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Oh my. I have no idea what to say to Tuesday is not your bathtub (though I may co-opt it for my random blog subtitle one of these months). And the blue snot... well. As long as it isn't blue meat and a bag of snot, I suppose we'll be okay.

Our bathtub is useless, I may start calling it Tuesday.

It was really nice to see you both last weekend. Hugs to you and TMK.

Oh, Ryan - I have an exercise: a while ago, Mr Dearling would find some odd phrase or quote, and I would have a time limit (one hour? one day?) to turn it into a children's story. May I, O May I, use "Tuesday is not your bathtub"? I'll e-mail the results when I actually do it (upon receipt of your permission). That's just such a juicy arrangement of words -- I LOVE the English language.

I know the laundry detergent issues! My laundry "room" is what used to be a sleeping porch in the 100-year-old house that my apartment's in. Needless to say, there is no insulation out there. I have to keep the detergent in the kitchen for the winter.

I am in a state of frenzy and mild hysteria ... or maybe not so mild ... due to sudden changes (most good) in my life, however I have not yet yelled "Tuesday is not your bathtub" at anyone.

You made me laugh out loud. In the office, even.

Thank spot I work alone.

I am so glad the blue snot is just laundry detergent. I was really concerned you might have done something to end up with blue snot. I mean, if you have had banana scented armpits...

You can definitely make me laugh. You are in my thoughts.

Ryan, bless you for your honesty (everybody has Troubles, and sometimes it's just good to know!).

"Tuesday is not your bathtub" does indeed make perfect sense in context. Who knows -- it may even enter the lexicon, like all those "Seinfeld" phrases that people use now, like "close talker" and such!

Hugs to both,

Thanks, youse two. And everyone else. Such loving thoughts make it so hard to be a hater.

At least you didn't say Tuesday is not your bath day. Which, you know, a mere few years ago wouldn't even have been considered weird, when, you know, SUNDAY was bath day. Heh.

"Tuesday is not your bathtub" says it all. I understand it totally, even without an explanation. I hope you and TMK continue to have your long talks. Relationships are SUCH.HARD.WORK. Dang it.

And you had me worried about the blue snot...

I have to admit that while initially seeing that "Tuesday is not your bathtub" made no sense but reading through the post... it made all the sense in the world to me... seriously. sigh... relationships.

Oh my. Blue snot. What fun! That was one thing I HATED about switching to a HE washer..liquid detergent. I finally found that Costco had their brand of powder that worked in HE washers. It worked better than the Tide! It might be worth something to keep the blue snot at bay :)

Humphhh. Tuesday IS my bathtub, I'll have you know.

Grasping desperately for coherence and rationality in the universe, my only response to your post is to note that you can get DRY high-efficiency laundry detergent--would that work?

Mmmmm.... Trekking. :)

Life is complicated. Be nice to yourself. Sending a hug, L

Oh, Ryan, "Tuesday is not your bathtub." I love it. Makes perfect sense to me. Love the blue snot too and meat bag. You have such a lovely slant on life. Welcome to the crazy years. It's fun here in over-40 land (and I'm waaaay over.).

Thank you. I needed that laugh -- and it's good to know that I'm not the only one who yells exceedingly random things at her partner in the course of an argument (of course, if you tell him I acknowledged that randomness, I'll deny it all the way; I'm the sensible one in the relationship, doncha know). I'm making a note of your phrasing for future use; I'll be sure to cite you. :) Also, maybe the detergent needs its own little space heater?

It might not help, but I have a high efficiency washer and I use regular soap in it, just not nearly as much (3 squirts to be exact). Hang in there, spring is on its way.

I have both those Trekking colorways and I can never get past petting them. No project seems worthy. I love the light colorway so much I bought two skeins thinking I would do a scarf too so I could admire it always.

Sounds like I need to go sit in the bathtub with my yarn for a while.

I have to keep my liquid laundry detergent in the house instead of the unheated garage above my washing machine in the winter. Of course, whether I get to use it or not depends on if my washer is frozen. No draining when the pump is immobile. My dream house will certainly have the washer and dryer in a (heated) laundry room. And who says you have to be logical in the heat of a "discussion"? Not me!

Do they make the high efficiency stuff in powder form because that would solve your problem! See how helpful I am!?!

Ryan - on the detergent front. Trader Joe's has a great powdered ecologically friendly detergent - just use about half the amount that they tell you to. Walla - clean clothes & it only clumps. Hang in there - the days are getting longer and for some reason that always has an effect on my coherency. In fact, more daylight seems to help in all facets of life.

You're the reason I don't blog. Why would anyone need another blog when yours is so well-written, so engaging, so honest, so perfectly capturing the simultaneous absurdity and profundity of life? You're probably getting scared now because I'm sounding like a love-sick groupie. (I did "squee" once when you emailed me.) BTW, can I drop by when I come out to visit the in-laws in Tacoma? Just kidding. I'll settle for just coming to your knitting group.

My laundry/mudroom is on the north facing wall. If the machine isn't frozen, the detergent usually is. Blue snot, indeed.

Ahem. So busy being star-struck that I forgot to make "actual knitting content" comment. As a very bad and new sock knitter, one of those balls of trekking will make a pair? Gad. I bought 3.

It makes perfect sense to me. Then again, I never make sense and am currently hormonally challenged. *hugs*

As the target of psychobabble, I would LOVE to hear "Tuesday is not your bathtub". It would make a nice change from the tedious (and well deserved) crud I usually hear.

The babble doesn't seem too weird to me, but I talk in weird wimperings and tired whinings a lot of the time. At least you used words.

Hi, just an idea from my dealings with high efficiency detergent... switch to powdered tide HE. I had some significant problems with odors from the front loading washer... and it turns out that the liquid detergent (all liquid, not just HE) does not dissolve well, leaves a film inside the washer drum that traps organic matter, and then germs can grow... NOT what you want in your washer. No more problems since a severe cleaning and the use of powdered tide. and it will not freeze!!

Tuesday may not be your bathtub, but Thursday is definitely sandwich day. :-)

Hugs to you both.