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Sunday, May 11, 2008
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Happy Mother's Day
to all of us who take care of another.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
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I am entirely out of sorts today.
Very glad I have nothing to do and nowhere to go and no one to entertain tomorrow.
My house is a rathole again and I just cleaned it up. The thanklessness and rote routine and monotony just gets me sometimes.Piles of laundry that I wash and fold, separate into our drawers and give the girls their own baskets to put away. I hang everything, and usually put that away for all of us.Sitting down on the toilet to find that the roll is empty. I keep the extra rolls within reach, just put it on.
As soon as I make a dent in the pile of clean garments. there's another three baskets coming up to fold.Cooking unimaginative meals. Hearing complaints (except Ed), and whining at how long it is taking, only to have it go uneaten. Eat a bowl of Doritos and a separate bowl of leftover noodles with butter, wash down with diet Pepsi... because I don't have the energy or inspiration to cook something that I enjoy most of the time.I'm not angry, just tired. Bored, a little. And tired.
Wash rinse repeat.Rain for three days (and a week more to follow, it is predicted) is not helping. Though my garden is prospering.I'm going to sleep in tomorrow, as long as I can. Or maybe not. Maybe I'll wake up as usual and nap at my leisure. In the morning I will hug my children and kiss my husband, because I am Loved and I Love them. I am not ungrateful. Just a little bored of being me right now.
Change is coming, so I'm holding on.
But today I am out of sorts.
Good night.
Friday, May 09, 2008
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Everything but the tomatoes.
My garden as of two days ago...Lettuce!
Peas (thanks, Jodi for the ID) There's one sunflower plant hidden in there,
I thought I got them all but I missed that one.
I moved the sunflowers (that were randomly planted wherever there was soil by my youngest)
to here..on the side of my house, by the clothesline.
I have one established strawberry plant that, after a couple of years in the ground,
is finally spreading. I added a second plant this year, on the other end of the bed.
I'd like to someday see strawberries filling all the space in this bed not taken up by herbs
(sage, rosemary, and thyme).I'm trying an eggplant. Just one, since no one eats it but my in laws and I.
We are going to a political fundraiser this evening. One of our moves in the game.
My sister has the girls for the night.
Hope you have a peaceful weekend.
Good night.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
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Good night.
Natural perfection.Tomato leaf.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
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My new laundress. She started today.
So much fun to watch. So cool... she never fills with water, just a gentle waterfall and tumble every couple of seconds. Very little sudsing. At first, I was sure something was wrong with her, because the clothes didn't seem to be getting wet enough. But after a time, she obviously knew what she was doing. I don't know how she does it with so little water (and 2/3 the amount of detergent, which was highly concentrated to begin with) but she did a great job. Clean as a whistle.
Pictured below... running during the initial empty machine wash...
Her fancy dashboard.
Good for playing Star Trek.
Here is where the detergent goes. A little drawer located on the control panel, up there on the left, where "Whirlpool" is stamped. She has her own cute little feed drawer. I just pour it in, put the clothes in (almost twice the amount of clothes as my old washer), turn it on. She sucks down the soap, sprays a little water, then gets busy.
Love. Her.Below her skirts lies this nifty drawer. That half-lid lifts off entirely, and I can store more underneath.
The dryer.
He's a beauty.
And yeah, I just ripped that piece of plastic off the dial.
He's drying the first load now.Tomorrow, I may wash every large blanket we own. Twice.
Is it sick that this excites me?
Good night.
JennyG
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