I have my talents, but some of the
job description of homemaker is a bit out of my
skill set.
Here are
three homemaking-related questions that have come up over the last 12 hours:
1.
What are these greenish-blue crystals that appear in Rhett’s tub?
The crystals magically appear while the tub is being filled. There are no toys or washcloths in the tub. It doesn’t happen to any of the other tubs in the house. Randomly they don’t appear, but most the time they are there.
2.
How do I ask for this light bulb? Should I take the picture to the store?
Our main bathroom downstairs light has been burned out for a few days. The boys refuse to pee in the dark. Last night I got several replacement light bulbs, the ladder, un-screwed the 3 bolts that held the heavy glass fixture in place only to uncover this.
Huh?
I don’t have any bulbs that size.
Neither does Target.
I guess I will be taking a trip to Home Depot this week.
3.
How do I do it?
I made this cake.
This is what the picture on the box looks like.
Yummy!
This is what my cake looked like.
Yummy*!
*the boys called it a pancake
Yes, That is a double layer cake that measures in at less than one inch.*
*Ryan did say that it tasted better than it looked. I mean, it still was cake…sugar, flour, eggs, frosting…
The crystals magically appear while the tub is being filled. There are no toys or washcloths in the tub. It doesn’t happen to any of the other tubs in the house. Randomly they don’t appear, but most the time they are there.
2. How do I ask for this light bulb? Should I take the picture to the store?
Our main bathroom downstairs light has been burned out for a few days. The boys refuse to pee in the dark. Last night I got several replacement light bulbs, the ladder, un-screwed the 3 bolts that held the heavy glass fixture in place only to uncover this.
Huh?
I don’t have any bulbs that size.
Neither does Target.
I guess I will be taking a trip to Home Depot this week.
3. How do I do it?
I made this cake. This is what the picture on the box looks like.
Yummy!
This is what my cake looked like.
Yummy*!
Yes, That is a double layer cake that measures in at less than one inch.*
1: Alien boy germs
2: It’s one of those circle thingy globes, I would take the photo in to the shop.
3: Those packet cake pictures are all fake..
If you can save a piece, I will let you know if it tastes better than it looks – I mean, what does a 7 year old know anyway.
Sadly I can be of NO help…
BUT I can help you eat that cake!
Can you actually FEEL the crystals in the tub, like pick them up and hold them in your hand? Because maybe you just have an extra-fancy finish on your tub that produces colorful green and blue bling when the light hits it just right… (or that’s what I would tell myself).
OR, maybe one of the boys has been eating sugar sprinkles in the tub, all top-secret like. That’s totally possible.
Kind of like that time I hid a chocolate-frosted cupcake under my pillow, and then ate it after my mom kissed me goodnight. NEVER OCCURRED TO ME THAT THE ICING WOULD BOND WITH THE PILLOW CASE.
Just sayin’.
I am stumped on the tub. Did you water plants in there? I get that sometimes in my tub if I water my ferns in there, which isn’t often.
The light question I think has benn answeres.
The cake: if it was black, I could have told you I cooked it. Thinking the mix was old? I did that with cornbread once. It looked like a giant chip.
1. Remnants of your best perfume or dusting powder that only become visible when wet?
2. Call Home Care or some other fixit place and tell them to come change out that stoopid fixture pronto.
3. Yes, a panCake. Shoulda poured Mrs. Butterworths all over the top and told ’em to dig in. Good for breakfast! (Yeast/pkg. mighta been old.) 🙂
The tub thing is mysterious. I’ve never seen such a thing, but maybe you could tell me if you solve it?
Take the bulb to Home Depot with you. We had the bulb in our fridge burn out (!) and that was surprisingly hard to get fixed. I went to Lowe’s because I am scared of Home Depot. A nice person in a blue vest showed me exactly what I needed.
Good luck!
a. I got nothing for you on the tub.
b. I think we had a light like that in my kitchen, in the 70s.
c. Dude, you made a layer cake. Seriously, I just bought cake pans just before Christmas.
I suck at homemaker-y stuff myself. Andy considers it one of my charms. God bless him!
I second Rachel’s comment! Isn’t taste all we are really going for? If I shot for looks too, I’d be suicidal.
You used the wrong size cake pans.
But, if it tasted good, who the heck cares.
It’s a ( it’s a circle line flourescent light bulb) however you spell that.
and I have no clue on the tub