Ironing Failure and Take Out

Yesterday seems a bust. My quest for ironing perfection was brought to a halt by a 2 year old with a 101 degree fever. Dinner also took a backseat, literally. I had the husband pick up pizza on the way home from work. I find myself weary and dreary this morning as I try to pull it together, thinking.. "WWDRD?" (Oh come now, surely I don't have to spell that out for you? Fair enough: What Would Donna Reed Do?) I wonder how chores were accomplished and meals prepared in 1950 with sick children underfoot? Surely I'm not to believe that June ever texted Ward on his way home from the office and said "Hey... pick up a pizza, would ya?" She would TOTALLY have gotten the business.

Well, putting yesterday aside, I think I am going to leave ironing with it (wasn't too keen on that task anyhow... though, extreme ironing is something I think I could get into) and move on to the next task. I think today, wait for it.... wait for it..., I will attempt a cake from scratch. That's right, you heard me - the way it used to be done. Just me, some flour and sugar... a few eggs... and an electric mixer. So what... I'm pretty sure Alice (Brady Bunch) had an electric mixer and how much more domestic does it get? That's for this afternoon, this morning - I'm going to attempt a feat that baffles modern science: folding all the laundry that has been stacking up in baskets for the past week.

Yours truely,
The Attempted Housewife

Dinner Roll Perfection and Extreme Ironing

The homemade Potato Yeast Rolls (recipe on yesterday's post) turned out fabulous! I think my 7 year old daughter would have eaten all 24 of them if I hadn't put a stop to it. (The husband liked them, too.) My "Attempted Housewife" goal of the day: changing out all of the bed linens, and ironing. Now, I'm not up for the ironing emmy, however - I can hold my own with one of these bad boys. The question? Am I doing it the RIGHT way? Let's see what I can find on the net about the correct way to iron....

I haven't found a how-to-guide for ironing just yet. However, I did stumble upon a site called ExtremeIroning. HILARIOUS! Check it out: http://www.extremeironing.com/
I mean, who knew you could iron underwater (Disclaimer: I am not, nor will I ever, recommend mixing electrically powered apparatus and water.), being pulled behind a taxi (Disclaimer: Extreme motorsports are best left up to the professionals. Do not try this at home... or, on the streets of New York for that matter.), or outdoors overlooking a cliff (do you think there was a power source there... maybe they sell battery-operated irons?).

I will continue on my quest for a how-to-iron guide for the simple after I get the laundry going.

Sincerely,

The Attempted Housewife