Three Homemaking Writings

As you may have guessed, I love to write about homemaking and every aspect of it.  While cleaning out some drawers and files, I found these three items I saved.  Two of them are rather funny, and one is serious and something we should all do.  So I am sharing them here with you:

Violence In The Kitchen

She breaks an egg

She beats it up

She whips the cream 

She cracks the nuts

She chops the cabbage

She pounds the steak 

She punches the dough 

She cuts the bread

She scalds the milk 

She mashes the potatoes 

She shakes the lettuce 

She squeezes the lemon 

And slaps the supper on the table.

     - Erna Oleson Xan

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And here's one about Great Grandma - she sure had energy!

A Perfect Day

Grandmother, on a winter's day

Milked the cows and fed them hay, 

Slopped the hogs, saddled the mule, 

And got the children off to school;

Did a washing, mopped the floors,

Washed the windows, and did some chores, 

Cooked a dish of home-dried fruit, 

Pressed her husband's Sunday suit, 

Swept the parlor, made the bed, Baked a dozen loaves of bread, 

Split some firewood and lugged in enough to fill the kitchen bin;

Cleaned the lamps and put in oil, 

Stewed some apples she thought would spoil;

Churned the butter, baked a cake, then exclaimed, "For Heaven's sake, 

The calves have got out of the pen".  Went out and chased them in again; 

Gathered the eggs and locked the stable, Back to the house and set the table, 

Cooked a supper that was delicious, and afterward washed up the dishes; 

Fed the cat and sprinkled the clothes, Mended a basketful of hose; 

Then opened the organ and began to play, 

"When You Come to the End of a Perfect Day" !

............Whew!  Grandma did all this in one day??????

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And finally, this is something I've had on my refrigerator for years.  We have all seen those dishtowels with what you should do every day Monday through Sunday - "days of the week" stuff.  Here is the housewife's daily prayers: 

Monday - "Wash Day" - Lord, help me to wash away all my selfishness and vanity, 

                                     so I may serve You with perfect humility through the week.

Tuesday - "Ironing Day" -Dear Lord, help me to iron out all the wrinkles of 

                                         prejudice I have collected through the years, so I may see

                                         the beauty in others. 

Wednesday - "Mending Day" - O God, help me to mend my ways so I will not set a 

                                                bad example for others. 

Thursday - "Cleaning Day" - Lord Jesus, help me dust out all the many faults I have 

                                             been hiding in the secret corners of my heart. 

Friday - "Shopping Day" - O God, give me the grace to shop wisely so I may purchase 

                                          eternal happiness for myself and all others in need of 

                                          Your Love. 

Saturday - "Cooking Day" - Help me, Savior, to brew a big kettle of brotherly love 

                                            and serve it with the clean sweet bread of human 

                                            kindness.

Sunday - "The Lord's Day" - O God, I have prepared my house for You.  Please come

                                              into my heart as my honored Guest so I may spend the 

                                              day in Your presence.