Today was a laundry day.  I dare say, I'm almost caught up.   Since I do not have a dryer and it is the middle of December, this is quite a feat.  The only thing that can ruin it now is if a child or husband has a stash of dirty clothes somewhere, waiting to see the empty basket and fill it, crushing my hopes & dreams of completed laundry.  It now occurs to me that I may in fact be pathetic, since an empty laundry basket counts as one of my dreams.