Housework hassles go on, are never resolved, and will probably extend into the afterlife ('Why am I the … - Marni Jackson

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

I run; I am a coward at heart. I swear, when I smell violence or aggression the coward comes out in me. I have no desire to fight anybody except myself.

Marni Jackson

Housework hassles go on, are never resolved, and will probably extend into the afterlife ('Why am I the one who takes the clouds to the dry cleaners?').

Afterlife, Cleaners, Clouds, Extend, Goes On

Same Author Quotes

Motherhood is like Albania- you can't trust the descriptions in the books, you have to go there.

Albania, Book, Like, Mom, Mother, Motherhood

This is a truism of child-raising, of course - whatever you give special time and attention to cooking, your children will despise and reject, with annoying gagging sounds.

Annoying, Children, Cooking, Gagging, Giving, Special

The first axiom of the family vacation is that someone, possibly everyone, will get sick.

Family, Sick, Vacation

Every time I caught a fish, I wondered how something so small could have such clear, pure strength. It kept reminding me of another sensation, from another realm. The fish on the line, I eventually realized, felt like the baby, kicking inside you. Or the shocking, life-hungry pull of the baby on the breast. Perhaps fishing is like quickening for men, a long and patient wait for a few electric moments when they feel connected to another life.

Baby, Fishing, Men, Shocking, Strength

When a couple turns domestic, for the first while having to talk about the need for aluminum eaves troughing and other matters only gets in the way of the relationship. Then, magically, these negotiations take the place of the relationship.

Couple, Eaves, Marriage, Needs, Negotiations, Place