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Tue, Aug 09 2016, 12:50 pm
I am an aspiring balabusta and always looking to be better! when you think of a balabusta, what comes to mind??
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glamourmom
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Tue, Aug 09 2016, 12:53 pm
wonderfully balanced cooked meals, 3 a day. sparkling, lemon-scented house. gleaming silver. all iron clothes folded to perfection. calm, smiling children, you looking put together and like all the above happens on it's own.
good luck.
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Benevolence
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Tue, Aug 09 2016, 1:09 pm
glamourmom wrote: | wonderfully balanced cooked meals, 3 a day. sparkling, lemon-scented house. gleaming silver. all iron clothes folded to perfection. calm, smiling children, you looking put together and like all the above happens on it's own.
good luck. |
Meaning
Everything I wish I was but I'm not 😂
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pointyshoes
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Tue, Aug 09 2016, 1:12 pm
Its all in the organization and the lists, lists, lists!
You have to write down everything you want done, how often you want it done and then make a realistic scedule
And always have marble cake!
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glamourmom
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Tue, Aug 09 2016, 1:21 pm
RIGHT-O. how could I forget the miniatures and delectable cookies and confections in the freezer?
should have been the first thing I thought of. a well stocked freezer.
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glamourmom
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Tue, Aug 09 2016, 1:21 pm
Benevolence wrote: | Meaning
Everything I wish I was but I'm not 😂 |
don't worry. I'm none of these things either.
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Rubber Ducky
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Tue, Aug 09 2016, 1:57 pm
amother wrote: | I am an aspiring balabusta and always looking to be better! when you think of a balabusta, what comes to mind?? |
My planner, of course (see my signature line)! Making lists and schedules really does help — without them my home would be a complete balagan.
The Mythical Balabusta: A very organized person. Geshikt. House looks like the maid left maybe 5 minutes ago. Clean, well-dressed and well-behaved kids. Dinner on time. Home runs on schedule.
My reality: A very spontaneous person. Batampte. House looks like the maid ran away years ago. Happy, curious and creative (grand)kids. Dinner 10 minutes late, more or less. Home runs on coffee.
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zaq
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Tue, Aug 09 2016, 6:36 pm
Sorry to rain on your parade, ladies, but I detest the term balabosteh. The third syllable is pronounced BOSS and that's what I think of when I hear the word--a bossy, domineering person who knows everything better than you, from how you should shape your challah to how you should bring up your kids. In my childhood we used it as a pejorative, usually aimed at an older sister or classmate with a steamroller personality. A balabosteh wasn't malicious like a machashefeh or nasty like a klavteh, but she was supremely irritating.
Talk to me about a "beriah", which is a word I haven't heard anyone use in about 45 years, and which was a term of the highest praise. It meant someone who accomplished much in the domestic arts. You wouldn't be called a beriah for running a marathon, but you'd be one if you cleaned your room top to bottom, reorganized your dresser drawers and baked a chocolate cake , all on your day off.
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amother
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Tue, Aug 09 2016, 7:38 pm
glamourmom wrote: | wonderfully balanced cooked meals, 3 a day. sparkling, lemon-scented house. gleaming silver. all iron clothes folded to perfection. calm, smiling children, you looking put together and like all the above happens on it's own.
good luck. |
I don't know anyone who's all of the above. I know some people whose homes are spotless but cooking is so-so, or they put a lot of time into their kids but the house is a little neglected. Or excellent cook+housekeeper but don't always look stylish.
If there is someone out there who is 4/4 I haven't met her yet.
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glamourmom
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Wed, Aug 10 2016, 10:12 am
amother wrote: | I don't know anyone who's all of the above. I know some people whose homes are spotless but cooking is so-so, or they put a lot of time into their kids but the house is a little neglected. Or excellent cook+housekeeper but don't always look stylish.
If there is someone out there who is 4/4 I haven't met her yet. |
zaq, you made me laugh.
amother quoted, I know a few people like that. I don't know what goes on in their life when I'm not there or how it's possible for one person to be all those things but I know what I see. I don't aspire to be a "4 out of 4" so I didn't study how it's possible....
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