Ummm... I'd have to categorize myself as "perfectly abnormal"!
I could not even begin to list the things I have been ignoring, but for sure housework is in the top three. What finally led me to come to this thread (I was in denial for such a long time) is when a poster on another thread mentioned "rebooting" her laundry! Oh.my.god, so funny and so accurate!
She mentions that her whites have never been whiter and that she needs to stop adding bleach the third time she washes the same load. Yep.
I have a wonderful hint to share. If you have a "Family Dollar" store anywhere near you, they carry a huge, industrial sized bottle of a Fabreze wanna-be for a very low price. Takes away that yucky smell that wet clothes get when left in washer for a few days. Better yet, I can justify all of this by telling myself that I am merely doing a thorough job of finally rinsing all of the built up soapsuds out of my laundry. You know, that soap residue that "builds up on and dulls" your colored clothing? I'm finally getting rid of all that- not only from my colored load, but from my towels and sheets also.
These times are definitely one of the times when it is so-o-o-o nice to live by yourself! (And yes, there are others.) If I had to deal with my late husband and his expectations of things like a cooked meal and regularly washed, dried and folded clothing, well what can I say?
As for food, I like to make a favorite casserole or stew and then eat that until it is either gone or I can't stand it any more. (This is another freedom thing for me. My husband would not eat the same thing a second night, denigrating it as "leftovers". Picky, picky. If I really like something, I can and will eat it three nights in a row.)
It goes without saying that I don't answer the door. But I don't do that anyways, unless I am expecting someone. Hey, even my kids usually call before they come over, so why would I want to open my door to some stranger or to someone who did not even bother to call first? Plus, it has been my experience in life that unannounced visitors are so very rarely anyone I want to see.....
The telephone? Thank goodness for Caller ID! Adult daughter and sister are both watching, so yes, sometimes we will call each other during a particularly "outstanding moment" during the trial.
I keep the TV on HLN during the trial. And boy, do I hate this station. But it is on. Plus I stream on my laptop, but minimize the window. Then I open a new window and come to websleuths to read the trial thread. How's that? Three sources at once! You can't say I don't know how to multi-task!
I've loved reading about those of you at work and how you are getting your fix there. The poster with the headphones who looks like she is transcribing is my favorite. I was lucky that when I worked I had a private office and the way it was situated I could see when someone was approaching. So I could just have a trial or a website up and quickly close it out when someone approached. But boy, did I hate it when someone came in during a good part.
Thanks for this thread!
