washing pillows, blankets

 when i went to do laundry i decided to do more than just the typical clothes washing. i had found a Charlie Brown blanket and said if i was going to do a separate wash for it, then make it count. i got out other blankets that hadn't been washed in a while, and pillows, and this became the third wash i did. actually, the first, i loaded that washer before the other two. i had seven items in there, three of which were pillows, but the machine wouldn't start, figured it was 'too full'. i moved two of the blankets to the other loads, and then it started just fine. as usual, after laundry was done i found an item to be thrown out, seeing holes in a pair of socks. there wasn't too much else to do for the rest of the day, i had the laundry done around midday. i called my dad in the evening as it was dad's day, and his upcoming birthday. i still might send a card as well. i liked more sharing about the times spent in Minnesota with the national guard unit, at first it was asking about the 'skeeters' which is done fairly often. in this case it was saying that three of the five summer camps were at Camp Ripley, but the other two weren't there because it was full. and those other two bases weren't near as full, in Wisconsin and Michigan. i said it is still a very active base as it has been on the news about exchange programs with military outfits from Europe. during my walks i found 85 cents.