I want to be like everyone else. Or at least, I want to be the way I THINK everyone else is. I want to be someone that other people want to be around. I want people to be excited at the prospect of meeting me, of spending time with me. I want to be invited, included. I was okay right up through college. I had great friends in high school, we did everything together. College was a little trickier for me, but I got invited places, friends wanted to hang out with me. I didn't realize I had a problem until I hit my mid-20s and went to work at an office for the first time. Everyone was nice to me, always, but no one, and I mean NO ONE, ever invited me out to lunch. Or for after work drinks. Sure, they would chat with me in the elevator or at my desk occasionally, everyone knew about my pregnancies, about buying my first house. But no one asked me to go on lunchtime walks or hit the mall after work for new shoes. It bugged me, a lot. I tried to reach out, make … [Read more...]
Purex 3-in-1 Laundry Sheets Make Laundry Easier!
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Purex. All opinions are 100% mine. Laundry has never been my favorite chore. I'm not a big fan of lugging heavy laundry baskets up and down the basement stairs, not to mention huge jugs of laundry detergent and fabric softener. I think back to all those years, before Chris and I were homeowners, when we hauled our laundry to laundromats, back and forth carrying clothes and supplies. All those years I lived in college dorms, running back and forth to the laundry room, having to bum rides to Target to buy laundry detergent. Ugh. Whomever the person was who came up with the idea for the Purex 3-in-1 Laundry Sheet, they should get a FREAKING MEDAL. It is pure genius, people. Each sheet is embedded with laundry detergent and a heat-activated strip that contains fabric softener and an anti-static. Toss one sheet in with a regular-sized load of laundry, then transfer the sheet along with the clothes to the dryer. Doing a small load of … [Read more...]
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