The dishwasher is older and leaves water spots on the cups. Also all bowls, plates and utensils should be scrubbed of any caked on food because said dishwasher will not remove it.
RULE: Just scrub the dishes or rinse right after use.
The microwave, if the food of choice is not covered with a FULL sheet or two little half sheets, everything SPLATTERS ALL OVER. (Mother I now understand why you did this, not that our microwave needed it but this one does. Thank you)
RULE: Cover ALL food!
Like back home, our hallway squeaks and there are certain parts that if carefully noted, allow you to cross without sounding like your walking through a 90 year old home.
RULE: Walk in the center of the hallway slowly.
The door from the hallway to the living room squeaks like something awful just died. Therefore whenever anyone is napping in the living room, just leave the door open if you plan on coming back in.
RULE: Leave the door open and close your bedroom door.
If you are going to make food while someone is napping...DON'T. There is NO nice way to get dishes out quietly.
RULE: Eat cereal until they wake up.
The right sink in the bathroom, unknown to those poor unfortunate souls that are oblivious of the dangers while trying to wash their hands, will spaz suddenly when turned on (if not careful) and spray water 5 feet in all directions. Oh those poor children...
RULE: Turn on SLOWLY if not familiar with the appliance.
Once again, like home, the ground has shifted and the doors tend to be crooked and don't always close right. Mother always taught us how to get in and out of rooms quietly, thank you again!
RULE: GENTLY turn the handle while slowly opening or closing the door, don't make any sudden movements. Some people just swing doors left and right even when you are clearly napping.....I love that so much......
Not all food should be microwaved
RULE: Don't make a baked potato in the microwave, especially at night when it's cold outside and you can't air out the apartment.....this happened tonight. =/
You do not know who previously owned this apartment and don't know what they spilled all over the stove. There will probably be unpleasant smells.
RULE: Don't use the top left burner unless you want the apartment to smell like something died, or that you made a baked potato in the microwave.
Rexburg water smells bad.
RULE: While showering or washing dishes, don't put your face near the water unless you hold your breathe first.
Lastly, and my favorite.....the shower. now observe the lovely pictures I have drawn to explain the situation.
Here is a normal shower temperture range:
Note the nice range from Icy to Hot in a reasonable order. Oh what a lovely temperature range!
Now our shower on the other hand decided that it did not like this norm. It refused to be confined by society to this boring, ordinary ideal. It decided to flip flop, spin itself side ways and upside down just to keep you guessing what kind of shower you'll be taking today. No the norm is not acceptable for my shower, it has its own special personality.
Note:
See what I mean? First off, there is no "luke warm" unless the shower decides so. (I will explain more in a second) There isn't even a cold. There is just ranges of freezing, kind of like Rexburg, there's 30 degrees freezing, along with 10, 0, -10, and -20. Then I think the hot side just got jealous that it wasn't on the left side so it continued to pose itself like it should be on the left side in hopes the icy side would give up its spot. But it won't.
But that is not the end of the craziness. You are probably saying "Why not just keep it all the way to the left?"
Yes we already do this, but sometimes I think the shower just has a cruel sense of humor because sometimes "perfect" decides to go on vacation and "luke warm" decides to substitute for the whole Hot side, so you keep turning it left in hopes it will get warmer, but it doesn't until you are so frustrated that you forget, and keep turning it left until you hit icy....that is always fun... But then other days "scalding" likes to take the place of "perfect" but keep in mind, the temperature still does not go down when you turn it left, it gets hotter, if that is possible!
But 60% to 65% of the time it is perfect. If you shower before midnight though, bless your soul, it is an even 33.33% each way of what you might get.
So here's to you normal showers! I miss you! However if you would like to take a break from the norm, I'm sure my shower would love to show you the way to creativity, in a cruel sort of manor of course.
Count your blessings
Now you have a blessing to add to your list
ICE CREAM
Meg
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