anything you can make progress on should help , nora.

today, I am avoiding cleaning the bedroom. We started it yesterday, but really. I don't want to dust or clean the floor. or find all the shoes and books that I am sure are under the bed. Now if only someone put money under the bed...

In nice news, Tom made applesauce yesterday (and preserved/canned it) and is currently making apple butter (will also be preserved/canned).

He's using mason jars, not cans, but using "jar" as a verb is not what I want to get across... it's all vacuum sealed and preserved like.

It smells like apples in the house. I am still not doing schoolwork. Must change that!

I believe the verb you are looking for is "put up", Nora. Tom put up some applesauce. Sounds lovely.

I like the disposable cleaning products. Disposing of dirty mop water, etc. seems more problematic to me.

I am trying to bribe myself. - a little hgtv, a few cookies... so far the fact that cleaning is makeing me sneeze makes this a hard sell.

I t heart -t.

Quote of the day:

"...These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th." -- President Bush, Oct. 11

I don't know why I laughed.

beth, I took my change bowl (which is only coins other than quarters, which get separated for laundry) in the other day. Thirty-some bucks on an Amazon card - it's like getting a gift out of nowhere.

Oy. In "I love my husband, BUT..." news, Ethan has set a potato pancake on fire. He was supposed to be heating it up for me to eat, but instead of turning the toaster oven on to bake, he turned it all the way to broil. There is now rather a lot of smoke in the kitchen.

I got a lot done today, so why do I torture myself with Lifetime movies as a reward?