Running a house is hard work. In this fragile economy, homemaking skills can mean the difference between extra money at the end of the month or another charge to your credit card. As a stay at home mother of six, pinching pennies is my life. I consider myself a full time homemaker who is also going to school part time… because I research subjects that will benefit my family.
Here is a list of 12 Things to Know that have made Homemaking and penny pinching successful in my home and brought me peace and happiness:
- Basic Home Maintenance
- Health/ Fitness/ Hygiene
- Menu Planning
- Teach Children Responsibility and Discipline
- Time Management
- Baking/Food Preparation
- Sewing and Mending
- Living with less/ Organization
- Gardening
- Budgeting/ Finance
- Longer term Food Storage and Canning
- Planning for the future
After years of study I can make bread from scratch, install a dishwasher, cut my kids hair, can peaches, diagnose most childhood sicknesses before heading off to the doctors, budget for a project and pay cash to complete it and even do a little HTML editing!
Continuing my education and using it in my home has saved our large family plenty of dough and has given my children unique opportunities for work and cherished time spent together.
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Great post! I think alot of people underestimate what "homemakers" do, and I think you've hit the nail on the head. Women who's job it is to take care of the house and family have to wear many hats. I know my mom did when she was a SHM. It's my goal in life to be able to be a SHM and these are the tools I will have to learn. Thanks for the post!
Jen
http://www.afterthealter.com
I love that line "after years of study"…. that is exactly right, us moms are always needing to learn, grown and stretch ourselves to master and succeed in this profession! So much we need to know!
Okay, I have to learn how to do HTML and learn to can. This summer my project include teaching myself to wire lamps (I've done a couple before, but this will be different), do some furniture repair, including wicker and do some careful refinishing…I picked up an antique chest from freecycle…quarter sawn oak…so much for just painting it…once I stripped the old finish I found a nice wood under it and the top wasn't that bad after all…just the finish had been destroyed.
My mother always said that if homemakers were paid a salary equivalent to the total of all the hats they wear………;)
I'm hoping to have a small vegetable garden of my own this year and take up sewing again.
Yes, we are definitely a "Domestic Engineer". We take raw materials and pull it all together to make a home
It's a great job really, but one with MANY hats!