The Happy Homemaker

I also got to be a housewife in Queens, NY. The high cost of living forced me to do a lot of my shopping at the dollar store. I had to do dishes by hand and my laundry at the laundromat. I also had to walk with my two small kids to the grocery store […]

Today is the traditional Wednesday baking day. I decided to do some baking of my own. I planned to make some Uzbek non for my family. I planned to wake up at 8:30, but my daughter woke me up at 7:30 coughing. I then had to nurse my son at 8 AM. I decided to […]

A huge challenge for me was to manage my home in Hawaii. You might think, in paradise?? Well, paradise gets hot and I didn’t have air conditioning. Food is very expensive. You learn quickly that cooking Asian food helps to save money and that a daily early afternoon trip to the pool followed by lunch […]

One of my favorite housewife stories comes from my grandmother’s autobiography.
My grandmother’s mother died when she was five. Her family was not poor and did not struggle. Her family had a nanny and servants which were cheaper to have in those days. Reading her autobiography, she didn’t mention many women as she didn’t have […]

Let’s bring pride and honor back to homemaking!!