Life's Little Lessons

This has been one of those days in which one task led to another. (Trust me...I didn't overwork myself!)

When I woke up this morning, I noticed that I had been drooling onto my pillow. Then I got to looking at the pillow case. Yuck! There was mascara and makeup on it, which is what happens when you don't take off your makeup before you go to bed. Okay, so I stripped the bed, pre-treated the stains, added a little bleach to the load, and washed my bed linen. No biggie.

EXCEPT, I got to looking at the washing machine and discovered that it was filthy. Not the tub, of course...but under the lid and around the rim, etc. I do laundry on a regular basis. How is it that I just kept overlooking that???? It took all of 5-10 minutes to clean. I need to be paying more attention!

I was also embarrassed yesterday afternoon, late, when Grandma Judy dropped by to bring me some apples from an orchard, and it was dark in the living room because of burned out lightbulbs. I reached over to turn on the one light that was still working, and it popped right in front of us! We sat in the relative darkness and talked for a bit before she left. Needless to say, I started replacing bulbs after she left... (I failed to mention that I was still in my bathrobe and hadn't done my hair or face. Oops!)

I still haven't put things away since I returned from my daughter's over two weeks ago. Here I am, starting to look at Thanksgiving plans, and I'm already behind!

The bathtub drain is running slowly again. Need to work on that. And cleaning floors and beds and kitchen messes. I always have the best of intentions. Guess I just need deadlines to remind me to look at things with a wary eye! Doesn't look like I'll need to be planning a Colts Superbowl party this year, so maybe I need to invent another excuse to have people over, just so I'll clean!!