This is the peach pie and the homemade rolls I made for dinner yesterday. In the interest of full disclosure, the rolls and pie crust were delicious, but the pie filling was a little runny. You might think I'm a domestic goddess, but as you can guess from the title I really don't consider myself one. Here's why:
| Domestic Goddess |
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| Took all day to bake bread | Turns out 4 loaves of bread in an hour |
| Said, “Just wait ‘til your father gets home!” | Says, “If you don’t quit talking back I won’t call you Hannah Montana anymore!” |
| Kept her house clean out of fear her neighbors would judge her | Keeps her house clean because she has OCD |
| Shopped at the neighborhood grocer | Buys organic at local superstore |
| Maintained her trim waist with coffee and cigarettes | I wish! But a D.B. goes a little crazy without her daily workouts |
| Let her husband manage the money | Manages the daily finances as well as her personal retirement account, and secret slush fund. (Don’t lie and say you don’t have any hidden money.) |
| Made peach pie with her mother’s recipe | Made peach pie using Allrecipes |
| Higher Education? Who needs it when you are just going to be at home with the kids? | Got her BS, thank you very much. And heck yes I use it at home with my kids. |
| Talked to the principal if her kids were bullied at school. | Bully my kid and I swear on all that is holy that I personally will make your life a living hell. |
| Husband bought her a new Buick every year. | I don’t care if Tiger Woods has one, if you buy me a Buick you are sleeping on the couch. |
| Cried when her kids went to school. | Cried when her kids went to school. |
Here's when the revolution occurred. Kate was just a few months old, and I was scrubbing the bathroom, and feeling somewhat degraded by it, saying to her, "Did you know mommy scored a 166 on the LSAT?" I decided that if I was going to be at home, I was going to be good at it. I never went to any job I had thinking I was going to do as little as possible and be angry about it, and so why should I do that at home? It really changed the way I thought about my role as a stay at home mom. I cook great dinners, I preserve foods, I try to keep my house clean and my kids and husband happy. Am I perfect at it? Never, not one single day. But while I think of a domestic goddess as someone who caved to societal pressure, I am doing this only for myself and because I'm passionate about having a good home life. Besides, being a homemaker is a RAGING job.
7 comments:
Your pies and rolls look yummy. I'd much rather be a DB than a DG. It sounds so much cooler.
p.s. If you are in the market for an amazing peach pie filling, I'll shoot along the recipe when I get home. It's a family favorite. My mouth is starting to water just thinking about it.
Loved, loved, loved...this post!!!! Especially the badass part....
This is probably my most favorite thing I've ever read. Family and Consumer Sciences majors (home ec) get little respect these days. Can I change my title to Domestic Badass teacher?
The title of OUR new book:
How To Be A Badass Mother! You write it and I'll just take half the credit (that's what badasses do!) I know you are sooo much younger than me, but I want to be just like you when I grow up!
xoxo
Cheryl
This is a perfect example of why I think you are so great... smart, funny, bold, inspiring, edgy. It does make me nervous posting comments as I know you are critiquing my spelling and grammer.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the coolest and most inspiring thing I've read in a long time. I am more moved than I was after reading The Last Lecture.
Once again I say YOU RULE, Rebecca. Every mom I know would LOVE to read this.
I'm thinking a Domestic Goddess would calmly call the exterminator or her husband at the sight of a cockroach in her house. A Domestic Badass; however, would calmly grab the thickest soled flip flop within reach and beat the living *?@# out of the dirty bugger!! Do I qualify??
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