Friday can easily be my happiest day of the week. It marks the end of a working week and even though I am at home it's nice to know most mundane tasks of the week are at an end.
The trick with ending your week on a Friday as the Domestic Goddess is to think of it as a "normal" working week.
Being at home, cooking, cleaning, ironing and tending children can give you joy but can also make you unhappy. Especially if there is no appreciation for the tasks so lovingly done and then undone by ungrateful families.
Or even when friends take advantage of the fact that your at home and think you have nothing better to do than tend to tasks they don't have time for.
But don't despair it's easy to fall into that trap. Just pull yourself out, stand up, dust yourself off and start again. Explain to those you love ( and maybe those you don't) that you do what you do because you love and respect them. They need to do the same for you so keeping the place tidy and ensuring tasks are done on time will help you. And they will keep you calm therefore always having that family in your favour. They will soon come to understand that in doing this they are hugely rewarded with home baked treats, favourite meals and other little things that make their lives easier.
So getting back to Friday!!!! Yay! Getting all of your work done during the week and doing those final touches on a Friday leaves you free to enjoy your weekend ( now unlike the working mother unfortunately she will have to come home from work after a long week and tend to these things on her weekend) But not you Goddess! You my dear have the time now to enjoy a coffee with a friend, dinner with your husband ( DATES WITH YOUR PARTNER IS AN ALL IMPORTANT THING) play time with the kids and special "ME" time that will both keep you happy and refresh you ready for the next week.
I intend this weekend to treat my family to a group session of Transformers 2 at the local cinema and a nice roast on Sunday the rest of the time is all mine :)
So go on ladies, put away the last of your ironing, tidy that bench top, load that last bit of whites in the machine and go and sit down to a nice cup of earl grey. I am sure by the end of today you will be ready for the weekend.
BRING IT ON!!!
luv xxx DG
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Kitchen Goddess
Hi Everyone
I thought i would share some of my very favourite recipes with you. As it is well known many Domestic Goddesses get there fame from what they achieve in the kitchen and we know for sure that it is certainly the way to a mans heart and in my experience many a kid.
So to start I am going to share my famous Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe with you.
These are great they make heaps and everyone loves them.
TIP: Remove these cookies when they are still soft and light in colour from your oven. Leave them for 5 mins before moving. They will remain soft and slightly chewy but melt in your mouth. So they look almost underdone when you take them out HMMMMMM! Yummy
Ingredients
175g Butter Melted
1 cup soft brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 egg
2 cups self raising flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 & 1/2 cups chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 180 degrees C
Line 2 large baking trays with baking paper
Method
Wisk together cooled butter , sugars and egg
slowly add the flour, baking soda and salt
add chocolate chips
The consistency of your dough is light smooth and almost sticky.
Using a desert spoon place large spoonfulls on the baking tray ensuring you space them out at least a hand with apart.
TIP: these cookies spread out to become large so space them well apart.
Bake for aprox 12 minutes and remove
you should be able to get at least 30 coockies out of this recipe and you will be looking for more.
They can also be heated in the microwave for 5 seconds for a delicious hot treat with your tea.
ENJOY!!!!!!
xxx DG
I thought i would share some of my very favourite recipes with you. As it is well known many Domestic Goddesses get there fame from what they achieve in the kitchen and we know for sure that it is certainly the way to a mans heart and in my experience many a kid.
So to start I am going to share my famous Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe with you.
These are great they make heaps and everyone loves them.
TIP: Remove these cookies when they are still soft and light in colour from your oven. Leave them for 5 mins before moving. They will remain soft and slightly chewy but melt in your mouth. So they look almost underdone when you take them out HMMMMMM! Yummy
Ingredients
175g Butter Melted
1 cup soft brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 egg
2 cups self raising flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 & 1/2 cups chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 180 degrees C
Line 2 large baking trays with baking paper
Method
Wisk together cooled butter , sugars and egg
slowly add the flour, baking soda and salt
add chocolate chips
The consistency of your dough is light smooth and almost sticky.
Using a desert spoon place large spoonfulls on the baking tray ensuring you space them out at least a hand with apart.
TIP: these cookies spread out to become large so space them well apart.
Bake for aprox 12 minutes and remove
you should be able to get at least 30 coockies out of this recipe and you will be looking for more.
They can also be heated in the microwave for 5 seconds for a delicious hot treat with your tea.
ENJOY!!!!!!
xxx DG
Monday, June 22, 2009
Domestic Goddess Welcomes You!
Welcome to the Domestic Goddess page. Bet all feminists out there are cringing at the words alone not even having read the page yet. But here's the deal guys. Thank you for freedom in the, work place, for female politicians and female CEO's, thank you for government sponsored child care, for girls night out and for open mindedness!! I AGREE! But what no one told us was that when you decide to want to be the super mom you take on the world, you work yourself up the corporate ladder, you create and maintain a persona that is both acceptable to society at large and yourself(well at least sometimes).
But do you actually know when to stop? Do you leave somethings behind to do others and are those things really worth leaving behind? Take this thought for example and please be reminded that I speak for myself and perhaps a few other enjoyable goddessess out there who have willingly and conciously made the choice to revert to what was.
Getting married and having children while trying to juggle a career, your home and holidays so you dont get all burnt out and if you lucky you might even be able to fit in a few friends on the weekend or odd Thursday night. In the meantime when you work late your husband who after all has now had to cultivate the "maternal" instict and do the basics if not more including bathing preparing dinner and ensuring homework and ballet lessons.
Little Suzie/Johnny has everything fancy Barbie's/Cars, great parties and all the right friends.
Of course when both mum and dad work late or during school holidays little Suzie/Johnny gets panned off to one of the stay at home mums or day/holiday care for the few days/weeks.
Needless to say in my opinion the little one gets very little of what they really need. Which of course is always and without a doubt YOU!
Now I know that there are many women out there who make this work and I dont detract from that I certainly respect and admire it. I for one worked and loved it for 23 years through all 3 my kids and I would have died first before I gave up my job for the mull and washing of everyday home life. But my children although kind, generous and successful have had to have to do without many things, appearances at soccer or ballet, playing during school holdiays or after school, baking, cooking and special things that you only ever have the time for if you stay at home. Its not to say that staying at home is ever easy it comes with its own pitfalls like too little money and the stress of how you will enable your child to go to college if you dont have enough money. I certainly am not rich and famous far from it. In fact quite the opposite but do you really feel rich and famous? only a handful of us really make that happen because most of the time we are the workers and not the CEO's. therefore we dont get to the financial bracket that gives you all you desire. So what are the choices? you go off to work do long hours, give up school holidays and then one day when your ready to retire your kids are gone off to do their own thing or perhaps even much the same as you they start the cycle all over again!
A few weeks ago I made a decision to be home. Home for my Daughter who is now 12. I couldn't/didn't want to do it before so my son 20 and daughter 23, have had to do without me being around.
I dont want to burn my bra ( my boobs will hang on the ground!) But I do want to have a say and I am positive that my husband who has always been loving and kind will be happy with this. It is Fantastic that now that I have finally made the choice, the reactions from so many people including my children and husband has been profound. Please note that I am not opting to engage in government tax subsidised dol as so many would quickly believe. There will be financial pressure and turmoil and I will need to make some tough choices, Thankfully this time they will not have to be my children! This time they will be less shoes and fancy designer clothes and a flash new car. This time my choices will be Ballet or Shoes and ballet will win. Next time they may be Shoes or Riding Lessons and shoes will win but I can assure you shoes will no longer win every time.
Join me on my path to Goddess Freedom!
But do you actually know when to stop? Do you leave somethings behind to do others and are those things really worth leaving behind? Take this thought for example and please be reminded that I speak for myself and perhaps a few other enjoyable goddessess out there who have willingly and conciously made the choice to revert to what was.
Getting married and having children while trying to juggle a career, your home and holidays so you dont get all burnt out and if you lucky you might even be able to fit in a few friends on the weekend or odd Thursday night. In the meantime when you work late your husband who after all has now had to cultivate the "maternal" instict and do the basics if not more including bathing preparing dinner and ensuring homework and ballet lessons.
Little Suzie/Johnny has everything fancy Barbie's/Cars, great parties and all the right friends.
Of course when both mum and dad work late or during school holidays little Suzie/Johnny gets panned off to one of the stay at home mums or day/holiday care for the few days/weeks.
Needless to say in my opinion the little one gets very little of what they really need. Which of course is always and without a doubt YOU!
Now I know that there are many women out there who make this work and I dont detract from that I certainly respect and admire it. I for one worked and loved it for 23 years through all 3 my kids and I would have died first before I gave up my job for the mull and washing of everyday home life. But my children although kind, generous and successful have had to have to do without many things, appearances at soccer or ballet, playing during school holdiays or after school, baking, cooking and special things that you only ever have the time for if you stay at home. Its not to say that staying at home is ever easy it comes with its own pitfalls like too little money and the stress of how you will enable your child to go to college if you dont have enough money. I certainly am not rich and famous far from it. In fact quite the opposite but do you really feel rich and famous? only a handful of us really make that happen because most of the time we are the workers and not the CEO's. therefore we dont get to the financial bracket that gives you all you desire. So what are the choices? you go off to work do long hours, give up school holidays and then one day when your ready to retire your kids are gone off to do their own thing or perhaps even much the same as you they start the cycle all over again!
A few weeks ago I made a decision to be home. Home for my Daughter who is now 12. I couldn't/didn't want to do it before so my son 20 and daughter 23, have had to do without me being around.
I dont want to burn my bra ( my boobs will hang on the ground!) But I do want to have a say and I am positive that my husband who has always been loving and kind will be happy with this. It is Fantastic that now that I have finally made the choice, the reactions from so many people including my children and husband has been profound. Please note that I am not opting to engage in government tax subsidised dol as so many would quickly believe. There will be financial pressure and turmoil and I will need to make some tough choices, Thankfully this time they will not have to be my children! This time they will be less shoes and fancy designer clothes and a flash new car. This time my choices will be Ballet or Shoes and ballet will win. Next time they may be Shoes or Riding Lessons and shoes will win but I can assure you shoes will no longer win every time.
Join me on my path to Goddess Freedom!
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