A laundry filled day

Nothing is better than the feeling of getting into bed for the first time after washing the sheets.  I feel that feeling alone will be worth the 6 loads of laundry I did today.  Despite the severe elbow pain from the tendinitis flair up due to the mountains of laundry I hauled around and then folded.  Despite the asthma flair up from the numerous trips up and down the stairs with the laundry basket.  I will look forward to getting into a nice, comfortable bed with lovely, clean sheets.

I enjoyed an entire day of Burn Notice reruns in the midst of the laundry and housework chaos.  Michael Westen and his crew make even the worst day of chores a little less tedious.  I watched the entire 5+ hours of Pride and Prejudice yesterday and again int he night when I woke up at 1130 PM.

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A day unremembered...but oh, so satisfying!

Sitting in front of the television enjoying Pride and Prejudice.  Supper is prepared and turned out wonderfully.  Three cheers for a lovely, rich, low-calorie potato soup.  It takes but 30 minutes to prepare and didn't come from Racheal Ray.  Be mindful that when I say "low-calorie" I in fact mean lower in calories than the average potato soup.

As is usual for Saturday, my beloved spouse was out of the house all day-today he was working but often he is doing yard work.  I did enjoy my LLL day, although I will admit I did very little of the third L (laundry).  It is tedious and I was just not up for it.  Sadly thought, I will now have to get all of the laundry done tomorrow.

Well the time has come for Mr Darcy to wade from the pond and run into Elizabeth Bennett as she visits his wonderful Pemberly.  It is my favorite part.

More to come...stay tuned!

The LLL

Jersey Shore has GTL (Gym, Tan, Laundry for the non-Shore addicts) to state their plans for the day.  My plan for today is LLL (Lazy, Layabout, Laundry).  LLL works for me although I notice that using LLL to describe my sheer laziness states the level of laziness in it's economy of syllables.

Currently I am watching Law and Order reruns but will likely watch a movie I have seen 100 times.  I am craving Pride and Prejudice.  The BBC version staring the delicious Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle.  Ahhhh, Life is very good indeed.

An update will follow

The eye of the beholder

Each day is a learning experience.  I have always believed that and I am glad for it.  Any day I have not learned something in my every day activities, I look in the dictionary for a word I don't know.  I then strive to use that word, at least once and out loud, before I go to bed.  I like to think I am keeping my brain fed.

Like most people, I think, I don't have the best image of myself.  I feel that, while I think I have a fairly good mind and a killer sense of humor, I don't feel I have any kind of good look about me.  (Well, except my hair.  I have always liked my hair.)  I feel thick (fat), old (ancient) and cranky (kind of grouchy and mean).  No one really understands me and I feel for at least a little while each day that no one really cares to.

I have a wonderful husband who works an awful lot leaving me to my own devices, three grown children and their expanding families and two beautiful grandsons.  I have two cats and a chubby chihuahua.  I love to cook, I love to eat, I love to entertain and I love to knit.  I adore writing and reading.  I take great pleasure in pedicure (which I never would have believed if I had been told two years ago) but I am not terribly fond of a manicure or a massage.  I love my car but really hate to drive.  I listen to all kinds of music but Showtunes are my passion.  I am active in community theatre but am rarely cast ( I concentrate on back stage and am attempting my first show as director).

I spend a lot of time alone, primarily due to my health.  I am a good friend but bad at making new ones.  I have had few "best" friends in my life and my ex-husband used to ask me how anyone could stand being friends with me.  He and I divorced (hence the ex) 13 years ago and have since become more like friends than we ever were married.

My husband tells me I am beautiful.  My children love me.  My very dear friends tell me how great I am.  Beauty (& an excellent personality) is in the eye of the beholder.  I am lucky to have the positive reinforcement every day.

Now, if only I could see even the slightest bit of what they all see...