How I Do Laundry…

1. Walk into laundry room and stop in my tracks.

2. Look at the laundry the kids have thrown all over the floor and wonder how they manage to pass PE in school when they have never been able to throw dirty laundry into a hamper with any accuracy.

3. Notice all of the detritus mixed in with the dirty clothes all over the floor.

4. Try to remember why I thought having children was a good idea.

5. Leave laundry room to look for rubber gloves because there’s no way I’m sorting through *that* without protection.

6. End up in kitchen, where I’m distracted by the dirty dishes that accumulated overnight.

7. Do dishes.

8. Put all empty water bottles into recycling container.

9. Empty the now full recycling container into the larger recycling bin in the garage.

10. Look at food in the freezer in the garage.

11. Ponder what to make for dinner later.

12. Realize I haven’t eaten breakfast yet.

13. Eat breakfast.

14. Go back to laundry room, realize I still don’t have the rubber gloves and fantasize about setting the laundry on fire.

15. Wonder why there’s a suitcase in the middle of the laundry room floor.

16. Think about how nice new luggage would be.

17. Browse luggage on ebags.com

18. Get an e-mail reminding me Mr. Grumpy’s birthday is next week.

19. Look for gift ideas on amazon.com

20. Notice one of my favorite authors has a new book out & add it to my Wishlist.

21. Realize we’ll probably be moving on my birthday.

22. Remember that the shelves in the laundry room need to be cleared off and the stuff on the shelves boxed up.

23. Decide that I will delegate the task of clearing off the shelves to someone else.

24. Remember I really need to get the laundry done.

25. Write blog post.

A day without the kids.

I slept in until 10 am.

I ate breakfast and then played Family Feud Online for a few hours.

I ate lunch then took a shower.

I checked out the after-Christmas sale at the BX, washed the car and picked up groceries just for me.

After putting the groceries away, I goofed off online for a couple of hours.

I was attacked by a small grey cat.

I had cheese and crackers for dinner, with veggies from a veggie tray.

I fought off a small grey cat who really likes Port Wine cheese.

I tried to teach the aforementioned small grey cat some tricks for treats.

I goofed off online for a little while longer.

I realized I’m really boring.

This is just too funny.

I love this song.

I know it’s been out awhile but my love for it just keeps growing.

Umm, I can explain.

I noticed some cat fur on my king-sized comforter and I grabbed a roll of tape to remove it.  Something snapped in my head and, half an hour later, my bed looked like this.

In case you couldn’t tell, I used USPS Priority Mail tape.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It removed the cat fur quite well and, after I peeled it all off, the kids and I rolled the tape into a ball and played catch for a little while.  FYI, It’s really easy to catch a ball that adheres to your skin.

Yes, we felt it.

 

SoCal Quake

We’re a fair distance from the epicenter so, by the time it got to us, it was a fairly mild quake. Nothing in the house rattled, the pictures on the walls stayed in position and the cats slept right through it.

If I hadn’t been sitting on the floor, I might have assumed it was a sonic boom. But my tush was on the floor and it felt the ground moving gently to and fro for a few seconds.  Sonic booms don’t do that.

I did turn on the local news to see if my tush was right and, happily, found validation there.

Weather People

I just got the following “Severe Weather Alert” and it struck me that Gusty Winds could be either a really great name for a weather person or one that elicits giggles from those of us who still find fart jokes funny. I mean THOSE PEOPLE who still find fart jokes funny.  Because I don’t.  I have a more mature sense of humor.  I enjoy LOLCats.

…GUSTY WINDS ON THE WAY…

GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND
DESERT BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING AT TIMES THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING…AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS
CALIFORNIA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO
50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE…ESPECIALLY IN THE MORE WIND PRONE
LOCATIONS SUCH AS THROUGH AND BELOW A CERTAIN PASS NEAR
A SMALL DESERT TOWN.*..THE WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED
BLOWING DUST AND SAND.

SECURE ANY LOOSE ITEMS ON YOUR PROPERTY AND BE ALERT TO THE
STRONG WINDS IF YOU HAVE ANY TRAVEL PLANS.

*I edited out a specific location or two.

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