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Here is a sampling of things that have come across my desk or piqued my curiosity or are just random thoughts… I think cabbage is my new favorite vegetable. Sorry artichoke hearts. It all started innocently enough with the Carrot-Raisin Salad and just grew from there. We’ve been having it a lot recently just chopped up and . . . → Read More: Odds and Ends Confession: There are two boxes in the corner of my office waiting for me to sort through them and organize the contents. They are filled with receipts and paid bills and other stuff that I think I need to keep. Another confession: I have over 4,000 messages stored in my email inbox (My friend Meggin McIntosh–who teaches . . . → Read More: I’m Suffering From “I-might-need-it” Informationitus An ideal homemaker is devoted to the great career in which she is engaged. She is a professional in her field by being a homemaker every day and letting devotion and sense of duty, rather than her moods, dominate her. ~Daryl V. Hoole, The Art of Homemaking, 1967 I’ve had a sinus headache since yesterday afternoon. A . . . → Read More: Some Are Almosters You can’t be a man. Be a woman. It’s powerful business when done correctly.” ~Bobbie Barrett to Peggy Olson, Mad Men, Season 2 I always read the letters that are printed in the newspaper. One letter, in response to an article about Angelina Jolie’s new role in the movie Salt, really caught my attention and gave . . . → Read More: You Can’t Be a Man Housekeeping is a real job–a job that needs to be planned carefully if one would avoid becoming a slave to housework or have free time for social activities and outside interests….In short, when a schedule has been followed until it becomes second nature, you run your house; it doesn’t run you. ~America’s Housekeeping Book, 1941 Imagine, if . . . → Read More: What Is Your Mission? “We’ve been planning to meet. But we can’t decide on a date, time, or location.” ~The Mister in describing his membership in the faux self-help group “Choicemakers” I mentioned that I was thinking about merging my vintage food blog with this blog on the Facebook fan page last week and asked for feedback. Although I was sure . . . → Read More: Choicemakers You may notice a bunch of new posts here that you know you read over at Betty Crocker and Me. You’re not imagining things. I’ve imported the posts because I am re-combining the two blogs. Here is what I wrote on Betty Crocker and Me: For several years, I posted recipes and information I found about eating . . . → Read More: What’s Going On Here? It is summertime and that means family vacations! During my childhood, that meant loading up the family station wagon and going camping. Later, after my grandparents bought a camper, we would use that instead. For my husband, he says they went on one family vacation that didn’t turn out so well with four young boys in . . . → Read More: Theatrical Thursday: Disneyland Dream Vacation (1956) It’s the economy, stupid. ~James Carville
I’m not sure when it struck me full force. But sometime over the weekend it hit me that details matter as I strive to be a 1950′s wife and homemaker. I mean, sure I’ve known that concept all along, but it seems to have percolated up to . . . → Read More: It’s The Details, Stupid “Peter, may I speak to you for a moment?” –Season 3, Episode 13: “Shut the Door. Have a Seat” A few weeks ago, I asked “What Would June Cleaver Do?” Since then, I’ve been thinking about the traits that I want to incorporate into my own life and thinking about who my role models could . . . → Read More: What Would Trudy Campbell Do? |
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