Contest Coming Soon!

Later I'm going to announce a contest where you can win my friend Eileen Cook's new novel Unpredictable but I have to think of one that's both fair and that won't cause me massive amounts of work.  I haven't read this book yet but I went to her reading here in Chicago last night and I laughed about twenty times during the first three pages, so trust me, you're going to want this.

However, I probably won't give contest rules or accept entries until tomorrow because now I have to do laundry so I don't get divorced. 

(BTW, when you complain you CAN'T do laundry because you're busy writing and writing is WORK, your husband will feel bad until he remembers you work in the building where your washer and dryer live.  And then he will tell you if said washer and dryer were located in the Sears Tower, then he'd be happy to do a couple of loads during the day.  Until then, can he PLEASE have some clean dress socks?)

Comments

[Holly]

you think I am kidding: The current bid on this is $43 -

http://cgi.ebay.com/well-worn-Womens-Lets-Play-S-P-O-R-T-S-Tube-Socks-used_W0QQitemZ220205043305QQihZ012QQcategoryZ11526QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Holly]

you know.... some people (freaks) pay goooood money for stinky socks on ebay.

[LaskiGal]

Came via Swishy/Manic and the fantabulous girl's night out you had. So completely jealous!

Doesn't husband do YOUR laundry since you are the famous author? I just ordered your book . . . can't wait to read it!

I used to live in Chicago (burbs) and am so sad as I sit here in my little rural Ohio town. Gosh I miss it . . .

[Jennifer McKenzie]

Hey, at least you can point to a royalty check deposited in your bank and say "But I DO work."
Not so for me. Royalty checks of $4.19 doesn't garner much respect.
Just sayin'.

[Caryn]

When my husband wants clean socks, he washes them himself. But then, his large collection of outdoor clothing is pickier than my own clothes, so we have always done our own laundry.

[Izabis717]

BRING ON THE CONTEST im dying in anticipation!!! :)

[Pam]

OMG! I just bought this book this past weekend. I thought the concept was funny as hell. Sounds like something me and my friends would do. I plan on starting it this weekend!

[Kate]

Oh come on. You're going to tell me there's no laundromat at the Sears Tower? Please.

[Nanz]

DH and I had a similar discussion about laundry when I was able to work from the home office a couple days per week. I was a little ticked at his comments thinking maybe he didn't respect my time as much as his. So the next morning I did a load of wash. As soon as he came home and plopped on the couch I put the laundry basket of clean clothes in front of his feet and said "Tag, you're it. I washed and dried you fold and put away."

[Jamie]

Last week my husband did a load of laundry. He was so proud. Until I pointed out that he left his chapstick in a pocket of his jeans and ruined everything.

[Lisa Johnson]

I cringe when arriving home to find the laundry room light on and Scotty Too Hotty is in the process of doing our laundry to "help" me out...I become almost suicidal over his inability to separate them the same as me. Why would he puts these things in the same load I ask over and over again. I vow to always stay on top of it or one day be forced to slit my wrists.

[Maddie]

Fletch works in the Sears Tower? Me too! Now I'm totally going to be looking for him whenever I'm in the lobby (in a total non-creepy way, of course).

[Jody Yano]

As a fellow "work-from-home" chick, I can tell you this conversation has happened around here too. My response... I'll do laundry during my work day as long as he does it during his work day too!

[Rebecca]

Three words: fluff and fold.

[Mimi]

I think you should look into that washer and dryer situation in the Sears Tower...you never know...

[Mary]

wouldn't it be grand if you could order a washer and dryer and have them delivered to Flech at work along with his dirty clothes??? I sometimes wish I could do this to my better half....just because I don't leave my house (or get out of my pajamas) to go to work doesn't mean that I'm not busy!!!!! It does however mean that I have less dirty laundry and if I'm not doing mine I don't remember to do anyone else's!!!! oy vey!

[Qristyn]

But the most important question about socks is...........WHERE THE HELL DID THE OTHER MATCH GO TO?????????????????????????

[Lita]

OR...you could tell him to quit his bitchin and haul his butt to Target to buy a new package.... :)

I don't think I ever wear the same pair of socks twice before I give up looking for them and go out to buy new ones.

[Danielle]

*prays to one day find her very own Fletch*

Now I must scheme my way into being the winner of this perplexing "contest" of which you speak.

[Sally]

One word: Febreeze.

[trish]

Okay Carey, the thing about the bathing suit bottoms has got me laughing uncontrollably! That's the funniest damn thing I've heard all day! And Jenn...bring on the contest, girl!

[Mary W.]

I feel compelled to share the lyrics to the vocal warm-up that my kids used in middle school choir:

Black socks
They never get dirty
The longer you wear them
The stronger they get

Sometimes
I think I should launder them
Something inside me says
Don't wash them yet

I fear my son takes this seriously...

[Katie O.]

Jen, do you not know that I have no patience, especially when it comes to books, and now, instead of waiting for the contest, I am ordering this book?

Oh, and at least you DO the laudry instead of just trying to TEACH it, like I do with my boyfriend...yet his idea of seperating is "dressy stuff" and "not dressy stuff."

[teachergirl]

Nearly divorced many years ago over the state of the laundry; 'I'll show him,' I thought as I tossed a huge dark load in the washer. Low and behold, I had tossed in one of his LawyerBoy suits. Heh,heh,heh. Something else you don't want to wash.

[Manic Mommy]

I can get the wash done and thrown into the guest bedroom. It's the folding and putting away that sucks. So when I know Mr. Manic is running low on t-shirts, underwear and socks, I go into the guest room, find some of his shit and throw it into his drawers so he THINKS I'm Betty Homemaker.

Great meeting you last night. And directions home to my little suburban bubble were great!
Steph

[Melanie]

Why is it always the socks? It seems that I have enough of everything else to last at least a month(even underwear!), but no matter how many I buy I'm always out of socks!! I guess it's all for the good though... it forces me to do laundry more often.

Can't wait to find out the contest details!

[Malia Estes]

Hey, at the very least, he's requesting a MATCHING pair of socks.

Last year, my best friend graduated college and landed a job at a graphic design firm. Two weeks into his new job, the whole office went off to a casual lunch with his company's biggest investors wearing a Marc Jacobs cashmere sweater, a Ben Sherman shirt, and Hickey Freeman suit pants. He looked stylish, confident, and polished...

...then he crossed his legs to reveal one bright pink argyle, and one green plaid dress sock.

[Luann]

waa waa waa. Can't he do it when he gets home?

[Carey]

Whatevs... the real tell of laundry need is when you have to wear swimsuit bottoms because you've already worn all your underwear right-side and inside out. Not that I'VE ever done that...

[KatieC]

Oh, pishaw. You can wear those black dress socks at least three times before they lose their shape. And they shouldn't be TOO stinky, unless he's running the Sears Buildings' stairs at lunch...