Laundry Confessions

Posted by on Aug 28, 2005 in dish | 2 comments When the water heater went kaput, we had to move the washing machine out of the way. Washing machine stayed in the middle of the curling-vinyl laundry room floor for a week and half. Now that everything’s turned back on, this weekend has been the Great Clean Clothes Marathon, aka tackling Mt. Washmore, as my friend Melynda calls it.Things I have discovered while doing two weeks’...
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The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on Aug 26, 2005 in dish | 0 comments The thinking woman’s Bed/Dinner List:BED LIST: JEREMY NORTHAMThe best thing about the movie adaptation of Emma (although I have to admit Gwenyth Paltrow did a great job as our erstwhile matchmaking heroine) was Jeremy Northam as Mr. Knightley. Jeremy Northam in anything is wonderful. He tends to choose roles in movies that require a brain, like Gosford Park, Amistad, Carrington and An...
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Namaste!

Posted by on Aug 23, 2005 in dish | 1 comment Did yoga this morning for the first time in ages. Can you say, “Stiff and unresponsive?”It is weird to do yoga with a Brittany sniffing in your ear the whole time.Feel better, though. Gotta try that again soon.
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This is NOT Happening…

Posted by on Aug 21, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Get home from church, lunch, and errands to find water all over the laundry room floor. Apparently, leak coming from A/C unit. Something’s blocked (that’s what happens when you have children and dogs and run the A/C all the time). DH now trying to blow out system block with hose.If we spent $300 on a new water heater for no reason, I may implode.Self-consolation: Old water heater was...
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Maitland Rocks!

Posted by on Aug 21, 2005 in dish | 0 comments The Maitland boys cruised past Newton, PA last night in the Little League World Series–barring a series of spectacular occurrences, they’ll make it into the semis. Woo hoo!The cool thing is that the city is going baseball crazy–watch parties that even teenagers attend, signs and balloons everywhere, and people being nice (imagine that). Too bad every town can’t get a dose...
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My Husband is a STUD

Posted by on Aug 20, 2005 in dish | 0 comments DH has fulfilled my dearest wish. I will be taking a hot shower very, very soon.The Movies in 15 Minutes version of the remainder of our Home Depot installation saga: ACT I I don’t feel like synopsizing our earlier trauma again. Read this instead. ACT II Friday evening. Chez mimi is on Day Three of the Hot Water Watch.HD Installer: I’m not touching that thing; it has an energy...
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