Stewardship
Keeping House or Keeper At Home
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010The idea of the housewife in apron and pearls permeates even my line of thinking when it comes to the title “Homekeeper”. The problem is, that is where the trivialization of this role began. Being a Keeper At Home is far more valuable than Keeping House.
Keeping House implies housework, drudgery, and simple servitude. A housekeeper [...]
Get Started Organizing
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010After tackling my desk yesterday in honor of National Clean Your Desk day, I discovered something! I’ve always known I am easily overwhelmed by a lot of little tasks. I see the big picture before me and everything begins to blur into one big glob and I’m easily lost in the ginormous proportions of the [...]
I’m Not. But I Could Be.
Monday, November 9th, 2009I’ll admit it – I am not yet Blissfully Domestic. I grew up in a Blissfully Domestic home with a Blissfully Domestic mother, who was apparently born that way. Neither Nature nor Nurture blessed me with this trait – I did not inherit this gene and was not permanently imprinted by my environment.
I am a [...]
Homeschooling: A Green Solution?
Friday, May 2nd, 2008Another Earth Day has come and gone, and lately I’ve been thinking…
…about the recent ruling in California against homeschooling families. Here in Southern California the state “religion” seems to be recycling, conservation and environmentalism. I’m all for recycling. I’m all for taking care of the earth God entrusted to us. My husband and I do [...]
