Beautiful Homemakers

   No-Complaining November! Write down a gratitude instead.   Day (or week) Before Thanksgiving Get my outfit ready, including jewelry  Wipe down table and chairs Dust main areas Vacuum main areas Mop if you must Wipe down windowsills Deep clean the bathrooms Sweep porch, door, and clean porch light Deep clean litter boxes Set the main dining table with china, glasses, and silverware Set out the dessert dishes, napkins, and beverage glasses Set out cooking pots and presentation dishes the night before (place a post it in the presentation dish with what will be in it so that people can help you when it’s time) Set up child’s table or dessert table Make ice; chill water and other beverages in fridge Take butter from freezer and put into fridge Get out hotplates to keep the dinner warm tomorrow Check cooking times for size of turkey.   Decide what time you will eat, ...

 Hello, Beautiful Homemakers!    Today we are reading Chapter 6 of Charlene Johnson's book ,  Beautiful Homemaking .   This chapter is story after story after story!!! We talk about self-fulfilling prophecies and spouse-fulfilling prophecies, and I highly recommend the books All About Raising Children by Helen Andelin (the original, not the edited and revised new one),           and  The Empowered Wife by Laura Doyle. I attended Laura Doyle's Adored Wives Weekend and it was such fun!  So inspiring!  I met such amazing women who want storybook marriages and "happily ever after's." They are committed to having the best marriage they possibly can!  She helps brilliant, over-achieving women get out of anger and overwhelm and embrace the gift of her husband's care...he's fully able if you let go of the Superior Wife Syndrome we discussed when we read the original Fascinating Womanhood pamphlets and Secrets of F...

Hello, Beautiful Homemakers!  Today's video is all about your husband, the king, and you, his queen.    I wish I had remembered to put this part in the video... When I mentioned that even Martha Washington had trouble letting George be head of the household, especially over how the children were raised, she eventually wrote that she wished she would have let George discipline the children, and have a say in how she was raising them.  Instead, she froze him out, and it greatly grieved him.  She realized too late that he really did know how to best raise a boy.  Luckily, their relationship held strong, and her son (George's stepson) - John Parke Custis, "Jack" - after many mistakes, finally "made good."  Sadly though, he died of typhus at the tail end of the Revolutionary War, at age 26.                   I think you'll enjoy this short chapter!  I know that for many of my videos I encourage yo...

 Hello, my darling Beautiful Homemakers!  We have finally finished Chapter 4!!!  The rest of the chapters should go much more quickly.  In this installment Charlene Johnson, from the 1961 book  Beautiful Homemaking , discusses: Good Grooming Hair Wardrobe I hope you enjoy it!  She talks a bit about Colleen Townsend Evans at the end, who I was lucky enough to meet at a Christian conference called  FaithLift  about 30 years ago.  Colleen is 97 today!   I've included the wardrobe and hair videos I mention in the video, below. May God bless you! Janine This is such a fantastic video from Sue Becker about Finding Food Freedom, I thought I'd share it for those who are interested and are suffering from not being able to eat a variety of foods: Prior videos I have done about wardrobe and hair:  

Hello, Beautiful Homemakers! Today I am supplementing Charlene Johnson's Beautiful Homemaking  with an overview of Emily Hunter's Christian Charm Course , Chapter 4, Facial Beauty .  Her Teacher's Manual goes into depth, but I'm just paraphrasing the highlights, which go hand-in-hand with Charlene Johnson's Chapter 4, Beautiful You . With, of course, lots of my own stories and opinions thrown in.  You might want to use this book with your daughter or granddaughter.     I really enjoyed this book and I think you will, too! Love, Janine   Bible Trivia!                                                                     ...

Hello, Beautiful Homemakers!  We are continuing with Charlene Johnson's chapter all about "Beautiful YOU!"  We cover pregnancy, complexion care, and make-up.     A few things I mention are: Garnier's Micellar Water for removing make-up and Face Reality for cleansing.  I like Tizo's lightly tinted mineral sunscreen moisturizer as well.  LipstickBossBeauty.com  New customers can use this code: NEW15 to save 15%.  I love her lipsticks and rouge, and the lip gloss is beautiful, too.  Just remember that on your credit card statement the bill will show up as "Joseph Industries" or something akin to that, because the lady's name is Nancy Joseph.  When I first saw my visa bill "Joseph" didn't ring a bell and I thought it was fraud. Do you know what your best colors are for your skin tone?  Take Shari Braendel's test over at Stylebycolor.com.  These results will help you choose your best lipstick colors.   Two things I fo...

Hello, Beautiful Homemakers! Before I read from Charlene Johnson's book about "Weight in the Wrong Places: Exercise," I tell you about my research from: chapters 1 and 2 of the book "The Dorito Effect" by  Mark Schatzker,  Dr. Livingood's incredibly helpful app Livingood Daily that has helped me more easily avoid ingredients in store-bought foods that cause us to gain weight, and  I list at least a dozen benefits of walking -  why  it is so important to get outside and walk daily I cover autophagy, fake foods, snack foods, getting sunlight into your eyes, and much more!     Did you know that almost all restaurants add fake flavoring to everything? Even raw meat at the grocery store often has flavoring added to it! If you are thinking about getting a rebounder, get one with bungee cords, not steel springs. Five to ten minutes of regular exercise  every day  is much more beneficial than one hour each week.  But daily spiritual exerci...

 Hello, Beautiful Homemakers!    In my video I talked about Lorraine Hoving from  NeverTooLateEver.com and how she has been helping me lose weight.  Lorraine is the most energetic woman I know!  She is so positive, and I have followed her own weight loss journey (of over 130+ pounds) for several years now.  I bet she can help you get unstuck, too!  (Her autobiography is being published soon and I am really looking forward to reading that, too!)  Check out her Facebook page here to read her latest posts - I think you'll like her as much as I do!  She's raw and real and with Jesus' help transformed her life.  Now she helps others do the same.  Even if you don't have FB you can still read her page.  And here is a wonderful write up about her in Top Talent Magazine.   I also follow  The Biblical Nutritionist , Annette Reeder on YouTube (Her website is  TheBiblicalNutritionist.com ).  Another th...