Today I’m a Laundry Novice

I have a lot to learn. Apparently, over 20 years of doing my own laundry has taught me nothing. This weekend alone, I have inadvertently washed and/or dried the following non-laundry items:

• Kleenex
• Nickel
• Paper towel
• Piece of candy
• Pedometer

For the record, none of these were in my pockets, but those of my dear family members. However, I am the one responsible for ensuring everyone has clean clothes by the start of each week. It’s been that way for years, yet I still forget to check the pockets.

Hats off to those who have mastered the art of household laundering.

Today I’m a List Maker

As I get older, I can’t help but notice how much more quickly time seems to slip away. Today I took the time to reflect on the type of things that I did to keep busy (or relax) over the past five days — outside of the doctors’ visits and NASA Tour, of course. Here’s just a little insight as to how I spent my long, holiday weekend.*

Brushing the cat
Checking email
Crossword puzzles
Doing laundry
Eating
Facebook
Feeding my daughter
Fixing breakfast (No, I did NOT cook any dinners/lunches)
Helping my son with homework
Napping
Packing
Reading
Rubik’s cube
Shopping
Surfing the web
Swimming
Talking on the phone
Texting friends
Twitter
Watching a movie
Watching TV
Writing my blog

*The items you see here do not reflect in any way the importance or frequency of the activities themselves. Each of the activities have only been listed once, although it is possible for some and/or many of them to have occurred multiple times throughout this particular time period. All activities appearing in this work are true to my life. Any resemblance to those of other persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.