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Domestic Godess For Hire
Tue Jun 08 2004

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This is what I want on the brass plate on my office door.

Because by golly, that's what I have been and what I am right now.

I have my domain in order today. From garden to refrigerator, things have been tended to. And thanks to Salamander's entry that mentioned them, I am planning on baking a few scones. The conversation was just too provocative to ignore.

I don't think I ever mentioned it before, but I will mention it now. I used to be a baker.
I would get up at 3:30 in the morning and be at work by 4 AM. I baked everything from scratch. We made cinnamon rolls, muffins, scones, bagels and breads..... all kinds of them, everywhere you looked. I was in my element. But now that I have heard some of the conversation on the DD message board, I find out I was most certainly baking AMERICAN scones.... not "authentic" ones.

We ate them with butter, honey or jam. But clotted cream sounds intriguing.

Anyway, back to the Domestic Godess thing. I can't figure out why such a complex job with such a grand and glorious tradition doesn't pay better wages. I mean for a job that encompasses everything from soup to nuts, paying bills to baking scones, organizing to shopping, baking to sewing, cleaning to gardening, you'd think there might be some monetary compensation for it.

No such luck.

So I am off to call the staffing agency to see if I can find a job filing papers somewhere. It's going to be tough becoming a peeon, after inhabiting the wondrous throne of Domestic Godess. I guess homemaking just doesn't make the grade anymore.
This depresses me, more than you can imagine.

I feel like Rodney Dangerfield. I don't get no respect...




10 Comments
  • From:
    Monstergue (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Jun 07 2004
    I envy you your ability to bake. I am a pretty good cook (despite the disasters I had while Pragmatist was here, lol) but baking has always been beyond me. Do you think you might be able to hand off a good scone recipe??? I would be forever in your debt and would send you bags and bags of black Midwestern soil!

    Take Care & Hugs,
    Bobbi
  • From:
    Yarngirl (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Jun 07 2004
    I still want a butler.

    Now that you mention it, I've not had any notifies since first thing this morning either. Well, the last one came in at 12:48 so it hadn't been long enough for me to realize yet. I was surprised to see a comment on my entry as I knew I hadn't been notified of one. Thanks! ;o)

    Julie
  • From:
    Yarngirl (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Jun 07 2004
    Here's one for you in return... is it just me or do the links for entries not work in the 'Show All Diaries (or any catagory) with updates in 24 hours' page? I keep getting 404 errors.

    me again
  • From:
    Monstergue (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Jun 07 2004
    Let's go with traditional and I can modify from there. Thanks bunches!!!
  • From:
    InStitches (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Jun 08 2004
    "I can't figure out why such a complex job with such a grand and glorious tradition doesn't pay better wages."

    I've been trying to figure out that one for years. *Sigh*

    Scones, American or otherwise, sound very good right now. I used to make an Oatmeal scone with dried currants. I may have to go find that recipe and whip some up. *tummy rumbles with eager anticipation* :)

    Almost missed you today. Notifies are apparently not working. I had wondered why my inbox was so empty all day.
  • From:
    Salamander (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Jun 08 2004
    You've been lurking on the forums and haven't posted? Not even to the scones thread???! Where were you when I needed you?

    And I don't think anyone has gotten any notifies since about ten o'clock my time this morning. The site is acting way weird, giving sporadic error messages and hanging up for no good reason. I've got a bad feeling that it's going to go down for the count again by tomorrow.

    I will be glad when Steve returns from Australia.
  • From:
    Bookworm (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Jun 08 2004
    Sigh, I know. I'd love to know why the humble job of keeping the house has had such a bad rap lately. Aha, I didn't know you'd been a baker, but it adds to the picture and actually clarifies some things about you. Thanks for adding that piece of info today. ;-)
  • From:
    Allimom (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Jun 08 2004
    For my 20 year reunion, where it asked that you put your current occupation I put Domestic Goddess. Only one of my old friends caught it.

    I personally don't think we should be paid. I think we should be worshipped and fed chocolate hourly, and given foot rubs daily.

    Yep, that would work for me.
    Alli
  • From:
    Sezrah (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Jun 08 2004
    lets just say i'd love to have you as a grandparent ;)

    sez


    p.s. i thought american scones were different to our scones. our scones are like english scones, which you call biscuits. anyway....i get the feeling we've already had this conversation before..
  • From:
    Adored (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Jun 09 2004
    my comments wont stick!
    Ms Manic takes a good couple weeks of acting out before exhaustion sets in. still need 2 or 3 ativan to sleep at night with her around.
    i like domestic goddess!