How I Became a Radical Homemaker | Esther Emery
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- More storytelling, today with my road from career dreams to homemaking dreams, and a term I borrowed from Shannon Hayes, author of "Radical Homemaking: Reclaiming Domesticity From a Consumer Culture."
Shannon Hayes: radicalhomemakers.com/
theradicalhomemaker.net/books/
My mother (Carla Emery): amzn.to/2b8E6bB - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
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I am a homemaker and have been for 30 something years. when people ask me what I do I have mixed feelings about telling them, because society as a whole looks down on homemakers now and I just don't get it. I am a homemaker because that's what I choose to do with my life. my Family is better off for it and my children are much better off for it. Some people are not cut out for it and it is truly a thankless job that is 24hrs. a day. Now that my kids are almost all grown the youngest just turned 18 I ask myself what now? I have all these skills but nothing that society deems marketable and the thought of going back to school does nothing for me and frankly I love being a homemaker. I'm pretty sure I was born in the wrong decade. Ester thank you for opening up this conversation.
Marjorie Eades, please continue making the world a better place by passing on your skills and taking on personal challenges. You are precisely what the future needs when you allow others access to your wisdom and experience. ❤️
Majorie, please find a young woman that you can train, teach and equip with your skills. I am a young mother, just 6 years into my marriage with 3 little ones. There is so much I don't know. So much I need to learn. You are valuable.
I bet your family was very prepared during this pandemic! Funny how life works isn't it? 🙂 Start selling your products online, make an Etsy shop and you can sell homemaking video courses too. Get your kids to help you with the tech side! Good luck 💚
Marjorie many of us were raised to be a wage earner. Homemaking was looked down upon. Career and making money was all that was considered important. Today I realize how I was influenced by the years of severe poverty to always pursue money and money making. We all have different talents and need to recognize that we are all different. Now I am retired and wonder....
my gosh... I can relate so much. Growing up in NYC studying fashion design, going to runway shows, carrying pieces of garments valued at ridiculous prices, I too was in this materialistic quest, thinking that that ultra-fake world was real & that to b successful I had to make a huge income & be a part of the in crowd...seeing myself now, learning to garden, living so simply & actually being HAPPY in my simplicity...ugh...to think of all of the years wasted reaching for such vain things. I would not trade this for that world today!
Loved this. Thank you! I am about to turn 42 and my two sons are 18 and 16..I've been a homemaker since they were little and I don't regret one single moment of being here. We've been tight on money,we've been scared, but we've also been empowered by solving it all by me heading into the kitchen and stretching every single dollar we had and by my husband supporting me in that and me supporting him in his job. Now that they are older I must say they I really really look forward to working outside the home again and volunteering my time. I noticed the younger generation ( gosh that makes me sound old) does not have the basic skills that we had. I've been running a household since I was 9. I would love to connect with other women..young and old as we continue to teach one another the skills we have learned and to support each other. We need each other and we need to help one another when we can. So I vow to do that..volunteer and teach some bread baking classes and helping out with ways to stretch the budget and giving support. The shame that comes with staying at home needs to end.
The value of the home (family love, wholeness of kids' minds, the way we choose to spend every moment and dollar) is the heart of any radical life. Thanks so much. Love it.
Wow, so this is what an empowered woman looks like. For real.
Julia Nelson
So true!
I just watched this video and it just reminded me of how incredible my mom was. She worked a full time job, had six kids and yes, on top of all of that, she was a homemaker. My dad was great and a hard-worker but my mom was that times two. She made jam, baked bread and rolls, cooked a family meal every day and still worked at a television assembly plant soldering electronics. She was the person that took care of the household budget, paid the bills... And as the joke goes, did it backwards and in heels. Thanks for your words, story and making me remember how great my mom was.
So touching! This made my day. :)
For those who don't know, they should research just what a homemaker is. It's a complicated and busy job.
When it became possible to have both partners working (two income family) it benefited families only for a short time. To start, they found they needed to pay to get things done that the homemaker used to do. Then, the great increase in the workforce without increase in jobs meant wages stagnated while prices when up (ability to pay principle). Who gained from the extra profit? The rich elite. Families find themselves in as bad a financial strain as when one income was the norm.
Calculating the financial benefit of a homemaker is possible in the sense of savings on food, clothing, childcare, etc. But the "homemaking" part of "Homemaker" is priceless. It is the homemaker, that works every day to make the house a home. A place of peace, beauty, and comfort.
Jotham Bessey
BEST comment ever!!
This is always an interesting subject to/for me. I didn't figure out what I wanted out of life until I was about 35. I did all those quizzes that are supposed to tell you what your dream job or career is supposed to be. Know what? None of them say homemaker and mom, but that's eventually what I realized I wanted. As it turned out, the person I was married to didn't want that type of partner (and that's fine). I vetted my current husband pretty thoroughly and for the most part, our goals and beliefs match really well.
I love the way you phrased it- why *wouldn't* you use all your talents to improve your own family and home? Why would you take that out of your home and give it to the rest of the world without taking care of your family first? Thanks so much for sharing.
Yes! The more I learn about all of our corrupt systems, the more I've tried to become more self reliant--running a home business, growing my own food, home cooking. I call it "creating my own universe" by not accepting the manufactured reality around me and by spending my time and money supporting the world I want by also supporting small businesses, artists and local farmers. I relate so well to what you've said here. Thank you.
You are so well spoken. God has truly given you a gift to know how to communicate your message to others. I have recently under gone personal change and I'm trying to identify what that means for me. I am a registered nurse by education who found myself w cancer at 39. Now 43, cancer free, and not nursing right now due to health issues I find myself continually reevaluating my purpose, my goals, my family, and Gods plan. I find my desire to help others has stayed but I now have this overwhelming desire to homestead, garden more, grow my goat herd, learn all I can about so many self sustaining subjects, and find true purpose. I now absorb radical homemaking like I once absorbed medical knowledge. I don't know where my path leads but I know God has changed me for a reason. Im so thankful that there are educated women like you out there sharing your homesteading and homemaking ways.
Thank you for your video.
As a young wife and mother I felt the same way as you did...I felt that being a home-maker put me as a slave to my family...I felt that I, too, deserved to have a career and make money like my husband...and I did not want to feel trapped in my home to be a servant to them...
It wasn't until I started reading God's word, and it wasn't until after I had been in the work-world for about 10 years, that I realized that I wasn't feeling fulfilled being a career woman...I started to find value in gardening, preserving food, keeping a nice home, home-schooling my children and becoming the home-maker nurturer that God created me to be...Now I can't think of anything that I would rather be doing...it is amazing that when we finally get to the point that we are able to let go and let God, that we find true happiness...What we want for ourselves is NEVER better than what our Father wants for us...
Seen in this light I must be a radical homemaker for about 45 years now, exactly for the reasons you mention. I never wanted to use my intelligence only for a career, for making money, while others (both humans and other creatures) were suffering because of that way of life...
In the era when I had my babies, and when they grew up, it was still considered fairly normal to be a stay-at-home-mom, and that was my choice too. Having only one, low, income leads to using your creativity!
I can't even tell you how much this video means to me this morning. Thank you!!! I am a stay at home mom of 3, and I earned two degrees from college. I struggle with injustices and wanting to be more for my family. You put into words what I needed to "ingest" so to speak. I feel better. Thank you!!! - Stephanie from Ohio
Thanks for speaking out in defends of homemaking as a real, valuable and worthwhile option :-)
Sandra Ann I love this
I think my Mom and my own relationship is the opposite of yours and your Mom. My Mom wanted me to 'be something' (she said this to me again just last week)....She had dreams of me being a professional with a "title'. It hurts me that I have disappointed her, but I have always wanted to be a GOOD wife, mother, and homemaker. I am interested in learning all that I can about our food, our shelter, our clothing...the STUFF of life. She doesn't completely 'get' my view. I can relate to much of what you're saying. It can be a struggle.
A Home, is the base from which all people start. What could be more noble, or worthy, than providing a good, solid Home, for your children to come from? It is such a shame that our modern society has lost sight of this, and I think its awesome that you are doing your part to turn it's sight away from what is illusory.. and back toward what is 'real". Bravo dear lady! Keep on doing, whatever you want to do!
this is a biblical principal that I used to fight, I didn't know the power in it, but Jesus showed me, the true intent and purpose for women and mothers, and I am so grateful, it's not easy, and I am so honored to know this
I loved this. I had to choose to be a homemaker too, and my need only came when my first was due too. I really loved that you called the kitchen items ' tools ' that is exactly what I say, I call my food processor etc 'power tools '. because this is my job, and I've come slowly to understand just how important it is. Family life is more enjoyable as a team, and I help my husband build structures and fix our cars just as he helps vacuum or even uses the sewing machine to mend. I haven't lost myself in domestic duties, rather I feel empowered knowing I am capable of more than my wage used to bring in. Thank you Ester, I love how you are using your strengths to empower women to think of the home like this.
I grew up with my mother having to be a breadwinner because my father had died and I always wish she was a stay at home mom. While sometimes I think, oh I could have been this or I could have been that, my greatest satisfaction has come from being a wife and mother. That has brought me joy and satisfaction as I watch my children become adults I like knowing. Being a Doula and helping other women to have the births they desire and to help them become empowered within the realm of birth has also been a dream and an honor.
WOO!!! you have this talent for verbalizing thoughts and feelings that have been in my heart and mind for YEARS but have never been able to articulate... Thank you! 💖
You couldn't have made this video at a better time... I just binged watched Food Inc and Cowspiracy and was very confused on what I could do, I was feeling very much like your friend Angela, like we can't eat anything lol... But you have put me at peace that I am making the right decision by focusing more on homesteading/homemaking than being a consumer... Thank you 😊
It's all I ever wanted and was angry and resentful during the relatively short time I was not able to live my authenticity. My husband is my greatest gift in life. Without him I would still be that angry, resentful, exhausted single mother rather than the peaceful, cause-driven, fulfilled woman, mother, and grandmother.Which brings me to my point. What must we do to help those women who are unable to devote themselves to nurturing their families due to their life circumstances? Clearly the social systems this country has in place are not working. Not everyone finds that supportive partner or is able to buy land and get sustenance from it. Those are the women for whom my heart bleeds.
Without question, your mother would be proud! Men can learn from this concept as well. I am a father to a grown 24yr old, as well as now in my late 40's a single parent to my 5yr old. Its only now after living and learning I realize the importance of making and impact on this childs life instead out in the world.. These values you speak of are true and of great value.. And as a Dad who must try to wear both parent hats, these kind of home values are even more paramount! Well spoken video, families would be stronger if men got on board.
You took the words right out of my mouth. Thank you for this.
I wholeheartedly agree. Wife and mother are not something parents are encouraging girls to aim for. Career, money, power, be all you can be is heard more often as what to aspire to. And I get the message but why isn't homemaker thrown in there as at least an option? Why is it devalued when its one of the most paramount roles to find yourself in? I, too, struggled with the choice after my son was born. I had feelings of making the wrong choice to want to stay with him and be there to raise him and teach him when my intuition was screaming to do just that! It took me 10 years to work through the feelings but the veil finally lifted and i embraced the role that should have been encouraged from the beginning. Its such a paramount position for a woman. Thank you for giving it a voice Esther.
Tracey Ackerman this is so true. I am a 26 year old woman from india and i can relate to you. The inner conflict is real bad. All of us men and women in modern society are educated against our natures like the classic story of fish flying and bird swimming. We are not trained in our natural roles from the very beginning, instead we are taught to fit in to a mold to keep the capitalistic machine well oiled. Everything is wrong in modern society as bible puts it “the age of decadence” though im no christian. This age lacks basic wisdom and mankind is so lost. Im talking about humanity in general and not only women but men too. They are taught to chase all the wrong goals and neglect all the worthy ones. I was bright at school and got accepted at the best fashion school in the country. I thought my life purpose was to become a successful designer. But then i was disillusioned and dropped out and started seeking wisdom. What i realized was that my whole life was a lie...the modern society that i so badly wanted to not only fit in but succeed in was a lie. Now im also struggling to get out of the matrix like you.
I felt like cheering at the end. Excellent video! I can really relate to all you said.
I really resonate with your story Esther! Thank you for sharing!
I'm so behind watching all of your videos, Esther. You are so wonderful ... I just love listening to you. I need to catch up with all the wonderful things you've been up to. You are such an inspiration to me. I don't think you know how awesome you are. :)
This video is a summary of my head space this past year. I LOVED Shannons book. I found it in my local library. Thank you so much for making this video and sharing ❤️💕
You certainly have a God given way with words & for telling stories that leave the listener spellbound. Thank you for sharing as you are such an inspiration! Also thank you for helping to edify those of us that believe being a homemaker & mother is one of the most important jobs a woman can have!
Dear Esther - I've only watched a few of your videos, yours and Fouch-o-matic both but what an absolute delight to hear an articulate intelligent expressive woman in full bloom, with a delightful sense of yourself as a person, yourself as a woman, wife, mother and thinking cogent human being. Thank you for sharing such intimate self-realization, for being so in touch with yourself and connected to what you are doing and the world around you. Your beautiful family is a clear indication of how right and true your path is - because you are so true to who you are, what you feel and what you believe. What a bright shining example you are to us all. Thank you so much for sharing so much with the rest of us. Michel in Haddam Neck CT
wow so encouraging, thank you, I am so glad I found your channel. I love how you have such strength and yet are not bashing down anyone to prove it, thank you! this is the message young girls and boys need to hear. I am starting to move away from the bought foods and being kind to myself and slowly removing more and more store bought , moving more to the whole foods and like you said feeling more empowered to make those decisions.
I just have so much love for you and your family. Thank you for your thoughts and wisdom.
Lovely and wonderful! Thank you for the story and inspiration!
Esther, you are a light burning in a dark culture. Thank you for your story, your sincerity and passion. I am greatly encouraged to find joy in my role as a homemaker. To seek out more skills and better equip myself to serve my family. God bless you! Shine on!
Thank you so much for this! You are such a light. Thank you. ❤️
Love this! Thank you for sharing.
Powerful words, thank you.
I have been saying something similar for awhile.... In my own experience, one thing that has stood out to me, is the reality that knowledge and skill gives you power and options. Existing in a limited sphere of skill shrinks your options and power. I think there was a time when I think people thought the limited sphere was the home, and the skills of the home. More and more I am realizing that it's more the other way around. When you are trained for a specific career vocation in the business world, you often have a very specific set of skills that are honed and your options revolve in niche that uses those skills. How does that make anyone more free? For example, my momma taught me how to sew when I was nine and we did projects together right up into college and adulthood. Now that I have my own family to care for, I have learned how beneficial the skill of sewing has been, and am so grateful to my mother who took the time to teach that skill to me. I have sewn diapers and diaper covers, costumes for boys who want to be pioneers and cowboys, curtains to beautify my home, and gifts for friends and family when I had no or little money to buy them (in once instance, I made a set of doll clothes for a girl's b-day party my kids were going to, and her mother told me that she LOVED it and was playing with them all the time!). Sewing is one skill that has enabled me to fill certain gaps in a way other than having to earn money. It's a skill that gave me a choice other than the money choice. Thank you momma :D
Lots of great words here! Awesome.
My favorite cloth shopping bag has "Occupy your kitchen!" Emblazoned on it. Thank you for Standing by as support for all of us!
"Occupy your kitchen" I love it!
Beautifully said, thank you.
That's the best kind of homemaker there is,one who loves cares and gives not only to her family but to others thank you for sharing with us, God bless you
I love listening to your thoughts on these topics. Thank you for sharing!
Love your channels! You are so wise!
Very good message.
Love this! I know people who feel just like you did! They are still working it out.
I love this! Thank you so much for sharing 💜
Thank you so much for this video! I too thought(in my adolescence) that homemaker was an abhorrent word and a shameful job for second-class, less educated individuals. I even remember vehemently stating more than once that I would *never* be a homemaker. I went out into the world to be "somebody" and then I met my husband and we had our son and I felt the pull to give my family my full attention and capacity, but was torn by the shame I associated with it and my mother and her family's pressuring to do something "meaningful" i.e. having a prestigious job that makes lots of money. Even with the love and support of my husband and children(now 4), I have struggled over the years to be content doing what I know is right vs what society and my family seem to tell me lacks value. It took me almost 9 years to sort out that my beliefs and what I do have value and 3 years later, I still feel that moment of shame when people ask me what I do. It's a work in progress, and as much as my husband tries to understand and be there for me, it's comforting to know that I'm not the only one on this journey.
This is EVERYTHING!! You just read my heart out loud!! ❤️❤️❤️
love. Thank you.
My goal in life is to be able to smile as much as you do. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. I'm learning a lot.
I love listening to you talk. You are intelligent, informed and very positive. I enjoy your videos.
Love your outlook and glimpse into the past Esther. Thanks
Thanks, Wanda!
Wonderful food for thought. Thank-you for the inspiring and insightful words.
Love your new channel and the stories you bring. I am of the older generation, much older. As I look back over time I think so many of the not so good things we see now started when it became an almost necessity for women to work in order for a family to survive and a women who chose to stay home were looked down on. I have done both and I am so grateful for the years I was "just" a homemaker.
Thank you!!! You said so much of what I've felt!
Love love the book Radical Homemakers...
Thank you for your videos... they help me more than you know !
This really resonates with me. Thank you
I needed to hear this today, thank you Esther for sharing.
Thank you for listening.
Thank you for sharing your journey. I just discovered your channel and am so happy there are a bunch of videos to work through.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful story
Thank you for sharing!
Beyond excellent! You spoke exactly what I also believe!!! TY
I have cherished my years as a radical homemaker. So many wonderful ways to enrich my family's lives.
Great video, you have such a knack for speaking and I love the joy that you have!
Thank you!
That was a wonderful way to explain your situation. It helps me see something that I did not know how understand in a better light. In my life and In my family I have been told so often that there is an age that we have to be accomplished by. There is an age to be established in the world. There is an age to be settled down by and if your not making money and in a committed relationship on my way to children while still having a successful career. Then I'm failing at life and at 24 to already feel so much pressure to do things that I have been told are necessary for a happy normal life is hard. My whole life has been driven by more money and more stuff and I do not want more of anything I am a very simple person. That idea that I do not need the biggest and best of everything seems so off putting to the people around me. Hearing your story watching your videos inspired me to reach for a different life. Thank you and keep up the amazing work.
I can relate to your story in many ways. It is hard to change the mind set and patterns you have learned in how you are supposed to live life. Continuing to work and develop my home making skills while most of the world around me thinks I'm crazy. Despite this I continue to find true joy in home making. Your channel is inspiring and comforting. I no long feel alone in the cause.
Esther, thank you for this video, it is valuable to our culture and my life. Good luck.
thanks for sharing. for me, wanting to be successful came from feeling inadequate and wanting people's approval. the most simple life is the most fulfilling.
thanks. great comment!
I love this thank you for opening this dialogue! I'm a closet homemaker lol (maybe not so closet) and I appreciate all that you have shared in this video. Your work is valued. Blessings*
Extremely good video content! Loved it!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
this, every word, just resonated with me so much.
Well Done... Well Said.
beautiful spirit
Good morning Esther! You seem to be telling my own story. I have come full circle too. Thank you for posting this. Blessings from the Mann Ranch Homestead...LeXze
Esther.... ty. i watch this video a whole lot. over and over. sometimes out here at our place i feel a little lost or like what im doing is a waste of time... this pushes me forward...ty....and i really miss these videos ♡ adore ur message and it needs to be shared and heard more in this crazy world. a'ho ♡
-Hanna, Bella Terra
Saw you on Ted Talks and was floored.... good for you. Keep up your lifestyle to your benefit and for your family's benefits.
ty so much for this... and this channel. its crazy but I feel so blessed by listening to your stories ... its very comforting as I am also in a similar situation. ty ty for putting a voice to what I often think quietly... ♡♥♥♡
Esther for President! or Esther, my favorite Radical homemaker!!
I thought when I listened to your last video that you well and truly have a destiny. I did not write what I felt because I could not seem to articulate it in a meaningful way. So here goes, you are becoming your Mothers daughter. To us, the homemakers, homesteaders, and wanna bees. As your husband said in a video recently, you were his 'why' in coming to homesteading, while he was the 'how'. Your mom was my how, so many years ago, and now I am fortunate in watching her daughter explain to me the why. Your destiny is to be the fulfillment of what she started. Isn't life grand. Ps I wish you had a way of donating that was not a monthly commitment. I would like to give something back.
This actually literally made me cry. No joke. You have already given something back.
I think you are fabulous! I love the way you articulated your values so well and how homemaking and homesteading can very much be a unplugging from the feeding tube of consumerism. I feel like we need more homemakers peacemakers, caregivers and at home parents. I even argue that anyone can do this radical homemaking and homesteading homeschooling… women, men, people with no children non-religious people, lgbtq people, and employed people… essentially anyone with a home can be a homemaker and a homesteader. I think also that homemaking and homesteading can also generate an income. We rent out space on our property and have a side income. Market gardens are also in our future… in home childcare, picking up side jobs in neighborhood sell crafts on Etsy abd TH-cam videos and so many more options etc can all be some ways to generate money out of the home… I have found myself homemaking sort of by accident because of the pandemic and having a baby during that time. I never intended on it but now I don’t want to go back to work at least not full time. We only have so much time to spend with our little kids. We have enough and my partner works from home and is very available and helpful. Anyways thank you for such an eloquent video. I will get that book!
Families are really blessed by homemakers! I think we could use a lot more of it!
Cool history. I've been watching your video's and love them. Really neat to hear all this after I'd formed my own opinion(unsaid to anyone) how y'all got started. So much for rebellion, haha. I think you and Nick are great teacher's for this movement.You are very realistic about what can logically be accomplished and brave to document everything. Again very cool to hear your personal journey.
Despite having chosen to stay home, I do sometimes feel that this is a 'waste' of my self and potential. This talk really resounded in my heart, I'll be checking out the book too. Thank you.
MoonBound ArtisanShip its the society talking in your head...just recognise it
This video changed my life. Hope you are well***
Love this video! I love homemaking and I have a lot to learn. However it is important to note that women working enabled a lot of women to get out of horrible marriages so I think it is still important that we emphasize that we don’t go 100% back to what it was like. We just need to get the best of both worlds. We still need to educate our daughters and encourage them to be strong and capable in case they get stuck in a bad relationship that they have the resources and education required to leave if needed.
Thank you very much for your information. I live in Toronto Canada I enjoy both your show .I live in an apartment and grow a little bit of my food eg tomatoes,spinach peppers and other things .Keep up the good work.
Read the book Radical Homemaker, I so loved it!
You look stunning. That blue is definitely your color.
well said😊
This makes me think of a shirt I see online a lot which says "A woman's place is in the House and the Senate". I get what they're going for but it always makes me think... well yeah I guess if that's what she'd like, but really a woman's place is where ever it is that she wants to be. I often times feel stuck in the middle of the secular and religious worlds on topics like this. I'm a college educated non religious person with a desire to be a homemaker but can't seem to find very many others who are interested in "staying home" for much more than a status symbol. When I do manage to find people who may share my traditional interests or goals their lives tend to be very deeply rooted in their church communities which can be pretty exclusive if I'm not interested in changing my own personally held beliefs. It leaves me out in the cold, or rather alone inside making sauerkraut and watching TH-cam.
I wa so blessed by this ! I happend to find this And the title sounded interesting . Its where my heart is. and I have a channel too sharing my heart. hope. encouragement. and our journey in this life as a family
Hope you and your family are doing well during these times. I know you're probably better than most!! Society for the last decade has been pushing women into this career driven direction. While it's for some, it's not for all and I feel more fulfilled making my family happy than my manager and thats just the truth. The only reason I even care about money is bc this American society we live in makes it impossible to live without it. I too was pushed down the college and career black hole but this pandemic has woke me up and made me realize what I truly care about and its not a cubicle or a pantsuit!!!! It's keeping my family safe and their bellies full 😍
Thank you (as always), Esther. A lot of my personal journey has been to gratefully accept the many gifts and benefits that our feminist forebears have offered us and simultaneously reject the notion that domesticity is unsuitable for women. For me, it is life-giving, and I exercise my freedom as a modern woman to take really good care of my family.
Thanks for connecting with me on this. I think there's a very powerful spark at the connection between empowered/feminist women and passion for home and family. Actually I think that spark is one reason why it can seem invisible, and can be reacted against from both directions. Thanks for showing yourself by commenting on this one. I appreciate it!
I so am in that struggle now smh but feel exactly the same way
Very encouraging but II hope you wouldn't feel insulted if I said I am pleased you rejected Feminism. I will pass on to the young women who are seeking this knowledge.
Nice
sure miss the new family video's.. trust all is well.. still making the biscuts.. and the sausage gravey.. we are also doing peaches..
You're super cool :)
Esther...sigh. The things you teach are much more important than "homemaking skills".
Thank you.
*homeSTEADING
Tarzan, me always thought Loofa was sea sponge! Ha!