Our Little Life: piles and piles

Saturday, September 20, 2008

piles and piles

Last Wednesday I had workers in my house all day so I thought it would be a good laundry day. This is almost all of it. There were still two loads left to fold before I was totally finished. Before I started it was a pile about 6'x6'x3'. You might think that this is a good three weeks worth of laundry but it is actually about 5 days. I have to fold it on my bed so that it gets put away in order for me to go to bed. Otherwise it will be an unfolded mess hanging around for weeks. Laundry is the bane of my existence but at least I get to watch the Food Network while I fold. Ahh small pleasures.

2 comments:

Andrea Sheets said...: You need the neighbor from Jon and Kate plus 8. Triplets or sextuplets??? It's all the same after one isn't it???; September 21, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Jessie said...: Oh my gosh Amanda....I thought mine was bad. That is a bit overwhelming. Pretty soon Kate will be doing it for you because well that's just the kind of kid she is!; September 21, 2008 at 5:30 PM

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It is a beautiful day golfing until Matt hits a long drive into the trees. Jake looks at him and says, "way to chop some lumber Dad".
Jake to Dad after Claire stormed out of the room because she thought something wasn't fair: "Claire only cares about two things. Air pollution and fairness."
Matthew to Dad: "I've got ears like a hawk!"
Kate to Mom after a few minutes of listening to NPR in the car. "Mom, can we change the station? All this talking gives me a headache."
Jake to Mom totally out of the blue with a HUGE smile on his face..."I don't like shrimp but I like cherries"
After Dad told the four kids they had 5 minutes to finish folding laundry, Claire said: "Dad, there is no way we can do it in 5 minutes." Dad replied, "You can too. There are 4 of you. I could do it all myself in 5 minutes." Claire's retort: "Yeah, but we are kids and we don't like to work."
Jake to Mom, while touching her not-recently shaved leg: "Mom, your leg feels like thorns."
Matthew to Dad. "Your breath stinks. It smells like blue cheese -- or did I just fart?"
Claire to Dad, while Dad is cleaning out the wheelbarrow, which was full of stinky, stagnated water: "Dad, you know what would be great? If they made wheelbarrow freshener."
Claire, when discussing where to eat dinner: "Mom, I really want the 'F-word.'" Amanda (alarmed): "What?" Claire: "You know, 'fries.'"
Matthew: "Dad, did you know that a sprain is worse than a break? ... Unless you break your nuts."
Dad: "Kate, why don't you like jeans? Jeans are the most comfortable pants on Earth." Kate: "No, jazz pants are the most comfortable pants on Earth." Dad: "I stand corrected."
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