Diary of a Domestic Goddess

5.30pm – Arrive home. Managed to avoid eye contact with the giant stick insect on the way in.
5.35pm – Wash face (requirement of a domestic goddess: good skin) and realised the apple tea cake recipe has been left at work.
5.45pm – Unmake bed, remake bed with fresh sheets and pillow cases. Wash sheets. (Domestic goddess loves clean sheets)
5.50pm – Make apple tea cake with only vague memory of the recipe.
6.10pm – Wash dishes.
6.20pm – Prep dinner for Swiss brown mushroom risotto.
6.50pm – Start cooking dinner while checking cake.
7.00pm – Unload sheets and hang. Cake done.


Apple tea cake

7.01pm – No room on the dining table or kitchen. Cake will have to cool on the coffee table.
7.30pm – Still cooking dinner.
7.40pm – Dinner done. Cake cooled.


Swiss brown mushroom risotto

7.45pm – Taste test a piece of cake (quality control is important to a domestic goddess).
7.50pm – Pack dried dishes and wash more dishes.


...all in a day's work ...