Comments on: Online Homemaking Class Coming Soon!

By: Elaine

Elaine — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:45:17 +0000

Even though I’m a mother of 4, my mother didn’t have the patience to teach me alot of things like, cooking (I can’t stand to cook, but, I have to), I would love to learn to organize everything & have step-by-step instructions on how to organize my life. I’d love to learn how to cook (even though we don’t have much money), and how to keep my sanity throughout it all. How to figure out what to keep & what to get rid of. How to sew. How to garden. How to do everything I need to do without feeling so over-whelmed with it all! I have to manage 6 people & I don’t know where to start first! The only meats I know how to cook is chicken & hamburgers most of the time. I’m scared to cook other meats because I don’t know what to do with them & I don’t know what to do with alot of foods! My mother was never an encourager to me so I feel like I can’t ever do anything right. Where do I begin? And helps?

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:20:18 +0000

I would love my daughters to take a homemaking course with me (or on their own as teens like to do!) My 16 year old is doing “Home Ec” as a subject, but it’s not exactly the curriculum i was hoping for. They just see housework as drudgery, rather than managing family life for God’s glory.
An online, fill-in-the-blank, or quiz/project would be great! Maybe interview moms with big families as a project?

By: Joyce

Joyce — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:35:26 +0000

I think organizational skills in homemaking is the most important. I have 2 grown daughters, I tried to teach them good homemaking skills, cleaning, organizing their rooms, daily routine of cleaning and taking care of their own belongings. Apparently I did not do such a good job, they have trouble now as homemakers and moms trying to keep up with their homes and with teaching their own children!! Please help!! J
God bless you for all the work you do, may your rewards be many!
Joyce (in Virginia)

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:57:51 +0000

Here would be my topic. What would you define as Biblical success in homemaking? As far as what would it look like and what verses would you give to support it. This would kind of be as apposed to what we might think is sucess vs what God says.

By: Denise

Denise — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:56:56 +0000

Hi Malia,
I know you are working on a homemaking newsletter. Here are the questions I have mostly related to cleaning that I’d love answers for:

What is the best technique/product(s) to throughly clean:

1.shower doors/soap scum buildup in shower stall?

2. smudge marks on hardwood floors?

3. light colored vinyl flooring in kitchen, which is a high traffic area. Dirt gets into little grooves in the flooring. How to get it REALLY clean and shiny.

4. wood window shades?

5. how to remove stuck on hairspray from bathroom counter tops?

6. wash walls?

By: Risha

Risha — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:55:27 +0000

If I were to sign up for you Homemaking class I would most want to learn about training children to do chores. I have five children ages 10, 8, 6, 4 and 2. I find it difficult to keep everyone working and I usually end up doing all the work myself.

Thank you Malia, for your talk this morning. I am so motivated to bring order to my home!

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:54:00 +0000

What We would like to see in an online homemaking class:

The most useful thing to our family in an online Home Ec class would be little “How This is Done” pieces. These could include, but not necessarily be limited to, descriptions of how to do the job in question, a checklist the person doing the job could use to make sure they were following along right, and maybe even a picture or pictures of what it should look. “How This is Done” could be applied to cleaning, cooking, baking, errands, organizing, I think really anything you can imagine. It would be up to you.

While many families have mothers that have come from good homes and know these things and can teach their children, there are increasing numbers of women that have reached adulthood without ever having learned these things for themselves. Some people, like myself, are simply limited physically in what we can model for our children, but still want them to learn. A baseline of “How This is Done” pieces would make your course appealing to both adults and youth.

By: jackie

jackie — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:21:01 +0000

I would really like to see some type of class on organizing time for mothers who,unfortunately, need to work outside the home and then try to keep up with things AT home.

By: Jen in NC

Jen in NC — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:05:29 +0000

As the Queen of Intentionality…(or should I say best of intentions..ha ha), I would love the accountability of breaking things down and really doing them. I “know” the skills or can find tutors online, I speak on the skills at conferences, but in reality, best of intentions equal work and it would be great to do this with other ladies/kids all on the same road with the same heart for our families. I am a meal planner for my home based business, and find that is easy for me, but decluttering or maintaining the house…ugh! How does homemaking translate on a day to day basis, with many other responsibilities as well? I would love for all of us to share our gifts and encourage each other on the journey with the things that are easy for us, those tricks of the trade, so that maybe the tasks that are difficult for us will slowly become less daunting.

blessings on the journey,
Jen
http://www.easyfamilydinners.com
http://www.familylifememories.com

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:37:05 +0000

The best part would be getting taught by someone other than me. Right now it is - hit or miss and learning from my mistakes! lol