Ready, Set, BLOG!

Let's face it most of us grew up with full time working moms. Some because they enjoy their careers and want to work, some because of a messy divorce, and for some because they felt pressure to work either because of finances or nosy people with overly distorted opinions. My point is our mothers worked, but now more and more ladies are choosing to be homemakers (my husband refers to me as a Domestic Engineer). The problem is our mothers didn't teach us much about homekeeping. Oh sure they told us to clean our rooms and clean the kitchen after dinner, but I am talking about good old fashioned homekeeping. For instance, how to properly roast a chicken and get two meals out of it plus make your own stock. Basic sewing skills like sewing on a button or how to hem your husband's pants or your little girl's skirt. Oh they know how, they all took home economics, but at the end of the day they were just too darn tired to pass all of that knowledge along. Besides, why do it yourself when you could pay somebody else to do it?
So now I begin this journey to discover my inner mid century modern housewive. I have found some wonderful vintage cookbooks and household hints books from the 40's and 50's that are busting with great information...well some of it is really out of date. Like, kerosene stops a washboiler from rusting. Huh? Most of it is still valid and will also save ya some money. I am so excited to start this blog and I really hope you enjoy reading it!