Random Weekend: Ode to the Housewife
On Sundays I am going to take a cue from one of my favorite blogs (Rocks In My Dryer) and just give you some links.
First addition:
Ode to the housewife:
The Humble Housewife, is a food blog written by a very talented Irish Mom. I am trying her Spiced Pumpkin Bundt Cake this Thanksgiving.
This from a magazine article, 1955, The Good Wife’s Guide.
McSweeney’s list: Phrases commonly used by 1950s housewives that were often misinterpreted by housewives’ husbands as blatant requests for sex.
My girlfriend, Robin, taught me how to fold a t-shirt while we were in a laundromat in San Francisco. I still do it the way she taught me, but this is a good way too, “How to fold a t-shirt”, Japanese-style.
Though I LOVE Martha, I am not A Martha, here is a Meatloaf recipe for “the rest of us,” The Anti-Martha Stewart Meatloaf recipe. (Totally going to try this)
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My Favorite Housewife
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I love this blog, lots of tips that I don’t ever use, but still think are clever and hope to someday Geeky Housewife.
From TV Squad: The seven hottest animated housewives.
The Martha Stewart Show, where she shows how to make “knitted” marzipan decorations: Click here to view something that will never, in a million years, happen at my house, mostly because I have no clue what marzipan is and the thought of knitting makes me want to cry.