My mother has changed in some ways. She complains that my sister and I keep our houses too clean... and that we don't fix proper meals. (She did clean house far more when she had children at home but feels she is retired now so...oddly, my sister and I had the messiest rooms you EVER saw growing up. Kind of a role reversal.)

Her meals always have a green veg, a yellow veg, a starch, a protein, a fruit, etc.

Meals were always taken at the table, on a plate, with proper table setting. I am still that way, even if my mother isn't!

As a kid my chore was to iron hankies and pillow cases! I see the wisdom of ironing everything at once, since inevitably what I want to wear needs ironing and I don't have time. (I hate to leave the ironing board out and won't put it away until the iron is cool.)