I—on the other hand—will never be this organized. I fantasize about being the next Martha Stewart, but I was lucky I remembered to put lotion on my elbows before I left for church, let alone preplan meals, outfits, or ride share.
In case I delusionally believe I will one day make my own invites, grow my own organic rhubarb, or make homemade fondant designs, I remind myself…
…the last time I made a cake not from a Betty Crocker box was 1987
…the shirts in my ironing cabinet remind me dry cleaning was probably invented by a lazy woman
…the last hand-written note I wrote is still on my desk because I have forgotten to put a stamp on it
…the one time I planned out meals for the week and we ended up eating out 3 out of 5 days
…I was asked to bring a pasta salad to a barbecue yesterday and I ended up going to the market and pawning it off as homemade
…the laundry ratio between me and my husband is 1:208
…I will never [mark my words] wear baby blue anything with a short strand of pearls
Instead of getting frustrated, I pride myself in the ability to make thee best Betty Crocker Funfetti cake while savoring the fact that though Martha is pretty much perfect, she’s also served time in prison for pilfering and embezzling. I remind my husband life could be sooooo much worse. 😉
Who says you can’t have your cake and eat it too? 😉
amen! this is my life!
The last time I cooked anything was over three months ago. It's too darn hot here to heat up the house with the oven. Salads and ice cream for me. Funfetti is my favorite, but it's gotta have Rainbow Chip icing! Anyone who makes that for me, I'd swear was Martha Stewart. I'd probably even bail you out of jail. 🙂
I am not married yet but everything else on this list is so me. I don't mind doing laundry but folding it and putting it away is another thing all together. I haven't owned an iron or an ironing board in over 3 years. And cooking…well it's best if we don't talk about that particular subject. Thanks for your perspective and for always making me smile
I hate hate hate folding laundry!
I don't think women have time to do these things anymore. I love cooking, but hate cleaning up the mess, so I don't bother:) okay, maybe that's just me being lazy.ha It will be interesting to see who & if there's a next Martha Stewart?
Women have time, they just have their priorities wrong. 🙂
Hahaha nice!! That made me laugh! 🙂 Have a blessed day!
Pray for me. I'm planning our kids very first birthday party for this saturday and so far i have the decorations.. that my sister sent me in the mail.. other than that I have nothing!!!
You're hilarious!
Funfetti is really the best. I’m happy you’ve kept a high standard for boxed cake mix.
LoL! Totally feel ya on this one… for when i have a family of my own! 😉
Funny!
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So, a part of me so wants to be Martha, but I think I'm more of a Bianca. That's okay, God still loves me! (and Bianca)
There are definitely some women that have that God-given gift of hospitality. However, I feel that in the church we've kind of gotten away from we as women taking pride in the fact that we're to be good "keepers of our home". Now what should all of that include? I don't know, but for me it means learning how to be organized, and cook, and all those things. *shrug* These aren't things that I am right now or things I learned growing up, but God can help me get better, more so than a former jailbird with a light blue sweater and a string of pearls 😉
Martha is overrated.
I'd much rather be me – messy house and all.