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1950s wife poll
maybe this will bring some action to the board! I stole it from another board shhh 
Do you:
1. Make your bed every day?
2. Cook a full meal every night?
3. Iron your clothes?
4. Iron your husband's clothes?
5. Bake cookies from scratch?
6. Know how to sew a button?
7. Have neatly organized closets/dressers?
8. Get all the stains off your and Husband clothes?
9. Make a full breakfast on Sundays?
10. Dress up for the holidays?
Re: 1950s wife poll
1. Make your bed every day? Not every day.
2. Cook a full meal every night? Yes unless its left over night
3. Iron your clothes? some, if I really really really have to.
4. Iron your husband's clothes? only a few of his button down shirts
5. Bake cookies from scratch? sometimes if i have all the stuff to make them that way.
6. Know how to sew a button? yes
7. Have neatly organized closets/dressers? Most the time if iv got time when hanging laundry.
8. Get all the stains off your and Husband clothes? I try my hardest most of them come out unless its something like dye transfer.
9. Make a full breakfast on Sundays? most the times, that chorizo day!
10. Dress up for the holidays? Yes
1. Make your bed every day? no
2. Cook a full meal every night? no
3. Iron your clothes? only if they need it
4. Iron your husband's clothes? again, only if they need it
5. Bake cookies from scratch? that's the only way to do it!
6. Know how to sew a button? yup
7. Have neatly organized closets/dressers? not really
8. Get all the stains off your and Husband clothes? if they are nice clothes, yes. if they aren't, i usually don't bother. I mean, what good does it do if he's just gonna go work in the garage next time he wears that shirt?
9. Make a full breakfast on Sundays? sometimes
10. Dress up for the holidays? usually
Do you:
1. Make your bed every day? yes. I get up later than DH.
2. Cook a full meal every night? DH does most of the cooking. He cooks a lot at once to serve for several dinners and lunches for work. We put them away in containers for lunch.
3. Iron your clothes? yes when I have the chance.
4. Iron your husband's clothes? DH does not like ironing. He takes his wrinkle prone clothes to the dry cleaner. I do not like all the chemicals. I only take my suits and special items to the cleaners. I have ironed his shirts occassionally but he prefers the dry cleaner.
5. Bake cookies from scratch? Yes, I make 12 different kinds of cookies at Christmas. I bake some throughout the year but lately we are really watching our diet.
6. Know how to sew a button? Yes. In fact I have one of DH pants waiting for me to do just this.
7. Have neatly organized closets/dressers? DH is the neat one and makes me keep my things organized.
8. Get all the stains off your and Husband clothes? DH usually does the laundry. I hand wash a lot of my shirts and take care of any stains that day.
9. Make a full breakfast on Sundays? Frequently we (DH) make a big breakfast on one weekend day.
10. Dress up for the holidays? For a party we do but not for the family meal.
1. Make your bed every day? Yes
2. Cook a full meal every night? Most nights
3. Iron your clothes? Not very often
4. Iron your husband's clothes? Never. He has arms.
5. Bake cookies from scratch? Yes.
6. Know how to sew a button? Yes.
7. Have neatly organized closets/dressers? My side is neatly organized. His is not.
8. Get all the stains off your and Husband clothes? I do my laundry, but not his. I don't recall the last time I had a stain though. Maybe I just stain things that I don't really care about!
9. Make a full breakfast on Sundays? Most Sundays.
10. Dress up for the holidays? Most of the time.
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2. Cook a full meal every night? more or less. some nights we just have leftovers.
3. Iron your clothes? never. we bought a steamer and have never looked back.
4. Iron your husband's clothes? see above. his clothes are more of a PITA than mine though.
5. Bake cookies from scratch? yes
6. Know how to sew a button? yes
7. Have neatly organized closets/dressers? yes
8. Get all the stains off your and Husband clothes? yes, as long as he tells me they are there before I dry them and accidentally set the stain in.
9. Make a full breakfast on Sundays? not usually. we're a cereal kind of couple.
10. Dress up for the holidays? for parties yes, but not for the family meal. I break out the valor sweat suit for that
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Do you:
1. Make your bed every day? Nope. H gets home and goes to bed when I leave for work, and when H leaves for work I go to bed. So basically the bed is always in use
2. Cook a full meal every night? Ohhh no. I am horrible about this
3. Iron your clothes? Nope
4. Iron your husband's clothes? He irons his own uniform
5. Bake cookies from scratch? I have on the rare basis that I bake, but sometimes I like to cheat
6. Know how to sew a button? No
I bet I could if I tried
7. Have neatly organized closets/dressers? I do for the most part
8. Get all the stains off your and Husband clothes? The important ones
9. Make a full breakfast on Sundays? Nope-We do on random days
10. Dress up for the holidays? Yes~
1. Make your bed every day? I'd say I make my bed....once a month...maybe
2. Cook a full meal every night? Yup
3. Iron your clothes? Very rarely
4. Iron your husband's clothes? Nope, his arms ain't broke.
5. Bake cookies from scratch? Once a year
6. Know how to sew a button? Nope
7. Have neatly organized closets/dressers? My closets pretty organized, my dresser not so much.
8. Get all the stains off your and Husband clothes? I toss it in the wash, what comes out, comes out.
9. Make a full breakfast on Sundays? Usually DH does
10. Dress up for the holidays? Yeah, I'll usually wear something nicer
1. Make your bed every day? I try to straighten it everyday, but it only gets fully "made" about once every couple of months.
2. Cook a full meal every night? DH is the cook in the house. I bake. And yes, usually he cooks a full meal every night.
3. Iron your clothes? No
4. Iron your husband's clothes? I do when he gets too busy to do it himself, but mostly he irons his own shirts.
5. Bake cookies from scratch? I can, though if I am busy I use a mix.
6. Know how to sew a button? Yes, and more.
7. Have neatly organized closets/dressers? nope
8. Get all the stains off your and Husband clothes? If it doesn't come off in the wash, it gets relegated to the scrap pile or to "work" clothes (worn when doing yardwork, cleaning, painting, etc...)
9. Make a full breakfast on Sundays? Not usually. We tend to do a full breakfast on Saturdays instead, so we don't have to wake up to early before church.
10. Dress up for the holidays? Usually
Do you:
1. Make your bed every day? No, but we also sleep on top of our comforter most nights and just use extra sheets/comforters to cover up with, so technically it is made every day lol.
2. Cook a full meal every night? Not every single night but I'd say 5 out of 7.
3. Iron your clothes? We don't even own an iron lol
4. Iron your husband's clothes? See above
5. Bake cookies from scratch? I do
6. Know how to sew a button? Indeed I do. I often sew Jason's pants for him, I actually spent the last two nights working on a pair of his pants...first they needed to be a bit shorter and then last night I fixed a couple belt loops that got torn.
7. Have neatly organized closets/dressers? For the most part
8. Get all the stains off your and Husband clothes? Not a chance
9. Make a full breakfast on Sundays? He works some Sundays but I usually try to do it either Saturday or Sunday.
10. Dress up for the holidays? Not super fancy but nicer than usual
1. Make your bed every day? Nope, once every 2 weeks when I wash the sheets.
2. Cook a full meal every night? I cook 3 full meals a week, and that plus the left overs from it lasts us the week.
3. Iron your clothes? Nope
4. Iron your husband's clothes? I don't iron mine, why should I iron his?
5. Bake cookies from scratch? Yes ma'am - that's the only way allowed around this house.
6. Know how to sew a button? Yes, and mend clothes.
7. Have neatly organized closets/dressers? The closet is more organized than the dressers, but each drawer in the dresser is designated for specific items.
8. Get all the stains off your and Husband clothes? Most.
9. Make a full breakfast on Sundays? Nope. I'm doing good to make it to church most Sundays.
10. Dress up for the holidays? Always.
Do you:
1. Make your bed every day? Everyday I am home it is made properly, if I work the covers just get pulled up.
2. Cook a full meal every night? Nope
3. Iron your clothes? Yep, I have to or I would look like a slob.
4. Iron your husband's clothes? Yep, I have to or he would look like a slob
5. Bake cookies from scratch? Always
6. Know how to sew a button? Absolutely
7. Have neatly organized closets/dressers? My closet is arranged primarily by type of clothing and secondarily by color.
8. Get all the stains off your and Husband clothes? There a few stains of my husbands (ground conditioner?) that are impossible
9. Make a full breakfast on Sundays? At least one day on the weekend we have a big breakfast
10. Dress up for the holidays? I dress nicer than a normal day.
Do you:
1. Make your bed every day? 50% of the time: DH gets up later than me most of the time, but I really hate having it not made so will often make it. And he'll make it when I'm coming back from a business trip.
2. Cook a full meal every night? most night, but we cook together (each of us have a part of the meal prep/cooking that we do)
3. Iron your clothes? hahaha... that's why god invented dry cleaners
4. Iron your husband's clothes? see above.
5. Bake cookies from scratch? sometimes, but not often. I do cook muffins for breakfast from scratch though.
6. Know how to sew a button? yes.
7. Have neatly organized closets/dressers? so type A - by clothing type and color.
8. Get all the stains off your and Husband clothes? my lovely washing machine does that.
9. Make a full breakfast on Sundays? um, no. But I don't like big breakfasts and hate eggs and fried breakfast meat smells.
10. Dress up for the holidays? yes.
Do you:
1. Make your bed every day?
No, but I wish I did. I hate being so lazy.
2. Cook a full meal every night?
Every night that we eat at home, yes.
3. Iron your clothes?
No - lol - Wrinkle Release is my best friend.
4. Iron your husband's clothes?
Yes
5. Bake cookies from scratch?
Sometimes
6. Know how to sew a button?
Yes
7. Have neatly organized closets/dressers?
Semi, but not really.
8. Get all the stains off your and Husband clothes?
I try to.
9. Make a full breakfast on Sundays?
If we get up early enough.
10. Dress up for the holidays?
Not usually.
Missing our little turkey.
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2. Cook a full meal every night? See above.
3. Iron your clothes? Now that I don't wear blouses to work, I don't need to iron anything. In Japan, though, I did.
4. Iron your husband's clothes? See above.
5. Bake cookies from scratch? I rarely make cookies. When I do, yes, they're from scratch.
6. Know how to sew a button? Yes.
7. Have neatly organized closets/dressers? Yes
8. Get all the stains off your and Husband clothes? Yes. Mine too. But he and I both do laundry, so it's not JUST me getting the stains out.
9. Make a full breakfast on Sundays? Definitely. Saturdays too.
10. Dress up for the holidays? Yep!