More Thoughts on Homemaking and More

WORDS TO LIVE BY

She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Proverbs 31:27

TODAY'S QUOTE

The greatest work you will ever do will be within the walls of your home. ~ Harold B. Lee

ON MY MIND

Homemaking has been on my mind a lot recently. I posted a little about homemaking yesterday and found myself thinking about it again today. I was sitting on the couch folding the three loads of laundry I washed this morning and thinking about the fact that I just washed five loads on Thursday and by Monday there will be another round again. I thought about the floors I swept this morning, the tea and coffee I made, the lunch I cooked, the dishes I washed and how long it took to do all that. And by the evening I'll be doing much of it all over again. There are other things I would like to do and sometimes feel like a failure for not accomplishing - rooms I would like to paint, decorating projects that I would love to attempt, closets I would like to organize. But simple basic homemaking is work and it's important work and has to be done. And so I'll keep on with the basics, building on that foundation as time allows by adding in some other projects and know that as long as the most important things are done and my family is taken care of, I have succeeded. 

IN THE KITCHEN

Breakfast this morning didn't really amount to much. We just snacked a bit if we felt like it. For lunch I made Cheese Grits Casserole, Sausages, Fried Potatoes and fruit cocktail. And for dinner we had ham gravy and biscuits, onion rings and corn. I also made a potato casserole and poor man's steak and put them in the refrigerator for dinner tomorrow.

AROUND THE HOUSE

Today I did three loads of laundry, swept the floors and kept the dishes washed up. Doug and Austin worked on replacing a broken seal on the toilet in the downstairs bathroom. It turned out to be a pain to fix but they got it. 

OUT AND ABOUT

A re-run to Food Lion after yesterday's disastrous attempt was the only place I went today. Doug came with us and that helped a lot.

AND MORE

Somehow I didn't get any pictures today but it was a good day.

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