Public Service Announcement

I had to break away from my regular posting schedule (never) to bring you this important laundry announcement: ALWAYS CHECK POCKETS!!!

I know it is everyone's dream to open the dryer and find red crayon covering every piece of white clothing they own, but I feel it is my duty to try to help prevent this irritating occurrence! 

I'll admit, as my laundry piles have grown higher I have grown lazier and pretty much never check pockets anymore. I don't ever put things in my pockets. And my girls refuse to wear most clothes that have pockets (too scratchy!). So yesterday when I was doing laundry, it never occurred to me that someone may have left not one, but TWO crayons in the one pair of shorts that made it into the load of whites. 

It could have been worse. Luckily the crayons were the triangle shaped kind and they got stuck by the lint trap in front of the door (and dripped all down the lint screen).  Lots of the shirts were inside out. One of the crayons was yellow. And judging by the look of the aforementioned pocket, the crayons stayed in there a while before being tossed around with all the clothes. It could have been much worse. 

So 3 hours later and half a bottle of oxyclean stain remover, the clothes are being washed again. I hate wasting time on crap like this...so the really irritating part for me is that I could have checked those pockets about 3,000 times in the amount of time it has taken me to clean up the mess! So there you have it. Just check those pockets.

And for those who are wondering...the crayons were put in the pocket at a restaurant to prevent the baby from eating them. 

Did you know...

That if you put some dry white beans in a pot of water and turn up the heat so it will boil...and then forget about them...the next time you see the beans they will be black? And smoking up your whole kitchen? Well I didn't know that, but I figured it out this afternoon. And did you also know that if you put a super hot pot on a hot pad that still has tags attached, it will not only melt your hot pad, but melt the tags to the bottom of your pot? And did you know that it takes forever to get rid of the smell of smoke? Seriously, open windows with a cross breeze, ceiling fans, febreeze, me running around dorkily fanning the air with a plastic place mat...and the whole house still smells awful! I have been learning all kinds of new things today! It's been a good reminder for me of how much I HATE distractions!!! And short term memory loss! Happy cooking!

It's official...

...Papa John's Pizza is ON NOTICE! (If you don't get this reference, please go watch THIS clip).

So tonight we decided to order a pizza. We do this occasionally on Friday or Saturday night. We decided on Papa John's...a rarity, since generally we are too cheap to get their pizza. But they had a special -- one large pizza "the works" for $11. We decided we would get just half with "the works" and half with cheese...so we wouldn't have to pick the toppings off for Madi and Audri, since they refuse to touch the toppings. I was going to order online, but Jeff convinced me to just call them because it would be faster...he was going to pick it up on his way home from work and didn't want to be waiting forever for me to figure out the online ordering (I guess). So I called. Here is how the conversation went:

Matt (Papa John's employee): What can I get for you?

Me: I want your large "Works" pizza...the online special for $11. But I only want the toppings on half, and just cheese on the other half.

Matt: I don't think I can do that...let me check...nope, I can't do that.

Me: Really? Why not?

Matt: Well I can do that, but I can't give it to you at the special price.

Me: Ok, how much will it cost?

Matt: $13.99

Me: Seriously? You're going to charge me MORE for getting LESS? That doesn't make any sense.

Matt: I don't know what to tell you.

Me: I promise I am not trying to be difficult. I just don't understand why I can't pay for that whole pizza, but you just leave 1/2 the toppings off.

Matt: I don't know what to tell you.

Me: Ok, well how much is your cheapest plain cheese pizza?

Matt: $7...for a medium

Me: (unintelligible grumbling)

Matt: Silence.

Me: Hmmm...well I'll have to call you back I guess...or not...I don't really know what to do...it just goes against all my principles to pay $14 for something that I really ought to be able to get for $11. I'll just have to call you back. But probably not. Sorry. Bye.

Then I stared incredulously at the phone. Who can believe this? I mean, really? It's not like I asked them for double toppings at that price. I know they must have some reason for doing this...but for the life of me I can't imagine what it is. Even the employees don't even know why they can't do it, they just know they can't! Someone, please explain it to me!!! Well they are on Notice for the following reasons: for having ridiculous rules, for their employees not being able to explain said rules to me and for making me waste half my night on this blog post. Thanks for nothin' PJs.

If only they knew that because of this little rule, they just lost my business tonight to Pizza Hut (which isn't my favorite)...and to other pizza chains for the foreseeable future because stuff like that just irritates the crap out of me! Even their garlic dipping sauce will not entice me to buy a pizza from them for a long time. How does that taste?