Mothering Many

Remember I posted about the mop thingie I picked up in the truck accessories department at Walmart? I’ve used it several times now, and I need to let you know that the lining on mine is ripped from putting it on/off the swiffer. It’s not a big deal, because the lining can just be snipped out, but I wanted to let you know, so you would expect it. I still totally recommend it. In fact, I recommend you come on over and try mine out. Right now, even.

See, that’s what I ought to be doing. Well, that and laundry, and dusting and vacuuming and, and, and. The list goes on and on, and here I sit typing. And Also, my uncle just called, and he’ll be here in an hour. My only uncle. My childless uncle. Bye ya’ll.

Everyday when I bring in the mail, I am greeted by a litany of ‘anything for me?”s. Now, my kids get maybe one piece of mail per month, but they have to ask daily. We do get plenty of junk mail though, 2 or 3 pieces a day, and it all goes in the garbage. What a waste of trees, and money! We get the phone calls, too. You know the ones. Always at dinner, always for products I would never buy, and vacations for “you and a friend”. Uh, no. Give me a va-kay for 10, and we’ll talk, ykwim?

I can tell that the people who mail and call me are not using lists from Martin Worldwide. See, Martin has developed a list of people who are proven responders to direct mail and phone solicitations. Yeah, they make mailing and telemarketing lists of proven spenders. And while I usually like to be on lists, I’ll gladly pass on this one. I spend plenty on stuff I actually think of, without someone calling me up with suggestions, ykwim?

Hey, sometimes you gotta buy stuff. I happen to need to buy a lot of stuff. One of the things I need to buy is memory for my computer. It’s an Acer, but I’m looking at other types, including Dell Memory, because I can usually poke around the sites I find and locate the memory that will work in my own computer. I’m just sneaky that way.