Photo: Great grandparents at their farm in Blandinsville, IL, with five of their six children .. my grandpa was yet a twinkle in grandma's eye. Stable boy and governess also pictured. Hodges farm, circa 1903-4
Showing posts with label homemaking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homemaking. Show all posts

Monday, November 12, 2012

Today's Madness ..

... as in the domestic arts:

  • Finish up beef stock for our freezer supply.
  • Start a big pot of chicken stock to have on hand for Thanksgiving dinner.
  • Bake loaves of 7-grain bread.
  • Bake rustic dinner rolls.
  • Bake an apple cake.
  • Bake up a rather large pumpkin for breads and roast its seeds
Today it's snowing outside.  Everything inside looks so colorful compared against the window scenes of black and white.

Last night our wet laundry was hung on a dryer rack in front of the stove, while sugar pie pumpkins were baking in a make shift oven on top.

House cleaning today includes changing the sheets, cleaning the bathrooms and vacuuming the floors.  When hubby asked what I had planned for the day as he went to sleep this morning after working all night, I don't think he gave it much thought when I said 'housework' .... being a full time homemaker is non stop.  I hit the pillow last night at 9:30 to be up by 5:00 this morning.  How in the world did the vision of a homemaker sitting around all day eating bon bons ever transpire?


What's on your domestic to-do list?