First: I'm new here and I'm trying to figure this site out, so have patience with me!

Now, to let it all hang out! Hi everybody. I'm so thrilled to have found this site! I've been blogging for a few years now, but have never found my "spot". It appears I don't fit in with the majority of homemaking blogging sites.

As the title of my blog says, I'm a hippie homemaker. I'm a lot of other things also. I don't like labels, because labels never fit a person to a "t". But since that's the only way someone can describe themselves to others, I guess we have to live with them.

My other labels: liberal, tree-hugging, Christian, feminist, democrat, you get the idea.

The reason I was thrilled to find this site is it stated it was secular. You may think that a strange thing for me to say, since I stated I'm a Christian. Let me explain.

I'm a born again believer saved by the Grace of God. I'm also a feminist, have been all my life, intend to be until the day they put me in the ground. Most people believe the two cannot coexist. I strongly disagree.

I'm a stay at home empty nester, a decision I made long ago. I love my home and hate the rat race. I enjoy searching online for ways to improve my homemaking skills. I enjoy belonging to a community of like-minded women/men. The problem is, every blog site geared toward homemaking is usually Christian women who are conservative, submissive (that REALLY gets under my skin), Republican, with twelve children going on thirteen, etc. The only thing I have in common with these women is my love for Jesus and my home.

I finally found a homemaking site that doesn't cram their religion down my throat. Some of these women on the other sites don't even really talk about homemaking or anything else except quote Bible verses constantly. It's like they're afraid if they talk about something else besides their religion they'll be instantly sent to Hell. It's very hard for me to be happy in an environment like that.

I'm a Christian, and proud of it. But I'm quickly becoming embarressed to be tied in with the group of extreme, radical, shove it down your throat, judgemental, self-rightous, fundamental, Republican, war-loving, fanatical, submissive, religious nuts that have hi-jacked Christianity in this country. They make the rest of us look very bad.

Just for the record, I know there are probably some fundamentalist Christians here, and I'm sorry if I step on your toes. But, you have been stepping on mine ever since bush went into the White House, and didn't particularly care that you were. I'm tired of having blogs where I keep my mouth shut to fit in and get along. That's why the Pubs have control over our government now. The right wing group don't care who they make mad. Liberals are too nice and they've carried their "live and let live" philosphoy too far. Now we're suffering at the hands of the corrupt idiots running this country. It's time for us to get tough if we want to turn this country back into what it was meant to be.

I love Jesus and He saved my life. But I don't think one should try to force their religion on other people and be self-rightous. Different people have different views and the quickest way to turn people off is to constantly quote Bible verses at them. I'm a Christian and I don't even like other Christians to quote to me. My religion is a personal matter, between me and God. I will announce to the world that Jesus saves, but it's up to each individual to decide if they want to come to the Lord. I can't do it for them.

I get tired of Christians trying to "re-save" me. They accuse me of not really being saved because of my liberal views. They think because I'm liberal and a feminist I can't possibly be saved. I guess I'll find out when I stand in front of Jesus on Judgement Day, just as THEY will.

Anyway, I'll end this rant before you get the idea I'M a nut. I've just held this in so long it had to come out. I just wanted to state my position going in, something I've never done before when starting a new blog. I intend for this blog to be different. I'm going to boldly state my position on different things, and if I offend some people that's too bad. I've been offended constantly by the right wing.

I know this is a homemaking site, but that's not all I am. Everyone is made up of different parts, and I'm the sum of all these things. I just happen to love my home. I look forward to being a part of this community. I'm really a very nice person, just opinionated, and right now I'm digusted with my present blog smack dab in the middle of "submissive wife" country and am going to say "goodbye" and delete it. And here you have "me". Take me or leave me.

A rather aggressive first entry I know, but I've tried the other way of going in all nice and sweet and it didn't work for me. Because I never opened my mouth they thought I was "one of them" and I've never been able to be happy denying who I really am. I don't mean I pretended to agree with them on these matters, I just didn't discuss how I felt about certain things. I just talked about what cleaner worked best while they talked about that and their conservative views. It was very one-sided.

Anyway, nice to meet all of you, and I promise with this blog you won't be bored!

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