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"Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing." -- Phyllis Diller
Now that the kids are grown, Phyllis's philosophy is so much a part of me that I am hopeless. If you come to visit, expect to see some cobwebs and some dog hair, and very cluttered kitchen counters.
Tonight I stitched little elastic loops into my fancier red chappeaus.
I had an exam this afternoon (history, weight, blood pressure, ekg, blood, etc) for an insurability test.
Also went shopping at the thrift store and got NEW designer shorts for 99 cents!!!!
Daughter had a dental appointment for a filling early this morning. The first filling she's ever needed. In all her 20+ years.
For someone who has difficulty brushing her teeth well, she has been lucky.
What else?
Oh, we sat out in our swing on the deck tonight, almost the first time this year because of the rain and the heat and the mosquitoes, and we sipped *cranberry/lemonade/raspberry rum* slushies. And daughter blew billions of bubbles that have some kind of bondy additive stuff that allows them to just sit forever, or til you have to walk through them and they pop guey and look like spiderweb leftovers. She had a blast. The dog remembered how to jump up into the swing and agreed to sit quietly while we "swang" and sipped and enjoyed the bubbles, and talked about how we don't feel comfortable donating money for Katrina victims online and I will have to drive down to the bank tomorrow morning to give them our checks. (Daughter wants to give some too.) We look at the news web sites and watch the tv, and we have so little comprehension about what those people are going through, and we are just so glad that our families are not there.
Now that the kids are grown, Phyllis's philosophy is so much a part of me that I am hopeless. If you come to visit, expect to see some cobwebs and some dog hair, and very cluttered kitchen counters.
Tonight I stitched little elastic loops into my fancier red chappeaus.
I had an exam this afternoon (history, weight, blood pressure, ekg, blood, etc) for an insurability test.
Also went shopping at the thrift store and got NEW designer shorts for 99 cents!!!!
Daughter had a dental appointment for a filling early this morning. The first filling she's ever needed. In all her 20+ years.
For someone who has difficulty brushing her teeth well, she has been lucky.
What else?
Oh, we sat out in our swing on the deck tonight, almost the first time this year because of the rain and the heat and the mosquitoes, and we sipped *cranberry/lemonade/raspberry rum* slushies. And daughter blew billions of bubbles that have some kind of bondy additive stuff that allows them to just sit forever, or til you have to walk through them and they pop guey and look like spiderweb leftovers. She had a blast. The dog remembered how to jump up into the swing and agreed to sit quietly while we "swang" and sipped and enjoyed the bubbles, and talked about how we don't feel comfortable donating money for Katrina victims online and I will have to drive down to the bank tomorrow morning to give them our checks. (Daughter wants to give some too.) We look at the news web sites and watch the tv, and we have so little comprehension about what those people are going through, and we are just so glad that our families are not there.
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