- No more using a vice grip to pull out the wood cutting board that slides out from underneath the counter.
- We no longer have to share with the neighbors the drama (oh the drama!) of my 3-year-old daughter's potty visits.
If it didn't seem, well, so inappropriate, I'd love to record some of these sessions... in ten years, she'll never believe she acted like this. She reminds me of one of my other favorite Carol Burnett characters, "silent screen star"
Nora Desmond.
- Increased willingness to eat warm foods and/or things prepared on the stove or in the oven, expanding my repertoire beyond PB&J, cereal, pineapple from the can, ice cream, and popsicles.
- I've stopped hiding in the basement, planning my escape to the nearest Motel 6... they've got the light on for me, you know.
- We're losing that sensation of being duct-taped to our dining-room chairs.
- Taking a shower doesn't feel like a trip to the amazon rain forest.
- The toilet has stopped "sweating," so the younger kids have stopped coming to tell me that someone peed all over the back of the toilet.
As a trying-to-be-a-responsible mother, I have to investigate these claims, I think.
- No more listening to the late-night doggie serenades.
- I won't be tempted to repeat last night's dinner alfresco on the front porch ... do we really need to let it *all* hang out by sharing with the neighborhood the acrimony of eating meals as a family with four kids ten-and-under?
- Last night we didn't have the wailing and gnashing of teeth that comes with putting the kids--and ourselves--to bed in a hot house.
It was 89 degrees in the house last night when the A/C guy showed up. (The first thing he said: "Wow, it's hot in here.") By morning it was 74. We have other A/C and electrical issues to deal with, but for now, what a difference 15 degrees and reasonable humidity make!
Moderate temperatures make for moderate temperaments. Amen?
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I am glad you are cooler now.
The temperature and humidity has cooled down here, hopefully it will ease up where you are soon too, giving you time to deal with the other A/C and electrical issues.
Amen! It's hot here in our neck of the woods!
Every summer we have to have a little lecture with all of our ESL students about the necessity of air conditioning. Our building is old, there are classes all day, if we don't turn it on in the morning, the classroom will be sweltering by the time evening comes. We assure they won't get sick from the air conditioning and that if they are cold, they can move. They all look at us like we are crazy! I guess we are just weak!
Isn't it absolutely wonderful??? We just got a window unit in our house and we have been kinda living in the living room (eating, sleeping and all the times in-between) since getting it.
Ahhh....the joy of cold air!
Amen! Our a/c is running a lot lately as we are already reaching 100 degree temps in the afternoon (central TX). I know that as soon as I get the bill, the thermostat will be raised a few degrees and I won't be quite as comfy but for now I will bask in the coolness of my home!
Renae, you crack me up! I love it when you can find humor in the things that would send me over the edge.