tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post82426328815961774..comments2024-03-27T17:31:58.315-07:00Comments on Home Living: The First Year At HomeLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-67051517976981607822014-05-21T12:53:05.235-07:002014-05-21T12:53:05.235-07:00Oh Mrs. Sherman you write such great articles! I k...Oh Mrs. Sherman you write such great articles! I know this one is older, but that doesn't lessen iht's message, as I came back to read it today. I rarely comment, but have been following your blog since 2008. <br /><br />I also agree that it's of great importance for a women to begin staying home right from the get-go. I also worked for the first 15 months of our marriage before our Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985633980759028502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-75398839522266102482014-05-21T12:39:06.121-07:002014-05-21T12:39:06.121-07:00Oh Mrs. Sherman you write such great articles! I k...Oh Mrs. Sherman you write such great articles! I know this one is older now, but that doesn't lessen it's message. I came back to read it today. I rarely comment, but have been following your blog since 2008. <br /><br />I also agree that it's of great importance for a women to begin staying home right from the get-go. I also worked for the first 15 months of our marriage before our Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985633980759028502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-23989423043910701912008-06-29T14:05:00.000-07:002008-06-29T14:05:00.000-07:00Oooh, sometimes I wish I'd stayed home longer inst...Oooh, sometimes I wish I'd stayed home longer instead of knocking myself out in college when first married, but I also know that the casual networks of stay-at-home moms that I rely on now for company and support don't really exist for stay-at-home women WITHOUT kids. <BR/><BR/>I was home for about six months at first. Made curtains and dresses and socks, but had nobody to talk to for ten hours aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-15409236156717003322008-06-27T18:06:00.000-07:002008-06-27T18:06:00.000-07:00i appreciate this post. i'm single, but even i see...i appreciate this post. i'm single, but even i see how i keep very busy between working (i'm out of my home from 7:30 to 5, 5 days a week) and then all the other things i would like to do with church friends and unchurched friends. and i totally see how families where the mom works, things are so much busier. i love the idea of how weekends and evenings can be freer if the wife can stay home andJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04027448176635168961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-71320810408456159072008-06-24T18:09:00.000-07:002008-06-24T18:09:00.000-07:00Thank you once again dear Lydia for this excellent...Thank you once again dear Lydia for this excellent article! I have always been a happy stay-at- home wife and then mother and now 'empty-nester' and am so thankful for the first year at home with my husband. I had the time to concentrate on my wonderful husband one hundred percent and he couldn't have questioned my devotion, desire, love, commitment, adoration and loyalty to him. (And vice Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-91972487108306713142008-06-24T13:30:00.000-07:002008-06-24T13:30:00.000-07:00I will never forget my first real day at home. I w...I will never forget my first real day at home. I was nine months pregnant and had gone on maternity leave from a very stressful job. In the morning after my husband left for work, I received a phone call. A man in a very authoritative voice told me he was holding my husband hostage and that I must follow his exact instructions or he would hurt him. I remember this phone call, of course, as if it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-55669794108954138752008-06-24T12:57:00.000-07:002008-06-24T12:57:00.000-07:00Dear Lady Lydia, Oh, thank you so much for your ...Dear Lady Lydia,<BR/> Oh, thank you so much for your understanding, gracious and inspiring words which are rooted in strong truths! How refreshing and encouraging to read over your list of what a young bride in her first married year ought to be doing - and to recognize in it my very own To Do list of this year! This, my first year of marriage, has been my best year of life so far. I've been Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13379661230392434958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-66938382029138346512008-06-24T03:42:00.000-07:002008-06-24T03:42:00.000-07:00Dear Lady Lydia many thanks for the excellent arti...Dear Lady Lydia many thanks for the excellent article and I hope that you did not mind me talking to Kimberline via you. Everything you said I second as I have stayed home since the year I married and raised eight children. Everything you have indicated in your article is truth, if only married couples would follow the advice they would quickly come to see that God's Word should be taken Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-24892764166783301082008-06-24T03:27:00.000-07:002008-06-24T03:27:00.000-07:00Dear Kimberline, your husband sounds like mine as ...Dear Kimberline, your husband sounds like mine as he can't wait for our youngest daughter to be "off his hands". His mindset has changed in the last years as he sees the increasing "old years" coming on, and he wants to be free to do things he wants to do and not the dutiful things he has done in the past with the other children. This could also be a part of the problem with your husband. MenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-8064872716430242812008-06-23T22:00:00.000-07:002008-06-23T22:00:00.000-07:00Thanks for your post.While I'm not totally convinc...Thanks for your post.<BR/>While I'm not totally convinced of staying at home after my children are grown & out on their own....I am learning to fully agree with being a homemaker and learning to love the role. I spent most of my life reasoning that the homemaker's role was not for me. But since my husband and I separated back in 2005 God has blessed me with jobs that I could do from home. TheyLearning To Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06533064476789411260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-12544510188041708782008-06-23T15:27:00.000-07:002008-06-23T15:27:00.000-07:00I second the request for hints about keeping a hom...I second the request for hints about keeping a home while raising very young children. We are still completing the finishing of our home on the inside and have a large garden as a necessary step in frugality. I only have one child, but how do I manage the home, meals, garden, renovations, active two year old and husband. I HAVE to help with renovations because we do not have the money to hire Aelwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13883776541084645202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-745768012657042322008-06-23T12:27:00.000-07:002008-06-23T12:27:00.000-07:00Like some of the others who've commented, I got a ...Like some of the others who've commented, I got a lot of flack from a certain family member about staying home before the children came. Strangly enough, it was my brother-in-law. He arranged job interviews and told me that we shouldn't have children for a few years. Being so young, I was confussed until my husband pointed out that it was our marriage and not BIL's. <BR/><BR/>I've never worked. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-70324185366058039582008-06-23T11:47:00.000-07:002008-06-23T11:47:00.000-07:00Dear Lydia,I am new to your blog and I like it. Th...Dear Lydia,<BR/><BR/>I am new to your blog and I like it. This post was extremely interesting and enjoyable. <BR/><BR/>My husband and I do both work- we work at our church as well as own a landscaping/lawn care company. We are blessed to have an extremely flexible church work schedule which does allow me the freedom to be at home part time and I love that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-80276115598158770402008-06-23T11:44:00.000-07:002008-06-23T11:44:00.000-07:00I very much enjoyed this article. I am in my secon...I very much enjoyed this article. <BR/>I am in my second year of marriage and we are expecting our second child. The first year of marriage I did help the ladies in our community with house cleaning but my own home was always neglected. I didn't have the computer at that time either so I was just plain lazy. Now with two children I am amazed at the things I find I couldhave done with all that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-90825184829615747992008-06-23T05:51:00.000-07:002008-06-23T05:51:00.000-07:00What a wonderful article! I worked when I was fir...What a wonderful article! I worked when I was first married, but took off about six months during that first year to do many of these things. I'm so glad I did. <BR/><BR/>If a young married woman does all the things you mentioned and still feels time on her hands, there are so many worthy organizations seeking volunteers. She could deliver midday meals to shut-ins, help at her church, or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-63210475901430469482008-06-22T21:03:00.000-07:002008-06-22T21:03:00.000-07:00Please also consider the time required to keep a h...Please also consider the time required to keep a home lovely, even with only two of you! By trying to juggle both an outside job and a home many women end up feeling defeated in either or both spheres.<BR/><BR/>In my experience to achieve the basics of home making - that is, regular nutritious meals, grocery shopping, laundry & ironing and house cleaning for a household of two takes about 25 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-86318730223008139862008-06-22T20:30:00.000-07:002008-06-22T20:30:00.000-07:00Not contributing as a stay at home wife without ch...Not contributing as a stay at home wife without children? <BR/><BR/>Economic contribution: Being at home saves $100’s (AUD) each week in terms of cooking from scratch, time to search out bargains, money saved from growing your own, time to fix household items rather than unnecessary replacement, savings on extra transport costs, convenience food costs, expensive office work clothes and less need Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-67268019051417684772008-06-22T19:18:00.000-07:002008-06-22T19:18:00.000-07:00Dear Lady Lydia,I have never read one of your post...Dear Lady Lydia,<BR/>I have never read one of your posts that didn't encourage or inspire me in some way. Thank you for ministering to us younger women. Many times you have addressed how women can and should spend their time at home. Would you please write some advice or tips of how to organize your time at home when there are small children? Children require time and attention as all mothersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-83085410240007321382008-06-22T16:24:00.000-07:002008-06-22T16:24:00.000-07:00I agree about the shortening too. I like the long ...I agree about the shortening too. I like the long articles.<BR/><BR/>~ AnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-10393990825088152452008-06-22T15:50:00.000-07:002008-06-22T15:50:00.000-07:00Linda, It isn't so wise or inspired....lots of pe...Linda, It isn't so wise or inspired....lots of people have known these things for ages. It is just that the knowledge of it all has not been spread like it should.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-39405692494798979102008-06-22T15:26:00.000-07:002008-06-22T15:26:00.000-07:00I agree with other commenters.. please don't delib...I agree with other commenters.. please don't deliberately shorten your articles. We are parched for the wisdom you share. Please don't limit your messages as they can lose the specifics and details we so desperately crave. Feel free not to restrict or stifle your wonderful, inspiring, insightful, God-honouring 'gifts' to us. I am truly grateful for any writing you do dear Lydia. Thank you! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-58774843419305600102008-06-22T05:54:00.000-07:002008-06-22T05:54:00.000-07:00Also, the atmosphere at work--lack of sunshine and...Also, the atmosphere at work--lack of sunshine and fresh air, artificial lights, machinery, television screens, cellphones, and other electronics, noise, loud speakers, loud music, are not good for pregnant women.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1161601963386721542008-06-22T05:52:00.000-07:002008-06-22T05:52:00.000-07:00Dear Anna T, It is always good to hear from you. ...Dear Anna T, It is always good to hear from you. Thanks for reminding us about pregnancy and illness. I was so ill during pregnancy that I couldn't work. My doctor at the time said I should not be working at all. These days I don't know if doctors will tell young girls that. It isn't good for the baby at all. In fact, there was a doctor who wrote about this and how working women really endangerLydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-63441549913452689502008-06-22T05:42:00.000-07:002008-06-22T05:42:00.000-07:00Dear Lady Lydia,I was 20 before I learned to opera...Dear Lady Lydia,<BR/><BR/>I was 20 before I learned to operate a washing machine, cook a simple meal, or fix a loose button. Luckily for me, I fell in love with domestic arts and started catching up - and a good timing it was, too, because today I'm 22, newly married, and with a household to run and a husband to take care of.<BR/><BR/>My husband loves me being home, and I love being home as well.Mrs. Anna Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15377583333000789903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-67691945070943048482008-06-21T14:10:00.000-07:002008-06-21T14:10:00.000-07:00How I love this post--it will be printed off for m...How I love this post--it will be printed off for my daughters.<BR/><BR/>SherryAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02157234442982016004noreply@blogger.com