The price is right

My financial five year plan.

"ASHLEY, COME ON DOWN!"

Of course Bob Barker will be making a come back just for my episode.

Housewife

First off I want to apologize to all you fighting feminist, but right now all I aspire to do is to become a housewife.

HOW TO BE A GOOD WIFE
Home Economics High School Text Book, 1954


Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal, on time. This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home and the prospect of a good meal are part of the warm welcome needed.

Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so that you'll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your makeup, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh-looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people. Be a little gay and a little more interesting. His boring day may need a lift.

Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the home just before your husband arrives, gather up schoolbooks, toys, paper, etc. Then run a dust cloth over the tables. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift, too.

Prepare the children. Take a few minutes to wash the children's hands and faces (if they are small), comb their hair, and if necessary change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing the part.

Minimize all noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of the washer, dryer, dishwasher, or vacuum. Try to encourage the children to be quiet. Be happy to see him. Greet him with a warm smile and be glad he is home.

Some don'ts: Don't greet him with problems or complaints. Don't complain if he is late for dinner. Count this as minor compared with what he might have gone through that day. Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or suggest he lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soft, soothing and pleasant voice. Allow him to relax and unwind.

Listen to him. You may have a dozen things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first.

Make the evening his. Never complain if he does not take you out to dinner or to other places of entertainment. Instead, try to understand his world of strain and pressure, his need to be home and relax.

The Goal: Try to make your home a place of peace and order where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit.

Rain

Believe it or not it rains in seattle. I love it. It makes me feel a little less pathetic about not going out quit as much as I should be. That and it puts me right to sleep when I take my two middle of the day naps.

Shark Week

WHAT I LEARNED DURING DISCOVERY CHANNEL SHARK WEEK

1. 
   
   NEVER under any circumstance go in the water! Unless it is your bath water, but even then proceed with caution. ( Do not think you are safe in a lake or a pool, some one may have thought it was funny to put 5 or 6 of them in there.)


2. 
   
   Bruce from the Finding Nemo is most definitely a GREAT WHITE (formally Warren White)


3. 
   
   If I ever come into possesion of a shark he will be named Earl.

Norton

I miss these two. Norton the ball hoarder and stacy the badmitten playing mad women!