dumbness

Little Jay doing dishes, all of us sitting around in the kitchen, and Maria asks, "Why are you washing that Barbie again?"

He was soaping her hair, rinsing her under the faucet

"Beats me--she's back in the dishes again."

Big Jay asked, "Who keeps doing this? I washed her yesterday."

Little Jay: "I don't know. There she was chillin', sitting in a wine glass full of dirty water like she's having some kind of spa day."

Weird. Dumb things go on around here.

The dryer in the basement quit working, so now we're in deep trouble. We have two washers and two dryers in the residence here, which you must have if you have this many people in a house. Laundry was a huge contentious problem back when we had only one washer and dryer.

There were arguments and huffs, accusations.


back in the college days

The second set went in and the home was peaceful again.

However, drying is always the slower process. Little Jay's going back to school tomorrow, so he's going to be doing laundry continuously until then if it's going to all be dried. So I can't do any laundry now. Which means I'm going to be doing laundry continuously after he leaves.

Ugh.

Trivia, eh? Dumb problems,yes--nothing serious.

Plus trying to gain access to the back of that dryer brought me up against the state of that basement. Last week I cleaned the other basement and got rid of lot of stuff--we don't need two ironing boards or a toaster oven. Bags of outgrown clothes went to Goodwill.

The old basement needs help too, and part of the problem is I save everything.

There are baseball cleats, and snow boots, and snow pants galore down there. Every size--who knows when you'll need a pair of cleats right? Or a pair of size 4T snow pants? Or a pair of size 13 boots with the lace up leather tops? Curtain rods? Gift boxes?, an aquarium? a grow light for plants?

You can choose from a selection of twenty bridesmaid and prom dresses if you wish. It's like a disorganized second hand store--go look and see.

But this is a huge clutter problem. Totes with our business files from each year line a wall. There are three Christmas tree stands in different sizes. We got your painting crap, holiday decorations, and five window air conditioners, which will be going in the windows again in six weeks--it all frightens me.

I have to deal with it somehow. Maybe later tonight. I could take some aspirin now.

But we've got this guy here for the night, which is always a good thing. Maria's got friends over also, and Little Jay does, so a sunny Saturday night in early spring is looking pretty fine.



Happy Saturday, love, Val