This weekend, The Thriving Texas Ladies, (AKA Rena & I) were at Coffee Creek RV Park for their VFD benefit. We had a great opportunity to make some new friends, meet lots of interesting people, and share Thrive foods all while earning money for the local VFD.
We both got incredibly sunburned. But, we also had an awesome time!
While we were donning our Thrive Aprons, I couldn’t help but think about all the super cute aprons I could make. So I started looking up vintage aprons.
In the process I found a really great article.
As most of you know, I work from home. I do some tutoring and watching kidos. One thing I struggle with, is it never quite feels like your “off work” for the day. I have often wondered how our fore-mothers handled such situations.
“Grandma always said you should be proud of your work around the house; you should be proud to take care of your home and family, and dress to show that pride. While grandma was a lady who liked to dress up, she wasn’t the June Cleaver type who wore pearls while scrubbing out the oven or baking cookies (even at holiday time). But she still believed in being properly & attractively dressed for housework.
Like any job, you’ll find that work clothes — a uniform, if you will — helps while cleaning & cooking. Being properly clad makes one feel dedicated to, prepared for, & protected from the job. Looking & feeling nice makes any job more enjoyable too. Not only that, being able to change out of those work clothes helps one leave the job — even if they don’t leave the work site when they are done with their shift (as if it’s ever really done!)
One of the staples grandma recommended, naturally, was the apron.”
This lovely article suggest the apron was the “uniform” of the homemaker. When you were done with work for the day, you removed your “uniform”. I had an *Ahh-Haa!* moment! What a simple and interesting concept. One I plan to put into action!!
Just a FYI, I’ll be posting the recipes for some the yummy goodies I made for the benefit over at Tawny’s Thriving Home.
