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A Mom Mystery: Laundry
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kjackson
Today’s subject is laundry. When I listen to moms, I hear the same sentiment over and over. Laundry is consuming their lives. They don’t know how to keep up with the laundry. After seventeen years of marriage and twelve years of motherhood, I have perfected the laundry system (with a little help from my best…
Don’t You Call Me a Housewife!
By
kjackson
I truly hate the term “HOUSEwife”! Excuse me, but I did *not* marry a house! I married a man. I refuse to be ball-and-chained to a pile of wood. And don’t even get me talking about submitting to it! I have found, however, that as a stay-at-home-mom, I can sometimes get confused about my duties…
Chores, Routines, and Other Mom Mysteries
By
kjackson
Yes, of course my children should be involved in taking care of the house! We all know that it builds responsibility and work ethic…yadda yadda. But, more importantly, it makes them feel an important part of the family unit. It makes them feel like they are worth something. It builds self esteem. Great….so if I…
Mom Wants to Scrapbook!
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kjackson
I was looking through some of my scrapbooks and marveling over the fact that I created them when the children were….well…children! They were small children. I know many of you like to scrapbook and maybe you’re having a hard time getting it done. Here are some tips to do just that (even with small children…
Money, Money, Money!
By
kjackson
I was looking through some things I had written years ago and I found this little impromptu essay I had written to my niece about money. At this time we had just returned from a life-changing move to South Dakota. We had arrived in South Dakota Dec. 23 and returned home April 23 (that’s four…
Box O’ Bunnies
By
kjackson
Mmmm…Cucumber Salad!
By
kjackson
So…has it happened yet? Have you looked in your garden and found your first cucumber? Well, if you haven’t, it’s bound to happen soon (well…if you have a garden…and if you planted cucumbers, that is!). I love to grow cucumbers because they are one of those easy-to-grow foods that require little care and weeding…
Baby Bunnies
By
kjackson
One of my friends caught a glimpse of a photo I had taken of a one-day-old baby bunny and she shuddered and said, “WHAT is THAT?” That’s when it dawned on me that unless one has actually bred rabbits, she can’t know what a baby bunny under five or six weeks looks like. Well, I…
Jane’s Life
By
kjackson
Sometimes I’ll stop and realize that I’m not living my life. Instead, sometimes I waste my life. I waste it wishing for the next bit of life. I thought it would be interesting to write an extreme example of how life can be if I’m forgetting to live it, and then try to paint a…
A Day (week, month, year) in the Life….
By
kjackson
Meet Jane. Jane is a normal girl living a normal life. This is her life: 6:45 a.m: Jane’s alarm clock goes off. She moans, growls, hits the snooze, rolls over and tries to pretend she’s not awake. She doesn’t want to get up yet. Her mind goes over all the responsibilities and obligations for the…
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