Tag Archives for housework

Do you work the second shift? And egg fried rice.

Today, Matt’s trial comes to a close. And he returns home from Oakland for good. Then life will slow for us, just a little bit, which I hope will let me catch my breath. Because I would like to get … Continue reading

28. July 2010 by Jennifer Jeanne Patterson
Categories: Food, Marriage | Tags: , , , , , , , , | 4 comments

Housework

When I was in college, I had an idea for a sculpture. Only I couldn’t sculpt. But anyway it was this: a woman whose body was a house. Because that was what I felt domesticity did to a woman. It … Continue reading

26. May 2010 by Jennifer Jeanne Patterson
Categories: Parenting | Tags: , , , , , , , | 2 comments

What is your domino fight?

Yesterday Matt came home from work to find I’d left an ant trap on the floor. And it’d leaked. Only I hadn’t cleaned it up, so, when I came downstairs to greet him, he asked, “Why didn’t you clean it … Continue reading

14. May 2010 by Jennifer Jeanne Patterson
Categories: Marriage | Tags: , , , , , , | 2 comments

Do you disagree about time spent blogging?

My husband and I have had exactly one real fight since we married. 250+ different ways. It’s this: since I’m at home, is it my job to keep our home to his standards? He agrees I do eighty percent of … Continue reading

23. April 2010 by Jennifer Jeanne Patterson
Categories: Marriage | Tags: , , , , , , , , | 13 comments

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