I wasn’t yet tuned into the right questions when I picked up The Sane Woman’s Guide to Raising a Large Family. Knox was a baby, I was sleep-deprived, I thought maybe I could pick up a few new tips to help cope. I don’t remember any new hints or tips. It’s not that they weren’t…
I am living the life I always wanted. I grew up the oldest of 7, homeschooled, reading Anne of Green Gables and heaps of sappy Christian romance novels. To be honest, I never did even comprehend what problem modern women had with traditional, biblical womanhood. Not only did I swallow the conservative family party line…
A Mother’s Rule of Life: How to Bring Order to Your Home and Peace to Your Soul by Holly PierlotMy rating: 5 of 5 stars Own. Recommended by Willa & DeputyHeadmistress. In case my Tri-City friends are interested, the Mid-Columbia Library has ordered a copy. Overview A “Rule of Life” is a concept the author…
Begin with the introduction to the Reasonably Clean series to get the foundation and the linked table of contents for the series! Here are Auntie Leila’s rules for not getting to that overwhelmed stage quite so quickly or frequently. Personally, my current practice involves maybe a third of her rules, and several of them I’m…
I have difficulty doing something just because. I want a reason, and for years – decades, even – of my life I insisted that there was no good reason to make my bed. Ambiguous “should be done” reasoning is simply not compelling. My mind wants to know why and if I can give it no…