May 23, 2002
Things I Have Learned In the Last Four Months Or So
A list, by Jan B.
- In times of crisis, it is actually possible to go for a week without ever once looking in the mirror.
- If you are going to preheat the oven and then turn it off, as recommended in the bread cookbook, to provide your bread dough with a warm place to rise, you should make sure to remember the "turn off the oven" step.
- Melted plastic is hard to get off bread dough.
- It is possible to achieve supraluminal speed when diving across the living room to stop the baby from putting a piece of styrofoam in his mouth.
- But not when trying to save the red Kool-Aid from being knocked over.
- There's nothing wrong with having a cutting board with Kool-Aid stains on it.
- You can't carve a chicken with a dull knife. Don't even try.
- The secret to cross-stitching French knots is to move the needle around the thread, not vice versa.
- It's hard to deglaze a nonstick pan, but not impossible.
- Vacuuming the hardwood floor is way more effective than sweeping it with a broom.
- Bills don't really matter as long as you can send the bill collectors some money.
- Any amount of money is worth paying, to have a healthy child.
- But it's still OK to swear at the insurance company from time to time.
- Everyone smiles at you when you're carrying a baby.
- If it looks like it might rain, it's not a good time to hang clothes out on the line to dry.
- Or go on a long walk to the grocery store.
- Especially if you opened all the windows in the house first, to air the place out a little.
- Hooded towels are way more useful than I thought they would be.
- Babies get bored with their toys even faster than adults do.
- Everyone has an opinion on how to raise your child, but their opinions don't count.
- When the sun does finally come out, you should drop everything and go outside and enjoy it while it lasts.
- Family and friends are the most important thing.
- Money is the least important thing.
Jan@12pointfont.com