Homemaking Challenge

There is so much going on around here! Well today I need to do some major organization…

1. Organize sewing supplies into sewing basket, cross-stitching and embroidery supplies into a second basket.
2. Organize knitting and crocheting supplies into knitting bag.
3. Organize scrapbooking and cardmaking supplies into rolling organizer.
4. Organize fabric into rolling cart.
5. Organize fabric scraps by color groups into rolling cart.
6. Laundry~ Wash handwash items, Boy’s laundry. Fold, sort and put away.
7. Dinner~ Potluck Casserole.

Happy Homemaking!

Read More

Homemaking Challenge

Ok, so I haven’t been posting my homemaking challenges lately. It’s just been so busy. We had our vacation and then everything fell behind a bit, and then it was time to start school. We started our new schedule and it is working well. So things are settling back into routine and I have time to blog again.

So my homemaking challenge today is…
1. Bake an apple pie. My husband’s office is having a “Dessert Day” tomorrow, which is somewhat like a pot-luck where everyone is bringing in a dessert. So I am making an apple pie.
2. Finish the newsletter for Modest Melly’s. A bit behind on this one, I intended to send it out last week, sorry ladies!
3. Laundry. I only need to do one load today. I am totally caught up and on schedule on this one. Hooray!
4. School~ This week the focus is on kindness and sharing.
5. Give oodles and oodles of hugs and kisses to my boys. (I’m not sure exactly how much oodles is, but I’m pretty sure that it’s a lot.)

Happy Homemaking!

Happy Homemaking!

Read More

Homemaking Challenge

Wow, is July nearly over already? How did that happen? I suppose we have been rather busy…

1. Continue adding new inventory to Modest Melly’s.
2. Organize refrigerator. We bought so much fresh produce that it doesn’t fit in my produce drawer so I am going to have to come up with a different system.
3. Wash Jospeh’s laundry, and a load of darks.
4. Do some general clean up around the house.

Happy Homemaking!

Read More

Homemaking Challenge

My husband worked from home Monday and Tuesday, so I haven’t had much internet access this week. But today I am back, and have much catching up to do. I went shopping this past weekend for inventory for our store, so I need to get that up.

1. Add new inventory to Modest Melly’s. Crop pictures, add to database, enter into site.
2. Transfer flour to zip top bags and label. I have been storing it in a large tub, but I think that it will stay fresh for longer if I have it in bags inside the container. So I am transferring nearly 50 lbs of flour into gallon sized baggies. This could take a while, hehe. Then when I finish with that tub, there’s the bread flour, sugar, brown sugar, rice…. And I need to label each bag as well. I need to change the label tape cartidge in my label maker since it is out.
3. After transferring flour I will need to reclean the kitchen as I am sure i will make a mess.
4. Continue working on my new wardrobe book that I am putting together. (Yes, I know. I am obsessed with the whole organizing thing, but it works for us!)
5. Laundry. Washed, dried, folded and PUT AWAY! Somehow clothes seem to get lost between the laundry room and the closets…
6. Organize pantry. We are really dedicating ourselves to eating healthy, so I need to rearrange the pantry to make room for some different things.
7. Dinner~ Leftover spaghetti.

Happy Homemaking,

Read More

Homemaking Challenge

This week has been just crazy busy. Joseph had his four month checkup, I attended a tea with the ladies at my parish, and there just seems to be a lot of little stuff this week. So today I’d like to take some time to get caught up.

1. Get caught up on laundry.
2. Create a menu combining some of our family favorites with some new frugal recipes.
3. Take inventory of the pantry, refrigerator and freezer.
4. Make grocery shopping list.
5. Make iced tea, lemonade, and orange juice.
6. Cut children’s fingernails (I cant believe how fast they grow!)
7. Finish organizing planner.
8. Bake a loaf of bread.
9. Dinner~ A Medley of Vegetables and Homemade Rolls. I haven’t decided which vegetables I am making yet.

+A.M.D.G.+

Happy Homemaking!

Read More

Homemaking Challenge

I have been sick this weekend, and am still not feeling well, so I’m going to keep it light.

1. Clean litter boxes.
2. Fill potpurri pots.
3. Figure out what to do about the um, dead bird on our front porch. (he have huge windows on the front of our house and frequently have birds hit them, but this is the first one that has fallen to his death).
4. Dinner~ Meatloaf, Macaroni and Cheese, Green Beans.
5. Add new articles to Catholic Homemaking (site).

Happy Homemaking!

Read More

Homemaking Challenge

1. Clean all three bathrooms. (scrub toilets, clean showers and tubs, clean countertops, mirrors, mop floors).
2. Bake banana bars.
3. Add more recipes to www.catholichomemaking.com
4. Laundry.
5. Dinner~ Country Fried Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Fried Okra, Biscuits and Gravy.

“This is the day that the Lord has made! Let us rejoice and be glad in it!”

Happy Homemaking!

Read More

Homemaking Challenge

1. Clean Bedrooms (dust, change bed linens, vacuum, straighten everything up)
2. Add more recipes to www.catholichomemaking.com
3. Finish painting Jacob’s birthday present. (a plaster train set)
4. Laundry-wash a load of whites and light colors.
5. Dinner- Chicken and Broccoli Casserole, Homemade Rolls
6. Bake chocolate chip cookies.
7. Package grapes into individual snack bags for husband’s lunches, dice grapes for the little ones.

The weather is so gray outside today, it seems like it is going to be one of those days where we have to fight against laziness. The boys are even sluggish today. Seems like a good day for cuddling on the sofa with some books. We may have to make a little time for that as well.

Happy Homemaking!

Read More

Homemaking Challenge

1. Dust living room, dining room, and school room. Clean glass in tables and china cabinet. Vacuum.
2. Bake a loaf of bread.
3. Add more recipes to www.catholichomemaking.com.
4. Laundry.
5. Iron a dress shirt for my husband.
6. Dinner~ Spaghetti and Garlic Toast.
7. Paint the plaster trains for Jacob’s birthday.

Happy Homemaking!

Read More

Homemaking Challenge

1. Bake a loaf of bread.
2. Add recipes to Catholic Homemaking site.
3. Clean kitchen (thoroughly clean countertops, sweep, mop, polish front of refrigerator, dust decoratives)
4. Dinner: Shepard’s Pie, Butter Beans, Bread.
5. Laundry.
6. Paint plaster trains for a birthday present for Jacob.

Things have been so busy around here! I tend to like to be challenged and to have a lot on my plate as they say, so it seems that I am constantly finding ways to be more busy. Like launching a homemaking website only weeks after opening my modest clothing business. Being busy challenges me, and I do enjoy it.

I am also going to try and spend a little more time on some crafts though. I haven’t had much time lately, and I think that having that time re-energizes me. It is my quiet time to just step away from everything else. I like to pray quietly as I create things, pray for the people I am making something for, or about anything that may be weighing on me.

Well I must get back to work!

Praise God from Whom all blessings flow!

Happy Homemaking!

Read More

Homemaking Challenge

One of my big goals lately has been to create a stash of foods in the freezer to have on hand when I am running short on time, or for some reason am not able to cook as much as I’d like. So that has been one of my top items on my homemaking challenge lately.

My Homemaking Challenge for Today…
1. Bake rolls to add to my freezer stash, using my Homemade Rolls Recipe, and my White Rolls Recipe.
2. Wash three loads of laundry.
3. Dinner- Chicken and Broccoli Casserole, Rolls
4. Reorganize the children’s pajama drawers. The two older boys have outgrown some of the pajamas in their drawer and we decided to rearrange where we have them. I recently reorganized their dresser, so now I’m reorganizing where their pajamas are as well.

Happy Homemaking!

Read More

Homemaking Challenge

1. Bake a loaf of wheat bread for tonight’s dinner.
2. Mop kitchen and give the counters a thorough cleaning. ( they are still sticky after multiple clean up efforts from the great lemonade disaster)
3. Wash a load of whites and a load of the children’s clothes.
4. Change the sheets on the children’s beds. I have to admit this is probably one of my least favorite homemaking tasks. Changing crib sheets is so awkward unless your crib has casters, which neither of ours do (yes we have two cribs. we also have two changing tables. comes with the territory ) Changing bunk bed sheets is even worse than crib sheets. Those mattresses are so heavy so it’s hard to lift up the corners to tuck in the sheets, and it is hard to get to all sides of the bed. I still just haven’t figured out the best method for doing this.
5. Dinner Plans~ Grilled Cheese Sandwiches on Homemade Wheat Bread and Homemade Tomato Soup.
6. Bake chocolate chip muffins to add to freezer stash.

Read More

Homemaking Challenge

1. Bake a loaf of wheat bread for tonight’s dinner.
2. Mop kitchen and give the counters a thorough cleaning. ( they are still sticky after multiple clean up efforts from the great lemonade disaster)
3. Wash a load of whites and a load of the children’s clothes.
4. Change the sheets on the children’s beds. I have to admit this is probably one of my least favorite homemaking tasks. Changing crib sheets is so awkward unless your crib has casters, which neither of ours do (yes we have two cribs. we also have two changing tables. comes with the territory ) Changing bunk bed sheets is even worse than crib sheets. Those mattresses are so heavy so it’s hard to lift up the corners to tuck in the sheets, and it is hard to get to all sides of the bed. I still just haven’t figured out the best method for doing this.
5. Dinner Plans~ Grilled Cheese Sandwiches on Homemade Wheat Bread and Homemade Tomato Soup.
6. Bake chocolate chip muffins to add to freezer stash.

Happy Homemaking!

Read More

My Pancake Challenge

Things have been so busy around here that I have been feeling a bit behind lately. So my new challenge to myself is to get organized, plan ahead and be prepared. I dislike feeling unprepared almost as much as I dislike being late, and yet those two things seem to be following me lately like a relentless mosquito.

So, my challenge for today was to make a big batch of pancakes to freeze. That way I have a homemade breakfast on hand for those mornings where I am feeling rushed. Everyone around here likes pancakes and they are easy to heat up in a hurry.

Read More

My Pancake Challenge

Things have been so busy around here that I have been feeling a bit behind lately. So my new challenge to myself is to get organized, plan ahead and be prepared. I dislike feeling unprepared almost as much as I dislike being late, and yet those two things seem to be following me lately like a relentless mosquito.

So, my challenge for today was to make a big batch of pancakes to freeze. That way I have a homemade breakfast on hand for those mornings where I am feeling rushed. Everyone around here likes pancakes and they are easy to heat up in a hurry.

Happy Homemaking!

Read More