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Subject: Re: Hehehe

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Dana

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Date Posted: 07:55:35 01/03/02 Thu
In reply to: Dana 's message, "What did you learn?" on 15:12:34 01/02/02 Wed

We are thinking about rehanging the hall of shame in the kitchen so the warped pan would be a nice addition. In fact, C. had a three day run of kitchen disasters last week so we can also add the mixer with the bent beater and burnt out motor and the two broken wooden spoons. The man can cook like a dream but is hell on utensils and appliances. My dream is that Craftsman will come out with a line of cookware with a lifetime guarantee.

I hear you about the two story houses. We decided that the hidden costs of a two story (aka medical expenses) was just too high. We are three of the most clumsy people on earth, and the steps at the condo proved to be too much of a challenge for us. I hold the record for falling down the stairs and my son holds the record for falling up. Even the dog, who passed agility training with flying colors, fell down the steps on a regular basis. The only steps in our house are the ones to the basement. We treat the basement as a distant land that is traveled to only when necessary. *G*

It sounds as if there is an upswing in pubescent hangerphobia. My son has a walk-in closet with ample hanging space plus two large dressers. Both the closet and dressers are devoid of any clothing. Clean clothes stay in the laundry basket until worn and the dirty clothes used to carpet his bathroom floor. Our new system is a laundry basket for clean clothes and another for dirty clothes. Hangers are used to make scultptures or devices for fishing things out from under the bed.

I guess congratulations are in order for your son's marriage. When is he getting married and when is the baby due? We'll have to help you come up with more appropriate moniker than grandma. Hmmm, I'll give it some thought. I think that I'll have my grandkids call me ATM. Might as well have them start out early being honest about relationships. *G*

I learned the first new lesson of 2002 last night.....

If you ever break a piece of Corelle, evacuate the house, put up a for sale sign stating as is, and don't look back. That stuff doesn't break, it shatters into millions of tiny slivers. I spent two hours cleaning up the mess and then another hour picking the glass splinters out of my hands. That stuff is too dangerous to have in a home.

~Dana

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Pam
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Date Posted: 14:29:48 01/03/02 Thu

The easiest way to clean up glass slivers like that is with a lot of wet paper towels. The glass sticks to the towels and it doesn't get distributed through the rest of the house like sweeping will do.

Heck, I gave up on closet usage. I've been shooting for the child putting her clothes in the chest and dresser, but at this point, I'm more than willing to settle for a basket of clean clothes and a basket of dirty clothes. I just want the baskets in her room. Of course, she manages to produce more dirty laundry than is humanly possible, because she forgets which basket is clean and begins piling dirty clothes on top. There was one pile of clothes that I washed at least 12 times in a row that I KNOW she didn't wear at all. I would have noticed if she'd worn a fancy summer dress once, not to mention 12 times. In the middle of winter.

So far, knock on wood, there have only been 4 stair incidents involving humans. Shelbey fell down the stairs about 2 weeks after we moved in (luckily she was near the bottom), Justin fell up them twice, and Jack tripped once going up. We do have a cat that manages to fall down the stairs at least once a day. And they're supposed to be so graceful.

I love your idea about Craftsman kitchen tools. You should write them about it.

Pam