This is such a cozy time of year. The landscape in Vermont is completely white. We often see thick snowflakes gently falling to the ground. It is like a Norman Rockwell painting.
I am indoors this early morning, planning my housekeeping. I will do dishes, wash the kitchen floor and vacuum. Before I start working, I will open the blinds, and turn on a dim lamp. I will be able to see the sun rise while I work.
Homemakers often do a lot of extra baking in the winter. This warms up the house and delights the family with fresh treats. I will bake muffins and brownies today.
I have laundry to do, and some organizing. I will put the wet laundry on a wooden rack, to dry near the heater. Then I will have some hot tea in a pretty cup, and sit by the hearth for a little time of rest.
We will have a nice lunch this afternoon. I plan to make a pasta dish with garlic bread and salad. Then I will enjoy some reading, and perhaps a little television, before it is time to begin the evening meal.
May your Winter Homemaking create lovely memories for your family.
Blessings
Mrs. White
From the Archives -
Making Home Inviting - The Light in the Window.
For Those Difficult Days - Take Back the Home.
No Matter What is Going On, this keeps this steady - Security of Home Routines.
Just reading your post today has made me all toasty and relaxed : ) I am just going to make those muffins..
ReplyDeleteSounds like a very comforting day. Bless you & enjoy! We're introducing another little munchkin into our home daycare here. So it will be a slow-paced play day and a pasta dinner that is easy to fix. :)
ReplyDeleteGina
Baking is my favorite thing to do in the winter. Though I don't have a hubby or family to share with - so I'm fattening up the ladies at my work instead it seems. It's such a blessing to share the work of your hands with others though.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good day. I was concerned about you and prayed for you yesterday. Don't give up hope. With God's help, you can recover.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful plan, but it looks like a bit too much for you. I do the same thing, and then I pay for it the next day. (I have fibromyalgia). Please be kind to yourself.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes, Sheila
I Love the gentleness in all your posts, and how they feed my soul, and help me in my own struggle in homemaking and motherhood. Thank you for making your blog a much needed ministry to Christian women who truly want their vocation as wife and mother to be for the glory of God. I also ask God to bless you and your family and for giving me such a godly example to follow. God bless you. Antonia.
ReplyDelete2012 was one of the hardest years of my 52 years. I have allowed satan to throw his darts and pierce my soul. God is healing this and He is using your blog to encourage and even direct me.
ReplyDeleteI have forgotten the JOY of being a homemaker. I have forgotten the Joy of being a wife (30 years now). I have forgotten the JOY of being a homeschooling mother of my precious 15 year old son.
I read your "Winter Homekeeping" entry yesterday-a very cold place in my heart began to warm. I have pondered you post along with this Sunday's sermon and my attitude ever since.
I would like to report that a spark of fire has been sighted and I am so at peace. For several years, off and on, I have doubted the path that I chose. All of this because my daughter has totally left God and everything that she has been taught and trained to be. I was totally crushed and hit a downward spiral that I could not have imagined.
Time, which God has used, is beginning to heal the wounds of my heart. Your blog has become a friend to me, a place where I can go and rest.
This post has shown me what a true blessing and gift HOMEKEEPING is. Not only a gift to my husband, my son and all who enter here, but a gift to me. It is my calling by which I serve my God and King.
Thank you so very much for your gift of sharing your life in printed word. I relish it.
Mrs. Sharon Beale
Hello.
ReplyDeleteI just received your book in the mail. I looked through it and I can see it is well written. I am snowed in today and it was an effort to just make it to the mail box with so much ice on the ground, so I was especially pleased to find the book in the mail today. It made the walk worthwhile! I'm looking forward to making a cup of coffee and reading a few pages!
Your words encouraged me as always.
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