Saturday, September 8, 2012

Does anyone still check this thing?

Well, if you do, I have a story for you.

So tonight Scout was in our bedroom playing on the computer, Rob was in the living room watching the football game, and I was in the kitchen reluctantly cleaning.  Elle's eating corner was atrocious, I had made 2 batches of jam this afternoon and had made dinner, etc.  Anyway, the kitchen was quite the job to get into shape and all I wanted to do was watch a movie and eat ice cream.  But I dug in and I got all the dishes scraped and to the sink area, filled the sink with hot soapy water, and got on my gloves.  I opened the dishwasher with my first ready plate and........... it was full of clean dishes.  (Did I mention that emptying the dishwasher is my WORST kitchen chore? Well, I HATE it).  I especially hate it when I am all set to load it and am surprised with the need to unload it first.  So, when I made my unwelcome discovery I said (very loudly) "OH NO!" and I heard Scout yell something from the next room, but my ipod was playing and I didn't quite hear it, I just figured that she was wanting to know what was wrong, but Rob came into the kitchen laughing so hard with the obvious intention of sharing the laugh.  So I stopped my ipod and asked him what she said and he answered, "Tivo pieces".

HAHA!  Man that girl makes me laugh!  I bet Mike Birbigula would get a big kick out of knowing that he has a little 7 year old fan.

8 comments:

Emily said...

Oh, and for the record in case anyone was wondering- Elle was in the tub.

Haley said...

I'm very confused.....

Emily said...

It comes from a much beloved story from The Moth. I looked online to find a place where you can listen to this story and this is the best I can do (a replay of it on This American Life on Stitcher). The story starts at about 8 minutes in.

Enjoy.

http://stitcher.com/listen.php?sid=1117878

Emily said...

This is actually a better link:

http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=4903

You want This American Life: Fear of Sleep

Sue said...

That is so funny! Scout has the best sense of humor. This story made my day.

Amy said...

Yes, I think we do still check this thing hoping there will be something fun. Thanks for the funny story. Funny girl.

Amy said...

Oh, and I totally relate to your kitchen mess experience. Last night, after a HUGE housecleaning day and pulling weeds at our old house till after dark, I reluctantly tackled a dirty kitchen, knowing I'd be glad in the morning that I did it. I had a clean dishwasher, too! Lame sauce.

Emily said...

Yes, always glad you did it in the morning (and about 1 minute in really- you just have to get started.)

I love Scout's sense of humor, she seems to be getting grown up sense of humor pretty fast (probably because she is around so many grown ups). She certainly has her 7 year old side of it too though. I really just love picturing her sitting all alone, playing a game and hearing me say oh no, and her just yelling back Tivo pieces on cue. It's so great.