Left? Right? Left? What???
Backstory: As you might know, Blaine and I have a very comfortable working arrangement, and have pretty much since the day we got married, where I plan meals, do the grocery shopping, and cook dinner most nights. He will occasionally hop in with spaghetti or grilled cheese (his specialty, my grilled cheese suck) but 99% of the time, I am responsible for planning and preparing meals. In exchange, he cleans the kitchen every night after dinner. Which is fabulous for me, because I despise that chore almost as much as any other. When we purchased this house, the cast iron (ceramic?) sink was a beautiful cream color. The previous owner had either put in a brand new sink right before we moved in, or she was some kind of OCD cleaning freak, because that sink was spotless. It took us about three weeks to stain it beyond repair, and we’ve hated it ever since. So for Christmas, I bought Blaine a gift card to the local hardware store, so he could buy a stainless steel sink, something he has been wanting, and which will make his portion of our working arrangment much eaiser to manage. The plumber came today to install it, and as is typical of our life, a simple job turned into a six hour project. The clamps didn’t come in the original box, the sink didn’t fit the counter cut out, the drains didn’t line up, etc. This is the conversation that we had when Blaine got home:
Blaine: At least it looks good.
Me: Yeah, but they had to cut the counter top to make it fit. There is dust and counter top shavings everywhere … on the stove, in the appliances, the floor, the rug, the windowsill, in the drawers ….its a mess.
Blaine: But the sink will be easier to keep clean.
Me: I suppose. Did you notice the garbage disposal is on the right side of the sink this time? No wonder the drains didn’t line up.
Blaine: It was on the right side last time.
Me: No it wasn’t, it was on the left.
Blaine: Right.
Me: Left.
Blaine: just looked at me
Me: Right? Wasn’t it on the left? with the last sink??? voice trailing off ….
Blaine: Lord. Have. Mercy. Clearly you need to spend more time cleaning the kitchen, if you can’t even remember where the garbage disposal was.
8 Responses to Left? Right? Left? What???
February 24th, 2010 saat: 8:19 PM
I am the primary shopper & cook in our household as well. I can make anything, have 2 shelves of cookbooks, watch Food Network quite a bit, and still, STILL my husband’s grilled cheese sandwiches trump mine any day. What’s with that?
February 24th, 2010 saat: 8:20 PM
I can’t stop laughing about this. Even after I called to tell you, I am still cracking up.
February 24th, 2010 saat: 9:25 PM
This made me laugh and feel lucky that there are other people like me and my husband in the world. He does most of the cleaning, and even some of the cooking…but I have to admit that the man can’t make a grilled cheese sandwich to save his life.
February 25th, 2010 saat: 9:36 AM
Clearly you’ve done something right if you didn’t know which side the disposal was on. If I only didn’t know which room the washing machine was in…..
February 25th, 2010 saat: 9:56 AM
Know what’s funny? I have stainless steel double sinks in my kitchen, and I hate them! Perhaps I am a wee bit OCD, but I don’t like the water spots and mineral build up. I longingly remember the enamel sink in my old house and how I loved to clean it and make it all sparkly and white. To each his own, I guess!
February 25th, 2010 saat: 11:56 AM
@Ann – Barkeeper’s Friend will be your new best friend. It’s a non abrasive stainless steel cleaner. Costs less than $3/can and makes my sink all shiny with no spots or stains. Works *much* better than those stainless steel/wax sprays which make the sink shiny but not really “clean.” I use it about once a week, and just wash out my sink every day with dishsoap and dry it, too. We’ve had our stainless double sink for 8 years and it still looks great.
Kristie, the other thing that will help is to get those rubber sink mats when washing dishes. I don’t leave it in the sink because it looks ugly, but shake it off and store it under.
February 25th, 2010 saat: 4:09 PM
That was pricless ………………..lol
February 26th, 2010 saat: 2:08 AM
My Husband and I take turns cooking and cleaning. Whoever cooks, does not clean. And, I must admit, he is a better cook than me all of the time so I end up cleaning a lot! Your post was interesting to me because we are hoping to install new countertops, sink and faucet this year. We want to make sure we have a good sink. We will consider this decision carefully!
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