Showing posts with label Wash on Monday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wash on Monday. Show all posts

Monday, May 24, 2010

Today's Woman versus Today's Writer

Pamela Tracy here, thinking about who I am and what I could be. I love this rhyme.


Wash on Monday
Iron on Tuesday
Bake on Wednesday
Brew on Thursday
Churn on Friday
Mend on Saturday
Go to meeting on Sunday

I don't know about you, but I do the laundry every day. It's called having two kids. One is five; the other is forty. My husband claims I can't blame him; after all, I'm the one who won't use the same towel twice. I respond that I've come a long way from my teenage years where I used two towels after every bath. See, I didn't want the towel that touched my feet to also touch my hair. What can I say: I was raised an only child. As for ironing: on average, I get down the iron once every six months. To me, wrinkles are in. WAIT! Wrinkles on clothes that is. I like to bake, when the mood strikes. I buy cookbooks about baking. And, about once every three months, a concoction appears - usually cookies or brownies and almost always from a mix. Brew? I'm not sure what that means. Churn... I know this thanks to Laura Ingalls. Probably the modern equivelent would be grocery shopping. Yes, I do this, sometimes once a week; sometimes twice a week. I like grocery shopping if I'm alone. I notice if my five-year-old comes with me, I spend more. Mend. Nope, nope, nope. Last time I found a hole, my birth mother snitched it. I did, at one time, have a place for items that needed mending, but after a few years, I realized that I'd never mend them so gave them away. I do crochet, though, and love love love it. Meeting. Yes, give me a gold star. On Sunday's we go to church. I get to sit in Bible class and learn. Yesterday we were talking about Moses and his father-in-law Jethro and Jethro advising Moses to let some of the Israelites take leadership roles.

Actually, though, the ryhme doesn't describe me. So, I've made a new one. One that does fit me a bit more.

Brainstorm and Reseach on Monday
Outline and Plot on Tuesday
First Draft and Critique Group on Wednesday
Edit, Proofread, and Revise on Thursday
Polish and send to agent/editor on Friday
Revisions on Saturday
Go to meeting on Sunday and PRAY.