Beautiful Homemakers

Hello, Beautiful Homemakers! I thought I was making an "easy" video to get out to you quickly while I'm researching the next part of the FW pamphlet.  It was easy enough to record, but finding the pictures!  Ugh!  I always say I'm not going to spend a lot of time finding the "right" pictures, but then I do.  And it's never perfect.  I think you will get a big laugh at the latest trends.  It's really hard for me to believe that people will wear some of them!  I hope you enjoy it. Sheri Braendel over at StylebyColor.com compiled the Trend Reports.  I'm just giving you my take on them. The movies I mention are:  Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (below 1.5 hours), and the remake Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris from 2022. I mention Jessica Rey's Ted Talk and her swimsuit website JessicaRey.com (her one page story is really interesting!). The book I highly recommend is Laura Doyle's The Empowered Wife .  It's a must-read!  It would also make an

 What makes you smile?  What does a husband want most from his wife (even more than sex!)? I do hope that all of you who are currently in a relationship, especially if that relationship isn't doing well, have hopped on over to take LauraDoyle.org 's Adored Wife Challenge this week (8/19/24 - 8/23/24). If you missed it, I highly suggest listening to her podcasts on YT (or by going to her website), or reading her book The Empowered Wife (affiliate link) . I also mention Lydia Sherman over at https://homeliving.blogspot.com/ .  On YouTube just search for Lydia Sherman, or even Homemaker's Radio  https://www.youtube.com/user/LadyLydia1000 . Other resources I mention are Dana K. White's books Decluttering at the Speed of Life , and How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind. Jennifer Flanders website is LovingLifeatHome.com and her books are Love Your Husband Love Yourself Embracing God's Purpose for Passion in Marriage and 25 Ways to Communicate Respect to Your

  Gatekeepers of the Home I want you to imagine yourself in a beautiful garden. You are alone, just contemplating your life, and suddenly a counselor walks up to you and says, “I have something fun for you to try! It’s an ancient, sacred tool. It will lead you closer to God. It will help you find your true Self. It will even help you in your marriage! You will find your unique spiritual path – your eyes will be opened as soon as you discover this powerful Secret. Don’t you want the wisdom it can give you? Don’t you want to develop empathy? Don’t you want to be mindful and meditate? It is all for your benefit! Why don’t you share this with your husband so that he can go down this ancient path with you as well?” Will you bite ? One Christmas several years ago, someone on my list requested the book The Sacred Enneagram .  I bought it and flipped through it and noticed the section entitled, The Contested History of the Enneagram .  Contes

 The video I recorded for this week somehow didn't get saved so I will have to redo it, but I wanted to let you know about LauraDoyle.org.  She is holding her twice annual free Adored Wife Challenge for 5 days beginning August 19th.  I highly recommend it, especially if your marriage is struggling. You do have to sign up.  If you are in a relationship I suggest going to her website and her YT channel. She's on a quest to end world divorce!  If you are reading this after her Challenge week, then I suggest that you buy her book The Empowered Wife. Have a lovely week, my beautiful homemakers! I'll be back soon! Janine  (Note: Some links in this post are affiliate links, and I will receive a small commission at no cost to you when you make a purchase by clicking through my links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This compensation pays the annual costs of running this website.   I am an avid reader and love to recommend books that I have person

Hello, beautiful homemakers! With this week's video I start with an interaction I observed of a wife berating her husband out in public, then I tell you of a huge WIN one of my listeners had while implementing the FW suggestions, and then I cover Chapter X of pamphlet 5, "Where and How to Meet Men" with the subcategory "How to Increase Your Opportunities to Meet Men." I finish with several stories.  While the pamphlet is geared towards single women, I try to include stories and tidbits that are appropriate for different ages and stages of life, such as how an introvert takes baby steps towards introducing herself in order to make more friends. Thanks for listening and commenting! I also appreciate you subscribing to my channel at youtube.com/@beautifulhomemaking . May God bless you, ladies, as you seek to enlarge your friendship circle, Janine

(Some of the transcript I have detailed below, as well as information and links, and a bonus section that is not on the video.)   Dear Beautiful Homemakers and Gatekeepers of Your Home: Imagine that you caught your husband flirting with another woman, and in response to your hurt he replies, “It’s just for fun!  It doesn’t mean anything.  It’s nothing against you.  I still love you.  But I see her everyday and it’s just fun to flirt a bit.” Are you still hurt?  He didn’t mean any harm!  He just doesn’t know any better.  Even though you wrote him a long, heart-felt letter demonstrating your love for him, and expressing your hope that he will be true to you, he has simply forgotten.  In fact, your letter was so long and boring that he didn’t even finish reading it.  But you’ll forgive him, right?  Even though he hasn’t asked for forgiveness and is going to keep on flirting because he doesn’t see anything wrong with it. I ima

 Wow, I cover a lot of ground in this video, with a plethora of stories! I'm going to share some quotes from Roger Vadim's biography called Bardot, Deneuve, Fonda, My Life with the Three Most Beautiful Women in the World, which is ironic, because the quotes I share are about his less famous wife, Annette.  It's not a book I would recommend, and I've only read the chapter on Bardot.  I guess he was a well-known film producer in France, but in my opinion he had a very sad life because he and his wives had open marriages and they kept leaving him for up and coming film stars.   At one point I said, "He eventually married her" (Annette) because I was reading a page prior to his description of her on the beach when she was pregnant - he married her long before she was pregnant with his child. Note that Annette was more than just eye-catching.  She was mind-catching. I discuss how dressing inappropriately and showing too much skin causes people, men especially, to

  Hello, Beautiful Homemakers, and Gatekeepers of the Home!   It’s not much fun being deceived, is it?  We hate to realize that we have believed a lie.  But isn’t it better to have the trick, the swap, the lie, exposed?  Wouldn’t you rather know the truth, and be embarrassed, than keep believing in the lie? James 1:5-8 (NLT) says, “If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. But when you ask Him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind . Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.” (emphasis mine) When I was a teenager I was given the book God Calling . At first it all sounded good, but… there was a little niggling doubt in the back of my mind th

When I was a child I had a book called Fortunately . The past few weeks my life has been mimicking the spirit of this book.  Fortunately I had a whole week off in which to record videos!  Unfortunately my computer crashed and I was unable to record, edit, and upload any. Fortunately my son was able to diagnose, repair, and recover all my data!  Unfortunately my week was just about over.   Fortunately I was able to record one video!  Unfortunately I don't have time to edit it. I will be at VBS this week, next week I'm dog sitting, the following week I have to call in for jury duty and the 4th week we are doing a whole house clean out.  Fortunately my son will be graduating homeschool on July 4th!  Unfortunately we still have 3 more weeks of school left.  Fortunately I've got playlists you can listen to! You can get caught up with the original Fascinating Womanhood series , or listen to the story Secrets of Fascinating Womanhood , or clean and cook while listening to the best

  In this video I begin by reading from Pamphlet 5 of the original 1922 Fascinating Womanhood pamphlets.  The section is called "What the Hair Should Do." I tell a few stories and reveal what I discovered in my research about: Lint on your hairbrush How many times should you brush? Hairspray can clog your ________! How to properly brush your hair Best hairbrushes Oily hair, dry hair and split ends Washing brushes How often should you shampoo? Warning signals that you need a shampoo immediately Should you brush before shampooing? What temperature should the water be? What is the most important part when washing your hair? Lather, rinse, repeat? Should I use a creme rinse, conditioner, leave-in conditioner, protein conditioner, or deep conditioner? Should our hair be squeaky clean? What should you do if you have hard water? Vinegar rinse:  1/2 cup vinegar to 1 quart water Distilled water? The best way to dry your hair The good and bad about towel turbans Tangles Sun damaged hai