Sunday, January 25, 2009

What Took You So Long?

When he left the kitchen, I was loading the last of the dinner dishes into the dishwasher. Then I noticed that the paper towel roll was empty.

I started to go down to the basement where I keep the extra paper towels. Then I noticed that one of the Wii controllers had made its way to the counter.

I grabbed the Wii and went downstairs. Once in the playroom, I turned off the TV, put the Wii games that were were strewn about back into the basket, moved the bean bag chair that was on the love seat, put another chair back where it belonged, grabbed a sippy cup off the floor, shut off the space heater, switched over a load of laundry from the washer to the dryer, and brought a clean hamper of laundry upstairs.

But I had to go back down for the paper towels.
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14 comments:

  1. As Cape Cod TurnsJanuary 25, 2009 at 9:55 PM

    I hate when stuff like that happens!

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  2. Jenn @ Juggling LifeJanuary 25, 2009 at 10:38 PM

    That never would have happened to a man. Just sayin'.

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  3. JCKJanuary 26, 2009 at 12:14 AM

    Twins separated by birth. You and me.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2009 at 12:46 AM

    I like your blog. Not only do you make me laugh, but I really really relate to you, or it at least seems like you relate to me! Oh, and go Obama!

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  5. EllynJanuary 26, 2009 at 7:40 AM

    This happens to me all the time.

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  6. AshJanuary 26, 2009 at 8:07 AM

    Oh my, I'm so with you. Except I would have completely forgotten about the paper towels, until I was elbow deep in spaghetti later that night.

    Why didn't I get them? Oh YEAH!

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2009 at 12:23 PM

    Sounds like me...

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2009 at 2:17 PM

    This seems to be the story of our lives. A man would just walk by and never bother. LOL

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  9. Dysd HousewifeJanuary 26, 2009 at 4:20 PM

    We moms are all about the multi-tasking aren't we?

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  10. KCJanuary 26, 2009 at 8:00 PM

    I thought you were about to say how you started playing the
    Wii...

    but yes, that happens to me all the time. sometimes, I won't do anything while down there and still forget the paper towels.

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  11. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2009 at 10:20 PM

    I do that too!!! You HAVE to read this spoof on "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie":

    http://www.waldsfe.org/humor/mommuffin.htm

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  12. Kate Coveny HoodJanuary 26, 2009 at 10:33 PM

    Who DOESN'T do this? It's second only to walking into a room and thinking, "wait - what was I going to do in here?"

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  13. Jennifer SJanuary 28, 2009 at 2:40 AM

    There's this email joke that went around a few years ago about the wife who says "I'm going to bed" and then does a list of chores as long as her arm before she ever gets there (making lunches, doing laundry, letting the cat out, etc...). And then the husband says, "I'm going to bed." And so he did.

    This reminds me of that!!

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  14. anymommyJanuary 28, 2009 at 4:39 AM

    Sounds familiar. I kind of like working that way, but I end up getting sucked into tasks that are too big, like cleaning out the scary closet.

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Stayed for coffee.