- Apply lipstick and wear your biggest earrings. Haven’t washed your hair in four days? Doesn’t matter. Pulled your blue jeans from the dirty laundry hamper this morning? No big deal. Just realized your t-shirt has a semi-permanent arm pit smell? We’ve all been there. Put on a little lipstick and add giant earrings. Ta-da! You are fancy.
- Harry Connick Jr. You could just stop here and your day would surely be lovely. Harry wants us to be happy, y’all. Would he sing to us that way if he wished anything but the best for us? No. The answer is no.
- Put on an apron. The one with your name on it that your secret Santa gave you three years ago or your grandma’s apron that you’ve saved for years but never actually wear. Either one. Put it on. Now you officially know what you’re doing. Would an amateur bother with an apron? No. No they would not. You are legit. Wear the apron.
- Make bread. It’s not hard. It sounds hard, but it is not hard. Trust All Recipes when they tell you how to make Amish White Bread. Now lay a stick of butter out to soften. Don’t come at with margarine here. You are baking bread and your bread deserves salted butter. This is not up for debate.
- Straighten your domestic goddess crown (or messy bun) and serve fresh bread with dinner. It doesn’t even matter what you serve for dinner because Harry sang to you while YOU MADE FRESH BREAD. You are wearing fancy earrings and lipstick and your apron is dusted with flour. Even your children will eat this bread because it is the thing winter dreams are made of and you didn’t raise no fools. You are amazing. You are happy. That is all.
