10 on the 10th

I stumbled on this and thought I'd join in this month.  I am a compulsive list-maker so this is right up my alley!


I make lists of things I need to do, things I need to get,calls to make, things I want to blog about...you get the picture....so here goes this months list...


10 Things I wish I knew


1.  How to speak French.  I took four years of French in High School, but all I remember is "Where's the restroom?" and "no fish, please".  Actually, those are two useful phrases for me since I don't like fish and I pee a lot. but not really useful in conversation.


2.  Why Hy-Vee is out of bananas.  About half of the time I go to the grocery store, they have been completely out of bananas.  One time I bought the baby bananas thinking they would be like regular bananas only smaller.  I was wrong!  First, it took about 4 to equal one real banana.  Second, they had a "vein" in the center.  It was like eating a finger...it even looked like a finger.  I ate a few then couldn't handle it and threw the rest of them away.  Seriously, how could a grocery store be out of bananas!


3.  Why I'm suddenly addressing everyone (including the dogs) as "dude".  I've never really used the word "dude", but suddenly I'm using it about 43 times a day.


4.  How to sew.  I've actually had a job where my official title was "seamstress" but I never really had the desire to sew until now.  I have a lot of curtains that need to be altered or shortened and I wish that I could just do it myself.


5.  Where the toilet brush is.  Ok before you get all grossed out, I have more than one and have been cleaning my toilet but I haven't been able to find the stainless steel one since the move....in September.


6.  How to install a doorknob.  We bought new interior doorknobs a couple weeks ago and I've been bugging Wayne to show me how to install them since.  He told me "just unscrew the old one put the new one on and screw it in".  I'm going to give it a shot, he'll have to fix it if I screw it up.....


7.  Why Lola eats everything in sight.  At least 6 times a day I wish that I could just go one day without putting my fingers in her mouth.  I remember the other dogs chewing on things, but Lola eats everything.  The other day I went into the restroom and the entire roll of toilet paper was gone.  I knew it wasn't Wayne because he never would have gotten rid of the old roll.  I found Lola on the stairs, with half of the cardboard roll in her mouth....she had eaten an entire roll of toilet paper and half of the cardboard.


8.  How to cook Kohlrabi.  Or what it is, for that matter...Wayne went to the store with me last week.  I was throwing a fit about not having bananas when he puts something in the cart.  I thought it was cabbage, didn't really pay much attention to it until we got home.  I asked him what it was and what he wanted me to do with it.  He said "I don't know, it's a cancer fighter".  I'm pretty sure it's not fighting cancer on my counter.


9.  That my new microwave beeps annoyingly before we bought it.  When the food is done, it beeps continuously until you take it out....irritating....


10.  Why Wayne listens to everyone else but me.  I'm sure this is just because I'm his wife, but it's pretty upsetting.  Last week Wayne was told by an Orthopedic surgeon that he'd need surgery on his foot.  I told him that this same Dr. performed my shoulder surgery 10 years ago and I hated him.  He obviously didn't even listen to me because a couple days later he came home from work and said that he needed to get a second opinion because this Dr nearly killed Tim's mom.  I told him that I didn't like the Dr and he said "yeah I know, but I couldn't remember why".  Then when I told him, he said "I wish I would have remembered that, that would have been funny to tell everyone else".


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