Your H is trying. Lordy, can they confuse us any more? But good for you for not letting it throw you for too much of a loop.
I am a sucker for any animal in distress, so I am very proud of you for sneaking the kitty-cats in. My cat is so pampered, it is ridiculous. That little girl is in there Jaye, she just does things a little differently these days, that is all.
Do you think that laundry is like a Lady MacBeth sort of thing? A guilty sort of "out damned spot?" Wash away the sins? In my infrequent contacts with Skippy, he said more than once that his favourite part of his new apartment was the insuite laundry. And that he did laundry just for fun. So there is another one for the MLC play book, beware clean laundry!