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We see the final battle between the new gods and the old gods, and Kate and Daniel are trying to keep their secrets hidden, or they risk losing all their allies.
So I’ve maintained that, for the past year, instead of a “homemaker” or “housewife” or “work at home mom,” I’ve been a domestic warrior, slaying the dust bunnies, climbing the perilous Mt. Laundry, and negotiating with the wily 6 year old Lady of the Manor.
And since it is by mistakes that you learn, grow wiser, and gain experience, I’m pretty sure today I leveled up.
You know those little pillows you can buy in airports that have little white balls in them and they say do not wash? I washed mine.
It broke open in the dryer, coating the sheets and blanket. I got out the vacuum cleaner to start the Herculean task of getting the little white balls out of the dryer, off the dryer door, then off the floor and wall where they had gone after I had taken the sheets out.
That’s when I discovered the vacuum cleaner was clogged.
I’ll save you the rest of the details, let’s just say I’ve had an unplanned hour spent in the laundry room NOT washing any clothes.
Lessons Learned:
- When the instructions say “do not wash,” don’t.
- The way to get an already dirty floor clean is to make a REALLY big mess on it.
- 3:30 is not too early to start drinking. (But I won’t.)
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I know similar kinds of pain.
Also, modern beanbag chairs? Same innards, even shoddier manufacture. No not jump on the beanbag chair. Do not “drop” into the seat.
Also for note – those little bastards can get some distance.
DO NOT WASH!
So, are the Lessons Learned listed in order of importance?
Another thing to be wary of are the beads inside of those squishy stress relief balls. They are quite an abomination – not quite small enough to be sand, but still small enough to get stuck in every nook and cranny.
*firmly affixes “Do not wash” sticker to forehead*
Personally, I’ve always preferred Home Goddess.
Did someone say Domestic Warriors?
I just found out that when they say clean all of the crap off of your license plate before you put on a new tag they mean it. Now I am paranoid that some is going to rip it off.
Yes, but it’s all fodder for the writing. Can that scene. One day you may be alble to use it…haha.
Silly Mur. Character building is something you’re supposed to do in writing and RPGs and video games, not in real life.
Seriously, though, I feel your pain. I have one of those hot/cold packs with barley and herbs and whoknowswhat inside that has sprung a small leak. I didn’t notice until I put it in my bed one evening (instead of a hot water bottle or electric blanket) and ended up with a bunch of seeds all over the sheet. Needless to say, I was a bit late getting to bed that night, and the sheets were cold again by the time I put the dustpan away. I sewed it up, but it’s becoming apparent that it needs a full-fledged patch. The bits are starting to escape again.
Battle on, O Domestic Warrior! Thou shalt emerge triumphant one day.
Hello Mur lafferty
I have never posted before but I have listened to you for a long time. I thought maybe it is time the I start getting involved in the community more. Anyway, keep up the good work.
My best friend did the same thing with a micro-pellet stuffed object of some kind, and had the same result. She described it as a major I Love Lucy moment. I’m sorry about your lost afternoon!
as a ‘Domestic Rogue’ of high rank I have long known the value of the laundry machine for… suspiciously non wash item related activity for interests of… Although the vacuum is right out, it has sharp bits inside.
I recently leveled and notched my detect poison skill and determined that in fact, noone was trying to kill me, I was just lactose intolerant. And these little white things make it all better… Im having a ginormous casedilla w/ ovaltine as we speak
Mesh laundry bags and pillow cases tied closed, depending on the size of filling. They also stop nylons from wrapping around the rest of the load, keep all the parts of the soccer and/or ballet uniform together, and remind me not to put things in the bag in the dryer.