Comments on: Living Simply Saturday: “A Mother’s Work is Never Done”

By: zsera

zsera — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:53:27 +0000

Great tips. I always pick out my kids clothes the nght before. Helps a ton!

By: Valencia

Valencia — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:42:11 +0000

I agree with simple living, esp during these economic tough times. My family and I try as best we can to live our lives in a simple way. We focus on living for Him and He will take care of the rest!

By: kristin

kristin — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:29:10 +0000

When my mother first gave me this advice about Sabbath mornings (we go to church on Saturday, being Seventh-day Adventist) after the birth of my first child, I thought, 'Oh, booo! I really don't want to do that!' Her advice? 'Get up at the same time on Sabbath as you do the rest of the week. I know you want it to be a 'vacation' sort of day, but it takes effort to get to church on time -- even when you have the church bag packed the night before!' I soon learned that my mother was wise about this as with so many other things (sigh)! I also second very much the advice about laying out (everyone's!) clothes the night before -- I swear the devil works double-time on church mornings to make us rushed, frustrated, and cranky. My last suggestion for making weekends special is to have a potluck after church at someone's home (even yours). I know it sounds scary (and not simple!), but it means everyone only has to make *one thing* for dinner, and if you can let go of your pride (hard for me!) and use paper plates and have a not-perfectly clean house and everyone eat on the couch, etc., it's not particularly daunting. The blessing of fellowship can be so very wonderful this way -- and so much simpler than having a big 'sit down' dinner. kristin

By: Nola

Nola — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:43:43 +0000

I am having trouble just doing the basics right now, but this gives me some ideas for the future. I have had some seasons of my life where I do better with this than others, and this season I am definately not doing well with this. We've cut some things done to the minimum, like the last several months we decided on not dressing up for church, for example. I know there are many opinions about that, but for our family, we believe that its better to be there. I've also been living off of the freezer meals I did before. That is one thing I used to do- always eat a freezer meal on Sundays. Crock pots are a good idea too. Lately I feel like I am consistently failing in this area of trying to make the weekends work better for us (even before the baby) but I hope it will get better with time.

By: paula

paula — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:56:15 +0000

I feel pretty much the same as you do. Although I have a house full of people that are grown now, we try to do most of chores during the week or saturdays if need be and take sunday to enjoy or visit. Naps are great on Sundays as well!

I grew up having a bigger meal on Sunday's so I too often use the crock pot. I just bought a wonderful tip roast for tomorrows dinner. And I have also made up the crock pot the night before as well.

I think sometimes we let life get in our way, running around, chores and so much more that we forget to rest, play and just be silent with God for awhile.

I love your site and thanks so much for sharing.

By: Jennifer Ott

Jennifer Ott — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:20:49 +0000

Great ideas! We choose out clothes before, too! With 3 kids under 4, mornings are rushed. We have potluck every Sunday after church (which is 9 to 12), so I do all that cooking on Friday or Saturday during the kid's naps. Only differently, we consider Saturdays our "rest" and "family" day since Saturday is the Sabbath. Sunday is the first day of the week (which is why we worship/remember the Lord on Sunday)! Still, by the time we get home from church and cleaning up after the meal, we all usually take naps before we go back to church in the evening.

By: BEVERLY TURNER

BEVERLY TURNER — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:13:16 +0000

I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. BY TRYING TO DO THINGS DURING THE WEEK RESTING PERTTY MUCH ON SUN AND PUTTERING AROUND ON SAT. I HAVE TRYED IT, THOUGH SOMETIMES IT DON'T WORK THAT WAY WITH ME. SEEMS THE MORE I DO THE MORE THEY PILE FOR ME TO DO. WE JUST CELEBRATED MY DAUGHTERS BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY SHE IS 11 YRS OLD. AND SOON TO HAVE A 13 YR OLD RUNNING AROUND. MYSELF JUST GETTING OVER THE FLU, SINITUIS,ASTHMA,BRONCHTSIS,STREP THROAT. STILL NOT UP TO REALLY DOING ANYTHING BUT MY DAUGHTER CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH WITHOUT MOM'S HELP AND DAD AND LESLEY HAS TO HAVE BEEN FIXING BREAKFAST FOR THEMSELF. THEN I WOULD HELP WITH THE HOMESCHOOLING AND AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE TO.