logo

Encouragement for Fellow Homemakers

Hi friends. We may not know each other personally yet but if you are also a tender to your home I know already we have a lot in common.

Not just the obvious stuff like laundry and dishes. But more importantly the mental struggles… the days that go on forever yet end so suddenly before our list is complete… the deep desires to leave a lasting impact on our husband and children within each and every expression we make.

I love all the homemaking tasks. I mean, I don’t always love hand-washing the dishes 5 times a day or tackling the endless mountain of kid clothes, but at the same time I really don’t want to be doing anything else. But as a person who finds great satisfaction from a stack of folded clothes or a shiny sink, and one more items crossed off my to-do list, what really gets me is that I still am left wanting at the end of the day if my inner-focus was not concentrated on.

What do I mean?

Well, it’s actually way easier for me to ignore my family and put my head down and just grind out all the repetitive household tasks I need to do in order for me to figuratively pat myself on the back at the end of the day. But I’ve found this kind of life just won’t suffice for me. I’ve found I’m not really happy, and my kids and husband are clearly not either. Can’t they see all the work I had done for us? Aren’t they so relieved all the clothes are washed and the floors are beaming?

Well, sure. But they really just want me. And if I lose myself in the hustle and bustle I’ve really lost the game I’m trying to play. My husband wants me to slow down and just sit near him when he gets home. He’s not asking for much but for me to pause for him for a little. My children want me to be silly with them and take little pockets of time throughout our day to just exist with them. They aren’t asking for much, either. It’s so nice to be loved, isn’t it?

So as I am writing this I am reminding myself and dually encouraging you, fellow wifey and mama… please remember who you are doing all this homemaking for. Resist the urge to get caught up in the tasks that albeit need to be done, but rather revile in the experience of life you have been so beautifully blessed with.

Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies

In my quest to find the best oatmeal cookies, I found I liked a little bit of something from each one I tasted which drove me to create the perfect medley of them all! Please enjoy friends.

Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies

Serving Size:
24-32 cookies
Time:
8-10 min
Difficulty:
Easy-Peasy

Ingredients

  • 1 C Butter (melted)
  • 1 1/2 C Flour
  • 1 Tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/2 Tsp Salt
  • 1 Tsp Cinnamon
  • 3 C Oats
  • 1 1/2 C Coconut Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 Tbsp Honey
  • 2 1/2 Tsp Vanilla
  • 1 1/2 C Dried Cranberries

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Melt butter in a saucepan, set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, & oats.
  4. In a separate bowl, combine melted butter & coconut sugar.
  5. In the same bowl with the butter/sugar mixture, mix in the eggs, honey and vanilla.
  6. Add wet ingredients (butter/sugar mix) to bowl with dry ingredients and mix up well.
  7. Fold in your dried cranberries to the batter. I will sometimes place the batter into the freezer for 10-15 minutes to firm it up which will yield a thicker, chewier cookie. If you prefer a thinner, more crunchy cookie, bake right away.
  8. Add about a Tablespoon of batter for each cookie onto your cookie sheet until you have filled it up, leaving about 2″ space between cookies.
  9. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Enjoy!!!

Nana’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

Family Classic cookie that doesn’t need to just stay in the family – you need to try these too!

Serving Size:
24-32 cookies
Time:
10-12 min
Difficulty:
Easy

Ingredients

  • 10 T Butter (melted or soft)
  • 2/3 C Coconut oil
  • 2 C Coconut Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 t Vanilla Extract
  • 3 C Flour
  • 1 t Salt
  • 1 t Baking Soda
  • 2 C Chocolate Chips

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 325 degrees.
  2. In a mixing bowl, combine melted butter, coconut oil, and coconut sugar. Mix well.
  3. Add in both eggs and beat into mixture – then add in your vanilla.
  4. Add flour, salt and baking soda all on top of each other and give a quick mix with a fork before mixing this dry blend into the rest of the wet batter in the bowl.
  5. Fold in your chocolate chips.
  6. Roll 1-1.5″ dough balls and place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
  7. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Enjoy!
  8. Try to just eat one… jk.