past Articles from

HOMESTEAD HAPPENINGS

Organization and the New Year	My Influence On Our Budget	Money Saving Ideas
Spring and Spring Cleaning	Getting Back On Track	Motivation
Summer Time	Preparing For Winter	Keeping the Balance While "Keeping the House"
Organize and Declutter Your Home	Housework.. Drudgery or Service?	Daily Planner/Homemaking Journal
My Home, a Reflection of Me	Steps to an Organized Kitchen	Organized Living
Teaching My Daughters the Business of the Kitchen	How to have a Memorable and Stress Free Summer	Living a Simple Life
Can You Do It All?	How I feed My Husband and Myself for $150 a Month by Carolyn Root	Feelings of Inadequacy
Tackling the Grocery Budget!	The Content Heart	It's an Emergency! Are you Prepared? By Jennifer Zeitz
Menus, Budgeting and Calculating the Numbers	Does a Homemaker Have a Positive Effect on a Family?	Home Comforts and Orderliness
Simplifying Your Life	Fall Time Preparations

Homemaking Notebook

Make a Homemaking Notebook	Homemaking Notebook Photos	My Notebook Details
Cleaning Lists		Home Organization on CD

Need a little more organizing help in the home?

Check out my Home Organization on CD!

Helpful home organization information along with charts and housekeeping checklists, grocery price book pages, calendar, and more!

Keeper of the Home 101

Basic lessons in Keeping the Home

Keeper of the Home 101: The Place to Start	Lesson #2: Time Management	Lesson #3: Well Defined Systems
Lesson #4: The Business of Keeping House	Lesson #5: Managing the Home

Spring Clean Your Home

	Spring Cleaning Tips	Spring Clean Your Home With Me!
Spring Clean the Kitchen	Spring Clean the Living Room/Family Room	Spring Clean the Bathroom!
Spring Clean the Bedrooms!

Focus on:
Loving and Revering our Husbands

Revering Our Husbands	Loving Our Husbands	Praying for Our Husbands: 31 Day Plan
The Big Dumb Husband

Time For Tea?

Enjoy a little break in your day and sit down to nice cup of hot tea. It is perfect for the fall and winter months!

Start a Ritual of Tea Time with your Girls! Need to Relax?

Afternoon Tea and High Tea - Are They One And The Same?

Free Printable "TO-DO" List!

The Virtues of Aprons

I recently read an article on wearing aprons called APRON EVANGELISM by Maggie, the Hillbilly Housewife. It has had me thinking of the goodness and excellences of this long ago practice. I remember my grandmother wearing aprons; I know she would never have worked in the kitchen without one. I do have a couple of aprons stuffed somewhere around here, but that should give you an indication of how often I use them :). But after reading this article I have begun to think of aprons in a whole new way. Wearing aprons has practical value in that it will keep my clothes much cleaner, I can bake and cook and go down to the garden or the chicken house without worrying about my clothes, but wearing an apron can also make a statement to those around me. It can give my position as housewife, meaning and respect, just like a uniform gives a nurse or any worker respect from those around them. I think of all the shows I have watched where the women wore aprons, Little House on the Prairie, Sarah Plain and Tall, The Waltons. These shows all bring thoughts of home, a mothers value, worth and position. I am still discovering all the positive effects an apron can have on a homemaker, but after reading Maggie’s article I am now looking forward to sewing myself up a few aprons. I searched the web and found a few free patterns. You can go to the SEWING section to see the links to these patterns.

Other apron articles that I found and enjoyed

APRONS, a heart warmer

GRANNY’S APRON

I think it is time for this tradition of years gone by to become a new tradition for homemakers today. :)

Titus 2:3-5 The older women likewise, that they be reverent tin behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things-- that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.