Evolve discreetly into a 1950s domestic goddess

And when it came time to think about dinner I asked my mom if she had a couple ingredients… WHY? so I could cook us all dinner. Wow I really AM a domestic goddess!

rewind 1 year ago… I was still living with the distinction of being the girl who could burn pasta. HA!

I just didn’t know it at the time. Learning how to cook last year opened my eyes to so many things. I always liked to bake but only did so once a year. I just baked some bread and made some dinner in my crock pot. If I were to actually say that out loud right now, I think, there would be fear of me bursting out laughing.

That being said I’m really enjoying my new domesticity. That is what is so great about being alive; One can reinvent themselves over and over in a lifetime. Never staying the same and also never really changing. I don’t know what will be the bench mark that makes me check this off my too do list. I’m not sure I’m ready to do that yet. I still smile every time I see this on my list. So there it stays.

called me Betty Crocker the other night because I made muffins. I wasn’t sure to take it as a insult or a complement. ha. My muffins didn’t come out as good as I’d hoped. I substituted brown rice flour for wheat flour but I’m not sure if that is what threw the recipe off. I also had the option of using oil instead of butter and I think the butter would have helped. Either way I think my evolution is underway.

I think this, for me, is sort of wrapped up in my want to be more self sufficient. I mean in terms of my want of a veggie garden and the such. Its also wrapped up in my concern over the chemicals sprayed on food and wanting to learn to cook things with organic ingredients. I know its kind of weird and probably misplaced in a way but these things made me want learn how to cook for myself, I still want to learn to can things. Also my want to get out of debt made me want to be able to make thigns I want instead of buy. I realized that my grandmother would have been appauled at all the frivolous things I spend money and a little more self sufficency is really in order. I want to learn to sew (finally). I have also reached a point in my life where I’ve achieved many of my earlier long term goals and I’m reevaluating many things. I want to spend more time enjoying the life I’ve built and right now that means hosting dinner parties or a cocktail hours.

So in these ways I want to be that stereotype. That perfect happy 50’s woman who does it all and takes names. I dont know all of what my specific goals will here yet but I’ll figure them out as I go along. :D