January 27, 2014 - On Second Thought

For a second there, I almost took a picture of the massive amounts of laundry that has been vomited all over our house.  It's seriously out of hand.  I did 4 loads tonight and it's completely unnoticeable.  But then, I thought about how much of a waste of energy that would be.

To be honest, I'm fortunate that we have laundry.  I grew up poor and my mom would tell me this story of a friend of hers teasing her for what she was wearing because I was starting to walk and needed shoes, so she bought me shoes instead of something for herself.  That always made me a little sad.  I'm not saying my mom was always self-less, because, well, she wasn't.  But there were a lot of things that we didn't have.

I always wanted "normal" and one of my biggest goals was to have children who would experience a painfully "normal" life.  So, I went to college, and I got a big girl job, so that I could do that.

And so, we have laundry.

We also have a new addition to our bedroom.  I've been "needing" a jewelry box for forever.