Another Adventure in the Mustang!!

Last night my Mom called to say she didn't feel good and could I come over to the nursing home. So I called my sister to meet me there and drove to Mt Angel. We were there until about 11:00PM. I figured Mt Angel would have cleared out somewhat (Its Oktoberfest time) so I decided to go through Mt Angel instead of going on the back road to Silverton. I usually come into Silverton kinda of fast so when the lights of the police car that had been following me came on I wasn't surprised and I thought I was going to get a speeding ticket. I pulled over and waited for them to come up on both sides of my car. When they reached the window, I put the window down and said "Hello". They said "oh, we have been trying to catch a drunk kid all day. He drives a Mustang. We thought you were him. They warned me that I should slow down coming into town and with that I went on my way.

Laundry, housekeeping and shortcuts!!

My daughter-in-law, as her blog says, swims in laundry; but, she works at it all the time and keeps it under control in spite of her daughter and twin boys. (I want to say and husband, but I don't think he would appreciate it.) I learned from her that if you put a "color catcher" in the wash you can wash all kinds of colors together. I keep telling her that things that go into a drawer do not need to be folded. She still doesn't believe that and all her dresser drawers are all very organized. My laundry always used to be folded and put away; but that seems like a lifetime ago. Now, anything that goes into a drawer is stuffed into the drawer. I only do laundry once every 10 days or so and I started putting everything from the dryer on the bed thinking I would get back to it. I never did and at bed time I had to move it to the chair in the corner of the room. So, now I skip the bed and just put it on the chair and use the laundry from there. This week I discovered that the last load of the week does not even need to be taken out of the dryer; just get stuff out as you need it. Most of the housekeeping rules I had are gone. I used to say "nothing on the counters; nothing on the kitchen table". Now, the only reason I know I have a kitchen table is because it is piled high with stuff I never bothered putting away. I have decided that putting things away is over rated although I might have to enlarge my kitchen and get a second kitchen table.