My mother was a good homemaker. Some of my earliest memories were of her hanging out washing on her long line held up by props. She used to boil up the copper and honestly, she had the whitest washing ever. She used Rinso to wash the clothes and Lux Flakes for delicates.
Thursday 17 October 2024
Memories of a vintage housekeeper
Monday 26 August 2024
It is what it is! indeed!
Wednesday 21 August 2024
A common thread
With a large family of seven to wash for, I usually washed three loads of laundry daily and hung it out.
So many years ago, and a time when the days were long but the years were short. Now mostly a distant memory. I now longer can hang my clothes out.
Fibromyalgia and polymyalgia rheumatica has put paid to hanging the washing on the line. Flexing my sore muscles is so painful these days. I am forced to use the dryer.
I really loved the smell of line dried clothes and delighted in this painting with the children in the yard.
Hanging the clothes out to me is synonymous with family life. It speaks of service to family, activity and life.
Globally, I think we can all concede that washing on the line is a common thread that unites the human family.
Sunday 4 August 2024
A little time to slumber
A little time to slumber all my days spent in the sun,
I decided my many forums would henceforth have to wait.
© Glenys Robyn Hicks
Sunday 28 July 2024
My Cleaning Schedule
WEEK - MEL-6/9/2024
KITCHEN
MY BED AND CHRIS' BED
TOILETS/ ENSUITE
FLOORS
KITCHEN
GUEST BED AND MY BED
TOILETS/ENSUITE
FLOORS
WEEK - MEL- 20/9/2024
KITCHEN
GUEST BED AND MY BED
TOILETS / SHOWER
FLOORS
WEEK - TANYA- 27/9/2024
KITCHEN
GUEST BED AND MY BED
TOILETS / SHOWER
FLOORS
Friday 14 June 2024
Easy meals for when you can't be bothered cooking
I am not the worlds' best cook, and it isn't necessary to cook cordon bleu or gourmet food, but it *is* necessary to cook nutritious food..
© Glenys Robyn Hicks
Saturday 11 May 2024
Enjoy being at home.
Wednesday 24 April 2024
Play it in your own time!
As we shared before, I am supposed to be getting help in cleaning our home. But it has turned into a mess and I have fallen in the cracks. There was a woman who came for three weeks, but she was woefully indolent and a liar.
Wednesday 10 April 2024
A permanent thing
Sunday 7 April 2024
It's gonna be a PJ's day.
Tuesday 12 March 2024
Cooking with fibro plus fibro bloggers' tips!
Here’s what works for my fibromyalgia blogger friends
- Cynthia from The Disabled Diva shares her top tips
- Shelly from ChronicMom blog shares her #1 recommendation
- Australian Sacrificial Home Keeper on tricks to help cooking
- Mandy and Michele on their preferred medication
- Lee Good, who is discovering what works to help Fibromyalgia at Fibro Files
- Katie from Painfully Living shares what’s worked for her
- Sue at Rebuilding Wellness blog shares her top tips
- Carrie shares her top tips at My Several Worlds blog
- Bettina shares what works for her in the hope that it will work for you
- Nikki from the Brainless Blogger shares her top tips
- Bethan from Hello Fibro Blog shares what she’s learnt since diagnosis
- Cynthia from My Inspired Fibro Life shares her tips
- Donna over at Fed up with Fatigue writes about the beneficial fibromyalgia treatments she’s used since diagnosis
Wednesday 6 March 2024
It was good while it lasted!
Wednesday 21 February 2024
I am not lazy!
Usually by the end of the day, you will find me resting in my recliner rocker or in bed. Especially when I have a fibromyalgia flare or a bad day with breathing difficulties.
Apart from the usual taunts such as "but you don't look sick" and the need to validate my need for rest, I find that the latest taunt is "you are so lazy!"
But appearances can be deceiving. If I were truly lazy I wouldn't even be resting or pacing myself in order to do a household task or cook a meal. I wouldn't even be entertaining the thought of cleaning or cooking.
People presuming to know my situation are often getting it all wrong. And it used to hurt. But these days, I have decided to let it run off my back like water off a duck.
I no longer let those unkind remarks get to me... Chris and I know the truth and that's all that matters.
Like looking well when I feel like death warmed over, resting to enable a task to be done does not mean I am indolent or don't care about my husband or my home.
Taking care of myself in order to take care of others may appear selfish. But nothing can be further from the truth: I am not lazy!
Tuesday 30 January 2024
I'm in love with my new maidservant
Monday 1 January 2024
More than a place to sleep
Recently someone asked why do we make our bed? I gave it some thought as I have recently been making my own bed daily, in spite of regularly going back into it for a nana nap. Here's a few thoughts on why I use my precious spoons to make my bed.