To Korean homemaking videos, like this one:
There are lots more on YouTube, with children and without, and one with 7 cats:)
Really cute!
Showing posts with label resources for housewives. Show all posts
Showing posts with label resources for housewives. Show all posts
Monday, February 1, 2021
I'm Getting Addicted!
Friday, October 16, 2020
If Your Home Is A Mess
so is your life, said someone famous (I think it was Darla Shine). As we are being busy in my parents-in-law house, I once again have realised the importance of regular decluttering, but as usual, I'm running short of time. We are officially in a semi-lockdown right now, and it'll probably get worse after the school vacations are over, as of now you can still visit a zoo, for instance, though all bars and restaurants got closed.
However for me, life is pretty hectic at the moment, though I have done an attempt to organise my own household, which in combination with all the other things I have to do, nearly cost me a burnout. Anyway, I turned to FlyLady for ideas and that's what I would like to talk about. Is there anyone of my readers who uses her system? What do you think about it?
In my opinion, she has some great advice and her detailed cleaning lists and the concept of zones are very helpful tools, however...
However, you can't really clean your house well in 15 minutes blocks. In her schedule example, she suggests that on Mondays you should vacuum, mop AND dust your whole house in 1 hour. Well, if you live in 1 small room, it's doable, but otherwise...It would take me more than an hour just to vacuum mine, for instance.
I found a more realistic schedule example over here, but it's a lot of work, and some ladies were complaining that even FlyLady is too much for them to accomplish, and I can sympathise:)
Well, how about you? Feel free to share in the comments!
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Real Resistance
A great post:
How To Support Real Resistance
I'm trying to live in a similar manner more or less, but am by no means perfect (only today I bought a new skirt and some Nestle product which I really don't need).
Things that I do: we hardly ever use the credit card and I try to pay cash whenever possible. I try to shop locally, especially for food (we have some great farms close by). I do visit big supermarket chains, but also patronise small ethnic shops and try to avoid buying "made in China" when possible
(I do have a weakness for IKEA though. The thing about IKEA is that they have really cool ideas for people living in small apartments/houses and a small house means a small mortgage. They show that you can do it, even with kids. In one of their catalogues, they even featured a young family living together with Granny).
We have a community garden though we hardly have succeeded at growing anything edible yet, except lemon balm. I also regularly visit Goodwill type of stores and try to recycle. We usually don't eat at fast food stores, either. I do know my neighbours but it mostly stays by talking a bit outside.
The problem with his last point is that most people nowadays prefer to lock themselves up in front of the TV. I've heard similar stories from others who tried to be friendly with their neighbours. We used to have some neighbourhood events before but ever since this corona stuff began, things kinda stopped happening.
In addition, I went caveman routine last year as in not using any commercial styling/makeup product any more (I still own a lipstick, btw). Which means that I wash my hair with plain water, use soap from the health store, brush my teeth with a wooden tooth brush and charcoal powder and use neither makeup nor any form of skin care product. My skin and hair only got better because of it. I'm not against makeup in principle, I just feel that I don't need it and its producers make huge contributions to woke causes.
Oh and I hardly ever turn the indoctrination device aka TV on. We mostly watch old TV shows, too.
Do you do any of those things and what do you think about it? Feel free to share!
How To Support Real Resistance
I'm trying to live in a similar manner more or less, but am by no means perfect (only today I bought a new skirt and some Nestle product which I really don't need).
Things that I do: we hardly ever use the credit card and I try to pay cash whenever possible. I try to shop locally, especially for food (we have some great farms close by). I do visit big supermarket chains, but also patronise small ethnic shops and try to avoid buying "made in China" when possible
(I do have a weakness for IKEA though. The thing about IKEA is that they have really cool ideas for people living in small apartments/houses and a small house means a small mortgage. They show that you can do it, even with kids. In one of their catalogues, they even featured a young family living together with Granny).
We have a community garden though we hardly have succeeded at growing anything edible yet, except lemon balm. I also regularly visit Goodwill type of stores and try to recycle. We usually don't eat at fast food stores, either. I do know my neighbours but it mostly stays by talking a bit outside.
The problem with his last point is that most people nowadays prefer to lock themselves up in front of the TV. I've heard similar stories from others who tried to be friendly with their neighbours. We used to have some neighbourhood events before but ever since this corona stuff began, things kinda stopped happening.
In addition, I went caveman routine last year as in not using any commercial styling/makeup product any more (I still own a lipstick, btw). Which means that I wash my hair with plain water, use soap from the health store, brush my teeth with a wooden tooth brush and charcoal powder and use neither makeup nor any form of skin care product. My skin and hair only got better because of it. I'm not against makeup in principle, I just feel that I don't need it and its producers make huge contributions to woke causes.
Oh and I hardly ever turn the indoctrination device aka TV on. We mostly watch old TV shows, too.
Do you do any of those things and what do you think about it? Feel free to share!
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Careers For Future Housewives
What to do before you find your dream husband:
Job ideas for the future homemaker
The future is not female, the future is family. Alena Kate Pettitt
Job ideas for the future homemaker
The future is not female, the future is family. Alena Kate Pettitt
Friday, May 15, 2020
Pandemic 10$ Shopping Challenge
Another great video from Quaint Housewife:
She is so creative and inspiring, I always enjoy watching her.
She is so creative and inspiring, I always enjoy watching her.
Monday, July 22, 2019
Slavery, Feminism And Household Appliances
I'd like to draw your attention to three excellent posts by my fellow Housewife Outdoors:
Sad Feminists And Their Careers
Household Appliances And Their Questionable Benefits
Dependent Slaves
Sad Feminists And Their Careers
Household Appliances And Their Questionable Benefits
Dependent Slaves
Monday, May 6, 2019
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
The History Of Women In The Workforce
apparently coincides with the history of family breakdown. I'd like to draw your attention to the post by Jesse from Secular Patriarchy where he discusses these things.
Here is an excerpt:
From the source “100 Years of Marriage and Divorce Statistics United States, 1867-1967”, page 27 of 68, it gives the number of marriages in 1867 as 357,000 and the number of divorces as 10,000 for a divorce rate of 2.8%. According to Census data in 1870 13.1% of all females over age 10 worked, this proportion rising to 14.7% in 1880 and 17.0% in 1890. Again based on Census data in 1890 2.2% of married white native women with native parents worked, this proportion rising to 3.0% in 1900. This shows very clearly that divorce was already in the process of rising in 1870 and that women working was already in the process of rising in 1870; rising divorce and rising women working being fundamental parts of family breakdown.
Here is an excerpt:
From the source “100 Years of Marriage and Divorce Statistics United States, 1867-1967”, page 27 of 68, it gives the number of marriages in 1867 as 357,000 and the number of divorces as 10,000 for a divorce rate of 2.8%. According to Census data in 1870 13.1% of all females over age 10 worked, this proportion rising to 14.7% in 1880 and 17.0% in 1890. Again based on Census data in 1890 2.2% of married white native women with native parents worked, this proportion rising to 3.0% in 1900. This shows very clearly that divorce was already in the process of rising in 1870 and that women working was already in the process of rising in 1870; rising divorce and rising women working being fundamental parts of family breakdown.
Friday, November 16, 2018
Friday Miscellaneous Musings
I've been kinda busy of late with a certain new project. Plus, the Christmas markets have begun so it takes the weekends, too:) Because of it all I haven't had time to sit down and write a decent long post or at least, several short ones, so I decided to combine several topics into one:
It was only a couple of months ago that the MSM were screaming about global warming, all because of a couple hot summer weeks. Now, they state exactly the opposite: a new Ice Age is coming!
Mini Ice Age Looms
What are they doing with our food? An auntie of mine keeps saying how modern food is different from what was available during her childhood. You could dismiss these claims as the usual "the grass was always greener when I was young" type of thing, but I recently switched to buying biological meat and not homogenized milk. I discovered something strange: the milk doesn't burn as easily as the "normal" milk and bio hamburgers don't shrink to half the original size when you fry them!
More natural hair care tips:
After our discussion about natural hair care, I tried two more shampoo substitutes: rye flour and henna powder. In both cases I rinsed my hair thoroughly first, used 1 tbsp of the stuff, made a paste out of it, spread it all over and left for a couple of minutes, then washed it out. In both cases my hair looked great. Henna makes it softer and colours the roots slightly, rye flour makes your hair rather hard.
Medical News
Do you trust medical industry? Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the USA. Also, when you are older, doctors will phone you nowadays and ask you to come and have your cholesterol checked and try to put your on some type of a statin drug. Yet, the new research suggests it's a waste of time (and money, not mention statin side effects which apparently include Alzheimer). Please, do your research first.
Women sabotaging each other.
This comes from a certain forum I make a mistake of reading sometimes. A dedicated group of feminists who were all by some reason older and single/divorced kept attacking housewives and telling them to get a job and stop listening to their husbands. They stated unironically that when you become a housewife your husband will be inclined to abuse and even kill you, or at the very least, try to force you to save on buying clothes, which is a horrific thing.
By the reason of any man being a potential murderer, divorce should always be allowed for any reason, so that the woman doesn't feel "stuck". What really makes it funny, they all claim to be devout conservative Christians, all the while telling younger women to hate marriage, distrust their own husbands, never submit in anything and avoid having (many) children so that she can live for herself and not be tied down.
Here comes a word of warning: when you get older, you can choose to age gracefully and turn into a matron and a kindly granny/auntie type. Or you can choose to be envious of younger women and their prospects with men, try to ruin their happiness and turn into a hag.
It was only a couple of months ago that the MSM were screaming about global warming, all because of a couple hot summer weeks. Now, they state exactly the opposite: a new Ice Age is coming!
Mini Ice Age Looms
What are they doing with our food? An auntie of mine keeps saying how modern food is different from what was available during her childhood. You could dismiss these claims as the usual "the grass was always greener when I was young" type of thing, but I recently switched to buying biological meat and not homogenized milk. I discovered something strange: the milk doesn't burn as easily as the "normal" milk and bio hamburgers don't shrink to half the original size when you fry them!
More natural hair care tips:
After our discussion about natural hair care, I tried two more shampoo substitutes: rye flour and henna powder. In both cases I rinsed my hair thoroughly first, used 1 tbsp of the stuff, made a paste out of it, spread it all over and left for a couple of minutes, then washed it out. In both cases my hair looked great. Henna makes it softer and colours the roots slightly, rye flour makes your hair rather hard.
Medical News
Do you trust medical industry? Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the USA. Also, when you are older, doctors will phone you nowadays and ask you to come and have your cholesterol checked and try to put your on some type of a statin drug. Yet, the new research suggests it's a waste of time (and money, not mention statin side effects which apparently include Alzheimer). Please, do your research first.
Women sabotaging each other.
This comes from a certain forum I make a mistake of reading sometimes. A dedicated group of feminists who were all by some reason older and single/divorced kept attacking housewives and telling them to get a job and stop listening to their husbands. They stated unironically that when you become a housewife your husband will be inclined to abuse and even kill you, or at the very least, try to force you to save on buying clothes, which is a horrific thing.
By the reason of any man being a potential murderer, divorce should always be allowed for any reason, so that the woman doesn't feel "stuck". What really makes it funny, they all claim to be devout conservative Christians, all the while telling younger women to hate marriage, distrust their own husbands, never submit in anything and avoid having (many) children so that she can live for herself and not be tied down.
Here comes a word of warning: when you get older, you can choose to age gracefully and turn into a matron and a kindly granny/auntie type. Or you can choose to be envious of younger women and their prospects with men, try to ruin their happiness and turn into a hag.
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Links For October
Lydia Sherman on the importance of breastfeeding:
True Facts About Breastfeeding
Housewife Outdoors on women and housework:
How To Live A Quarell-Free Marriage
Mark Moncrieff on the events in Australia:
The First Melbourne Traditionalist Conference
Will from Patriactionary on the refugee
refugees vs economic migrants
and obesity problems:
nowhere is safe
That's all for today, thank you for your attention!
True Facts About Breastfeeding
Housewife Outdoors on women and housework:
How To Live A Quarell-Free Marriage
Mark Moncrieff on the events in Australia:
The First Melbourne Traditionalist Conference
Will from Patriactionary on the refugee
refugees vs economic migrants
and obesity problems:
nowhere is safe
That's all for today, thank you for your attention!
Friday, August 10, 2018
Housekeeping Resources
One of the most famous and comprehensive ones is FlyLady. It tells you precisely what to do and when to do it (and how long) and in general, reads like something out of the 1950s (or, at least, 1970s). Though I have little doubt that some "working women" use it as well, it has nothing about "going out to work" in its daily routines.
I wonder, do any of my readers use it?
P.S. We are going away tonight till Sunday, to try out our tent. I'll be online, but "less". Have a great weekend!
I wonder, do any of my readers use it?
P.S. We are going away tonight till Sunday, to try out our tent. I'll be online, but "less". Have a great weekend!
Thursday, August 2, 2018
Escaping The Modern World
Have you ever thought of running away...to become a housewife???
Here is one lady's testimony:
Running Away To Become A Housewife
Also, if you want to reduce your chances of divorce, it's a wise thing to stay out of debt:
1in 8 divorces caused by student loans
(h/t to Captain Capitalism)
Here is one lady's testimony:
Running Away To Become A Housewife
Also, if you want to reduce your chances of divorce, it's a wise thing to stay out of debt:
1in 8 divorces caused by student loans
(h/t to Captain Capitalism)
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Hot, Hot, Hot
We are currently experiencing a heat wave combined with drought. It's not pleasant, and the worst is yet to come...
So in the light of this I can't concentrate and write anything decent though I had a couple of ideas in mind when I came back.
Instead, I'd like to draw your attention to a couple of posts by a fellow blogger:
one about housework in difficult times,
the other about the consequences of promiscuity.
If you have any thoughts or ideas, feel free to share!
So in the light of this I can't concentrate and write anything decent though I had a couple of ideas in mind when I came back.
Instead, I'd like to draw your attention to a couple of posts by a fellow blogger:
one about housework in difficult times,
the other about the consequences of promiscuity.
If you have any thoughts or ideas, feel free to share!
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
New Year Resolutions Are Good For You!
Here are some suggestions. A bit too much career-oriented, and n17 should be reserved for married couples only, but some ideas are really good. Certainly those about getting healthier, exercising, cooking, hobbies, organising your home and meeting new people. What are your thoughts on New Year resolutions? Do you ever make and keep them, or at least, try to? Feel free to share your experiences!
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Links For December
Haven't done these for a loong times:)
Living For The Moments
Bread That Gives Life
from Lady Lydia
Disney and the Forces of Evil
from Patriactionary
November Was a Bad Month
from Mark Moncrieff
Taheyya Kariokka
Listen to Me
from What's Wrong With Equal Rights
Teaching Our Daughters About Biblical Womanhood
How Our Clothing Choices Reflect the Gospel
from Redeeming Home
The usual disclaimer follows: I don't necessarily agree with everything, just find the articles above thought-provoking.
Living For The Moments
Bread That Gives Life
from Lady Lydia
Disney and the Forces of Evil
from Patriactionary
November Was a Bad Month
from Mark Moncrieff
Taheyya Kariokka
Listen to Me
from What's Wrong With Equal Rights
Teaching Our Daughters About Biblical Womanhood
How Our Clothing Choices Reflect the Gospel
from Redeeming Home
The usual disclaimer follows: I don't necessarily agree with everything, just find the articles above thought-provoking.
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
A Short Note
I'm sick. Like in having flu. Plus, I'm getting some visitors who'll stay with us for a couple of weeks so posting will be scarce.
Here are a couple of videos to entertain you:
How to make pine needle tea
Why you don't need a huge mortgage (the one thing which keeps so many wives in the workforce):
Living in an 8m2 apartment in Japan
Canadian homeschoolers living off the grid
Well, maybe it's too extreme, but you get my point:)
Here are a couple of videos to entertain you:
How to make pine needle tea
Why you don't need a huge mortgage (the one thing which keeps so many wives in the workforce):
Living in an 8m2 apartment in Japan
Canadian homeschoolers living off the grid
Well, maybe it's too extreme, but you get my point:)
Monday, May 1, 2017
Links For May
Clothes and manners edition:
Dress to Regress
how t-shirts ruined civilisation
Divorce Your Wife
and marry her again, men's rights types won't like this one, I'm afraid...
Relaxation
time to start enjoying your life
A case of the "What's if's"
you, too, can become a housewife!
The Richer Life of a Housewife
dealing with saving money
yes, YOU, can become feminine
discover a little woman in yourself
Dress to Regress
how t-shirts ruined civilisation
Divorce Your Wife
and marry her again, men's rights types won't like this one, I'm afraid...
Relaxation
time to start enjoying your life
A case of the "What's if's"
you, too, can become a housewife!
The Richer Life of a Housewife
dealing with saving money
yes, YOU, can become feminine
discover a little woman in yourself
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Links For March
Britain: a female judge gives sensible advice to girls, feminists upset
Daylight saving time not so good for you after all
How to live to 110 (you won't believe it!:)
Weight loss:what a difference it makes
Tips for busy mothers
University applies new progressive teaching methods
Bring some colour in your life
Daylight saving time not so good for you after all
How to live to 110 (you won't believe it!:)
Weight loss:what a difference it makes
Tips for busy mothers
University applies new progressive teaching methods
Bring some colour in your life
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Housewife Radio
This is a new project of Lydia Sherman from Home Living, and it's really great. Her second broadcast features a guest speaker who shares her experience of quitting her job and becoming a housewife.
You can listen to it over here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4baBwdDBZg&app=desktop
You can listen to it over here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4baBwdDBZg&app=desktop
Monday, February 6, 2017
February Links
Feminine Maternity Clothes
(it doesn't have to be "maternity pants", you know)
Justice And Death Penalty
for blood...defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Thomas Aquinas On Inequality
The real diversity
Boyscouts Of America
Cthulhu always swims left
Sugar And Spice And Everything Nice?
Not really. The mean girls of Australia
Saving Money On Luxuries
You don't really need to eat out every day.
(it doesn't have to be "maternity pants", you know)
Justice And Death Penalty
for blood...defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Thomas Aquinas On Inequality
The real diversity
Boyscouts Of America
Cthulhu always swims left
Sugar And Spice And Everything Nice?
Not really. The mean girls of Australia
Saving Money On Luxuries
You don't really need to eat out every day.
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