tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24404300847168666942024-03-04T20:04:57.303-08:00Lessons from a Clutter PrincessLife is full of lessons that we learn from living and watching and doing.
And part of learning is sharing what we learn with others.oma aka memehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406489700636835608noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440430084716866694.post-22873970053979500862009-08-14T20:00:00.000-07:002009-08-14T20:08:37.168-07:00cleaning goal for a princess<ul><li>I am in the cleaning mode as I follow my friend here:</li><li><a href="http://parentingconfessions.blogspot.com/">http://parentingconfessions.blogspot.com/</a></li><li>even being a princess does not keep your palace from</li><li>catching dust and dirt and all those things that </li><li>sneak in......like teen-age-rs.</li><li>I have a dresser hiding in my dining area that I</li><li>want to use as storage for dining things rather</li><li>than spare clothes that this princess may or may not </li><li>wear again </li><li>so my goal is to clean out those drawers and </li><li>use the dresser as I want too-</li><li>generally one does not have a dresser in the</li><li>dining room but this palace is small</li><li>and my grand daughter moved into as the second princess here</li><li>and alas there is no room for the spare dresser now</li><li>but now I can pop in those extra linens and things</li><li>and free another space else ware=</li><li>so tomorrow I will do drawer number 2 and 3</li><li>as drawer number one already holds Meme's</li><li>hair dryer and things as a teen age princess also</li><li>disturbs the palace bathroom</li><li>have fun for who ever is enjoying this blog</li><li><a href="http://parentingconfessions.blogspot.com/">http://parentingconfessions.blogspot.com/</a></li><li>hugs from Meme</li></ul>oma aka memehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406489700636835608noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440430084716866694.post-11445764066599750342009-08-03T21:06:00.000-07:002009-08-03T22:40:52.490-07:00Bread and water<ul><li>I remember the nursery rhyme about Mother Hubbard</li><li>sending her kids to bed with bread and water.</li><li>now I think it would be great if we could just</li><li>kids to drink water and even eat a slice of bread </li><li>with out a lot of toppings.</li><li>my house is a pop free zone now</li><li>and sometimes I hear complaints</li><li>from the grand kids but Meme rules...</li><li>and they are discovering water.</li><li>When I was a kid I had bread and water</li><li>before going to bed and </li><li> it was a normal part of my life.</li><li>Mama made her bread and we had home made </li><li>butter too . (It was a good thing-)</li><li>and our water came from the well, </li><li>fresh pumped into our drinking water pail,</li><li>we always drank milk with our dinner and supper</li><li>and having a cup of water at bedtime was just normal</li><li>Mama's bread loaf was always bigger , heavier and tastier</li><li>and healthier-------</li><li>than the store bought sliced bread.</li><li>her slice of bread was a good snack and </li><li>She sliced the loaf neatly at the time</li><li> we used the bread.</li><li>No presliced bread for us.</li><li> and with the butter </li><li>that was all we needed.</li><li>She did not believe in sweets before bed</li><li>so jam and honey and syrup was off limits.</li><li>Our bread and water was never considered a punishment;</li><li>or poor mama would have spent a lot of time in jail. </li><li>I bake bread now and then </li><li>and there is something about the smell</li><li>that takes me back home again and</li><li>sitting with brother eating our bread</li><li>and drinking our water.</li><li>We could drag out the time and eat</li><li>at the same time listening to the radio-</li><li>I think we need to go back to </li><li>home made bread and water-</li><li>It spells comfort.</li></ul>oma aka memehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406489700636835608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440430084716866694.post-49530064852297665852009-08-02T23:15:00.000-07:002009-08-02T23:38:05.309-07:00ticker fun<ul><li>I am keeping the looks of my blog simple for now-</li><li>but for added fun I did make a ticker of Meme chores </li><li>which will count up to 10,001 .</li><li>Sometimes we forget that a done list </li><li>can be encouraging to us on a daily basis</li><li>and is a good thing.....to find ways of bring joy </li><li>into our home keeping. -</li><li>I do not add all those little things I do --</li><li>only major chores that I can look back on </li><li>and count quickly as I do not want the ticker</li><li>to become an added burden to my day</li><li>the ''to do '' list can often be overwhelming </li><li>when when I am in chaos instead of calm .</li><li>-------</li><li>I no longer make a 'to do' list as for me</li><li> as it was be coming counterproductive-</li><li>I was spending 15 to 20 minutes at night</li><li>writing it out when I could have been praying--</li><li>and I know there is dishes in the sink so writing </li><li>that down does not get them done----------</li><li>I do have a remember list where I put down</li><li>things that I may forget-- such as </li><li>bake muffins for this Tuesdays for seniors group-</li><li>I put a date beside it and check the remember book </li><li>before bed time or after breakfast-------</li><li>I can mark things down any time of the day and </li><li>even pop in a grocery need so later</li><li>I can go over it and see that I need eggs etc. this week.</li><li> huggles from Meme</li></ul>oma aka memehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406489700636835608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440430084716866694.post-5014594995229978622009-08-02T16:54:00.000-07:002009-08-02T17:09:51.723-07:00Sharing my lessons on Home keeping.....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV1nEmPoFXlmQKygwhEzhyRngncazx5r-b0sBBsJ8lEz5dMB-i_F9LYjskm7kPnrIBuvdBhd4Yn7ZNeMXkzX3kv_4V1GgB1YXrtBv1PlQkMKVSRNmz-snY40H0nNMUB7p3h9DbGekXFYs/s1600-h/q151723725.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 120px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 120px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365522515637444034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV1nEmPoFXlmQKygwhEzhyRngncazx5r-b0sBBsJ8lEz5dMB-i_F9LYjskm7kPnrIBuvdBhd4Yn7ZNeMXkzX3kv_4V1GgB1YXrtBv1PlQkMKVSRNmz-snY40H0nNMUB7p3h9DbGekXFYs/s320/q151723725.jpg" /></a><br /><div>I started washing dishes for mama when was 6 years old which means I have </div><br /><div>had experience of washing dishes for 55 years now and of course, that was just</div><br /><div>the beginning of keeping a house clean.</div><br /><div>However some lessons take a long time to learn and sometimes we forget</div><br /><div>the lessons we learn.</div><br /><div>Home keeping is something that the majority of us do whether we are a family</div><br /><div>of one or of many.</div><br /><div>I will have no structure to this blog and will share the lessons as they come to mind.</div><br /><div>It will be filled with laughter and tears and mixed with hints and thoughts of mine.</div><br /><div>I am a Christian so I will be using what God has taught me through the last 55</div><br /><div>years of dishes, dirt, cooking, laundry and all the things that go into keeping</div><br /><div>a house a home.</div><br /><div>Enjoy and feel free to share any thoughts you have- we can all learn from each other.</div>oma aka memehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406489700636835608noreply@blogger.com0