Sick Day

Abby had a fever yesterday and stayed home from school. She didn't feel good at all. Thankfully, she had a huge bear to lay on top of her and help her feel better
The bear also makes a good snuggling and sleeping partner and pillow.
Today, she is feeling a bit better, but still staying home to make sure the fever doesn't come back later on in the day.

This morning, David came to me and said, "Dad commited one of the classic dishwashing blunders last night."  Just what is this "classic dishwashing blunder," you ask?  Leaving the dish water in a sink full of dishes.
To his defense, he was happily washing dishes for me when he got interrupted by a phone call and forgot what he was doing before the phone call.  But the family knows that there is nothing I detest more than fishing my hand down to the bottom of a sink full of cold, dirty dishwater to let it drain out.  No, I exaggerate. I detest large spiders and centipedes more than cold, dirty dishwater.  But whenever I find a sink like this, I leave it until the offender arrives to take care of it.  It's become somewhat of a family joke as it apparently happens frequently enough for everyone to know my strong dislike of it. 

What are some of your random pet peeves?

Comments

  1. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2012 at 10:01 AM

    Dishes "soaking" in cold, greasy, yucky dish water is at the top of my kitchen pet peeves list! A tip for times when you really must have the sink, is to take a pair of tongs and pull the drain plug so you don't have to immerse your hand in the vile liquid. MomK

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2012 at 10:02 AM

    Glad Abby is feeling a bit better. No doubt that the bear has helped in her recovery. Give her a hug and kiss from GrammaK

    ReplyDelete
  3. cldSeptember 19, 2012 at 12:51 PM

    ahhh..I am glad Abby has her bear to make her feel better. So sweet.
    And I agree about soaking dishes. The worse I ever came home to was after my first child (not you) were born and I came home from the hospital to a WHOLE WEEK'S worth of dishes soaking. In your father's defense...he thought he was doing a good deed by putting water in them to soak. Yuck.

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2012 at 6:44 PM

    Yep, a bit OCD here, and I do the tongs to pull the plug bit too! NEVER reach in to cold greasy dishwater!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A Tribute To My Mom

I am undertaking a three week challenge as a way of support for my dear mother.  I would include a picture here of her if I could, but she would not appreciate that (though I do have permission to write this post) Years ago, as a wee little lass, she had the misfortune of contracting polio.  While she was able to regain normal function and led a very normal life for most of her years, polio has reared its ugly head once more in her life, this time in the form of post-polio syndrome.  Click here for a link to just what post-polio is.  For those of you who prefer a one sentence summary of PPS, it's mainly a continual weakening of the muscles that were affected when polio was first contracted - it can range from mild to quite debilitating.  My mom has been struggling with full blown PPS for a couple of years now.  There is really no cure at all, few medicines to help, just learning to listen to your body in what it now has decided that it can no longer do and trying to keep your activ
Read more

Triplets Nine Years Apart

Image
Aaron and I always comment that by looking at one of our girls, you've seen them all. Apparently, I had triplets nine years apart. Below are 20 different pictures of the girls at similar ages. See if you can figure out who is who. I tried to find pictures without obvious clues in the background (siblings, house changes, etc.), though if you look really closely and know us well you'll be able to pick up a few giveaways. Answers will be at the bottom of the page. No peeking! 1. 2. 3.  4.  5. 6.  7. 8. 9. 10.  11.  12.  13.  14.  15.  16. 17. 18.   19. 20.  How do you think you did? I am interested in seeing how my family and friends do on this challenge. Drop me a comment below and let me know how many you got right! Scroll down for the answers... 1. Ana;  2. Abby;  3. Abby;  4. Keilah;  5. Ana;  6. Abby;  7. Keilah;  8. Ana;  9. Keilah;  10. Abby;  11. Abby;  12.
Read more

Abby's New Look

Image
We've had a busy last week or so.  Here's some big news in Abby's life.  She lost her two front teeth. They came out about four days apart.  She truly lost the second tooth and wasn't able to put it under her pillow for the tooth fairy.  The tooth fairy apparently isn't as vigiliant about leaving money when there is no actual tooth to collect.  But after a few days, our tooth fairy remembered and finally slipped some money under Abby's pillow along with an extra quarter for having to wait so long for her to decide to show up.  At the same time, David had a tooth under his pillow for about three weeks waiting for the tooth fairy.  The tooth fairy finally had to visit during the day when he wasn't in his room, when she finally remembered to pick up the tooth.  It's hard on the tooth fairy to show up when David stays up later than the tooth fairy does these days.  Here's Abby's new look: She's also delighted with the fact that she doesn't ha
Read more