08/10/2009 But I don't want to!

There are some household chores that are just so annoying that we try to avoid them at any cost. Here's one of them- emptying the drying rack. Here are my thoughts on this- you cook, you clean as you go along and afterwards, and then you think you're done. But no, you're not, cuz one hour later you've got heaps of kitchenware to put away. I feel this is really, really unfair. So, to get around this, Jim and I sometimes pretend the drying rack is not already overflowing and just keep adding to it. It takes talent to get those pots and pans to balance! As I was taking these pics, Jim looked at me quizzically and asked, "What are you doing? " "I'm making a post about how much we hate putting dishes away, " I replied. "Well, let me remind you, that I've been the one putting them away recently, " he said. I think the idea of being portrayed as a dish ignorer worried him. I did not remind him that setting the clean skillets on the stove top as though that is where they belong does not technically qualify as being put away. :-) I love him. Ironically, I have no problems unloading the dishwasher. My aversions are fairly inconsistent. Join us next week as I complain about the pile of ironing I've been ignoring for the past 3 weeks.