Ha. Look over there, look back at me, tickets to that thing you like!
Captain was looking for a pilot. I found a husband. Seemed to work out.
Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
shrift - May 09, 2014 1:37:14 pm PDT #27368 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Laura - May 09, 2014 1:51:06 pm PDT #27369 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Excellent daughters, Steph & shrift.
I don't remember what age the boys were as it was a height of laundry equipment decision. And they were tall! But stinky boy clothes was a major deciding factor.
Our climate does not allow for wearing clothes multiple times. MIL changes at least the pillow slips, and usually the sheets daily. When she was in the hospital I brought her a package of fancy pillow slips and she was delighted. Likely the only time I got a gift right for her!
-t - May 09, 2014 1:56:22 pm PDT #27370 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
shrift's on a horse!
I'm going to put my finger shoes on and go running RIGHT NOW.
It occurs to me that another reason I have bunches of laundry for a single person is that I am super prone to spilling things on myself (including but not limited to soup, salad dressing, and coffee) and therefore cannot wear most things more than once without laundering.
§ ita § - May 09, 2014 2:08:34 pm PDT #27371 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't do laundry until university, and to date have maybe ruined 4 things.
Fuck, I didn't even see my first washing machine until, what, 12?
Jessica - May 09, 2014 2:16:20 pm PDT #27372 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I was helping out with the laundry by 8 and doing my own by 10.
Aeryn is on a rhyming jag and is now bouncing on the couch chanting "shit! shit! shit! shit!"
le nubian - May 09, 2014 2:25:47 pm PDT #27373 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
sounds like she is one of us, really.
le nubian - May 09, 2014 2:26:30 pm PDT #27374 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
BTW, I think about your daughter almost daily. We are doing a rewatch of "Farscape."
Jessica - May 09, 2014 2:34:59 pm PDT #27375 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
BTW, I think about your daughter almost daily. We are doing a rewatch of "Farscape."
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Burrell - May 09, 2014 3:09:14 pm PDT #27376 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
My kids don't usually do the laundry (when we have a machine that is) but they help with folding and putting it away. They set and clear the table, put food away, wash dishes, and even cook occasionally. They like to feed the cat and clean her litter box, so that's helpful. And they can be relied on to take out the garbage. But basically I let them run fallow.
Laura - May 09, 2014 3:55:41 pm PDT #27377 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I didn't do laundry until I was married. My jobs were setting the table, very minimal cooking like peeling potatoes or such, and washing woodwork. We figured out at some point that the washing woodwork was just mom's way of getting us from underfoot. Oh yeah, there was indeed the shoveling of snow. I got out of raking leaves due to allergies.