A laundry story

So the other day my husband decided to do some laundry. He went downstairs with his laundry basket and hollered up the stairs about how much detergent to use, I answered. A few minutes later he started asking about how to turn the washing machine on, this time I went down to show him (much easier than yelling). I got into the laundry room and noticed that the washing machine was empty, so I asked him if he'd put his laundry in the washing machine. He was a little annoyed and said he had. I looked in the washing machine again and asked him if he was sure...he was a little more annoyed and assured me he had. So I pointed to the empty washing machine and said, "this is the washing machine". HAHAHAHAHA!

He had put all his dirty laundry and a scoop of detergent in the dryer!!!!

It's a hard knocked life...

Recently someone told Lilly that I have a hard life just like she does (like "someone", not like Lilly), this was part of a little "tell-your-mom-hello" conversation, so Lilly passed the whole thing on to me. I have to say that it kind of annoyed me. Really? Do people go around saying "Marie's got a hard life"?? I sure hope not...but just in case let me set the record straight.

I have a beautiful life with a fair number of opportunities to stretch and grow. Nothing I can't learn from and turn into a lovely pitcher of lemonade. Just so you know.

Life is lovely, and challenges are what make us strong, now if you want to walk around saying things like, "Marie is a strong woman"...that's totally OK! I am strong and I am strong because I've had opportunities to become strong. Strength doesn't come from sitting around eating bon bons and watching tv...believe me, I know!