Leading the life of a desperate housewife can make me crazy, as witnessed by my recent obsession with getting a new clothes washer and dryer. Husband is unmoved by my newfound love of home appliance shopping, even when I point out that every 2 loads washed with the uber-nice front-loading washing machine would save 25 gallons of water. An African Elephant consumes an average of 25 gallons of water a day. Thus, my new front-loading washing machine would not only be energy efficient and a stylish addition to my utility room – it would have an exciting, albeit indirect, benefit for our elephant friends.It makes perfect sense to me.

Right now a group of burly men are replacing every window in our house, so by the end of the week the novely of home improvement will have worn off, I think.

It’s nice that you can’t go 10 feet without tripping over free wireless in Alexandria so I can amuse myself playing with Flock, er, I mean, working, while my home is under siege.