Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/30

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Subject: [Leica] (Off-Subject): Give This To Your MOM Folks...ED.
From: getrichkwik@webtv.net (ED Cherney)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 05:49:30 -0400 (EDT)

Subject: I'm tired! 
> >>
> >> >  In celebration of Women's History Month:
> >> >
> >> >   Mom and Dad were watching TV when Mom said,
> >> >   "I'm tired, and it's getting late. I think I'll go to bed."
> >> >
> >> >   She went to the kitchen to make sandwiches for the
> >> >   next day's lunches, rinsed out the popcorn bowls, took
> >> >   meat out of the freezer for supper the following evening,
> >> >   checked the cereal box levels, filled the sugar container,
put
> >> >   spoons and bowls on the table and started the coffee pot
for
> >> >   brewing the next morning.
> >> >
> >> >   She then put some wet clothes into the dryer, put a
> >> >   load of clothes into the wash, ironed a shirt and secured
> >> >   a loose button. She picked up the newspapers strewn on
> >> >   the floor, picked up the game pieces left on the table and
> >> >   put the telephone book back into the drawer. She watered
> >> >   the plants, emptied a wastebasket and hung up a towel
> >> >   to dry. She yawned and stretched and headed for the
> >> >   bedroom. She stopped by the desk and wrote a note to the
> >> >   teacher, counted out some cash for the field trip, and
> >> >   pulled a textbook out from hiding under the chair.
> >> >   She signed a birthday card for a friend, addressed and
> >> >   stamped the envelope and wrote a quick note for
> >> >   the grocery store. She put both near her purse. Mom then
> >> >   creamed her face, put on moisturizer, brushed and flossed
> >> >   her teeth and trimmed her nails.
> >> >
> >> >   Hubby called, "I thought you were going to bed."
> >> >   "I'm on my way," she said.
> >> >
> >> >   She put some water into the dog's dish and put the cat
> >> >   outside, then made sure the doors were locked. She looked
> >> >   in on each of the kids and turned out a bedside lamp, hung
> >> >   up a shirt, threw some dirty socks in the hamper, and had a
> >> >   brief conversation with the one up still doing homework.
> >> >   In her own room, she set the alarm, laid out clothing
> >> >   for the next day, straightened up the shoe rack. She added
> >> >   three things to her list of things to do for tomorrow.
> >> >
> >> >   About that time, the hubby turned off the TV and announced
to no
> >> >   one in particular "I'm going to bed," and he did.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >   Send this to 5 phenomenal women today in celebration of
> >> >   Women's History Month.
> >>
> >>
> >>