When I lived in the UK I was fortunate enough to have a kitchen I could keep a table in, and I did for many years...until the size of my family outgrew it.
I no longer boast a kitchen large enough for my table..but I do have a table now that the whole family can sit around.
And it sees alot of activity masha'allah.
I have a typical old Algerian kitchen that boasts no cupboards or workspace, so the table that lives at one end of my sitting room has become my work station and food prep area.
My 19 year old most often prepares afternoon treats for us all here, and it's wonderfully heartwarming to see her gather her younger brothers and sisters around her to let them help, it's also the place she's most likely to give them an impromptu science lesson.
It would seem that once homeschooling is in the system it's there for life!
It's where I sit to work out my monthly housekeeping, write up my monthly menu plans and generally find a way of budgeting the unbudgetable.
I'm never alone though masha'allah..I budget at one end... dd19 bakes at the other, and everyone else comes and goes and interrupts for one thing or another.
More often than not we clear a space somwehere in the middle for afternoon tea.
Some days of course there's no room for anything other than crafting... and then the whole space lies victim to whatever we're all working on. From sewing to crochet to knitting, sometimes our whole table looks like the debris from an explosion in a haberdashery store!
and even though we may no longer be able to build the hub of our home around our kitchen, we've managed to create space we can all gather around and enjoy each others company and share snippets of our day
Your life out there interests me much. My close friend is married to an Algerian and when she went she did like it but she did feel lonely out there.
ReplyDeleteI am looking through your various posts and loving your life story.