tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718905863879655459.post6496099137991554192..comments2024-03-28T14:30:36.096-04:00Comments on The Legacy of Home: Family EconomyMrs. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265603931136498066noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718905863879655459.post-9959374473645992132012-05-30T13:57:24.025-04:002012-05-30T13:57:24.025-04:00You are so right about money going quickly. There...You are so right about money going quickly. There are times that I am quite frugal. Other times, I seem to throw money at a problem. Oh for frugal consistency.<br />Laura of Harvest Lane CottageMrs. Laura Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718905863879655459.post-71350515604789825332012-05-29T18:54:26.257-04:002012-05-29T18:54:26.257-04:00I couldn't agree more :-) With my two sons, I...I couldn't agree more :-) With my two sons, I always felt it was important that they learn a marketable skill of some sort as part of their homeschool education. At the age of 15, we travelled to Ohio (we're in Chicagoland) so my oldest could train with a master sharpener. The next summer, he opened his knife sharpening booth at our local farmers market, and he's served our community in great numbers for the last 5 years. He's also trained his younger brother, who handles most of the work now that Bryan is in New York apprenticing on a sheep farm. Bryan will always sharpen as part of his income; Nathan leaves for college in the fall to study electrical engineering...he plans to get his PhD and do research in nanotechnology, but I am so grateful that he has a skill he can fall back on to earn money for himself and his family if things don't work out the way he hopes. I have served as their "front desk girl" in the business all these years, at home and at the markets, and I've LOVED having this family cottage industry! My dh has a great and steady job as an architect, and we are blessed that he provides for us so well. But he is not at home much, so there is always a trade-off. It is a blessing to possess the industrial wherewithall to take your skills, no matter how great or how small, and use them to serve the community and make money for the family. <br /><br />Thanks for your wonderful posts, as always!<br /><br />Blessings,<br />LoriIllinois Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823043316393624821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718905863879655459.post-41509993909008844522012-05-29T12:10:52.768-04:002012-05-29T12:10:52.768-04:00Great post, as always!Great post, as always!busymomof10https://www.blogger.com/profile/16801397516931688515noreply@blogger.com