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I think I’ve mentioned how much I really like my aprons because they sort of give me this homemaking energy and I seem to get a ton done when I have one on (hmm I should be wearing one now)!

But I had been having a bit of an issue trying to accomplish serious cleaning with the ones I had. For kitchen cleaning they were kind of okay but having the strings of my apron drag across the toilet (that never happened but I sure did imagine it) as I’m cleaning was a horrific vision that kept me from wearing one when I deep cleaned.

Instead I just mussied up lots of outfits. Casual duds but nevertheless…

Rereading my Speed Cleaning(Yes go on and sneer at me. I often read homemaking, organizing, cleaning, and cookbooks for pleasure. Old ones too.) I studied Jeff Campbell’s diagram of the cleaning apron. Then I went to his website and studied the actual thing online. I decided it was too expensive and shut down the browser. Then I reopened it. Then I closed it. Then I thought about it all day. Then I called their offices. Then I decided I didn’t want the logo on my cleaning apron. Then the very nice customer service rep. told me I could get it without the logo. Then I decided my daughter needed one too. But then her’s would cost as much as mine. So I scrapped the idea. Then I thought… “she doesn’t help me with cleaning anyway”.

So I placed my order and 2 months later I couldn’t be happier. I stock my red (favorite color after chartreuse) apron with sprays, brushes, and rags and get to work).

Next on my list is one of these…

I’ve been in a homemaking funk lately. Not too bad but it has taken extra energy to get homemaking things done and I don’t like things going undone.

Sometimes I’ll focus heavily on one area of my household and the other areas suffer.

Lately I’ve really been into this homeschooling bit and everything has been suffering. My little Peanut is only 2.5 but she asks about everything and almost drives the whole homeschooling thing herself. So I got a little homeschooling book and some flashcards, some drawing paper, stickers, paint, more books, a file cabinet to keep it all in, some crayons, a book about shapes, some DVDs… you get the picture.

Needless to say the rest of my home has been suffering from a bit of neglect.

So out comes the apron. The trusty, not dusty, apron.

My mom wore an apron all the years I was growing up, and still does. She worked out of the home all of my childhood…and still does. My grandmother wore an apron and still does. She worked part time out of the home.

Even though my mom was a working (out of the home) mom she was still the best homemaker. All I learned I learned from her (before a few professionals taught me some extra tips). She got it all done and then some and I have to wonder if the apron had anything to do with it.

My mom’s apron is the style like a smock. It goes over your head and ties on both sides. It’s orange with little flowers all over it and I’ve seen that same apron for over 20 years. When our first son was stillborn my mom came over in her apron and cooked and cleaned for me for 2 weeks. She wore that apron and left if behind…by accident I came to discover as I was wearing it one day and she asked for it back.

My aprons… for I have four, are all the kind with the ties that go behind your neck and the ties in the back on your back. They are blue, black (2) and green because people were thinking of my husband when they gave me these aprons for gifts. He prefers the green one and yes he does wear an apron when he cooks.

I’ve been pulling out my aprons these last few days to help me get over my homemaking slump and low and behold they actually help! The kitchen has been cleaned, wiped down to be sure (no I’m not from the Midwest). The bathrooms scrubbed. I got some dusting in and the laundry is all caught up. The Peanut’s homeschooling has been moved to afternoons as that let’s me get some housekeeping done and she is not grumpy as in the am.

I think there is something to this homemaking and apron wearing. I have not thought too much about it all these years for I have always worn one (the foster case worker laughed when she came over to do a homestudy and I was wearing one, pooh on her). They are a part of my childhood memories and a permanent part of my home.

I hope this post was poetic and thoughtful. I’m not that poetic but I love my aprons. I have my eye on some vintage quilted ones at a store near me.

Wear an apron today!