Dec. 3, 2008 - My Amazing Discovery about Kitchen Cleaning
One of my housework nemeses is the kitchen. My husband and I cook for 6 people; so you can imagine that we keep our kitchen in constant use. I despise emptying and filling the dishwasher, can’t stand to wash dishes, and hate cleaning the stove. My husband, on the other hand, despises walking in from work and finding stacks of dishes on the counter from lunch. In an effort to honor my husband, I have been working diligently to improve my kitchen cleaning habits and skills.
In our home, we have a rule about cleaning the main floor before my husband comes home. I have always tried to give us about 30 minutes to get this done, and that is plenty of time. I don’t always do the kitchen, but I do try! The other day, instead of calling me before he got on the bus, my husband called me when he got to his car at the bus stop 12 minutes from home. Yikes!
AND give him a clean house to come home to! Esp. when that is what makes him happy.
I think I learned that after being married about 8 years - stop and clean up the house (and ourselves) about 4 or 4:30. Makes for a much better greeting and better evening.
The bottom line is; We try not to insist on parent-led learning or gravitate toward child-led learning. We try instead to focus on God-led learning and ask for His input and perspective on every aspect of our home school. That way, when others fuss about what Dan and I are doing and make me second guess our decisions -- I can go back to our decision process and find God's fingerprints, reminding me that this is His way.
