MFP 106: Family Operations
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2019
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
"Wash the cup not because it is dirty, or because you are told to, but because you love the person who will use it after you ~St. Teresa of Calcutta
Very frequently people will email or write to us asking for our organization secrets, tips, or techniques. Our secret is.. We don't really have one. We do have principles and a philosophy that we live by, but the perfect system of organization for our home still eludes us. But, what we can give you is an overall view of how we make decisions and communicate with our children on making our home run so children are clothed, fed, and get where they need to go (for the most part!).
Doing chores and managing schedules takes up much of our time as a family, but in the context of family culture, that is actually not the most important part of your family. Family operations needs to be seen in the context of your WHOLE family life and parents need to make sure the rest of the family culture is not neglected because so much energy is spent on our physical needs. Listen to the podcast, and then take a look as some of the resources that go with this podcast on our website. Also we have more practical tips listed on a blog post (Tips on Chores).
Great Products and Resources:
Please use these links as the ministry gets a small commission if you sign up the free app or purchase any of books or products. We love and use these:
- We have just switched over to Cozi for the family chores, calendar, and shopping list. Very impressed so far. Cozi is the #1 family organizing app. Create a free Cozi account and you'll also get the 2018 Summer Planner Printables!
- Alicia loves Norwex for cleaning everything in our house. Norwex - the power to clean without harsh chemicals.
This books was so helpful in our household management - Don Aslett's Make Your House do the Housework
Also we have used this to help keep the Hernon army well fed. Perhaps you should consider Once a Month Cooking
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the messy family podcast. |
| 0:06.7 | Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family. |
| 0:10.8 | Hosted by our parents, Mike Hernan, and Alicia Hornin. |
| 0:15.8 | They're pretty awesome, but they're not experts. |
| 0:18.6 | Because family life is really messy. |
| 0:30.6 | So glad that you joined us and we have been on the road a bit here recently. |
| 0:34.2 | Yes, we've been on either when we're not on the road, it's snowing here and we can't go anywhere. |
| 0:36.7 | Yeah, so the kids had another snow day today. |
| 0:41.3 | So we are all here and we have our granddaughter with us. |
| 0:43.2 | So hopefully she won't start screaming in the minute. She's not in the room with us, but somebody else is watching her. |
| 0:45.9 | Maggie's watching her. |
| 0:46.8 | But anyway, you know, life, it just goes in this big circle of life, right? |
| 0:51.0 | So our youngest is six and now we are watching our granddaughter who's three months |
| 0:55.0 | old. Yeah, but the grandkids are a lot better because we can send them home. This is awesome. |
| 1:00.4 | But we were just out in Kansas. Shout out to Sarah for a great event out in Kansas City. |
| 1:07.3 | Wonderful being with 70 couples on a walking through a marriage retreat together. We also had a |
| 1:13.4 | smaller event here in our own home diocese here in Steubenville with our bishop. It was great to be |
| 1:20.1 | with him. And looking forward on March 10th, we're going to be out at Fremont, Ohio. It's a Sacred Heart. Yes, if you are in be out at Fremont, Ohio, at Sacred Heart. |
| 1:28.6 | Yes, if you are in driving distance of Fremont, Ohio, we would love to see you. |
| 1:32.9 | Northwest Ohio. |
| 1:33.8 | Yeah, so come on out to the event. |
| 1:35.8 | It's free and open to everybody at Sacred Heart Church there, put together by a good friend of |
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