tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post3991714314562703175..comments2024-03-29T19:22:11.409+10:00Comments on down to earth: Honourable workUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-51709563148350541192007-09-14T23:22:00.000+10:002007-09-14T23:22:00.000+10:00Thank you for this post Rhonda. I have to admit I...Thank you for this post Rhonda. I have to admit I find it so hard to get out of the mindset of not valuing housework. I remember reading someone's contribution in a forum once - "What I'm doing is important. It is showing that I value my family by looking after their comfort."<BR/><BR/>That sentence really struck me at the time. More and more it seems we are saying that work outside of the home (especially paid work) is more valuable.<BR/><BR/>I have to admit, its still something I struggle with. My head knows that how I feel about housework is nonsense but it is hard to get out of years of conditioning.Eilleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10234465657790552289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-54747547848237224302007-09-14T22:00:00.000+10:002007-09-14T22:00:00.000+10:00Thank for the good read this evening RhondaMy Mum ...Thank for the good read this evening Rhonda<BR/><BR/>My Mum used to say - whatever you do in life do it to the best of your ability<BR/><BR/>Take care<BR/><BR/>CathyCathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15065980166009732571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-92001175567854918172007-09-14T20:56:00.000+10:002007-09-14T20:56:00.000+10:00Well said Rhonda. Lovely photo too.Well said Rhonda. Lovely photo too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-28501046675295252532007-09-14T17:58:00.000+10:002007-09-14T17:58:00.000+10:00Rhonda,...very good post!...Greetings.Rhonda,...very good post!...<BR/>Greetings.Purahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16391811096636030060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-38801677188095467712007-09-14T15:55:00.000+10:002007-09-14T15:55:00.000+10:00Thanks Rhonda!Once again you have left me feeling ...Thanks Rhonda!<BR/><BR/>Once again you have left me feeling proud of what I do for my family and home. We readers are lucky to have you. Television is definitely not going to value this way of living and it's great to have you at a click of a mouse. <BR/>I'm no spring chicken and neither is my husband -with that I sometimes worry about the future for my little one. I must remember... One day at a time it can be done.<BR/> <BR/>Thanks Rhonda!I Am: Anna Lovely Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00234975371534880616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-50907452988539689012007-09-14T15:09:00.000+10:002007-09-14T15:09:00.000+10:00Beautifully said. There's nothing I can add to th...Beautifully said. There's nothing I can add to that.<BR/><BR/>P.S. The photo of your family is lovely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-85862310257686790612007-09-14T13:58:00.000+10:002007-09-14T13:58:00.000+10:00Rhonda, I have looked all around my office and I c...Rhonda, I have looked all around my office and I can't find your hiding place. First a post about procrastinating and now one on pride in working well: you must be watching me! Just what I needed whilst fiddling about thinking about how I'd rather be in the garden. I'm off to get on with it.<BR/>Many, many thanks for being an inspiration<BR/>DanielleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-39906965376714733152007-09-14T12:55:00.000+10:002007-09-14T12:55:00.000+10:00Thanks for a wonderful post!I just found your site...Thanks for a wonderful post!I just found your site and I like it! Will have to look at your archives. I listed you as a great blog find on my blog.<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>AmyAmy @ Amy's FMQ Adventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18249397590865683398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-22434758715517976792007-09-14T12:45:00.000+10:002007-09-14T12:45:00.000+10:00I agree with you completely, Rhonda. I'm a big fan...I agree with you completely, Rhonda. I'm a big fan of the old saying - anything worth doing, is worth doing well. I often wonder if today's problem of poor job satisfaction has anything to do with the fact that so many jobs are internet/office based and are unable to be measured in terms of a job being finished. It would be more difficult to get that sense of completion that you would get if you were working with your hands. <BR/><BR/>Warmly,<BR/><BR/>Shell.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Further to my vow of yesterday to buy products with less packaging, I have been wanting to make some of those netting bags you showed us last month but would have had to have driven about 50km to buy some netting. I just got up from the computer and spied an unused mosquito net that I had completely forgotten about down the side of the computer cupboard. Yay!!! No more plastic fruit & veg bags for me!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-73204972547493876002007-09-14T10:56:00.000+10:002007-09-14T10:56:00.000+10:00As always, your thoughts are thought provoking and...As always, your thoughts are thought provoking and encouraging at the same time. Thanks again. I do agree with you, staying home is a job that will take everything out of you and reward you at the same time. But you do not get recognition right away, it is much later than you get your "you did a great job". <BR/>Blessings, Maria S.The River Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835972681604148095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-53475800697538467242007-09-14T09:39:00.000+10:002007-09-14T09:39:00.000+10:00Wow,Another GREAT Post!!!!!Blessins',LibWow,Another GREAT Post!!!!!<BR/>Blessins',<BR/>LibLibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10854570178942602696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-74107735567917447862007-09-14T09:25:00.000+10:002007-09-14T09:25:00.000+10:00Well said Rhonda and with that thought in mind I a...Well said Rhonda and with that thought in mind I am off to "attack" the ironing pile and do the best darned ironing job I can :) LindaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-19900008057625435892007-09-14T09:01:00.000+10:002007-09-14T09:01:00.000+10:00Two old sayings come to mind:"good work has it own...Two old sayings come to mind:<BR/>"good work has it own rewards" and "a little praise goes a long way." If you praise others for their good work hopefully it will also come back at you. Last night at my work I had a customer sincerely thank me for all my efforts even though I was serving her as well as another customer she still felt I was really helpful. It made waht had been a very busy day that bit nicer :)Lishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066863074405512584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-49695177473552143312007-09-14T08:47:00.000+10:002007-09-14T08:47:00.000+10:00Good one Rhonda. Agree totally.And on that happy d...Good one Rhonda. Agree totally.<BR/>And on that happy day when all of us (mums, dads, grans, grandpas, students, teachers, butchers and bakers and candlestickmakers alike) are paid a social wage that recognises and also values our contribution to the community that we sustain and that in turn sustains us, then life will be really good. <BR/>How good would it be if we were paid the same to look after our own kids and homes as we were to look after someone else's? <BR/>A few corporate bosses and pokies owners might have to sacrifice some of their millions to make it happen, but bring it on I say !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-7639130984575804382007-09-14T08:20:00.000+10:002007-09-14T08:20:00.000+10:00What you say is so true. If we don't value our wor...What you say is so true. If we don't value our work we can't expect others to value it either. It is so important to try to do whatever job we do simple or complex to the best of our ability. The lowliest job done well gives greater satisfaction than the most magnificent done poorly for all to see.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659929017085133209noreply@blogger.com