Sunday, May 19, 2013

Sunday supper in the South in the 50s

Today is the final day of the 1950s housewife project and I'm alittle sad but alittle relieved.  I'll be so happy to use the dishwasher again!  And stop ironing everything!  And use my cell phone and Facebook again!  I'll miss the dressing up, the big meals, and the desserts! 
Sunday is big meal day and I accomplished that and went above and beyond, if I do say so myself!  My cream taters were the creamiest ever, the green beans (which I normally don't like) were buttery, bacony goodness, the chicken fried crisp yet juicy, and the Hershey bar brownies were chocolatey yet gooey.  Let me show you:
And the overall setting, including the table linens and vase of fresh flowers:
Lastly, we have a funny serious shot of the chef, working hard!

I told y'all about the dresses I bought at Ross and would like to show you my favorite one now. It's flowy, bright, classy, and so comfortable! I also got one just like this but in white eyelet.



Doing this entire 50s housewife project has been overwhelming but fun. It's got me thinking about other projects I want to do. I really love this so I'm taking it deeper. I plan to do a week long project just focusing on the cleaning schedule of the 50s housewife. I did most of it during this project but I was also focusing on the meals, my clothing, etc. so I'm going to do another project soon of just the cleaning. I'm excited to get my house in tip-top shape and want to plan to do this detailed cleaning, maybe 3-4 times a year. Another project I'm going to work on is the beauty regimen of the 50s woman. I've found daily schedules of just what she did to look her best, including exercise, and hair and face treatments. I'll update on both once I've decided when I'm doing them, and of course, I'll blog about them as I do it. This week I'll be pretty silent on here because it's the last week of English Comp II and I have to get my research paper fully completed. Check back soon for the deets of my next project! Tootles!

1 comment:

  1. It's been great reading about your project/experiment! I don't think I could ever go back to that time, but it's neat to read about how different life would/could be back then. --Frances (RocketCityMama)

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