We were sitting around cooing over this adorable outfit. We already own too many as it were, but the photo was so expertly taken, and the expression on the model so radiant and in keeping with our attitude in what we do, we just had to share it. The dress is handmade and for sale on Etsy, a good place to find prim dresses and blouses for the homemaker.

We dearly missed the days when women were dressed pretty and modestly, and stayed at home to raise a family. Fortunately, paintings from the past allow us to hark back to those wistful days when women were truly women: quiet, modest, genteel, and happily acquiescent to men.

You can look at more of his paintings here at the ArtMagick Website

Clicking on the picture above will take you to the Doris’s website announcing the new album.

Among us Stepford girls, the box sets reissues of Doris Day recordings by Germany’s Bear Family are on constant rotation in our kitchens. We recommend these recordings if you want to hear superb remasters of the original. The Bear Family are noted for their meticulous attention to maintaining fidelity to the original versions.

So you can imagine how delighted we were when we found out America’s sweetheart announces she is releasing a new album. It is suppose to be available on December 7, 2011 in the U.S. You can pre-order it today. It has already been released in the UK to great success. The recordings include previously unreleased tracks, and songs that were later mastered by a famed British recording producer. You can listen AND purchase the tracks or cd here at this Amazon link. Proceeds of sales will go to the Doris Day Animal Foundation.

Many of you may not realize this, but between the original 1975 Stepford Wives movie and the 2004 remake with Nicole Kidman, there was three other Stepford movies. Though they were made-for-tv movies, this means there is a total of five Stepford films.

My sister Carolyn has been trying to sit down and jot down some observations, alongside summaries of each. We added some of our thoughts and she wrote the introduction to our collection. Therefore, without further ado, we proudly present you with The Stepford Wives Organization’s Complete Guide to the Stepford Movies. So grab a big hot cup of coffee and sit down for a five part review!

Click on the picture above, or here The Complete Guide to the Stepford Movies

First things first: A Happy Thanksgiving to all the families and readers out there! We all hope you are having a fantastic holiday, spending quality time with your loved ones. We girls see it as a time to spoil our husbands extra deluxe in front of his and our families.

This is just a note to inform all our gentle readers that we have not gone away. We have been mum for a while, but we have also been busy reading up on many interesting topics in between cleaning, cooking, sewing, and taking care of the men around the house (extra guys visiting for the holidays).

For the girls, we stumbled upon this curious website that’s an introductory course to the FLDS way of life. (Every time we mentioned the FLDS, we make sure our readers know we are in no way affiliated with that religious group. We do not condone most (if not ALL) of the behavior of their imprisoned leader. But we do love our authoress Helen B. Andelin (who wrote Fascinating Womanhood), and was herself an LDS Mormon. This page, entitled “Role of Women” from FLDS 101 mentions Andelin’s book to our great delight.

For men – who often write to thank us for setting up our website and blog online – we found an acronym we are not familiar with MGTOW. If you never heard of it, check out this website: Men For Justice

We girls at the organization are not devout or deeply religious, but we are involved in our local Protestant church whenever there are functions, events, bake-offs, or charitable work for the less fortunate. We do get inspiration from the good book and the events that are described in the Bible. (In fact, some of our favorite passages come from 1 Peter and Ephesians 5:22 – 5:24) You can look at some of our favorite quotes here at our official website.

Our greatest model for femininity begins with Eve. We believe that the symbolical meaning of woman being created from man’s rib is the foundation of the Stepford edict: Eve was created solely to be a helper to Adam, to keep him company so he would not be alone.

That Eve was seduced by the serpent to take that first bite, thus banishing both man and woman from the garden of Eden meant the weight of sin is on the woman’s shoulders. We were taught by the Stepford Men’s Organization that a deep sense of shame and contrition should be our identity as faithful wives to our husbands. Marriage is our second chance to do right by our men. Where Eve faltered, we will succeed.

One of our trademarks as girls of the Stepford Wives Organization is that we all have long hair. We also drew inspiration from the story of Simon of Pharisees inviting Jesus to dinner.

A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 38 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. Luke 7:36-7:38 NIV

It’s not often that our husbands request us to wash their feet with our hair, but the symbolic gesture of having a lengthy mane to fulfill our lord’s wishes has always been greatly appreciated. After all, we took the first bite from that apple. As women, we have figuratively lived sinful lives. Cherishing the Stepford way of pleasing our men, being a helpmeet and attentive wives to them is our way of seeking redemption.

Georgina, my sister Carolyn and I love this scene from one of the most memorable love stories: Claude Lelouch’s Un Homme et Une Femme (A Man and A Woman). The girl is Anouk Aimee, the sweetheart of 60s European films. And Jean-Louis Trintignant is the driver in the opening b/w scene. Pierre Barouh plays her husband in these adorable scenes of domesticity. I (Irene) consider it my favorite movie scene(s) . Just the music, the voice-overs (captioned), and the description of the ideal Husband.

The music is Brazilian Bossa Nova great Baden Powell and his Orchestra. The vocals is actually sung by the actor who plays the husband (Barouh). Enjoy!

When we read the papers and surf the internet, it’s quite common to come across an article like this one Are Moms with Careers More Depressed Than Stay-at-Homes? – every day or so – that supports and reassures working moms that it’s okay to not have it all. Funded research studies and correlative reports also focuses more on the career woman. “It’s okay to not have it all and be able to do everything at home.” However, we seldom see articles that laud that stay-at-home mother.

It would be nice to see articles on lifestyle websites that say “It’s okay to not to rule the world and micromanage men and women in the business world!” That’s probably not going to happen soon. If you look at the authors of these articles, most of the time, they are women who are out in the business world making a living. So of course, they are going to sympathize with muscling one’s way through the corporate world while their children sit among strangers in a childcare center, only to come home to cold tv dinners.

That’s one of the reasons we decided to put the Stepford Wives Organization on the map. Just a place on the world wide web that doesn’t talk about superficial qualities like fashion and fetish aspects of a Stepford Wife. (We are aware there are many blogs are internet sites that append the Stepford Wife name for assimilation reasons). It’s at least a place we can show support for the Stay-At-Home Wife and the Stay-At-Home Mom.

Here in the Northeast, neighborhoods (and states all along the Eastern seaboard) are preparing to meet up with one of the largest hurricanes in 100 years. Hurricane Irene (unfortunately sharing the same namesake as myself) is due North up from the Bahamas. If you are among the parties concerned, you will have already seen the hysteria mounting at all the supermarkets. Every Stepford Wife should have a fairly well stocked pantry (not on hoarding levels, of course), so we feel it is unnecessary and unladylike to jostle with the ruffians in the supermarket for basic necessities.

The first and most important item to get sold out is always bottled water. The biggest mistake people make is to assume we only need water to hydrate. So if you bought a few cases of spring water, you would end up using it for washing your hands, face, and other emergency purposes. That thins down the supply mighty quickly. We opt for an alternative. Since I am no expert on these matters, I will let my husband take over at this point: his quotes are indented in the blockquote:

Hi Ladies! I hope everyone is prepared for the oncoming inclement weather. Along with my lovely wife Irene, I noticed a mad dash to hoard bottled water. It reminds me of the problems residents faced down in New Orleans during the Hurrican Katrina incident. Of course, the water surrounding the stranded people, at that point was tainted with nearby chemical factories, sewage, and above-ground burial remains seeping into the mix. Still, had they known basic steps to purifying water, it could have saved some lives. In most of our locations however, worst case scenario – hydration wise- is that a water main breaks, and we are without water.

It always strikes me as a bit irrational to haul all that water back from the supermarket. What happens if the storm doglegs its way out to sea? We are left with gallons of water that is not only heavy and takes up space, we are looking at months of consumption ahead.

Instead, I suggested to Irene that we get one of those simple 18 – 30 gallon plastic storage containers (with lids) that can be found at Target, Walmart, Kohl’s or any ordinary department store. Rinse out the container with mild detergent and flush with clean water. Dry.

The following are CDC recommendations for cleaning:

1. Wash the storage container with dishwashing soap and water and rinse completely with clean water.
2. Sanitize the container by adding a solution made by mixing 1 teaspoon of unscented liquid household chlorine bleach in one quart of water.
3. Cover the container and shake it well so that the sanitizing bleach solution touches all inside surfaces of the container.
4. Wait at least 30 seconds and then pour the sanitizing solution out of the container.
5. Let the empty sanitized container air-dry before use OR rinse the empty container with clean, safe water that already is available.

Then purchase a supply of water purification tablets from your local sporting / camping goods store. They range from Chlorine dioxide to iodine crystals and iodine dioxide. We use Katadyn MicroPur Purification Tablets (chlorine dioxide), but also keep an unopened fresh bottle of original liquid chlorox bleach (unscented) around for emergency purposes (see below)

Here is a typical J Terence Thomas 30 gallon container at Lowes.com

On the day before the Hurricane hits, fill the cleaned container with tap water, then cover the lid, seal with duct tape if need be, and leave it in the kitchen. Do not use a container with a dual flap opening lid. Go with one that clicks shut.

When disaster strikes and you need to drink potable water, simply draw from your supply from within the container. Drop in your water purification tablets per instructions.

The beauty of this setup is that IF the storm or hurricane passes by without incident, you simply pour out the water (use for watering plants or washing outdoor furniture, equipment, car) and set it aside for future emergency water use (do not use it to contain anything other than dry foodstuffs). Now you are not stuck with gallons upon gallons of bottled water in your garage.

Here is a link for purifying household water with household bleach. Good information to print out and tape to the side of your unopened bottle of bleach: Purifying Household Water

We were just admiring the darling photo of Terry Rakolta and her family in the opening sequence of the clip above.

We then had a conversation about this Michigan housewife who launched a letter writing campaign against the tv show “Married…with Children” in the late eighties. She appeared in a few talk shows and news programs. She also founded Americans for Responsible Television. Her family is tied in with the Romneys, as in Mitt. The UK equivalent of Americans for Responsible Television is Media Watch UK.

For moms who are concerned about television violence, contact information for Americans for Responsible Television can be found on this site Dove Organization

And here is a bird’s eye view of her place: check out this very Stepford locale!