...the mice will play.
and give themselves a pudding bath.
and then when the cat comes back? the mouse will be
busted.
cat will learn to never leave mouse alone with pudding again!
Showing posts with label cleaning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cleaning. Show all posts
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
not me! monday
oh boy. where do i begin? there are just too many things that have NOT happened since my last not me! monday post. but today, i'll keep it short and sweet. er, uhhh, well just read...
last week, after the kids were in bed asleep and ben and i were about to get our nightly netflix fix (say that 5 times fast), i did NOT go to the freezer to get my nightly serving
upon realizing this i did NOT slam the door shut, thinking that it would somehow reverse the problem, i guess. but then i decided to deal with it then and there. i started loading garbage bags with thawing frozen food and salvaging what i could. ben did NOT take over 6 bags of freezer food to the trash. and i was NOT sulking—not because we were throwing hundreds of dollars of food away, but because the ice cream was soupy and now i wouldn't be able to have any.
i started cleaning some of the ice out of the freezer (it really needed to be defrosted, too, so i guess this wasn't all bad), thinking that ben was out at the dumpster for a very long time... when finally he came back inside holding one of our [nine] quarts of soupy ice cream. he did NOT say, "hey, i was digging through the trash and this one isn't too bad. you could have some of it..." i was NOT thinking eww, gross, disgusting, but felt it anyway and it was frozen solid! i was still repelled by the thought of eating it though, thinking it had already been in the trash, when ben told me he did NOT go to the grocery store really quick to buy it for me! awwwww...... ♥
then my moment of you're so sweet got inturrupted. i looked at him, my eyes grew wide, and i did NOT say, "YOU DID NOT JUST GO TO THE STORE IN YOUR JAMMIE PANTS!!!" oh goodness. i'm sure that someday we will NOT end up on peopleofwalmart.com.
ahem.
so that was that. we enjoyed our cookie dough ice cream, netflix, went to bed, and all was well. until i woke up the next morning. the bag of frozen bread dough that i had set on the counter had NOT risen all night, exploded through the bag, and made a huge doughy mess. well thank goodness i threw it in the garbage before i went to bed—the mess was contained in the trash can! but it was quite funny to see a huge glob of dough bursting through its bag. i did NOT punch it down about 3 times before ben came home and took out that trash bag...!
and now fast forward to today. i was able to save a roast. so i decided it needed to be cooked today. i got it in the oven, left the styrofoam tray on the STOVE, and started making the kids' lunch.
yeah yeah... you're probably thinking the same thing my sister thought, ERIN! you did NOT turn the burner on did you?! no, people i am NOT that stupid (really, i am...). but my lovely daughter, smart as she is, did NOT think the bloody meat juice in the bottom of the tray was "vanilla that we use in cakes," and did NOT decide to dip her finger in for a lick. well, at least she has a little smarts—she told me she wiped her finger on the towel "because the vanilla was cold," and then licked it.
see? this is why i should NOT be entirely banned from the kitchen!
visit mckmama for more not me fun! me? i'm off to eat some roast!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
it's like getting behind on your bills
that's how i've felt the past three weeks. first you miss one payment, then decide just to wait to pay it with next month's, and something comes up and you need the extra money for new tires or something, then you start hiding the bills so that you won't have to see them, with the hope that they'll go away...
i'm sure all of us have experienced at least something remotely close to that. and no, i'm not behind on our bills right now. but rather my BLOG, and blog reading. (i'll get caught up on everyone's blogs, i promise! i just may not comment on every post!) really i had something half written to post on january 1st, and then that obviously didn't happen, and about 5 different things to post after that. but the more i went without posting something on my blog, the more i wanted to avoid it altogether.
so here's mymass payment ramblings from the last month that have piled up in my head:
Christmas was great! i actually hope to post something on that later. (yeah, we'll just see how that plan turns out...) i learned some things this Christmas though. to name a few...
i went to MN for 10 days to celebrate Christmas with my family, see my alaska gramma, and met my new grandpa! he had open heart surgery last friday and is still sedated, but getting better. thank you all for your continued prayers for him and my gramma!
my house is a complete and utter disaster. it's like getting behind on blogging—i don't know where to start. hence, i'm blogging today. yeppers, i'm making myself blog right now just so that i can procrastinate on housecleaning. it's a vicious cycle. but hey, at least my suitcase is put away and all the laundry from our trip is done!
i did something really stupid but funny the other night that deserves a post of its own. but just as a teaser, it involves me cooking mounds of food this weekend. let's hope that i don't burn down my house in the process!
samantha got me the perfect brownie pan for Christmas. it was actually very cute, because i knew that's what she was going to get for me. and when the infomercial would come on she would hint around and say, "don't you wish you had one of those, mom?!" and when we were in target one day and i was looking at a bar pan she said sternly, "mom, you don't need to get any pans for brownies or desserts because we have some at home, and maybe you'll get one for Christmas, OKAY?!" all that to say, i love my perfect brownie pan. i hope to write a review with the pros and cons, but you know how i am—in case it doesn't get blogged about, i'll tell you right now that i'd recommend it.
ryan is doing really good. he hasn't had any seizures since the last time i missed giving him his medicine. he is starting to use the right side of his body more, and is getting better at standing up and maneuvering the stairs. and he is definitely developing a mouth like his sister's—loud and never ending!
and now, i feel just a slight bit caught up. see y'all in another 22 days...!
i'm sure all of us have experienced at least something remotely close to that. and no, i'm not behind on our bills right now. but rather my BLOG, and blog reading. (i'll get caught up on everyone's blogs, i promise! i just may not comment on every post!) really i had something half written to post on january 1st, and then that obviously didn't happen, and about 5 different things to post after that. but the more i went without posting something on my blog, the more i wanted to avoid it altogether.
so here's my
Christmas was great! i actually hope to post something on that later. (yeah, we'll just see how that plan turns out...) i learned some things this Christmas though. to name a few...
my 6 year old daughter can still wear size 4T snow pants. albeit they were a tad short, but they worked!
ryan would be satisfied with a train, a car, and an airplane for Christmas.
it's the little things that are special—a spontaneous slow dance to silent night with my husband and children, my 2 year old boy singing sentimental Christmas songs at the top of his lungs, and a homemade, hand-written, heart-shaped note from my daughter that said "i love you SO much mom."
our family does not need 10+ dozen Christmas cookies. case in point—we still have over half of them left.
spaghetti noodles can be mistaken for oral stitches, and vice versa.
i went to MN for 10 days to celebrate Christmas with my family, see my alaska gramma, and met my new grandpa! he had open heart surgery last friday and is still sedated, but getting better. thank you all for your continued prayers for him and my gramma!
my house is a complete and utter disaster. it's like getting behind on blogging—i don't know where to start. hence, i'm blogging today. yeppers, i'm making myself blog right now just so that i can procrastinate on housecleaning. it's a vicious cycle. but hey, at least my suitcase is put away and all the laundry from our trip is done!
i did something really stupid but funny the other night that deserves a post of its own. but just as a teaser, it involves me cooking mounds of food this weekend. let's hope that i don't burn down my house in the process!
samantha got me the perfect brownie pan for Christmas. it was actually very cute, because i knew that's what she was going to get for me. and when the infomercial would come on she would hint around and say, "don't you wish you had one of those, mom?!" and when we were in target one day and i was looking at a bar pan she said sternly, "mom, you don't need to get any pans for brownies or desserts because we have some at home, and maybe you'll get one for Christmas, OKAY?!" all that to say, i love my perfect brownie pan. i hope to write a review with the pros and cons, but you know how i am—in case it doesn't get blogged about, i'll tell you right now that i'd recommend it.
ryan is doing really good. he hasn't had any seizures since the last time i missed giving him his medicine. he is starting to use the right side of his body more, and is getting better at standing up and maneuvering the stairs. and he is definitely developing a mouth like his sister's—loud and never ending!
and now, i feel just a slight bit caught up. see y'all in another 22 days...!
Monday, December 7, 2009
not me! monday
ben was NOT home wednesday through today due to lack of work. and in our attempt to get some things done around the house, we did NOT get side-tracked by the mess of wires behind our TV. we did NOT spend one afternoon disconnecting, labeling, re-routing, and reconnecting cords and wires. i can NOT honestly say that the back of our TV is the only organized space in the house.
samantha did NOT have the whole week off school last week. this vacation was NOT unplanned and spontaneous. i am NOT counting wii games (she has to read), farmville (science), and shopping (social studies, math) as her school for last week, simply because that's about all she did!!
last week we did NOT get the tree up, 95% of the presents bought, gifts wrapped and placed under the tree. this is NOT the earliest we've ever had this done so we are NOT way ahead of schedule this year. now i will NOT be able to spend all my free non-stressful time cleaning the house....
this morning i did NOT go and soak in the tub after i told ben i was gonna jump in the shower quick. and i did NOT put my head under the water so i would not hear the kids and feel guilty for relaxing. and then i did NOT decide to shave my legs since i'm starting to look a bit manly. i did NOT have to pick globs of hair out of the razor a few times and i did NOT have to use more than one razor to thoroughly complete the job.
and just because i like to give y'all too much information and gross you out, while in the bathtub i did NOT have a coughing fit (remember we're all sick here) and a big glob of phlegm did NOT go flying somewhere out of my mouth. a couple minutes later i did NOT finally find it on my leg...
there ya go! what have you NOT been doing lately? join in on the fun or visit mckmama for some more not me! monday therapy!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
contraptionization
i have made an ingenious a redneck contraption.
and this is it.
allow me to backtrack. i was washing clothes one night. mounds and mounds of laundry. the washer had worked fine the whole day, until that night. i went to put a load into the dryer and opened up the washer lid to find my washing machine filled with water and my clothes unspun. my washer had quit in the middle of the cycle and wouldn't spin. you know the switch (when you close the lid) that has to be down when it's in the spin cycle? come on, admit it. we've all stuck a pencil or something in the switch so that we could watch the clothes spin.
what? that was just me?? uhh...
anyway, well the switch broke and wouldn't spin a few months ago and then before ben got a chance to fix it, it started working again. when it first broke i could stick a pen or a toothbrush in the tiny little hole to trigger the switch and then take it out. and then that night it finally bit the dust. almost.
until my contraptionization instincts took over. i stuck the toothbrush in the hole and maneuvered it around until the washer started.
now how am i going to make the toothbrush stay at this angle?
ah hah!! the vinegar bottle! i'll just prop that up against the toothbrush...
but then how will i get the vinegar to stay? maybe if i lean it up against the lid. erg! the switch depressor on the lid is in the way and now there's a little gap so it won't stay...
hmmm... let's see if ben's paint bucket can prop the lid open. ugh! the bucket is sliding because it's too light. oh! i got it! i'll use the other paint bucket full of dirty brushes to keep the lid-propping-bucket in place.
voile! perfect!
hey, whatever it takes to be able tocook and clean read blogs or play online games instead of standing there for the entire cycle holding a toothbrush at just the right angle...
have you ever contraptionized?!
and this is it.
allow me to backtrack. i was washing clothes one night. mounds and mounds of laundry. the washer had worked fine the whole day, until that night. i went to put a load into the dryer and opened up the washer lid to find my washing machine filled with water and my clothes unspun. my washer had quit in the middle of the cycle and wouldn't spin. you know the switch (when you close the lid) that has to be down when it's in the spin cycle? come on, admit it. we've all stuck a pencil or something in the switch so that we could watch the clothes spin.
what? that was just me?? uhh...
anyway, well the switch broke and wouldn't spin a few months ago and then before ben got a chance to fix it, it started working again. when it first broke i could stick a pen or a toothbrush in the tiny little hole to trigger the switch and then take it out. and then that night it finally bit the dust. almost.
until my contraptionization instincts took over. i stuck the toothbrush in the hole and maneuvered it around until the washer started.
now how am i going to make the toothbrush stay at this angle?
ah hah!! the vinegar bottle! i'll just prop that up against the toothbrush...
but then how will i get the vinegar to stay? maybe if i lean it up against the lid. erg! the switch depressor on the lid is in the way and now there's a little gap so it won't stay...
hmmm... let's see if ben's paint bucket can prop the lid open. ugh! the bucket is sliding because it's too light. oh! i got it! i'll use the other paint bucket full of dirty brushes to keep the lid-propping-bucket in place.
voile! perfect!
hey, whatever it takes to be able to
have you ever contraptionized?!
Monday, November 2, 2009
not me! monday
i did NOT get ryan's EEG and MRI results on friday. and although i wanted to write an update that night, i was NOT incredibly confused by the diagnosis. so i have NOT been googling like mad this weekend. and after i read the first sentence of an article and was NOT totally perplexed by the terminology, i did NOT spend over 2 hours just reading about the brain and trying to understand basic stuff you'd probably learn in school.
i am NOT incredibly glad that i video recorded the appointment so that i could relisten to it at home. i did NOT just randomly hold the camera, so when i got home and watched it i did NOT enjoy watching the kids play during the appointment (and ryan sticking his tongue out at dr. h)!
i am NOT going to call the neurologist with some more questions today and hopefully get her email address in case i have more questions! then sometime i will NOT get an update for y'all!
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in the process of making a cup of chai one early morning, i did NOT turn on the back burner for the tea kettle, all the while making sure the dirty plate (from the night before. not pictured.)
on the front burner was far enough away. and then i did NOT smell something burning. maybe the dirty napkin fell off the plate onto the burner? and then i heard popping. as i went to see what was happening, i did NOT notice that i had in fact turned on the front burner, thus causing the food particles on said plate to burn. i did NOT grab the plate off of the burner, totally forgetting that it would be burning hot and almost drop it, and quickly set it on the cutting board that was on the other burner. it did NOT melt a ring on my cutting board.for a cup of chai, it was totally NOT worth it!
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we did NOT crack open the bags of 1-year-old halloween candy to see if they still tasted good. they were NOT still delicious. i did NOT double check their goodness. and we did NOT pass them out (along with our new candy) to the 100+ trick-or-treaters that came by. i do NOT think we should go buy some more clearance candy this week to save for next year...
ahem.
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this morning i did NOT realize that i still have a love for sesame street. i did NOT pause my computer work to watch bert and ernie's great adventures...
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as i'm sitting here on my laptop, ryan did NOT just bring me the broom and the stick vacuum. i am NOT gonna take a hint, get off the computer, and clean the house. well, maybe i'll clean after i go shopping...
happy monday everyone!!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
happy halloween
we don't celebrate halloween. we don't go out trick or treating, and we don't dress up. (go ahead and judge, because i don't have time to explain why right now.) we do hand out candy though, as you should very well know...
but this year i changed my mind.
some people dress up. some people dress up their kids. some people dress up their dogs. but me? i decided to dress up my house! and this year, my house is gonna be a dirty, messy house for halloween.
that's right. i made sure the beds weren't made, the carpets were dirty, the bathrooms far from sparkling, and the dishes unwashed. i went the extra mile to make sure there was dust on every flat surface, used diapers rolled up on the the living room floor, sticky spilled soda spots in the kitchen, and even an unusual stench coming from somewhere.
and the 2 liter of root beer i just emptied into my cup? my better judgement told me to just leave it on the counter instead of throwing it in the nearby garbage can.
and the bad part?! my house actually doesn't look as bad as it has in the recent weeks!
maybe next year i'll try to dress it up as a clean and tidy house—whatever THAT is!
but this year i changed my mind.
some people dress up. some people dress up their kids. some people dress up their dogs. but me? i decided to dress up my house! and this year, my house is gonna be a dirty, messy house for halloween.
that's right. i made sure the beds weren't made, the carpets were dirty, the bathrooms far from sparkling, and the dishes unwashed. i went the extra mile to make sure there was dust on every flat surface, used diapers rolled up on the the living room floor, sticky spilled soda spots in the kitchen, and even an unusual stench coming from somewhere.
and the 2 liter of root beer i just emptied into my cup? my better judgement told me to just leave it on the counter instead of throwing it in the nearby garbage can.
and the bad part?! my house actually doesn't look as bad as it has in the recent weeks!
maybe next year i'll try to dress it up as a clean and tidy house—whatever THAT is!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
would you rather
if you could pick only one,
would you rather have
a maid to clean your house and do your laundry,
a chef to cook your meals,
or a live-in nanny to watch your children?
because my mom is here now so i have all three!!!
i ♥ my mom.
would you rather have
a maid to clean your house and do your laundry,
a chef to cook your meals,
or a live-in nanny to watch your children?
because my mom is here now so i have all three!!!
i ♥ my mom.
Monday, October 12, 2009
not me! monday
happy not me! monday. not only can we admit our imperfections without guilt, but this month there's also a chance to WIN! check out mckmama's blog to play along or for some hillarious reading material!
this week...
i did NOT take ryan to scary target the night before his EEG. i did NOT buy him $50 worth of toys to play with. and i certainly did NOT make him leave them in the boxes so that we can take them back...!
i did NOT clean the majority of my house on thursday (and it looked great!!), just to have my husband bring stuff home from the auction on friday. there is NOT a little path through my living room again.
in an effort to get out the door to make to church in time, i did NOT totally dump half of my mug of chai on my pop tart. and because breakfast is the most important meal of the day, i did NOT still eat it. and although i would never recommend a soggy pop tart, i am NOT trying to figure out how to make chai flavored pop tarts. because YUMM!!!
today i did NOT check the mail about four times and was NOT surprised to find nothing. on my fifth attempt to check the mail i did NOT remember that it is a holiday today. my retired mailman father is NOT laughing as he is reading this!!
i did NOT almost forget to call about ryan's EEG results today. the nurse told me that dr. h wasn't in today, so if she didn't call me this afternoon that she'd call me next week. hmmm.. (i wonder if she thinks it's friday?!) so our results are NOT that we have to wait for the results! i'll let you know when and what i find out!
ryan did NOT accidentally hit the enter button and post this before i was done. i am NOT scrambling to fix it before any of you see it!
happycolumbus day monday!
this week...
i did NOT take ryan to scary target the night before his EEG. i did NOT buy him $50 worth of toys to play with. and i certainly did NOT make him leave them in the boxes so that we can take them back...!
i did NOT clean the majority of my house on thursday (and it looked great!!), just to have my husband bring stuff home from the auction on friday. there is NOT a little path through my living room again.
in an effort to get out the door to make to church in time, i did NOT totally dump half of my mug of chai on my pop tart. and because breakfast is the most important meal of the day, i did NOT still eat it. and although i would never recommend a soggy pop tart, i am NOT trying to figure out how to make chai flavored pop tarts. because YUMM!!!
today i did NOT check the mail about four times and was NOT surprised to find nothing. on my fifth attempt to check the mail i did NOT remember that it is a holiday today. my retired mailman father is NOT laughing as he is reading this!!
i did NOT almost forget to call about ryan's EEG results today. the nurse told me that dr. h wasn't in today, so if she didn't call me this afternoon that she'd call me next week. hmmm.. (i wonder if she thinks it's friday?!) so our results are NOT that we have to wait for the results! i'll let you know when and what i find out!
ryan did NOT accidentally hit the enter button and post this before i was done. i am NOT scrambling to fix it before any of you see it!
happy
Sunday, October 4, 2009
musings from the pantry
i don't know how this happens or if i'm the only victim, but somehow my pantry has a way of devouring my groceries and hiding them in every crook and cranny until it's bursting at the seams and demands my attention.
so i cleaned it out the other day. and had this lovely conversation with myself while organizing...
so i cleaned it out the other day. and had this lovely conversation with myself while organizing...
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why in the world do i have five jars of peanut butter in here? and why are three of them opened?! man, sara would be proud of me.
eww... best by april of 2006?! *trash*
chick peas. why the heck did i buy a can of chick peas?!
oh yipee—the mouse hole is still successfully patched up! gee, i hope we don't get another mouse this winter. *knock on wood*
jello anyone? you'd think i was my mom or something! i don't ever make jello so why do i have 31 boxes of jello?!
oh my goodness!!!! i almost bought three packages of jello the other day because i had a coupon...
blech! cheez its. (go ahead and judge my disliking of those cheese flavored crackers...)
oooohh! ketchup! we're almost out of ketchup!.... and jelly? why are they right next to each other? then again, why not?!
mmmmm.... ramen noodles. i bet those don't ever expire.... oh! they do expire! man, you can learn something new every day!
man, that was a great sale special k, fiber one, and pop tart sale at target. which reminds me, i still need to blog about couponing.
wow i have a lot of random thoughts. i should grab a pen and paper and write them down so that i can blog them.
note to self: don't buy special k or fiber one bars for about 3 years. or pop tarts.
i wonder how long the orderliness of this pantry is gonna last?
oh! iced animal crackers!
27 boxes of cereal in the pantry.... 27 boxes of cereal.... take one down. throw it away. 26 boxes of cereal in the pantry....
well it's good to know we won't be dying of starvation anytime soon.
note to self: don't buy anymore cereal either. or jello...
wow! i got rid of a lot stuff!! i better throw it all in the dumpster before ben gets home otherwise we'll probably end up keeping half of it!
dang, i wish i would've taken a before picture, cuz this looks WAY better now!
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and now, more cleaning. tune in next week for musings from the bathroom.*
*totally kidding!
Monday, September 21, 2009
not me! monday
good morning and welcome to not me! monday!! hop on over to mckmama's blog for some more hillarious not me! monday confessions (but right after you read mine, of course!)
i did NOT blog about treating our house for fleas, and then blog a few days later about how i don't clean my house. i did NOT realize that this would make us sound like sloppy, messy, white trashy people. and while i can assure you that we're not, i will admit that we're simply NOT a little disorganized! (and our house doesn't look that bad anymore...!)'
samantha did NOT finally start school last tuesday only to have wednesday off because her friend came over. we are only a few weeks behind now and i did NOT just order the rest of her curriculum on saturday...!
while ben and samantha were gone all day saturday, i did NOT decide to go to target with ryan. and when we were walking towards the entrance ryan did NOT start saying "scary, scary." (all because we went to target a couple weeks ago and ryan bawled his head off because he was terrified when we walked past the halloween aisles.) after we made it through the store with only a few tears and $50 spent, i did NOT decide to go to another target for a repeat performance. hello, my name is erin, and i am NOT addicted to target!
i did NOT take a pregnancy test last monday after thinking that there was aslight huge possibility i might be pregnant. it was NOT negative. (although really, it was negative!) and as the week went on and on i did NOT get more and more nervous that the test was wrong. i did NOT resolve that i would take yet another test this morning, until finally last night my aunt flo did NOT show up eight days late! i did NOT breathe a sigh of relief and silently say thank you Jesus! because even though we do NOT want to have more kids, we're not quite ready to pursue that venture right now—sorry auntie di and gramma! (oh, and sorry dad if that was a little too much information!!)
on friday, i did NOT whack my head on the washing machine whilst bending over to pick up ryan. it still does NOT hurt. yesterday ben did NOT throw out his neck while he was clearing his throat. and this morning, i did NOT wake up to a thud when samantha fell off of her ladder. i am NOT wondering when and how ryan will hurt himself. might as well make this a family affair, right?!
happy monday, y'all. have a blessed day!
i did NOT blog about treating our house for fleas, and then blog a few days later about how i don't clean my house. i did NOT realize that this would make us sound like sloppy, messy, white trashy people. and while i can assure you that we're not, i will admit that we're simply NOT a little disorganized! (and our house doesn't look that bad anymore...!)'
samantha did NOT finally start school last tuesday only to have wednesday off because her friend came over. we are only a few weeks behind now and i did NOT just order the rest of her curriculum on saturday...!
while ben and samantha were gone all day saturday, i did NOT decide to go to target with ryan. and when we were walking towards the entrance ryan did NOT start saying "scary, scary." (all because we went to target a couple weeks ago and ryan bawled his head off because he was terrified when we walked past the halloween aisles.) after we made it through the store with only a few tears and $50 spent, i did NOT decide to go to another target for a repeat performance. hello, my name is erin, and i am NOT addicted to target!
i did NOT take a pregnancy test last monday after thinking that there was a
on friday, i did NOT whack my head on the washing machine whilst bending over to pick up ryan. it still does NOT hurt. yesterday ben did NOT throw out his neck while he was clearing his throat. and this morning, i did NOT wake up to a thud when samantha fell off of her ladder. i am NOT wondering when and how ryan will hurt himself. might as well make this a family affair, right?!
happy monday, y'all. have a blessed day!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
i felt like a 1950's houswife.
today i got a visit from someone i figured was long extinct. there was an unexpected knock at the door, and when i answered it, there standing in front of me was a door-to-door salesman selling household cleaner. i never knew door-to-door salesmen still existed. i had only ever seen them in old episodes of classic tv shows like i love lucy and such.
so for a minute i felt like june cleaver. until i looked down and realized i wasn't wearing a dress and high-heeled shoes. and then i glanced back at my unkempt children and my messy house and i swiftly came back to reality!
our conversation was quite interesting, as i'm not usually very good at dismissing an unsolicited sales pitch. that, and if you've ever seen my house, you know that i'm not really in the market for cleaning supplies. so i thought i'd share our banter...
me: "hello?"
man: "hello ma'am, how are you? my name is james and i'm with the blah blah blah company."
me: "hi james, how are you today?"
james**: "fine thanks."
**names have not been changed to protect the innocent.
and then the conversation turned to the little spray bottle he was holding. he mentioned that this cleaner was non-toxic, didn't have harmful chemicals, and was great for people who are going green. *gag me*
james: "so what is your hardest cleaning job that you have here at home?"
me: "um.... i don't really do a whole lot of cleaning..."
james: "now you have kids right? because i know your feet aren't that small!" *he said as he glanced at samantha's shoes that were sitting on the front steps.*
me: "yes."
james: "have you ever gotten marker get on your carpet?" *he digs out his white rag and sharpie and scribbles black magic marker all over it.* "have you ever seen anything get out magic marker?"
me: "yep!"
james: "really? what?"
me: "alcohol."
james: "you're supposed to drink that! but really? alcohol? like rubbing alcohol?"
me: "yep."
james: "well have you ever seen it come out this fast?" *as he sprays his product on the marker and rubs it out. then he went on to another question:* "so who does the cleaning here at your home? you? your husband?"
me: "um.... well, none of us, really!"
james: "well what about cleaning your car? this stuff takes bugs off the front of your car just great!" *points to our car about 15 feet away.* "do you see all those bugs on the front of your car?"
me: "no."
james: *goes over to our vehicle, sprays his cleaner on the front fender and starts scrubbing.* "did you know that if you leave bugs on your car too long there's an acid in them that starts eating the paint chips?"
me: "no." *thinking to myself, good—then it will match the chunk of paint that has been scratched off for 3 years...*
james: "well, your husband probably knows that." *moves over to the tire and starts cleaning the hubcaps.* "this also cleans brake dust off of your hubcaps and protects them for 4-6 weeks."
me: *laughing* "sorry, we don't get that detailed!"
james: "well this also gets off fingerprints and scratches under your door handle."
me: *?! does this man really not realize that i don't clean? let alone UNDER the car door handles?*
james: "i work with the company out in california. where are you from?"
me: *?! that's random. wouldn't he assume i'm from...* "here..."
james: "do you have any spots in your car on your upholstery that have been hard to get out?"
me: "sure, try this one."
james: "is that a stain from a beverage?
me: "no, i think it's just mud from the winter."
james: *cleans the spot on the floor and shows me all the dirt. then proceeds to spray my seat and clean it. wipes it up and shows me the rag that hardly has any dirt on it!* "well, the cleaner comes in a bottle and it is sealed. it's a concentrate and it will last you for about a year and a half."
me: *a year and a half? try about 6 years for me then!* "well i don't think i'll buy any right now, but can you leave me with any information?"
james: "all i have to leave you with is the bottle. a quart is only $48. and next time you order you'll call the 800 number and you'll get ten dollars off and free shipping."
me: "sorry, i can't spend $48 today without talking with my husband. and we just got new tires on yesterday so that cost quite a bit of money. if we want some in the future i'll just look you up online."
james: "well you won't get the $10 off or free shipping."
me: "that's okay, thank you!"
james: "it will also get rust spots off of your railing up by your door."
me: *walking up to the house, um... we don't have rust spots on our railing..!* "thank you for stopping by..."
me: *walked inside, googled the product, read the reviews and found out that it really isn't that great of a cleaning product!*
so now, friends, i want to hear your stories—have you ever had an experience with a door-to-door salesman? have you ever bought $48 cleaner only to realize that the off brand dollar store stuff works better? do you clean your hubcaps?!
so for a minute i felt like june cleaver. until i looked down and realized i wasn't wearing a dress and high-heeled shoes. and then i glanced back at my unkempt children and my messy house and i swiftly came back to reality!
our conversation was quite interesting, as i'm not usually very good at dismissing an unsolicited sales pitch. that, and if you've ever seen my house, you know that i'm not really in the market for cleaning supplies. so i thought i'd share our banter...
me: "hello?"
man: "hello ma'am, how are you? my name is james and i'm with the blah blah blah company."
me: "hi james, how are you today?"
james**: "fine thanks."
**names have not been changed to protect the innocent.
and then the conversation turned to the little spray bottle he was holding. he mentioned that this cleaner was non-toxic, didn't have harmful chemicals, and was great for people who are going green. *gag me*
james: "so what is your hardest cleaning job that you have here at home?"
me: "um.... i don't really do a whole lot of cleaning..."
james: "now you have kids right? because i know your feet aren't that small!" *he said as he glanced at samantha's shoes that were sitting on the front steps.*
me: "yes."
james: "have you ever gotten marker get on your carpet?" *he digs out his white rag and sharpie and scribbles black magic marker all over it.* "have you ever seen anything get out magic marker?"
me: "yep!"
james: "really? what?"
me: "alcohol."
james: "you're supposed to drink that! but really? alcohol? like rubbing alcohol?"
me: "yep."
james: "well have you ever seen it come out this fast?" *as he sprays his product on the marker and rubs it out. then he went on to another question:* "so who does the cleaning here at your home? you? your husband?"
me: "um.... well, none of us, really!"
james: "well what about cleaning your car? this stuff takes bugs off the front of your car just great!" *points to our car about 15 feet away.* "do you see all those bugs on the front of your car?"
me: "no."
james: *goes over to our vehicle, sprays his cleaner on the front fender and starts scrubbing.* "did you know that if you leave bugs on your car too long there's an acid in them that starts eating the paint chips?"
me: "no." *thinking to myself, good—then it will match the chunk of paint that has been scratched off for 3 years...*
james: "well, your husband probably knows that." *moves over to the tire and starts cleaning the hubcaps.* "this also cleans brake dust off of your hubcaps and protects them for 4-6 weeks."
me: *laughing* "sorry, we don't get that detailed!"
james: "well this also gets off fingerprints and scratches under your door handle."
me: *?! does this man really not realize that i don't clean? let alone UNDER the car door handles?*
james: "i work with the company out in california. where are you from?"
me: *?! that's random. wouldn't he assume i'm from...* "here..."
james: "do you have any spots in your car on your upholstery that have been hard to get out?"
me: "sure, try this one."
james: "is that a stain from a beverage?
me: "no, i think it's just mud from the winter."
james: *cleans the spot on the floor and shows me all the dirt. then proceeds to spray my seat and clean it. wipes it up and shows me the rag that hardly has any dirt on it!* "well, the cleaner comes in a bottle and it is sealed. it's a concentrate and it will last you for about a year and a half."
me: *a year and a half? try about 6 years for me then!* "well i don't think i'll buy any right now, but can you leave me with any information?"
james: "all i have to leave you with is the bottle. a quart is only $48. and next time you order you'll call the 800 number and you'll get ten dollars off and free shipping."
me: "sorry, i can't spend $48 today without talking with my husband. and we just got new tires on yesterday so that cost quite a bit of money. if we want some in the future i'll just look you up online."
james: "well you won't get the $10 off or free shipping."
me: "that's okay, thank you!"
james: "it will also get rust spots off of your railing up by your door."
me: *walking up to the house, um... we don't have rust spots on our railing..!* "thank you for stopping by..."
me: *walked inside, googled the product, read the reviews and found out that it really isn't that great of a cleaning product!*
so now, friends, i want to hear your stories—have you ever had an experience with a door-to-door salesman? have you ever bought $48 cleaner only to realize that the off brand dollar store stuff works better? do you clean your hubcaps?!
Friday, July 17, 2009
There’s got to be a better way!
i'm happy to intruduce to you mary from giving up on perfect. she's the first of my guest bloggers while i battle gigantic minnesota mosquitos bask in the sun on a minnesota beach. mary is a personal in-real-life friend of mine, a great writer, and a entertaining example of imperfection! enjoy!
I hate cleaning. No, that’s not quite clear enough. I really, really hate cleaning.
See, when I was growing up, my mom would joke that the only reason she and my dad had kids was so they’d have someone to do chores.
I thought she was serious. We did a lot of chores.
(Side note: My parents love us very much and were not actually slave drivers. Really.)
Now, this does mean that I know how to keep a house. And, as I told Mark the other day, I didn’t have to take Home Ec in 8th grade, because my mom taught me everything he learned in that class.
But it also means that now that I have my own home, if I don’t feel like cleaning (which, let’s face it, I usually don’t), I don’t clean.
Until we have company coming, that is. And then I run around like a maniac, picking up toys, folding laundry, sweeping floors, cussing at dust bunnies and cat hair, and washing dishes. That way, when my guests arrive, I might be sweaty, but my house is presentable, darn it.
But you know what happens the minute they leave, right? My house immediately starts collecting dust and scattering clutter, and before I know it, it’s messy again.
I just think . . . there’s got to be a better way! How do YOU keep your house presentable?
Oh, and just for you (but especially you, Erin), here are some pictures I took of my kitchen this week.
Mary blogs about an imperfect life at Giving Up On Perfect. She talks about family, faith, books, diet-friendly and fiber-filled foods like granola bars and nachos, celebrity look-alikes and chick flicks. You know, the important stuff.
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I hate cleaning. No, that’s not quite clear enough. I really, really hate cleaning.
See, when I was growing up, my mom would joke that the only reason she and my dad had kids was so they’d have someone to do chores.
I thought she was serious. We did a lot of chores.
(Side note: My parents love us very much and were not actually slave drivers. Really.)
Now, this does mean that I know how to keep a house. And, as I told Mark the other day, I didn’t have to take Home Ec in 8th grade, because my mom taught me everything he learned in that class.
But it also means that now that I have my own home, if I don’t feel like cleaning (which, let’s face it, I usually don’t), I don’t clean.
Until we have company coming, that is. And then I run around like a maniac, picking up toys, folding laundry, sweeping floors, cussing at dust bunnies and cat hair, and washing dishes. That way, when my guests arrive, I might be sweaty, but my house is presentable, darn it.
But you know what happens the minute they leave, right? My house immediately starts collecting dust and scattering clutter, and before I know it, it’s messy again.
I just think . . . there’s got to be a better way! How do YOU keep your house presentable?
Oh, and just for you (but especially you, Erin), here are some pictures I took of my kitchen this week.
Mary blogs about an imperfect life at Giving Up On Perfect. She talks about family, faith, books, diet-friendly and fiber-filled foods like granola bars and nachos, celebrity look-alikes and chick flicks. You know, the important stuff.
Monday, July 6, 2009
not me! monday
it's MONDAY! time for the greatest therapy session around--not me! monday! make sure to stop by mckmama's blog to join in on the fun!
this week...
...i did NOT freak myself out this week one night when i took the trash out to the dumpster.
here is our dumpster. it has a door on the slide that you slide open. and every time i take the trash out at night my imagination runs wild. i always think "what if someone is hiding in the dumpster ready to get me?" and i play different scenarios through my mind as i quickly walk to the dumpster to deliver our life's rejects. yet i still take the trash out at night. when there is minimal lighting.
anyway, i took the trash out the other night after the kids were in bed and ben was still at work. i realize this was stupid of me because who would hear me scream if the boogie man was hiding in there ready to get me?
oh i digress. so on my first trip i took some miscellaneous trash and ryan's mylar balloon, which was yellow with a big black smiley on it. it was loosing its helium, so it would only float about 3-4 feet off the ground. i stuck those in the dumpster and went inside for my second load. i strode the short walk to the dumpster, slid the door open, and then i did NOT jump, drop the trash, and let out a little scream. there, hiding in the shadows inside the dumpster, behind a couple trash bags, was NOT said boogie man.
my heart was NOT racing. and as i backed away a little bit i did NOT realize mr. boogie man resembles ryan's smiley balloon. a lot. yes, i did NOT freak myself out because of a stupid balloon.
oh goodness. well, at least i did NOT convice myself to take the trash out in daylight from now on!
...i did NOT clean my house this week. all because we were going to have the kids' birthday party here. and so i did NOT stay up until 2am cleaning saturday night, get up at 6am to go to church, and then have the party that afternoon. and that night? surely it was NOT i who was BORED because i had no cleaning to do.
...samantha and i did NOT get 8.5 and 9 inches of hair respectively cut off today.
and since i do NOT love you all so much, i will NOT keep you suspence any longer. as per many of your suggestions, my own desires, and with permission from my stylist, i went with the inverted bob! and since ben didn't like my highlights when i had them 6 years ago, i also did NOT decide to get them again!
tomorrow i will NOT have ben's reaction on my blog which i did NOT secretly video record!!
happy monday y'all!
this week...
...i did NOT freak myself out this week one night when i took the trash out to the dumpster.
here is our dumpster. it has a door on the slide that you slide open. and every time i take the trash out at night my imagination runs wild. i always think "what if someone is hiding in the dumpster ready to get me?" and i play different scenarios through my mind as i quickly walk to the dumpster to deliver our life's rejects. yet i still take the trash out at night. when there is minimal lighting.anyway, i took the trash out the other night after the kids were in bed and ben was still at work. i realize this was stupid of me because who would hear me scream if the boogie man was hiding in there ready to get me?
oh i digress. so on my first trip i took some miscellaneous trash and ryan's mylar balloon, which was yellow with a big black smiley on it. it was loosing its helium, so it would only float about 3-4 feet off the ground. i stuck those in the dumpster and went inside for my second load. i strode the short walk to the dumpster, slid the door open, and then i did NOT jump, drop the trash, and let out a little scream. there, hiding in the shadows inside the dumpster, behind a couple trash bags, was NOT said boogie man.
my heart was NOT racing. and as i backed away a little bit i did NOT realize mr. boogie man resembles ryan's smiley balloon. a lot. yes, i did NOT freak myself out because of a stupid balloon.
oh goodness. well, at least i did NOT convice myself to take the trash out in daylight from now on!
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...i did NOT clean my house this week. all because we were going to have the kids' birthday party here. and so i did NOT stay up until 2am cleaning saturday night, get up at 6am to go to church, and then have the party that afternoon. and that night? surely it was NOT i who was BORED because i had no cleaning to do.
* * * * *
...samantha and i did NOT get 8.5 and 9 inches of hair respectively cut off today.
and since i do NOT love you all so much, i will NOT keep you suspence any longer. as per many of your suggestions, my own desires, and with permission from my stylist, i went with the inverted bob! and since ben didn't like my highlights when i had them 6 years ago, i also did NOT decide to get them again!
tomorrow i will NOT have ben's reaction on my blog which i did NOT secretly video record!!
* * * * *
happy monday y'all!
Monday, June 8, 2009
not me! monday
(alternately titled you guys better thank me for posting these pictures because it will make you all look like wonderful housekeepers!)
welcome to not me! monday! this blog carnival was created by mckmama. you can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.
well... first of all, it has NOT been a week since i last blogged.
last week was NOT crazy busy and i did NOT spend every available moment preparing for a garage sale. (which was this past friday and saturday.)
i did NOT totally neglect my kids, my husband, and my house whilst preparing. and the majority of my meals last week did NOT come from various drive thrus.
and now that the craziness is over with, i am NOT sitting here blogging while my living room does NOT look like this:
and my kitchen is absolutely NOT the one pictured here:
and these pictures were NOT taken after i had cleaned a little. phew! and i thought this was bad! i am NOT gonna go clean now!
what did you NOT do this past week?!
welcome to not me! monday! this blog carnival was created by mckmama. you can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.
well... first of all, it has NOT been a week since i last blogged.
last week was NOT crazy busy and i did NOT spend every available moment preparing for a garage sale. (which was this past friday and saturday.)
i did NOT totally neglect my kids, my husband, and my house whilst preparing. and the majority of my meals last week did NOT come from various drive thrus.
and now that the craziness is over with, i am NOT sitting here blogging while my living room does NOT look like this:
and my kitchen is absolutely NOT the one pictured here:
and these pictures were NOT taken after i had cleaned a little. phew! and i thought this was bad! i am NOT gonna go clean now!
what did you NOT do this past week?!
Monday, May 11, 2009
not me! monday
welcome to not me! monday! this blog carnival was created by mckmama. you can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.
but as for me...
i have NOT been neglecting my blog (and everyone else's) for the last 2 weeks because it has NOT taken me that long to get back into my routine after coming back from minnesota.
ryan's fingers did NOT almost get chopped off this week. he was NOT standing at the screen door and the movable glass (which was UP to let in some air) did NOT break free of the prongy pieces that were holding it up and it did NOT come crashing down on his hand like a guillotine. i did NOT run to him all the while envisioning driving a screaming baby to the ER with his fingertips in a baggie on ice... thankfully he was okay! the glass has NOT been down ever since!
while the kids were taking a bath one night, samantha did NOT start screaming for me and when i ran into the bathroom she was NOT perched on the side of the tub because ryan had NOT pooped in the tub! and two days later he did NOT have a repeat performance!
my mom did NOT write me an email in not me! format. i am NOT convinced that she really wants a blog of her own so that she can do her own not me! monday posts! :-)
the other day when ryan was eating shredded wheat, i did NOT sit idly by and watch him eat all the frosting off of the pieces and then try to put the now un-frosted pieces back in the box. after all, i'm not the one who eats them.... only daddy!
i did NOT miss ben's 1st homerun of the softball season because i was NOT busy talking to my friend. nope, i'm definitely the kind of wife that keeps score of the game so that he can look at his stats afterwards!....softball is definitely NOT social hour for me!
i was NOT surprised with mother's day presents yesterday morning. samantha did NOT make me this beautiful necklace and ben did NOT get me two new CDs. i did NOT have a wonderful mother's day yesterday!
i did NOT post a picture of my horribly messy kitchen in all its glory last night. the state of my living room is NOT the same. and i am NOT going to procrastinate on cleaning them today because going out for chicken tacos is NOT more important!
what have you NOT done this week?
but as for me...
i have NOT been neglecting my blog (and everyone else's) for the last 2 weeks because it has NOT taken me that long to get back into my routine after coming back from minnesota.
ryan's fingers did NOT almost get chopped off this week. he was NOT standing at the screen door and the movable glass (which was UP to let in some air) did NOT break free of the prongy pieces that were holding it up and it did NOT come crashing down on his hand like a guillotine. i did NOT run to him all the while envisioning driving a screaming baby to the ER with his fingertips in a baggie on ice... thankfully he was okay! the glass has NOT been down ever since!
while the kids were taking a bath one night, samantha did NOT start screaming for me and when i ran into the bathroom she was NOT perched on the side of the tub because ryan had NOT pooped in the tub! and two days later he did NOT have a repeat performance!
my mom did NOT write me an email in not me! format. i am NOT convinced that she really wants a blog of her own so that she can do her own not me! monday posts! :-)
the other day when ryan was eating shredded wheat, i did NOT sit idly by and watch him eat all the frosting off of the pieces and then try to put the now un-frosted pieces back in the box. after all, i'm not the one who eats them.... only daddy!
i did NOT miss ben's 1st homerun of the softball season because i was NOT busy talking to my friend. nope, i'm definitely the kind of wife that keeps score of the game so that he can look at his stats afterwards!....softball is definitely NOT social hour for me!
i was NOT surprised with mother's day presents yesterday morning. samantha did NOT make me this beautiful necklace and ben did NOT get me two new CDs. i did NOT have a wonderful mother's day yesterday!
i did NOT post a picture of my horribly messy kitchen in all its glory last night. the state of my living room is NOT the same. and i am NOT going to procrastinate on cleaning them today because going out for chicken tacos is NOT more important!
what have you NOT done this week?
Sunday, May 10, 2009
where's waldo?
tonight my mom (happy mother's day, mom!) sent me a picture of her kitchen.
i was quite appalled by the *huge* stack of dishes beside her sink. i couldn't believe that she would send me a picture with such a messy counter.
so i though you all should see what *real* housekeeping looks like!
please feel free to click on the picture to zoom in.
yes, that is a carnation in a pink plastic drinking cup on the table. along with my headlight (i was checking sam's ears last night. lol), and two kinds of shredded wheat, smencils, vacuum sealer bags, towels, whey protein, a purse, fruit bowl, and a bat weight (the red donut thing). oh, and a dirty kleenex.
hey... this could be like an i spy game or where's waldo!
let's move on to the counter(s). i spy with my little eye........ a paintbrush! clorox wipes. mrs dash seasoning. ice cube bucket/container. green-lidded freezer jars. sunscreen. rolling pin. a big container of fiber powder. a wok. my water bottle. recipe box. honey nut cheerios. cupcake pan. my sunglasses. cds. a clear storage container with a white lid.
and last but not least.... the dryer. i think everyone should have a turkey roaster pan (that's been sitting there since thanksgiving) on their dryer with a cardboard box sitting on top of it. in said box there should definitely be lucky charms. an easter dress. a bra. nature's grains cereal. a bib. chocolate teddy grahams. also on top of the dryer, the latest decorating trends are to have a roll of electrical tape and a package of new socks, not to mention the basket of cleaning supplies, which actually does belong there!
MEGA MEGA bonus points for anyone who can find the upside down air freshener. it looks like this, only upside down.
so... who's up for the living room next week? i'm going to take a picture right now!
Monday, May 4, 2009
not me! monday
yay! mckmama's back for not me! monday... go visit her blog to see the most recent pictures of her fab four, to read about what everyone else has NOT been doing, or to join in on the fun with your own not me! monday post!
but first...
i have NOT given myself a big bloggy vacation (did y'all miss me?!). i was NOT at my parents' house (and away from my husband) for 2 weeks. and when i finally came home last monday, i did NOT bring my parents home with me for 5 days. (actually, they brought me...) so i do NOT have a lot of catching up to do!
anyway, on our trip home from minnesota last monday, at one of our stops, i did NOT have a most interesting conversation: while washing my hands in the restroom, a lady that had just used the hand dryer did NOT say to me “wow, there’s powder in the dryer!!!” so when I went to dry my hands she pointed to a little sticker on the dryer. so i told her, “oh, no, it says 'feel the power,' not powDer.” she apparently didn’t hear me because she did NOT keep rubbing and feeling her hands saying that they felt different and she was NOT trying to figure out how in the world they put powder into the hand dryer. and when i finished drying my hands she did NOT say to me “feel your hands—don’t they feel different?” i did NOT quickly say "no" and exit the bathroom…!
before leaving my parent's house, i did NOT hide a leather candle for my sister to find. (it is a tacky little candle thingy that travels between me and my sister... click here to read about it!) i did NOT hide it inside the little gas tank door on her car. and i did NOT duct tape it in there just to be sure it wouldn't fall out. so when heather went to get gas the other day i did NOT freak her out because i did NOT fail to think of the fact that having something duct taped to your gas tank might be a little suspicious and could possibly look like a bomb... (sorry heath!)
this week samantha did NOT ask me "mom, do we live in an apartment or a downsizing?” i did NOT have to contain my laughter when I replied, “no, we don’t live in an apartment or a downsizing honey, we live in a townhouse. (seriously, where did DOWNSIZING come from?!)
i most certainly have NOT been drugging ryan up at night ever since he did NOT stay up until 2:45 the other night. nope, it's not me who has been pumping him full of tylenol and orajel every night. and it has NOT been working!
today our nephew is NOT leaving to join the US Navy. so on saturday night we did NOT have to tell him goodbye (yes, in the taco bell parking lot). i did NOT think it wouldn’t be too hard to tell him goodbye. and as i was hugging him goodbye and went to let go, he did NOT keep hanging on. i did NOT lose it. and i did NOT cry like a baby in the car after we left.
and yesterday when i was looking at the pictures on my camera, i was NOT taken by surprise to see a picture (that ben had apparently taken) of me crying and hugging him. i did NOT almost lose it again. Cameron — I love you, I’ll miss you, and I am so very proud of you!
well, since i have NOT done any housecleaning of any sort in three weeks i'm NOT off to do mounds of laundry, dishes, vacuum, dust, mop, clean the bathrooms, etc. oh, who am i kidding, i'm NOT going to go read some not me blogs!
what have you NOT done this week?!
but first...
i have NOT given myself a big bloggy vacation (did y'all miss me?!). i was NOT at my parents' house (and away from my husband) for 2 weeks. and when i finally came home last monday, i did NOT bring my parents home with me for 5 days. (actually, they brought me...) so i do NOT have a lot of catching up to do!
anyway, on our trip home from minnesota last monday, at one of our stops, i did NOT have a most interesting conversation: while washing my hands in the restroom, a lady that had just used the hand dryer did NOT say to me “wow, there’s powder in the dryer!!!” so when I went to dry my hands she pointed to a little sticker on the dryer. so i told her, “oh, no, it says 'feel the power,' not powDer.” she apparently didn’t hear me because she did NOT keep rubbing and feeling her hands saying that they felt different and she was NOT trying to figure out how in the world they put powder into the hand dryer. and when i finished drying my hands she did NOT say to me “feel your hands—don’t they feel different?” i did NOT quickly say "no" and exit the bathroom…!
before leaving my parent's house, i did NOT hide a leather candle for my sister to find. (it is a tacky little candle thingy that travels between me and my sister... click here to read about it!) i did NOT hide it inside the little gas tank door on her car. and i did NOT duct tape it in there just to be sure it wouldn't fall out. so when heather went to get gas the other day i did NOT freak her out because i did NOT fail to think of the fact that having something duct taped to your gas tank might be a little suspicious and could possibly look like a bomb... (sorry heath!)
this week samantha did NOT ask me "mom, do we live in an apartment or a downsizing?” i did NOT have to contain my laughter when I replied, “no, we don’t live in an apartment or a downsizing honey, we live in a townhouse. (seriously, where did DOWNSIZING come from?!)
i most certainly have NOT been drugging ryan up at night ever since he did NOT stay up until 2:45 the other night. nope, it's not me who has been pumping him full of tylenol and orajel every night. and it has NOT been working!
today our nephew is NOT leaving to join the US Navy. so on saturday night we did NOT have to tell him goodbye (yes, in the taco bell parking lot). i did NOT think it wouldn’t be too hard to tell him goodbye. and as i was hugging him goodbye and went to let go, he did NOT keep hanging on. i did NOT lose it. and i did NOT cry like a baby in the car after we left.
and yesterday when i was looking at the pictures on my camera, i was NOT taken by surprise to see a picture (that ben had apparently taken) of me crying and hugging him. i did NOT almost lose it again. Cameron — I love you, I’ll miss you, and I am so very proud of you!well, since i have NOT done any housecleaning of any sort in three weeks i'm NOT off to do mounds of laundry, dishes, vacuum, dust, mop, clean the bathrooms, etc. oh, who am i kidding, i'm NOT going to go read some not me blogs!
what have you NOT done this week?!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
the lesser of two evils...
...clean the kitchen floor? or wash by hand a dishwasher's load of dishes? hmmm, what to do...
i hate cleaning. and i think people who enjoy it are crazy. so i enjoy the little things that make my household chores easier. like a dishwasher. i have one of those dishwashers that is portable, so every time i use it i have to push it over to the sink and hook it up. some might see that as an inconvenience, but i see it as two minutes of work for clean dishes. (for those of you who have never heard of a portable dishwasher, this is what mine looks like. except like 15 years older.)
most of the time i have a load ready to go in the dishwasher (which i am now going to refer to as dw. seriously it's too long and annoying to type!) and another load waiting on the counter. might as well save up my dirty dishes and only move the dw once, right?!
well last week our dw started leaking. halfway through the load it started making this awful noise, so ben turned it of. the sound didn't quit. so then he unplugged it. the sound still didn't stop. then without any warning water started leaking out of the bottom all over our kitchen floor. i wasn't home at the time, so he got to clean it all up! yes... one dw full of water all over the floor.
it actually leaked like this a few months ago and was fine after that. so today i decided to use the dw again. i placed towels around it like sandbags and waited for the flood. first the noise came. i turned off the dw and the noise continued. so i unplugged it and waited for a few minutes. ok, it's not leaking, i thought. so i went in the living room for a minute and came back to a dw lake in my kitchen. AGAIN!
even with the towels surrounding the dw it still leaked about 6 feet beyond them! so i cleaned up the floor for the next 30 minutes, turned the dw back on so it could finish, then sat patiently waiting for it to flood again. the load got done with out any more leaks, so i unloaded it, piled it full of dishes again, and am now waiting out round two! yes, as much as i hate getting down on my hands and knees to clean the floors, i would rather risk running the leaky dw again just so that i don't have to do the dishes! besides, the floor could use a good cleaning. or two.
what household chore do you absolutely hate?
i hate cleaning. and i think people who enjoy it are crazy. so i enjoy the little things that make my household chores easier. like a dishwasher. i have one of those dishwashers that is portable, so every time i use it i have to push it over to the sink and hook it up. some might see that as an inconvenience, but i see it as two minutes of work for clean dishes. (for those of you who have never heard of a portable dishwasher, this is what mine looks like. except like 15 years older.)most of the time i have a load ready to go in the dishwasher (which i am now going to refer to as dw. seriously it's too long and annoying to type!) and another load waiting on the counter. might as well save up my dirty dishes and only move the dw once, right?!
well last week our dw started leaking. halfway through the load it started making this awful noise, so ben turned it of. the sound didn't quit. so then he unplugged it. the sound still didn't stop. then without any warning water started leaking out of the bottom all over our kitchen floor. i wasn't home at the time, so he got to clean it all up! yes... one dw full of water all over the floor.
it actually leaked like this a few months ago and was fine after that. so today i decided to use the dw again. i placed towels around it like sandbags and waited for the flood. first the noise came. i turned off the dw and the noise continued. so i unplugged it and waited for a few minutes. ok, it's not leaking, i thought. so i went in the living room for a minute and came back to a dw lake in my kitchen. AGAIN!
even with the towels surrounding the dw it still leaked about 6 feet beyond them! so i cleaned up the floor for the next 30 minutes, turned the dw back on so it could finish, then sat patiently waiting for it to flood again. the load got done with out any more leaks, so i unloaded it, piled it full of dishes again, and am now waiting out round two! yes, as much as i hate getting down on my hands and knees to clean the floors, i would rather risk running the leaky dw again just so that i don't have to do the dishes! besides, the floor could use a good cleaning. or two.
what household chore do you absolutely hate?
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