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
Aww I love her too! Ha ha mess maker mess maker make me a mess! Slime me a slime! Slop me a slop! Thanks for reminding me of that :)
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