Things My Mother Taught Me

As a mother, I am beginning to appreciate my mother more and more.  Perhaps one of her qualities that I would like to most emulate is her patience.  I hope and pray that I can develop that trait.
She also taught me many skills; this is what I would like to focus on today, for purposes of this blog post: a few of the household skills my mother taught me, and continues to teach me.

My Mother Taught Me:

• to look for sales
• to buy things for as little as possible
• vegetables are good for the body
• stock up when things I typically buy are good prices
• freezers are amazing
• canning can be fun
• 6 hours of pitting and freezing cherries will make you "cheery as a cherry"
• spending 6 hours in the kitchen with someone develops memories
• practicing fire drills makes a good family home evening activity
• how to cook
• how to involve kids in the kitchen
• people of all ages can cook
• messes in the kitchen are okay (I am a slow learner on the cleaning up messes part-I'm sure she tried)
• "Mess maker, mess maker, make me a mess; spill me a spill, slop me a slop."
• singing in the kitchen develops memories
• place value on food storage
• experiment
• keep learning new things
• oil goes rancid if stored for too long

Thanks Mom, I love you!  Happy Mother's Day!