housekeeping

Do You Appreciate Your Modern Servants?
Do You Appreciate Your Modern Servants?

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. Wouldn’t you love to have a maid to help you keep your house? Someone to do all those random chores to free us up for those things that only we can do. We do have modern servants everywhere in our homes, helping to make our lives easier. We’re so…

Finding Time to Read (1936)
Finding Time to Read (1936)

Are you good at finding time to read or whatever activity rejuvenates you? I love this encouraging story. It IS possible to fit moments of rest and relaxation in throughout the day, even in 1936. In the case of this mother, reading was her refreshment of choice. I get time to read just about like a smoker gets time to…

A Week (or so) in a Homemaker’s Life
A Week (or so) in a Homemaker’s Life

I thought that compiling some snippets around my household would be an interesting thing to do this week. I don’t think I’ve ever done a post like this before. The Garden I’ve managed to keep our first garden in Texas alive but I wouldn’t call it a rousing success. I think my plants have used their energy just staying alive.…

Laundry Tips–A Little Lesson
Laundry Tips–A Little Lesson

We can always use some laundry tips, couldn’t we? Have you done your laundry this week? As I was doing mine, I thought that I’d collect some of the most valuable tips I have learned and share them with you. Sadly, most people don’t see laundry as a skill. In treating it as a simple chore, many housewives have missed…