Saturdays

Remember when you were young and Saturday mornings meant getting up early, grabbing a bowl of sugared cereal (hoping to get the toy surprise before any of your other sibilings get it), and sitting on the couch watching cartoons?? Whatever happened to the cartoons we grew up with? Whatever happened to the fun toys you would get in the boxes of cereal? Some times I miss those days. Now are Saturdays are filled with grocery shopping, laundry, errands, cleaning....you know all that NOT so fun stuff. I guess that's what happens when you grow up.

This Saturday is not a typical Saturday at the Rhodes household. Frank had to be at work at 7am this morning (he usually doesn't have to work weekends), so while he's at work I'm doing the laundry, packing up to go home on Friday, getting our suitcases packed for our cruise, and watching the doggies sleep. Jazzi is laying next to me and must be dreaming about something because she's breathing hard and her legs are twitching. Do you ever wonder what the dogs dream about?? Maybe it's about chasing a cat, doing tricks for treats, chasing their tail....who knows.

Okay, lets tackle this laundry issue. Am I the only one that hates doing laundry?? It's not hard to do, heck the machines do all the work, but I have to do the sorting, checking the pockets to see what Frank has left in them, then the folding of the clothes. You have to get them out of the dryer right away and fold them otherwise you are stuck ironing.....and don't get me going on ironing, that's another gripe in itself. Okay, so laundry is folded, my back is killing me, now I have to put this laundry away where I don't have much closet space nor are there enough drawers (the draw backs of hotel living), but I manage to get everything in it's place. Now it's time to sit down and relax and check out my watched items on Ebay. But wait, Abby wakes up and wants to go out and go potty. When we get back in we are greeted at the door by Jazzi....it's her turn. Back in the room, once again I sit down to check Ebay, but what do I hear....Abby scratching in the water bowl letting me know they are out of water. I jump up to fill their bowl otherwise she will sit there and scratch in the bowl until I get up. In the mean time, I'm outbid on an item on Ebay, by the time I get back to put in my next bid, the auction has closed!!! Guess it just wasn't meant to be.