Home blessings

As a general rule, after school with the boys, I do a house blessing.  Since my husband, boys and home are my first ministry, I have adopted the attitude that when I clean house, do laundry, bake bread, or even fix supper I'm blessing my family.  I have followed a Flylady way of doing things for several years now.  That's where I got the home blessing idea.  I don't follow it perfectly by any means.  But it was definitely a good starting place for me.  And it's a good place to start when thinking of being an "old fashioned" housewife and homemaker.  I still have a problem with floors that need swept and mopped.  I think that when I do them, they should stay clean for at least more than 5 minutes.  Then I get a martyr  attitude, poor me.  I'm always having to sweep and mop the floors and no one cares.  Oh brother.  Or I'll get angry about it.  Which is worse.  But if I consider it to bless my family, it's not so bad. 

Today I'm going to be making an overall cleaner out of dawn dish soap, baking soda, ammonia, and water.  Going to try it out on a couch and a couple of stains on the carpet.  I'll let you know how it goes.  If it works, I'm clearing out under my kitchen and bathroom sinks of cleansers!  I'll have more room for the drainer when it's not full of drying dishes.  Yes, the majority of the time I wash dishes by hand instead of using the dish washer.  Have for years.  Just a therapeutic feeling of washing dishes, looking out the window, letting my mind wander of the day's upcoming events in the mornings or over my day if it's evening dishes. 

Be blessed and be a blessing!

Just some of my thoughts and actions,

Elizabeth