Proverbs 31:27 says, "She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness."
So begins a new journey! Though we each have our own blogs as personal writing outlets, we have decided to venture forth together as co-authors of a new blog that deals with a topic near and dear to our lives - home management.
Why is home management near and dear to us? Because it is our calling! God has allowed us both to be wives and mothers who work in the home. We are domestic engineers! Home management is both a necessity and a joy to each of us because we realize that it is a gift -- a challenging gift -- to be the hands and feet of God in our homes. We strive to be a blessing to our husbands and children (as they are to us) by being the tool God uses to help them live comfortable, efficient, and enjoyable lives.
What we think is fun is not that we're just good friends and sisters in Christ, we are also mother and daughter! Note the two flowers on our background. :-) Titus 2:3-5 says, "Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God." Praise the Lord that, by His grace, we are a good example of Paul's command. What is precious to us is that we have reached the ages and stages in life where the counsel and encouragement as well as practical ideas and advice can flow both ways. Kathie has more years and life experience that have given her much wisdom to share, and Dawn has had formal training in home economics that has given her a practical edge. One without the other would be lacking. Just as it's easier to get along in life with "street smarts" AND "book smarts," the same holds true for home management. It also greatly helps that the Lord has created us with specific personalities and mentalities that are drawn to the many topics involved in home management.
To refine our overall topic even more, we strive to be good stewards as we manage our homes. God has graciously provided all that we have. In addition to being in different life stages, we are also in different places financially and geographically. But we have the same goal -- look for ways to be efficient and financially savvy. The information we share will be geared towards helping our readers discover ways of managing their homes that will bring efficiency, creativity, practicality, and beauty all while being budget-friendly.
How did this idea come about? Kathie sparked the idea by wanting to cook her way through Dining on a Dime, a cookbook that each of us have and love. Dawn had a desire to also share some of the recipes because they're cheap 'n easy. So after talking more about it, we decided it would be fun to cook through and blog together. But when choosing a name for our blog, it occurred to us that we shouldn't lock ourselves into cooking. So we expanded the idea to home management which can include cooking, cleaning, sewing, organization, home decorating, child rearing, husband loving...you name it! If it's in the home, it's fair game.
In the next two posts, we will give a little background to each of us so that our readers can get to know us a little better!
So begins a new journey! Though we each have our own blogs as personal writing outlets, we have decided to venture forth together as co-authors of a new blog that deals with a topic near and dear to our lives - home management.
Why is home management near and dear to us? Because it is our calling! God has allowed us both to be wives and mothers who work in the home. We are domestic engineers! Home management is both a necessity and a joy to each of us because we realize that it is a gift -- a challenging gift -- to be the hands and feet of God in our homes. We strive to be a blessing to our husbands and children (as they are to us) by being the tool God uses to help them live comfortable, efficient, and enjoyable lives.
What we think is fun is not that we're just good friends and sisters in Christ, we are also mother and daughter! Note the two flowers on our background. :-) Titus 2:3-5 says, "Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God." Praise the Lord that, by His grace, we are a good example of Paul's command. What is precious to us is that we have reached the ages and stages in life where the counsel and encouragement as well as practical ideas and advice can flow both ways. Kathie has more years and life experience that have given her much wisdom to share, and Dawn has had formal training in home economics that has given her a practical edge. One without the other would be lacking. Just as it's easier to get along in life with "street smarts" AND "book smarts," the same holds true for home management. It also greatly helps that the Lord has created us with specific personalities and mentalities that are drawn to the many topics involved in home management.
To refine our overall topic even more, we strive to be good stewards as we manage our homes. God has graciously provided all that we have. In addition to being in different life stages, we are also in different places financially and geographically. But we have the same goal -- look for ways to be efficient and financially savvy. The information we share will be geared towards helping our readers discover ways of managing their homes that will bring efficiency, creativity, practicality, and beauty all while being budget-friendly.
How did this idea come about? Kathie sparked the idea by wanting to cook her way through Dining on a Dime, a cookbook that each of us have and love. Dawn had a desire to also share some of the recipes because they're cheap 'n easy. So after talking more about it, we decided it would be fun to cook through and blog together. But when choosing a name for our blog, it occurred to us that we shouldn't lock ourselves into cooking. So we expanded the idea to home management which can include cooking, cleaning, sewing, organization, home decorating, child rearing, husband loving...you name it! If it's in the home, it's fair game.
In the next two posts, we will give a little background to each of us so that our readers can get to know us a little better!
3 comments:
yay!
Looks great! I do not see the "follow" link...
Is it fixed, Jaclyn?
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