If you see me walking down the street today you would be well advised to cross over to the other side of the street. Don’t make eye contact.
I have a major, and I mean MAJOR, case of the klutzes these days.
It started out last night – I decided I would make grilled chicken Caesar salad for dinner. I had all the ingredients for the dressing so while the chicken was grilling on the cook-top I plugged in the blender and started putting in the ingredients. A little olive oil, some vinegar, the juice of a lemon, minced garlic, Dijon mustard. I boiled the egg for just minute and when it was done I cracked it into the blender, slapped on the lid and started it up, forgetting the metal spoon was still in there.
There was an instant explosion of glass, olive oil, mostly raw egg and the rest of the dressing.
It flat out shocked me but my first thought wasn’t ‘what the heck just happened’ but ‘oh crap – that was my last lemon.’ Then I looked around and could see that was the least of my worries. Every single surface in the kitchen was covered in the mess and the broken glass had made it into three adjoining rooms. My hands had itty bitty cuts and there was even a teeny cut on my lip. It was a miracle the glass didn’t make it into my eyes.
I really just wanted to go lay down and hope it all went away. I had to toss the chicken that was cooking because there was glass in the pan. I swept up and mopped up the best that I could but we were still cleaning up congealed dressing off of the cupboards this morning.
This morning I was making my customary piece of toast for breakfast. I got out our toaster. Put in the bread and pushed it down. I sat at the table while it was toasting and when I heard it pop up I went over to the counter and the toaster was empty. I looked on the counter; no toast there. I looked around on the floor and didn’t see it – I even briefly looked up towards the ceiling. I finally found it under the cupboards by the toe-kick. I’ve never had our toaster do that before. It flung that toast out but good.
Then I’m printing some images for an ATC project and the output tray on my printer leapt off and went crashing to the ground. This is when Rick started slowly backing away from me.
It probably wasn’t wise to get on the road but I had some errands to do and while I was out I pulled into a fast food drive in for a Diet Coke – when the girl handed my extra jumbo drink I dropped the straw on the ground – while I was distracted I looked away as she was handing me my drink and I managed to whack it against the top of the door jamb, knocking the top off and dumping half of it on the inside of my door and lap. Wow that was cold. When I asked the girl for some extra napkins she handed me ONE.
Later, at home, I was rinsing out the sink and I grabbed the sprayer and managed to get it backwards in my hand, drenching the entire front of my shirt.
Dare devil that I am I did get out my rotary cutter and X-Acto knives to work on my ATC. I’ve never made one before but I signed up for a swap and wanted to do a few practice ones. I like the way this one turned out. I think I need to rethink my backing though. I think it is too thick and stiff for an ATC. I don’t want to come out of the gate looking like an ATC imbecile so those of that have made these send me your tips.
I know I shouldn’t laugh but still you tell the story so humorously. I had a similar dressing story, I was making a hot bacon dressing probably 25 years ago and I was cooking bacon grease ( and who knows what else) on the stove, and added the vinegar and the whole thing BLEW UP all over my kitchen. That tiny amount of dressing was everywhere. Interestingly enough, I didn’t get burned. I cleaned for DAYS. Hope things settle down. Love the card.
Akkk you poor thing, but too funny. I think you need to let your hubby wait on you today. LOVE your trading card by the way. Clarice
Ok, slowly put down the x-acto knife and carefully go to bed! LOL, you sound like me when I get too tired. You are very fortunate that you weren’t hurt more than you were when that glass exploded! I used to get really bad PMS and it got to the point where my hubby didnt want me to handle anything glass because “that time of the month” I would invariably break anything glass that I was holding. I hope things get better for you!
Please send your address to me as I have to venture out today and I am afraid, very afraid…….
Oh my gosh! The toast story had my eyes watering I was laughing so hard! I hate to say it but I’m glad to hear these things happen to other people too! I don’t know if it’s my age or what but it seems to be happening more often! I’ve turned into the biggest klutz! At least my eyelashes have grown back since I singed them off with the butane lighter awhile back!
You’re a brave girl, handling a rotary cutter and x-actos after all that! Your ATC is just gorgeous–it doesn’t look too thick to me. I’m not sure there are really any rules about ATCs other than the size dimensions.
I’m so sorry that happened to you, but you have no idea how much I needed a good laugh like that! At least you were able to make it funny. I’m glad you weren’t hurt.
Have a good and safe day. Also, I love the card~
Lori
Poor you! I remember about 10 years ago, in the space of one week, I blew up a vaccuum cleaner, a toaster, a car, and several light bulbs. My parents were ready to lock me in a padded room!
So glad you weren’t hurt by the flying glass!
Kimberley
ROFLOL!!! I was feeling your pain, but the story was too funny not to laugh. I have days like that, and, since I didn’t eat any Black Eyed Peas on New Year’s Day, I am having a whole year along those lines. Did you eat your Black Eyed Peas on New Year’s Day? LOL!!!
So, do you still need another lemon?! ROFLOL! I was thinking about you the other day, because I FINALLY made it over to the Stamp Art store. AND the quilt shop. AND McDonalds. Then nearly home before I turned around to go back to the quilt shop because I had left something on the counter. Maybe it’s something in the air here that’s making all of us nuts! ROFLOL! Very COOL projects! I especially like your challenge project idea quite a lot!
reminds me of the day I boiled the water out of a sauce pot that I was cooking hard boiled eggs in. I got talking on the phone, when I smelled something burning I though my mom in law was burning toast. Then I heard this weird pop. Told my friend I had to go, hung up and proceeded to clean burnt, hard boiled egg from every surface in my kitchen for three days.
Teri