I'm not that old but I remember life before computers, the Internet, iPhones. Most of us learnt how to be a mum/ homemaker from our families. I know my Mum's generation (baby-boomers) and my Nan's, still lived to a degree with their families and they always had them near to lean on and learn from. I haven't had that for most of my married life, we spent the first 7 years on the other side of the country from our parents and then 3 further years overseas. When we did move back to our home town (city), it wasn't the same. I'd become independent, I wasn't used to asking my family for help to do things and they weren't used to offering.
Now while I admit this is a little sad, one of the great blessings of our modern times is the Internet and blogs! The Internet can be used for many awful and silly things but there is some wonderful sites too. It's wonderful how you can find blogs on so many subjects that inspire you to try new things and teach you things. Even though some of us may be far away from our family or just don't have families that can help us learn, there is a family of wonderful blogs out there willing to teach you the things you want to know.
Three new blogs I have recently found and love are U Create, Home Cooking, & Knock Off Wood.
U Create is written by Kari and it is wonderful for craft ideas. She shares lots of other blogs too, so you might find some others you like.
Home Cooking is written by Ellie from Montana in the USA. She has some wonderful recipes! American cooking is quite different to Australian cooking but I'm inspired by it.
Knock Off Wood is written by Ana from Alaska, USA and is a fantastic blog about furniture making and carpentry. I have a soft spot for this as my Dad's a carpenter and I love the fact that a women is giving us ideas and showing us we can build stuff too. In fact I'm going to build a book case for my daughter with my Dad using Ana's plans.
Let me know if you find any other interesting blogs out there that can help us blossom.
xx Vanessa
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