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Simple homemaking pleasures

Mominohio — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:14:47 GMT

I know that many of us have been more than homemakers in our lives. Moms, wives, grandmas, career women, volunteers, and more.

But I think we all come here to share, because we love 'home'.

With that in mind, care to share some simple pleasures of the homemaking side of your life?

I could list a hundred, but I'll start with this one.

A washing machine full of hot soapy water, swishing clothes clean. I love the sound, the smell, and I just love doing laundry. I look into a washer and realize how hard getting clothes clean was just a couple of generations ago, and am thankful for today's equipment.

What simple pleasures do you find in daily homemaking?

(heading off to steam clean carpets for my mom, so I won't be back for several hours. Have a great morning everyone!)

Re: Simple homemaking pleasures

Peaches McPhee — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:36:41 GMT

I love the feeling I get after a big grocery shop. The cabinets and fridge are full and all is right with the world.

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lucymo — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:46:00 GMT

There are so many pleasures in homemaking these days that were not available even in my younger days. One that comes to mind is a vaccum, no more having to (some still do) hang rug on line and beat the dirt out of it. My other favorite is the Microwave. I use it constantly to reheat food, coffee, frozen dinners from leftovers, just love it.

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151949 — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:35:42 GMT

I love just having a neat tidy house. I thrive on organization and order. Sadly, I am married to a complete slob and semi hoarder so this is a constant battle between us.

I also agree with the poster who said she enjoys having the fridge and cupboards full. When I was a child my parents constantly struggled to keep food on the table so it is utter joy to always have enough to easily make us nice meals.

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Sweetbay magnolia — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:49:11 GMT

Fresh laundry and clean sheets! Off to re-decorate the bed right now, as I have the luxury of a couple different sheet and bedspread sets. Nothing like taking a shower and getting into a newly made bed.

And I vacuum the main floor every day. Very cathartic and I love the "freshly mown" look of the tracks.

I'm in a "sick of cooking" mood right now, but I do love to plan the weekly meals and stock up on things I know we'll need. I have the luxury of a pantry and I so love having it stocked.

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151949 — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:38:10 GMT

Another thing Iove is a beautiful warm but not hot day with the sun shining and you can open the windows and have a nice breeze in the house. I think nothing else makes a house feel cleaner than fresh air inside.

Re: Simple homemaking pleasures

Nataliesgramma — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 12:57:34 GMT

@151949 wrote:
I love just having a neat tidy house. I thrive on organization and order. Sadly, I am married to a complete slob and semi hoarder so this is a constant battle between us.
I also agree with the poster who said she enjoys having the fridge and cupboards full. When I was a child my parents constantly struggled to keep food on the table so it is utter joy to always have enough to easily make us nice meals.

Alas...I am the same as you love a clean tidy house and married to a slob...LOL He can put whatever he wants in the garage as long as the car still fits in it.

I LOVE hanging bedding, rugs and sheers on the line!! Smells wonderful when you bring everything back in.

I like a pot of soup simmering on the stove during the cold days of winter.

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151949 — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 18:02:01 GMT

@Nataliesgramma wrote:
@151949 wrote:
I love just having a neat tidy house. I thrive on organization and order. Sadly, I am married to a complete slob and semi hoarder so this is a constant battle between us.
I also agree with the poster who said she enjoys having the fridge and cupboards full. When I was a child my parents constantly struggled to keep food on the table so it is utter joy to always have enough to easily make us nice meals.
Slas...I am the same as you love a clean tidy house and married to a slob...LOL He can put whatever he wants in the garage as long as the car still fits in it.

I LOVE hanging bedding, rugs and sheers on the line!! Smells wonderful when you bring everything back in.

I like a pot of soup simmering on the stove during the cold days of winter.

I agree about the garage and he can do whatever in his den , I keep the door closed. The housekeeper cleans the den every 2 weeks when she comes and he really is in a trauma with that.I throw away trash like old magazines when she comes and he thinks she did that - fine with me. if it was up to him we would have moved a stack of 30 year old magazines from Pa to Fl. If I am the first to die , you will see him on that hoarders show - no kidding.

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sfnative — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 18:30:14 GMT

@Mominohio wrote:

I could list a hundred, but I'll start with this one.

A washing machine full of hot soapy water, swishing clothes clean. I love the sound, the smell, and I just love doing laundry. I look into a washer and realize how hard getting clothes clean was just a couple of generations ago, and am thankful for today's equipment.

Though I take no pleasure in wash day, the language which I bolded above really spoke to me of the may hardships my Michigan grandmother lived through each wash day. At 7, I was flown back to Michigan to spend the summer with my grandparens on their farm. I'll never forget watching her on that first wash day: old wringer washer into which she had to dump hot water boiled on the wood stove, plus she also used a wash board. I had only seen these boards on TV, so had a hard time believing what my 7 year old eyes were seeing.

God Bless all of our grandmas going back ages who literally worked themselves to death providing for their families.

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sfnative — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 18:42:13 GMT

There are 2 things to which I can really apply myself. One is an everyday chore and one a project:

1. I need surfaces to be clean. To that end, I am the "Windex Lady." Give me Windex and papertowels and I'm off to the races, cleaning down my kitchen and bathroms like nobody's business.

2. This involves painting. Believe it or not, I enjoy painting walls, so am looking forward to painting our new condo in the next month. I've saved us a ton of $$$ over the years doing all of the interior painting, which included re-doing our entire kitchen.

Re: Simple homemaking pleasures

Mominohio — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 20:05:05 GMT

@Nataliesgramma wrote:
@151949 wrote:
I love just having a neat tidy house. I thrive on organization and order. Sadly, I am married to a complete slob and semi hoarder so this is a constant battle between us.
I also agree with the poster who said she enjoys having the fridge and cupboards full. When I was a child my parents constantly struggled to keep food on the table so it is utter joy to always have enough to easily make us nice meals.
Slas...I am the same as you love a clean tidy house and married to a slob...LOL He can put whatever he wants in the garage as long as the car still fits in it.

I LOVE hanging bedding, rugs and sheers on the line!! Smells wonderful when you bring everything back in.

I like a pot of soup simmering on the stove during the cold days of winter.

@NataliesgrammaAnd anything fresh baked coming out the the oven, helping to warm a cold house.

Re: Simple homemaking pleasures

Mominohio — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 20:20:04 GMT

@Nataliesgramma wrote:
@151949 wrote:
I love just having a neat tidy house. I thrive on organization and order. Sadly, I am married to a complete slob and semi hoarder so this is a constant battle between us.
I also agree with the poster who said she enjoys having the fridge and cupboards full. When I was a child my parents constantly struggled to keep food on the table so it is utter joy to always have enough to easily make us nice meals.
Slas...I am the same as you love a clean tidy house and married to a slob...LOL He can put whatever he wants in the garage as long as the car still fits in it.

I LOVE hanging bedding, rugs and sheers on the line!! Smells wonderful when you bring everything back in.

I like a pot of soup simmering on the stove during the cold days of winter.

We'll just have to start a club. My husband has a small barn on our property, and you'd think the hoarders show would run the other way if they saw the inside.

Funny, as he has never been that way about the house (probably because I'd kill him....literally), but don't go near his 'shop'. I attribute it to him growing up very poor, and they had nothing, less than nothing most times. And they held on to anything they got, no matter how bad it was. Some things just never leave a person I guess.

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AuntG — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 23:21:01 GMT

I love Saturdays in fall the most. House has been cleaned, the windows are open and my DH is watching college football. I'll sometimes watch TV with him or I'll go in the sunroom to read. Then we'll have some comfort food that has been cooking in the crock pot. I'm looking forward to the heat and humidity exiting the state so that the crisp autumn weather can move in.

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151949 — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 23:38:13 GMT

@sfnative wrote:
There are 2 things to which I can really apply myself. One is an everyday chore and one a project:

1. I need surfaces to be clean. To that end, I am the "Windex Lady." Give me Windex and papertowels and I'm off to the races, cleaning down my kitchen and bathroms like nobody's business.
2. This involves painting. Believe it or not, I enjoy painting walls, so am looking forward to painting our new condo in the next month. I've saved us a ton of $$$ over the years doing all of the interior painting, which included re-doing our entire kitchen.

We used to go to a restaurant where the owners wife would run around spraying all the tables with windex and wiping them with paper towels. My DH called her the spritzer.

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!FitChick! — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 23:38:16 GMT

I like balancing house work with cooking- think a pot of homemade soup, some crusty bread, and a dessert, maybe apple or pumpkin bars in the fall. I love buying new sheets in the spring- there is nothing like fresh sheets on a bed. I like putting on good music and digging into "projects" - cleaning/wiping out the fridge, cleaning out the closet. I like washing out and using new Lock and Lock or Green containers. This is a great thread!

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house_cat — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 02:24:32 GMT

I agree with everything everyone has already mentioned. Thanks, MominOhio, for starting this thread.

I could list at least 100 things, but I'll list the first three that come to mind:

~ towels fresh from the dryer

~ clothes blowing in the breeze on a clothesline

~ a cup of coffee and a cookie in the quiet afternoon (rarely happens, but when it does it's heaven)

Re: Simple homemaking pleasures

homedecor1 — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 18:25:21 GMT

I can think of many things but the top of my list is:

1. smell of a fresh clean house. Nothing makes me feel better than to walk in my home and it looks fresh & clean.

2. If it ever stops raining, awful heat and humidity leave -- opening the windows and a fresh crisp day!

3. My fresh ironed clothes -- love to iron ( I know I'm probably nutty!)

have a a good weekend everyone and thanks for all these great comments!

Re: Simple homemaking pleasures

Goldenmoher — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 18:51:00 GMT

Laundry is a favorite of mine as well. And HC, a cookie and coffee sounds great!

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lucymo — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 21:10:04 GMT

@sfnative wrote:
There are 2 things to which I can really apply myself. One is an everyday chore and one a project:

1. I need surfaces to be clean. To that end, I am the "Windex Lady." Give me Windex and papertowels and I'm off to the races, cleaning down my kitchen and bathroms like nobody's business.
2. This involves painting. Believe it or not, I enjoy painting walls, so am looking forward to painting our new condo in the next month. I've saved us a ton of $$$ over the years doing all of the interior painting, which included re-doing our entire kitchen.

@sfnative, If you're ever in SE Mo, look me up. I'll cook and clean and I'll let you paint. LOL You sound like an all around do it yourselfer. I know your home will be beautiful.

Re: Simple homemaking pleasures

froggy — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 21:35:39 GMT

Having a pretty tablecloth on the table and setting the table every night with pretty dishes.