My house was clean last week; sorry you missed it

August 30, 2017

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Hunting and gathering, circa 1957

August 15, 2017

The description on YouTube claims that this film was made in 1962; however, according to the fine print in the film itself, it was made in 1957. In any case, if you’re a baby boomer who went grocery shopping with Mom back when you were a young whippersnapper, this will bring back memories. Watch all the way to the end to see how much an average mother paid for a shopping cart full of groceries in 1957 (not for the faint of heart).

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Mom spends beach vacation assuming all household duties in closer proximity to ocean

July 13, 2017

From The Onion.

NAGS HEAD, NC—Continuously doing laundry, cooking, or vacuuming in her family’s rented beach cottage this week, area mom Catherine Yardley has spent a much-needed vacation performing all her usual household chores while in closer proximity to the ocean, sources confirmed.

“Isn’t it nice to just get away for a while and relax by the water?” Yardley said as she wiped down the kitchen counter and then took out the garbage, tasks she would normally perform at a distance of 200 miles from the beach instead of 50 feet. “I just love that I can be scrubbing the bathroom, look out the window, and see the tide coming in. We should do this every year!”

At press time, Yardley was reportedly busy preparing a meal identical to what she would have made back home, except that she planned to serve it on paper plates.

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A woman’s work is never done, so why bother?

July 10, 2017

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Housework won’t kill you, but why take a chance?

June 1, 2017

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Advertisements from long, long ago — Happy Homemakers™ edition

March 27, 2017

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Make that greasy frying pan sparkle!

March 30, 2016

If you don’t sing while you scrub your pots and pans, you probably just haven’t been using the right cleanser.

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