Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962Well, I do. I saw a PBS documentary on her life last night, and indeed, Eleanor Roosevelt was remarkable. She was born into bucks but had a crappy childhood because her father was a drunk and both her parents died when she was young. She was smart, tall, toothy, awkward and anything but a complacent society woman which was what was expected of her. Instead, Eleanor threw herself into social work and making the world a better place. It goes without saying, even though I'll say it: Without her eyes, ears, and legs, FDR wouldn't have had a chance at the presidency.
One of my favorite quotes happens to be by Eleanor Roosevelt:
"Do one thing every day that scares you."
And today that thing is: Clean the fridge.
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Cool. That'll also knock out the 9-items-to-throw-away thingie.
fridge is safe for the moment. the scary thing has changed: going to visit my aunt in the hospital.
Sorry to hear about your aunt. Hope things turn out okay.
I'm a big fan of Elenor Mondale, personally.
Jesus, Anne. The things you'll come up with to avoid cleaning your fridge.
Today I am going to fight a bear.
I should really clean my fridge too
but I probably wont
I saw it too. Amazing woman. It's funny, because I just went to the FDR home and Pres. library last weekend up in Hyde Park. Very cool stuff. I highly recommend it.
when you're done with your visit to your aunt and cleaning your fridge, come do mine. I'm not there, so feel free to clean the rest of the place as well. Great, thanks, the keys are under the flower pot!
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