Look before you . . . cook
Usually, I’m reasonably good about checking our pockets before running a load of laundry. But today I made a serious miscalculation in my last load of laundry—Hayden’s clothes.
As I was emptying the washing machine, I saw it in the bottom of a drum: a cell phone. I held my breath for a second. But it wasn’t one of our “current” ones; it was an old cell phone that we let Hayden play with. One that, I suddenly remembered, he’d insisted on shoving in the pocket of his jeans.
Not only will I need to be more careful in doing Hayden’s laundry, but I need to get in the habit of checking just about anything before I use it. The last time I made a roast, I removed the stoneware from my slow cooker to find this:
I was amazed it hadn’t smelled absolutely terrible. It was actually worse than it looks.
And it looks like anything stored below waist-height is pretty much fair game for Hayden’s “storage.”
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I have washed both a cell phone and my ipod in the last year. Thank goodness both were insured for stupidity.
And the pen?
Slayed me.
March 19th, 2008 at 9:21 pmbut thats what makes being a parent so fun! we get to find the goodies our kids leave behind.
March 19th, 2008 at 10:09 pmWhat I hate is washing money. Or cheques. Money sometimes comes out okay. Cheques sure don’t. And then you can’t read it to figure out what cheque is was in the first place!
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March 20th, 2008 at 4:55 amI’ve learned that lesson the hard way….but never in my crockpot!
March 20th, 2008 at 5:50 am