10 Essential Websites for Housewives
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Housewifery is experiencing a revival, and housewives are once again proud of their important occupation. The lost arts of our mothers and grandmothers are being sought out again, and women are taking back their lives that have been outsourced for too long.
When I became a housewife four years ago, I looked to the internet to help guide me through getting my home and family organised and building routines to bring stability into our lives. Here is my pick of websites that are handy for the housewife.
Practicalities
1. Household Notebook - A step-by-step guide to putting together a housewife’s personal planner.
2. organizedhome.com - This site features regular organisational projects for the home.
3. Sort It: Residential Organising - Taking you through each room in the house and organising everything. Then hit the car, get prepared for an emergency and get your recycling up to scratch.
4. FlyLady - The grande dame of getting organised. Full instructions on how to declutter, get into regular cleaning routines and you can sign up to get emails throughout the day reminding you of what you should be doing.
5. LifeOrganizers.com - Organise every aspect of your household, from the electronics to the home improvements. Lots of how-to articles.
6. How to Get Rid of Things - The DIY guide that shows you how to remove things from your life that you don’t want. Clutter and mildew don’t stand a chance.
Inspiration
7. The New Homemaker - Articles, recipes, blogs and more. By homemakers, for homemakers.
8. MarthaStewart.com - From America’s favourite housewife, cooking tips, recipes, home decorating, crafts and plenty of other how-to articles on how to be the perfect housewife. Anthea Turner eat your heart out!
Frugality
9. Living on a Dime - From making your own laundry detergent to how to use up leftovers. Hundreds of money saving ideas.
Domestic science
10. Housewifeology - A study of housewives in their environments.
Wow - a lot of this stuff might even apply to stay at home dads. Too bad we’re not in vogue enough to be called househusbands…
Another good site is FlyLady.net, it has loads of methods for getting and staying organized. A good general site for moms is CafeMom, it has tons of groups dedicated to housewifery, organization, cleaning, natural cleaning product, recipes, crafts, sewing, or whatever else you want to discover.
This RULES! I am proud to be a housewife! I love how those going to the office seem to think that is worthy of some praise and that “housewifery” is insufficient. Its all about your attitude and how you approach your job whether it be at home or at the office. Keep up the good work.
Way to take ten steps back for women. You are stupid.
The only stupid thing is that the housewife is an extinct word, or atleast it should be.
Better alternative would be the unisex word, “houseparent”.
another great site is http://thepioneerwoman.com or http://thepioneerwomancooks.com
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Hey, good list of websites. Recently i visit one website & found good content on Home decoration. You can also visit the same on http://www.allaboutthehome.info
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Wow I love this!! everything I need in one place!!!
what about http://www.allaboutyou.com - great guide for the entire life cycle of the greater spotted urban housewife.
Combines the best bits of Good Housekeeping, Prima and other magazines.
It is UK-centric but is applicable to all English speaking peoples
Great list!! i am always looking for new ways to save money!!
I think one site that you should add to this list is BHG.com it is a great resource for housewives.
One more for your list (better late than never)
The Handyguys Podcast
http://www.handyguyspodcast.com
Free DIY and Home Improvement advice and entertaining podcasts.
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