I’m very thankful that Hubby is so supportive overall. He puts up with a lot from his overly-dramatic/always-up-to-something/slob wife.
He has a special little forced-smile-fake-laugh thing that he does when one of my Slob-Qualities comes shining through. Like the cabinet door thing. Or the never-puts-the-phone-back-on-the-charger-but-leaves-it-three-inches-away-from-the-charger-until-it’s-dead-when-he-gets-home thing.
Or the big-cup-of-icewater thing.
I love a big glass of icewater. That’s a good thing, right? Other than my one cup of coffee a day and the occasional soft drink, I choose ice-water. At almost any time of day, anywhere you find me in the house, I’ll have ice-water nearby.
My craving-of-water is good. My ability-to-remember-if-I-already-have-one-or-where-it-is . . . is not so good.
And my impatience causes me to decide that it’s better to just get another glass instead of wasting time searching for the last one.
See how I make it sound like “impatience” is a thing that has control over me, and it’s not my fault?
I decided that MAYBE he had a point when within arm’s reach were two glasses that still had ice in them. Un-melted ice.
And it’s not exactly the middle of winter right now.
We have limited ourselves to two cups each in this house (exception: small human – she has four). Makes it a lot harder to pull the “it’s easier to get a new one” thing. I do have extra for if we have people over, of course, but they’re up and out of the way. Forces me to hunt the current cup down.
LOL that’s hilarious. I used to continuously get new glasses too – until I got one of those insulated cup things – now, I ALWAYS look for my dolphin cup – and side bonus? It keeps the water even colder – yay!
I bought one of those insulated cups, too… Mine has orange and purple swirls and the “hard straw”… I have tripled my overall intake of water!!! In the house I always put it back in one of 2 spots (designated with coasters – by my bed or on top of the microwave cart in the kitchen) No more guessing where it is. At least ONE thing in my house is always where it belongs!!! lol
Leigh, we did that with plates too! 2 plates per person – that’s it…
I keep telling the kids, if they dont stop getting new cups out, or a new bowl out (snaking on dry cereal/chips), I am going to buy 5 different colored sets of dishes (one bowl, one cup, one plate, one fork/knife/spoon) and if you want to use your plate, you’ll have to wash it…. sigh… Still havent actually done it, I keep threatening though!!
I DID do that for about 5 years. I let them pick their own pattern/color and made them wash their own. I only had one “cheater” that would take another’s clean items when he was too lazy to wash his own and no one was around… but he had to confess when we tagged the underneath side of clean ones with a sticky note, and found it in the sink!!!!
Ha! (And I probably would have been that child!)
Gidget knows what they’re talkin’ about! I used to get new cups all the time till I got a nice big Bubba Keg. I got the 52oz handled version and it’s great. Bright color and big so I don’t forget it, and it has a lid so it keeps sneaky kitties from stealing fresh ice water drinks! =D
I find glasses all over the place because I live with four other family members, three of whom get a new glass every time. I figure in the big scheme of things, it’s not so bad. And you get all the benefits of added moisture in the air, great in dry weather, right?
Just the opposite of me. I think about all the extra dishes I have to do (even though I do have a dishwasher…somebody still has to load and unload it, right?). I even have my family trained to use the same cups. They know mommy does NOT like to do extra dishes!
You are totally crackin’ me up! I just love how self-aware you are of your “flaws”. I, on the other hand, would tend to see the two-glasses-always-left-out and wonder, “why on earth does that happen????”. You are an inspiration to me! Early in the summer I purchased about 20 matching glass mugs from ST. Vinnies – SCORE! I thought. Now none of the kids know which glass was theirs and gasp!, they can’t possibly risk drinking out of a siblings glass potentially laced with SPIT! GROOOSSSSS, Mom. So with 5 children all taking a new glass, well you can do the math I’m sure….ugh. Time for a new plan, got any ideas?
you could mark the glasses you have…. lots of ways to do that….
Oh, this is a major problem of mine. Well, my whole family except for my husband are total slobs. We work so hard everyday to clean and it just gets messy. ONE of my daughters chores alone is to go on a cup hunt every day and put them in the sink. lol
Michaeleen,
I had the same problem as you, and it drove me crazy, so I got cups of 4 different colors (I have 4 children) and each child is assigned a color, from now until the end of time….Now there is no doubt who’s cup is sitting on the table, cuz they all know who’s color is who’s. 🙂
Oh dear. I think I just realized I actually am a closet slob. Because I do this exact same thing every day…the only thing that helps me remember to pick up my glass is the deep seated panic that my toddler will get a hold of it and pour it all over the floor, requiring me to mop.
In the movie Signs, the little girl’s need for bunches of water cups saves them all. Not trying to give you an excuse, just what came to mind when I read this post 🙂
Been reading you sporadically and am now trying to catch up with the archives. Living it!
I just wanted to share my water cup solution. I like mine room temperature, so I don’t have quite the same needs. But I have 4 blue plastic cups that are my water cup. No matter where in the house they are, I know no one else has drunk out of them, and only water has been in them. I usually have one floating downstairs, one by my computer, and one by my bed.mthe last one I took in to work and use the same way. No other cups look like them, so I always know it’s mine.
Good idea! I just love my ice!