Domestic Housewive

This week is Thanksgiving break which means that for a whole 9 days, I don't have to go to school and even though homework is still optional, I choose to ignore it. After all, things you ignore tend to just work themselves out or go away!

Although I am loving the fact that I don't have to look at my professor's faces for a whole week + two weekends, I am a bit confused as to what to do with myself. Without the thought of homework making me feel guilty when I watch Legend of The Seeker, what else is there to do?

So what else is a housewife to do except be a housewife? Behold, I have only been on break for one day and my domestic-ness would even make Martha Stewart jealous. Here's what I've done:


On Saturday, I was completely bored out of my mind but then I remembered how the other tenants were allowed to paint their apartment. Hey, I was bored and thought why not! So I went off to Wal-Mart to pick out some paint colors to show our landlord. She approved and at 8:00 at night, I started the painting project.

Here is a before picture:


As you can see from the picture above, the room was pretty fugly and really needed to be painted before the winter months where I would be stuck inside all day and probably fall into a deep depression.

Here is a during picture:



And here is an after picture. I guess the camera decided to NOT be in the spirit of thanksgiving and take a shizzy picture. Nevertheless, you get the idea.


So in less than one day I had painted my humbly small living room and I am still trying to get used to the bright look of it all. During the day, I don't even have to turn on the light!

Also, we are going to the Belnap's for Thanksgiving and I know that even though I will help as much as possible to cook and clean whatever Mama Belnap wants, I will still feel like I didn't really "cook" anything like a 50's housewife should. So I decided to try something new and make up my own recipe for homemade chicken pot pie!

Can you see the resemblance?

Here is an after. It was pretty good looking at the fact that I made up the recipe


I know all of you feminists out there are probably aghast of how I willfully allow myself to be labeled, act and embrace the typical "housewife" label but I can't help it; I love being domestic.