Weekending

I wondered whether I should call this post "Weekending" or go with my alternate title of "Welcome to My Glamorous Life". It seems that many bloggers post updates on their weekend activities that are fun, exciting, relaxing, picturesque, or at least have plenty of photos of delicious food. Sorry, but I don't have any of that here for you today. Instead, I'm just going to truthfully tell you all the boring, mundane things I did (and hope that I can possibly provide more fun and excitement in the future).

The first glamorous thing I did was shop for ant bait and take it over to place in my mother-in-law's kitchen. She's been complaining about being overrun by ants and just didn't know what to do. Hopefully the Ultra Advanced Liquid Bait Technology will kill the ants in 24 hours as advertised.

That was so much fun I came home and paid bills. I pay most of them on line, but there are still an irritating few in that pile that require me to write a check, search for an envelope, apply a stamp, and trudge up to the post office.

While I was buying ant traps, I also got some new towels. After washing them four times they still had so much lint that I couldn't imagine actually drying myself off with them. Googling "how to get rid of lint on new towels" produced advice ranging from wash them with baking soda (didn't work for me), wash them with vinegar (also didn't work), or shave them with a sweater shaver (didn't try because that just sounded ridiculous to me). A trip to the laundromat for a spin through the commercial washer and dryer finally did the trick (or maybe it was just because it was the fifth time I washed them).

There was an exciting arrival of a recent Penzey's order. I do embrace hope; I do love people and try to cook them tasty food, and I also try to support companies like Penzey's that do the right thing. They don't just sell wonderful spices; they have a conscience and stand up for what they (and I) believe in.

To top off the parade of glamour and excitement, I scrubbed the kitchen floor, on my hands and knees with an old diaper. Traipsing back and forth from the garden to the kitchen can make the floor fairly dirty, and while I do mop it frequently, it looked like it needed a good old-fashioned scrubbing. I used cloth diapers for the kids and amassed a pile of diapers that make excellent rags. It was time to put them to use.

So, while it's not Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, it was my weekend and it was productive. Here's hoping your weekend included a little more fun and a little less scrubbing.