Housework day is over! Yipeeee

Jana, I did pilates for several years (PhD and move to Oxford got in the way) and LOVED it. It's like taking charge of your body, it's slow and managable and I got real satisfaction from the progress I made.

Kerri, I've been thinking all afternoon about your question about Quaker homemaking, and I think that there are ways that being a Quaker informs the way I do things and, probably more importantly, the way I think about things.

Firstly there's the Quaker Testinomy of simplicity (Testimonies are ways in which Quakers try to put our faith into practice in our lives). For example, we don't have a television which we find gives us more time and space in our lives for family and home life. Or, I try to buy food from local suppliers rather than things with loads of food miles.

Then there's the idea of personal discipline, this is primarily an idea about spiritual disciple, but since Quakerism is fundamentally a faith lived, I find applying personal discipline in all areas of my life to be very helpful. Especially since I rather like sitting around and doing not much

Then there's the idea of willing service (especially important in a denomination that has no clergy, so the laity has to perform all functions for the congregation!).

Finally there's something that George Fox wrote about letting your life be a pattern or example of your faith.

I don't want to give you an enormous sermon, so I've been brief, but that was a really interesting thing to think about, thank you! I'm more than happy to provide any further thoughts on the matter!

Now I must go and get ready for bed. ON TIME!!!!

Zillah