MY GOODNESS -- while I've been chasing dgrands, y'all have filled up four pages! And I know it is already Thursday for some of you -- but I must post --
I have to add two more FAVORITE tools before I get into weeds.
#1 -- a super-long heavy-duty extension cord. I found out tonight that if I plug in the vacuum cleaner in the den, I can hit the high spots all the way into the "baby" room AND the master bedroom, without unplugging. It's AMAZING how much less bothersome vacuuming is when one isn't constantly unplugging and plugging in.
# 2 -- a new-found philosophy for me: THE MINUTE YOU START TO
DREAD THE TASK,
DO THE TASK IMMEDIATELY.
This new mantra has gotten my floors vacuumed and dishes washed tonight, AFTER dgrands left at 9:30 pm, plus two loads of laundry. But I did one before the left.
Dishes weren't much, but I did have FIVE spoons, b/c dgs decided he wanted FIVE individual serving size Jellos, and he wanted separate spoons for each one.
I put a stop to that, but then I couldn't tell which ones were clean and which were dirty.
We've had a very good day...
Played Where in the USA is Carmen San Diego for a while...
Watched the
Wizard of Oz...
Ate pizza...
DGD took a long nap...
Played with Legos & balls...
Watched college basketball... the low-point of the day. Our team lost by 1 point in the last 2 seconds.
The
Wizard of Oz. Y'all, It took me more than one viewing, I believe, and I was probably around 10 years old or more, when I realized that the scarecrow, tin man, and lion were the men who worked on Dorothy's aunt and uncle's farm, and that the witch was Mrs. Gulch.
DGS, age 5, commented as the house began to spin, "This is a dream; the house isn't really spinning," and before the lion made his appearance, he announced, "These are the same people who were in Kansas."
Maybe I was just slow as a child
... but I was impressed.
He liked the movie, and he and dgd2 both paid really close attention till it was almost over. When the witch had Toto, dgs said this was getting too sad, and I had to convince him to stick with it, that it was about to get a lot better, but he still got pretty distracted by the last 30 minutes or so.
DH still isn't home, so I'm going to try to cuop now.
Weeds... well, first, the DANDELIONS and other wild stuff that grows in our yard. We can't get our yard man more than every 2 weeks, and sometimes rain/etc causes him to take longer than that, so our yard is embarrassing for a good part of the summer season. No weeds = the very best part of cold weather for me.
Household weeds --
-- dust
-- ironing
-- clutter in the baby room, including stuff that SHOULD BE at ds's house now (but has too many "weeds" there, too) plus all the baby stuff/toys that has found its way back in there over the last five years
-- crumbs under the table every time dgrands are here
-- loud tv & radio noise when dh is listening to something
-- flour, sugar, all that stuff LadyM mentioned. Yes. HUGE OVERPOWERING weeds here. I'd be embarrassed to tell y'all all I ate for supper. Took advantage of dh being gone and dgrands and I got carry-out from P izza H ut. At least it was thin crust. Cinnamon breadsticks weren't thin, though.
Oh -- BTW -- I don't want to make y'all think our little Tiny Town is a real hotbed of dissension and corruption (re: letters to the editor). It's just a hotbed of opinionated people, LOL. Actually, there are very seldom ANY letters to the editor. There is one man who can be counted on to write, every year at the start of school, about what he perceives as racial inequalities in the hiring of school staff. Another lady writes every November to ask for support for church organization aid for needy children at Christmas. Then she writes again in January to say thank you to everyone. There are a few misc letters scattered throughout the year, but I just feel self-conscious writing to the paper. I don't want to get a second PO box -- we already get our mail at the post office -- and I just feel funny about it, knowing how dh feels about it. I think dh thinks it would be more practical to just take out an ad (and probably pay for it with dmom's debit card!
And she probably wouldn't be opposed to that; she said one time you might have to take out an ad in the paper to reach people. But I'm just wondering how many people I'd reach even then. I think I have 27 photos at this point. At least 20 of them are no longer owned by the original owners. So, at this rate, I don't know what sort of success rate I'd have anyway.