{ The Simple Joys of Home }

I love being home.  I know that according to society, we are supposed to be out and about, socializing and engaging in all sorts of activities.

Homemakers are almost frowned upon in this day and age, talked about as if it's taboo or something dirty.  I will never understand that way of thinking, but I don't condemn anyone for speaking their opinions.

As for me, I will continue to be a joyful homemaker who is more than happy to putter around the house, with a cup of coffee in hand, and a good book in the other.

It's just so deeply ingrained in my soul, that I don't think I could ever be anything else.

Call me crazy, but I just love what I do :)

One of the things I enjoy doing, is making things for the house, especially if I can combine my love of crochet with something cute and practical.  This is the Valance I'm working on for my Hallway window.

I've since then made the second row and have sewed the flowers on, but friends, I don't know what is wrong with me, I've now sewn it and pulled it apart twice.  HA!

I'm hoping to get it right tomorrow and move on to the next row and the half flowers.  For goodness sake's, let's hope my brain cooperates.

Another big part of the simple joys of homemaking for me, is the meal preparation and feeding my beautiful family. You know how much I love cooking, the whole process of buying the ingredients and then being able to turn them into a healthy meal, is just so much fun to me.

And when I can grow those ingredients at home, oh that just makes me even happier.

The strawberries have started coming in, they smell amazing and are soooo sweet.

My chili peppers are also growing beautifully, they should be ready to harvest soon.

And then of course, my cucumbers

Those for me are some of the simple joys of homemaking :)

We've been taking it easy, swimming, watching movies, taking drives and really trying to soak in all that summer has to offer, because it goes by so quickly and pretty soon we will be back on our school schedule and ready for the new year.

Coming up, we'll have a 10th Grader and a 6th Grader, Lord help me!

My babies are growing so fast and I'm trying hard to embrace this change and accept it, but goodness it's hard. I would love to have them little forever!

If only it were that easy.

Tomorrow, I have grocery shopping planned and my husband has college classes to work on.  I don't have anything else on the agenda, so I think it's going to be another laid back, lazy summer day for us.  I'm fine with that.

I guess I should get on out of here and get my grocery list and menu plan finished if I intend to do any shopping right?