In the sacred precinct of that dwelling where the despotic woman wields the sceptre of fierce neatness, one treads as if he carried his life in his hands.
Housework Quotes
If your house is really a mess and a stranger comes to the door greet him with, “Who could have done this? we have no enemies.”
To be a housewife is to be a member of a very peculiar occupation, one with characteristics like no other. The nature of the duties to be performed, the method of payment, the form of supervision, the tenure system, the “market” in which the “workers” find “jobs,” and the physical hazards are all very different […]
I’m eighteen years behind in my ironing. There’s no use doing it now, it doesn’t fit anybody I know
The toughest thing about being a housewife is you have no place to stay home from.
I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard.
My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first – hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the sidewalk before it stops snowing.
