Sometimes when I'm giving Ashley a hard time for squeezing the toothpaste from the middle of the tube or for closing the shampoo cap before letting the air back in she turns to me and says, "Those are the little things that you'll miss about me when I get hit by a bus."
- Dresser drawers - Ashley is always in a hurry...and that's why her dresser drawers are always open. At least that's what she says. Seriously, they are NEVER closed. Her reason (and the shampoo and toothpaste) is that it takes too long to close them all the way. So the drawers remain open, each one between 2 and 8 inches depending on how hard a shove she gave each before she rushed out the door. Each time I stop to think about it, it makes me chuckle.
- Diet Coke cans - Ashley is very good about ridding the house of her Diet Coke cans at night during her clean-up routine. But those shiny silver cans will forever remind me of Ashley.
- Car seats - We've all got things we hate doing. For me its paying the bills. There are very few things I hate doing more than checking the mail and pay the bills. For Ashley, the thing she has nightmares about is having to remove or install a car seat. Never mind that it only takes 2-3 minutes to do either. I think she'd rather rent a car if we needed a vehicle sans car seats.
- Seasonal decorations (the day the season begins) - Ashley has boxes of decorations for each season and holiday. She's got spring stuff, summer stuff, fall stuff, stuff for Valentines Day, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. I'm sure we have stuff for the 4rth of July, St. Patrick's Day and Columbus Day too and I just haven't seen them yet. But the fun thing about Ashley is that she can't wait to get the old stuff out and the new season in. I know for a fact that while everyone else is out shopping on Black Friday, Ashley will be putting the final touches on our Christmas decor. And you can better believe that we'll have our Christmas tree up the day after Thanksgiving (if not before). It's a tradition that's fun (until she asks me to help).
- The HIGH setting - There are two HIGH settings that Ashley punishes me with. The first is the HIGH heater setting in the car. If the temperature is anywhere around or below 70 degrees Ashley cranks the temperature up to HIGH (90 degrees) and then sets the fan at full force too. It usually gets hot enough that I have to hang my head out the window in order to breath. The other HIGH setting is on the stove. It is my lifelong mission to convince Ashley that when it comes to the range, the HIGH setting is only for boiling water. It's not a setting you use when you want things to cook faster. I know she gets it. She's a smart woman. But I don't know that her impatience will ever let her cook things on medium. Ashley's abuse of the HIGH settings used to make me mad. Now it kinda makes me chuckle. Kinda.
- This box - Last night Ashley spent 45 minutes getting ready for a seminary pancake breakfast. When she explained what she was doing I thought, "Pancakes only take 5 minutes to prepare, so why are you spending 45 minutes getting ready?" It was to avoid having to prep and clean at the church. I gave her a hard time about it because I would have done no preparation whatsoever and would have just lugged the ingredients down to the church and hoped that the right pans and utensils were available. But that's not Ashley. She's a planner. Not only did she mix the batter last night so she wouldn't have to carry the ingredients to the church, she also built a custom pancake batter container holder out of a Cherrios box. That way nothing would spill in the car and she wouldn't have to do any clean-up in the church. I was impressed with the box design. The rest of the plan?
4 comments:
Nice list! You can let Ashley know that I don't close my dresser drawers either. It's not that I don't have time. It's just that it's so easy to leave them open. :)
And the high settings on the car heater is an absolute must. Boys don't understand girls' need to be warm. We get cold. And when we're cold, we want to be warm NOW! And not just kind of warm. Toasty. :)
That is the finest custom box I have ever made. And it worked dang well I might add. I'm glad you preserved it in picture before it got wet and went the way of all the earth.
Closed drawers are the sign of a mis-spent life.
By the way I'm starting to think this blog is about me.
And -- shocker -- I like it!
This list is so Ashley--especially the high heat settings--I, too have been in her car and had to roll a window down to get sweet air (and I'm a woman who likes heat!)
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