Lucky me. I live in an age where everything is smarter than I am. Everything. Homes, televisions, watches, cars — they’re all deemed ‘Smart’ these days. I’m not. Heck, I couldn’t even program a Smart device, let alone understand one. But guess what: I don’t care. At all. Not even a little bit. Truth be … Continue reading : the great flummoxing :
Tag: laundry
: how I spent Christmas night :
With a laptop stuck in my pants. Perhaps you think I’m kidding; I’m not. See, I decided Christmas was an ideal time to do laundry. I’d have the laundry room all to myself. It would be wonderfully peaceful, maybe even offer a little redemption (what with the washing of stains and all), plus I could … Continue reading : how I spent Christmas night :
: an urgent call for safe socks :
A moment of silence, please, to honor the billions of socks lost in our service. Lost? Who can say? Cast aside. Jilted. Whatever. It’s disgraceful how carelessly we treat socks in this world. You’ll find these once fluffy companions flattened and moldering in parking lots, plastered against washer drums in laundromats, balled up in Lost … Continue reading : an urgent call for safe socks :
: laundry room conversations :
Being the new girl is dicey. You need to be wary of strangers, right? So, as a precaution, I put my guard up and maintain a low profile while I learn the lay of the land. Then I try to figure out who’s a gossip, who’s a snitch, who’s a buttinsky, a gasbag, a clinger, … Continue reading : laundry room conversations :
: bribes cheerfully accepted :
Ordinarily, people spend their Sunday mornings doing one of two things: going to church or sleeping in. Me? I do laundry. Every Sunday morning, religiously, rain or shine, I crawl out of bed in the gray half-light of dawn and schlep off to the Fluff n’ Fold. A bulging laundry bag swinging from each shoulder. … Continue reading : bribes cheerfully accepted :
: gotcha :
0Doors are everywhere, aren’t they? Cars have them, refrigerators have them, space shuttles and igloos and jail cells have them. The world is fairly teeming with doors, they serve a pretty useful purpose every day. If you don’t believe me, just ask yourself this: where would opportunity knock if there were no doors? Yeah, see? … Continue reading : gotcha :
