I should have been born a yuppie–loafing in boat shoes sans any hosiery. No athletic or diabetic socks, support hosiery, stockings or peds in them just my smelly feet. Seriously, I like to walk bare-footed. I hate footwear including flip flops. My doctor scolds me all too frequently on my shedding of slippers and shoes. It’s hard feeling either sexy pretty in heavy orthopedics with laces. Too bad some manufacturer doesn’t design attractive sandals that protect the foot.

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Because someone I know was planning to get married, I was looking for a little something to acknowledge the occasion. In looking through wedding accessories, I found the ultimate thing: The Pocket Idiot’s Guide to Wedding Etiquette. The book gave contemporary advice for today’s bridal party. I bought one and was about to send it when I received a telephone call notifying me that the wedding was off.

Hmm, maybe I should have selected some other title. “Know Yourself” would have been good. “Know Your Real Mate” would have been better. Couples shouldn’t rush to get married for any reason. It’s liable to bring a lifetime of regrets.

I love Andrew Lloyd Weber. His play Cats touched my heart. Its characters like Rum Tum Tugger and Jellicles came straight out of Old Possum Elliot but better because they sang, danced, and really were bigger than life. His Phantom of the Opera stirred my imagination. Twenty years after seeing it the first time, I am still hoping for a quality sequel. I would like to see some other production of his.

Since television and I have been acquainted for more than three generations, I cannot remember the first one I saw on television. I have to say the same about films. I do vividly remember my first Broadway musical though. It was Fiorello back in 1960. Since a half century has passed, you can guess just how much I thrilled at my first real theater experience.

Hubby has written me several IOU’s promising to get me Broadway show tickets for a show of my choosing. He just never comes through. I need some tickets. Perhaps with the tickets in hand, he’ll stop giving me excuses and take me to the Great White Way. In the event he is not so inclined, I am independent enough to hop the train, breeze over to Broadway, and enjoy myself.

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In my life I have known many testy, cantankerous testy know-it-alls. Recently I overheard one of them complaining about today’s no smoking laws. The man claimed someone’s using an electronic cigarette would not be any violation. Ergo he decided he was going to procure one and test it out on his next airplane trip. He said it was the principle of the thing. I just can’t figure out what principle.

While I am not a smoker, I do resent the big brother approach government has taken with our lives. Years ago it put in an amendment to our constitution on alcohol that only brought more problems. Eventually Prohibition was repealed. It’s time for a common sense approach; don’t legislate what is unenforceable. Psychologically, forbidden fruit is always more appealing and sweeter.

Here are the winners of this week’s giveaways. To select the winner of these giveaways I put the number of entries into the Random Sequence Generator on random.org. I matched the numbers that came out on top to the comment bearing the same number and made sure the comment was eligible.

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#158 Emily

Rainbow Brite CD winners

#13 hollowsins, #23 monkey-shines, #9 Jackie, #6 Andrea V, #1 Kirsten T, #10 Marci, #26 Nicole, #27 katklaw777.

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I remember my first washing machine–semi-automatic. That meant fill it up, wash the clothes, remove the clothes, empty the machine, fill it up again, rinse the clothes, empty the machine, wring the clothes out then dry them. I was even glad to have the appliance because it was the pre-disposable diaper era back in 1966, and I had a brand new baby. Anything was better than washing baby linens by hand!

Almost forty-five years later, washing machines have changed big time. They are truly bigger and better. Large capacity, energy-efficient, water saving models today help lighten chores. These legs of mine are not what they used to be. Up, down; up down–365 days a year. You get the picture. If I had the genie in the lamp, I would wish for a washer/dryer set to be built in to my kitchen instead of making over the existing laundry room downstairs.

Well, I suppose that doesn’t qualify me for a laundry room makeover. Too bad. But, maybe, yours does. TV’s Designing Spaces and Wisk are sponsoring the Wisk Pimp My Laundry Room Contest. Go to www.LaundryHE.com to find out more about this contest. Next, make a short video between now and March 29, 2010, explaining why you deserve the makeover. Enter it. Have fun. Good luck.

Finalists will be featured on the site from April 12 - 19 with the Grand Prize Winner chosen by ballot.

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