A busy week

Hello blog readers. I am sorry I wasn't around any this week. I ended up being super busy with various activities and I failed to blog. Some of the things I was busy doing were making whole wheat bread, making homemade ice cream, making granola bars, etc. My new bread maker is amazing!! The loaf turned out wonderfully and popped right out of the pan with no hassle at all. Such a pleasant change from our old breadmaker.

I've been reading up a storm. I finished

Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer Culture by Shannon Hayes and it was a fantastic read. For the past year I've been beating myself up over not going back to work. I used to be a preschool teacher, before I had the girls. However trying to go back to work now that girls are in school full-time has been impossible. I can't find a job that works with the kids school schedule, is part-time, and flexible. My husband keeps telling me that there is no reason for me to hurry back to work, or to even go back at all, but I kept feeling guilty, like I should be bringing in more money. After reading Radical Homemakers, I can finally let my guilt go. I am doing important work here at home, raising our girls, maintaining the home, baking and cooking from scratch, and managing our household. It's totally made my feel at peace about our decision to have me stay home.

 

 

After I read Radical Homemakers I picked up another book called

Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity by Emily Matchar. I am currently reading this book, I am nearly finished with it. This book has been great at showing me that I am not the only one out there choosing to be a Modern Housewife. Maybe in our area this type of lifestyle is rare, but it is actually gaining momentum around the country. It has also helped put my guilty feelings aside for not working outside our home. I can see that the other side is not always greener. I am starting to see that my side of the fence is just fine, in fact it can be great!!

 

This is all just a new process for me. I am using my blog to help me work through my adventures in being  Modern Homemaker. It isn't for everyone, I totally understand that, but I really truly think that it is for me.