2: It has never accidently elbowed me in almost every part of my body.
3: It doesn't talk baby talk for 3 straight hours.
4: It lets me cut my fingernails in church.
5: It doesn't fall asleep during movies.
Rarnees test blog (pretty much done by B)
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I have no reasons why I love my XL-2 camera, it doesn't exist so I cannot post my own list. I do however get annoyed with Rob when he flushes things down the toilet (he flushes everything down there). He will kill a bug, put it in the potty and flush.
Total waste of like a gallon of water.
Most toilets use 3 to 4 gallons of water every time you flush it. Please tell me you are kidding about the baby talk.
Matt brushes his teeth into the toilet, and flushes his fingernails, and hair that gets clumped up in the shower goes down too. Our landlord will probably kill us someday. And the baby talk was because I had a really wierd day at work, and was having so much fun being with Matt... It was only 2 hours, and I didn't think it was that bad.
I have never heard of someone brushing their teeth into the toilet. That seems very strange to me. I've heard of people brushing their teeth in the shower. Is their a reason he doesn't use the sink? Also, small garbage cans for bathrooms aren't very expensive. Garbage cans are really good for fingernail clippings and hair clumps.
We have a perfectly functioning garbage can that is about 3 inches away from the toilet. It has little trash bags for it and everything, but he just doesn't use it. He usually doesn't use the sink to brush his teeth because I'm using, but I found him doing it when I wasn't even in the bathroom, so maybe he just likes it. Oh, and I think I have seen him brush his teeth into the trash can too, but he won't throw things away into it. Silly Rarnee.
Rarnee is weird.
That is so weird!!! (and a little bit gross). Sometimes I brush my teeth in the shower, if I feel like brushing for a long time. Rob has a boger phobia, so if he wipes his nose he used to flush the tissue because he wanted it far away, I finally got him to stop because of my water waste reasoning. But that bug incident happened just a few nights ago.
I wonder what Matt's hang up is with the garbage can?
Once again I find myself defending...myself (haha) about things that I do.
Emily would totally understand why I flush bugs down the toilet if she knew my story about smashing a cricket in Tennessee when I was a kid. Lets just say it has to do with worms, and it ain't pretty.
I also don't think that we will run out of water! There I've said it, I suck. Oh well. I read an interesting fact the other day that during our drought years when they monitored so closely our watering of lawn and such that the water actually cost more because the companies had to make up the difference.
Ew ew ew ew!!!!!!!
That's why you have never told me that cricket story. (He has eluded to it a few times.) Thanks.
About the water: I don't think about the monetary cost, I am thinking of the toll on our environment and fresh water stores, zing.
Yes I know that is your reason, yet as I mentioned "I also don't think that we will run out of water"
I don't mind conserving, but your self proclaimed 'nazi' name doesn't need to apply in this situation
Ok, I can see this getting pretty bad, So I will try to keep it kind. Of coarse I am going to spit toothpaste out of my mouth wherever I can, if our Barbie-sized sink is being used and is completely covered with curlers, straighteners,(yes, both) blow dryers, hairspray, moose, brushes, bobby pins, lotion, etc.
I honestly thought until now she preferred me to use the toilet to spit rather than the trash can. It seems grosser to me to look into a trash can and see it all wet with foamy toothpaste. If I do it into the toilet, it's gone. Austa-la-vista baby!! (spelling)
I do have a slight concern for water wasting believe it or not, and that is why I use the sink whenever possible, and if I have multiple things to flush down the toilet, I only do it once. ha!
I really don't have a good explanation for doing it alone though... crap. I do however form habits really easy and do a lot of things completely absent minded... this isn't really helping my case.
The fact is, I never really knew it bothered B that much at all, and now that I know I will work on it.
It must be nice being perfect. ha ha. KIDDING!
Wow Matt. Your bathroom must be crowded if you have a moose in it! I didn't realize that. B uses curlers and a straightner? I would imagine she would rather you spit toothpaste into the toilet rather than the garbage can.
Yay Rob for joining the blog! I would have Cam join, but he doesn't even know how to turn the computer on.
Just for the record, I don't use curlers and straighteners on the same day...I am always in a hurry in the morning and never get to clean the sink off, and putting my stuff away at 10 at night seems useless when I'm just using most of it again the next morning. It's very uneconomical, as Matt would say. Don't tell my mom, because she will launch into how I haven't changed since high school and how I'm a high maintenance, helpless female.
I think I prefer toothpaste in the garbage can than in the toilet. I'm afraid he's going to miss and hit the seat. I prefer looking at it to sitting on it.
How about you spit into the bathtub, right near the drain? Then a quick rinse and it will be just like a giant sink?
Rob- when we are all living on a raft, and there is no fresh water left so you have to drink your own urine, you will be lamenting those wasted flushes.
How about he just swallows the toothpaste! Then it is a non issue!
I love that Simpsons when Homer and Ned are stuck on that raft and Homer uses their only fresh water to wash his socks.
Haha, update to this. The other day I was using the sink, and he came in to brush his teeth. Instead of using the toilet, sink, bathtub (which is a very good idea!), trash can, etc... he just walked outside and spit it off our front step into the gravel. Progress?
That is just silly. You guys have a kitchen sink don't you? Why not use that?
No, spitting it outside is not progress, in fact it is a little white trash.
The kitchen sink is a steller idea.
That is the first time in my life I have been called white trash. All I was trying to do was make you all happy. I had nowhere to turn, the sink was full of dirty dishes! Does she want me spitting all over them? What if our dinner guest's knew?? I daydream of a day when we can afford two sinks.
you though spitting outside off your porch would make us happy?
I am glad I was the first person to call you white trash. Yuck to spitting on the dirty dishes, thats no good.
Did you not hear my spitting into the bathtub idea? Best one yet.
maybe we should start exploring the ways B could make it easier on you in the sink area. B, is your hair stuff actually in the sink?
Is this only a matter of B stepping aside when it is time to spit and rinse?
Okay, I just had a brilliant idea. Get a spit bucket, whatever they're called. A spitoon? Just keep it under the sink, or in the corner. Spit into that, then dump it when it gets full. You could even dump it down the toilet if you like. That way there is only one flush for like every 100 times you brush your teeth. You would only have to dump it like 4 or 5 times a year!
Gross, Sue. That's the worst idea yet. (Side Show Bob Shudder)
I'd like to see you come up with a better idea Cat! Poor Matt is walking around with toothpaste in his mouth and nowhere to spit because B has curlers, straightners and a moose helping her get ready! And he doesn't want to spit in the toilet or garbage anymore because he wants to make his wife and sisters happy. The front porch is out because that is white trash! The kitchen sink is full of dishes! He won't take Em up on her bathtub idea!
So what is the boy to do?
Jeez Louise, I'm sure that all B's electronic hair stuff is actually in the sink. If she could step away from the sink for 5 seconds so Matt can spit and rinse, there would be no problem. I do it every single day for Booker and Travis. What the bip. We only have one sink in the bathroom too! Sorry. Hand like 2 1/2 hrs of sleep last night.
No sense of humor today Cat? Stayed up too late watching Somewhere in Time?
Richard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nope. I watched Somewhere In Time early in the evening. But then I watched both Futurama movies and an episode of The Venture Brothers. Had a little bout of insommnia last night.
You guys crack me up! Okay, it is time for me to wade in (play on words) Spitting off the front porch is out..White trash does come to mind. Tell you what we will do. I'll get a 2'X2' box and put my shirts in that Tiny pees on and bring it over for Matt to spit in and then every week we will go to Phisters and have a open fire and burn it all up. Yeah! final answer.
Excellent idea dad! We must burn the toothpaste spit! That is the only way to get rid of it.
I like Cath's idea the best, just get the bip out of the way B. But, if I must- the bath tub will be phase 2. I will keep you all posted.
Sweetiekins, you always start brushing your teeth right when I start washing my face. We just need to share and take turns. Even though I was homeschooled I still know how to do that. I can get out of the way if you ask me to. :-P
I'd just like to say, I tested the Catherine solution and it proved to work beautifully. I brushed, said "excuse me", she stepped to the side, I spit, I brushed some more, said "watch out for a sec", spit again, grabbed the mouth wash gargled, (this time, she moved on her own) and I spit again! All in the same sink! Families can really help each other out sometimes.
Thank you all for your advice and support while going through these newly-wed challenges.
Your Son and Brother,
Matt Wright
So have we reached the end of that particular saga? Pretty simple solution too.
Isn't it amazing what can be accomplished with a little communication. Communication breakdown is a huge contributor of bad/shaky marriages.
Not saying yours is shaky here, just using it as an example of uncommunication.
Yes it is amazing. Communication seems to be almost everything most of the time. It is SO easy to misunderstand what the other is trying to say. We are trying to train ourselves to just ignore tone of voice, and just say what we mean, without dumb games, or hint dropping.
Emily: I can remember you saying to me after you had been married a year,(and I can't remember right now why you told me this) that most of the arguments that you and Rob had, got resolved simply buy backtracking and finding out REALLY what you or him meant. You were so right. We always read to much into stuff, or try to fill in the blanks and assume something and find out we were WAY off. It's funny. Ok, its like 2 in the morning. What am I doing?
So Occam was right? The simplest solution works best? I still like the spit bucket idea even though it makes me gag a little everytime I think about it.
Occam??
Occam's Razor is the theory that when you come up with several solutions to a problem, the simplest solution works best. It seems like common sense to us, but the guy came up with the theory like in the 1300's.
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