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Note on Fridge

May 3, 2022 20 Comments

By Teresa Sochacka Renton

Sorry, had to dash—please…

– Feed kids and cats (kids playing next door)

– Take bins out—pick-up @ noon

– Call your mum for her birthday

– Put lasagna in oven 30 mins @ 180

– Ice cream in freezer, don’t forget vanilla for Clara

– Change cat litter before bed

– Drive Clara to ballet tomorrow

– Book Jake’s follow-up dentist appt for brace fitting

– Water plants Thurs

– Thaw shepherd’s pie for Tues

– Cancel Friday’s restaurant bkg

– Clean loo (bleach, etc. under sink)

– Sort out stinky blocked drain outside

– Load whites and wash @ 60—Ecover

stain remover on shirt collar

(should get lipstick out nicely)

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Comments

  1. Helen C says

    May 3, 2022 at 7:03 am

    Very intriguing

    Reply
  2. Michelle Mellon says

    May 3, 2022 at 7:52 am

    Love it

    Reply
    • Teresa Renton says

      May 4, 2022 at 10:52 am

      Thank you Michelle 🙂

      Reply
  3. albert Norman katz says

    May 3, 2022 at 8:07 am

    lol. except for the lipstick bit, I received one of these once. Mine ending, I feel sick about this, after leaving me for another man. Wish I had thought of writing it up ! Great job.

    Reply
    • Teresa Renton says

      May 4, 2022 at 10:53 am

      Thanks Albert 🙂

      Reply
  4. Yolanda Joosten says

    May 3, 2022 at 1:43 pm

    Great twist at the end. There’s so much to learn just from this everyday list!

    Reply
    • Teresa Renton says

      May 4, 2022 at 10:53 am

      Thank you

      Reply
  5. Paula says

    May 3, 2022 at 2:19 pm

    Ooooh, nice work! Love it. You get a sense slowly that they’re not coming back and it’s a great build up of demonstrating just how much they do… but that clincher about the lipstick… perfect!

    Reply
    • Teresa Renton says

      May 4, 2022 at 10:54 am

      Thanks, glad you liked it 🙂

      Reply
  6. Coco says

    May 3, 2022 at 8:56 pm

    Good progression.
    Nicely done!

    Reply
    • Teresa Renton says

      May 4, 2022 at 10:55 am

      Thank you, glad you thought so.

      Reply
  7. A.M. McKnight says

    May 3, 2022 at 9:58 pm

    Well played! Didn’t see that ending coming. A good one.

    Reply
  8. Shyl says

    May 3, 2022 at 10:31 pm

    Fabulous. The end – about lipstick was superb.

    Reply
  9. ascribe thinking says

    May 4, 2022 at 7:05 am

    just brilliant

    Reply
  10. Mary Rohrer-Dann says

    May 4, 2022 at 11:44 am

    Smart! Thought it was going to end with the list-maker taking a long Mother’s Day weekend to herself on a beach somewhere; lipstick was a perfect surprise.

    Reply
  11. Gigi says

    May 4, 2022 at 12:46 pm

    Had to reread but liked it!

    Loved the ‘shot’ at the end!

    Reply
  12. Ekta Garg says

    May 5, 2022 at 1:46 pm

    This is fantastic! So well done.

    Reply
  13. M says

    May 5, 2022 at 5:53 pm

    Beautifully done.

    Reply
  14. Liz says

    May 6, 2022 at 10:39 pm

    Brill!

    Reply
  15. Uma Hamzic says

    May 11, 2022 at 7:38 am

    Great piece of writing. You delivered the ending perfectly.

    Reply

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