A Blog: Take 2

Two things inspired me today to want to post after all these many months idle.

1. I read my dear friends' Melissa and Pam's blogs, both of which are always so inspiring to me... AND...

2. Katherine just cracked me up moments ago, giving me an "Ooooh, I want to remember that" moment. Read on...

As I was emptying the dishwasher this afternoon Katherine was underfoot (not unusual) so in my attempt to stay on task I thought of a 'job' for her to do. This is not the first time we've danced this dance and it has worked well in the past for her to 'dry' some of the outgoing dishes from the dishwasher. So... I get out a dishtowel and give her a small plastic bowl and set her to 'work'. Meanwhile I'm flying around emptying the rest and cleaning up (possibly checking the computer for things too. hehe). After a few moments she puts her bowl in the correct cabinet and asks for another. I comply. We repeat this process a few times and I've all but emptied the dishwasher when I glance over to see her LICKING the bowl she is currently 'drying'. AGH! I almost fell over laughing while grabbing it away from her. I'm not talking about a dainty taste... no, she's licking it like it has the last bit of chocolate ice cream in the house on it or something (mind you, it was clean, just wet from the dishwasher). I turn around to wash that bowl out in the sink and turn back and she has the lid and is LICKING it with gusto now too. I could eat her sometimes she's so cute.

And no, I did not go find the three or so items she had already 'dried' and put away.