He's Not Helpless

So after dinner tonight I was watching the MFBE put the dishes in the dishwasher and I decided that I secretly critique him to much and act like he's helpless when he really isn't. I of course like to be in control and have things done my way, which hey, who doesn't right? But I also realized that he has his own way of doing things and that does not make him wrong and me right, wow I'm so glad I finally realized this life lesson. Not to brag about myself too much, but I must say that when I realize that I'm wrong I can usually bow out gracefully and admit it, it just might take me a day or two to actually admit that I'm wrong. So here are the times that I a secretly criticize the MFBE (and sometimes outloud), starting with the incident that triggered this epiphany that I guess I am not always right.

- when he was loading the dishwasher today he stepped outside to grab stuff off of the grill but left the dishwasher open. I immediately looked at where he put everything in the dishwasher and started rearranging all the dishes in my head to where I thought that should be. To my defense I was thinking about space conservation.

- when he puts dishes away I usually can't find stuff because he has his own unique place of putting things.

- I won't let him do the laundry because he mixes his whites with his colors.

- I rarely let him cook because lets face it...I'm scurred. One time he cooked for me when we first started dating and he was bragging about how good the meal is that he made and when I tried it I almost puked it up. Come to find out he mixed bbq sauce and ranch together and mixed that mixture in with rice and chicken. I HATE BBQ SAUCE. In his defense however, he didn't know that I hated bbq sauce at the time, but I have been hesitant ever sense to eat his cooking.

- Sometimes I critique the driving routes he chooses because it's not my driving route.

...and I'm sure there are a lot more things I do. So with that being said, I'm sorry I judge you baby, your not wrong, I'm not wrong we're both different and I will try to keep that in mind in the future! :)

The intention behind the saying?

So, I met with a friend of mine today who I haven't seen in a really long time and she just moved to Austin with her boyfriend. It was the first time meeting her boyfriend and while I was getting ready to meet them I was thinking about the saying "nice to meet you I have heard so much about you." And I got to thinking what exactly does "I have heard so much about you," supposed to mean? Who created that saying and was there a specific reason behind it? I am probably thinking too much about it but here are the few things I was thinking.

- It is supposed to intimidate the person it is being said to. Such as "ha, I have heard a lot about you lets see if you hold up to the expectations."

- or, small talk to elicit a first conversation. Such as how the conversation usually goes "Nice to meet you I have heard so much about you."..."oh really hopefully all good stuff and nothing bad." And everyone has a little chuckle because everyone thinks it's such a clever line when in actuality everyone follows up the first saying with the second.

- or, is it intended as a compliment. "Oh I have heard so much about you," as in I have heard wonderful things about you and I can't wait to get to know you because you seem like such a wonderful person.

So, think about it for a second and let me know how you intend the saying "I have heard so much about you", to come across to the recievee.

You Draw the Connection

So today at volunteer we had a Police Officer come in and talk to the 4 and 5 year olds. These were some of the very interesting statements and questions that these kids came up with for the firefighter to answer.

"what should I do if a store runs out of clocks?"

"what should I do if a clock stops?"

"There's an alligator in my bathtub."

"My baby sister went wah wah wah (while flailing her arms) to call my mom."

"I would call 1-1-9-1-1."

Wow. It should be interesting to see where these kids go!