Comments on: Evolution

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:31:33 +0000

P.S. Maty and I and Maty’s prayer group have Ephraim in all our prayers.

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:29:41 +0000

We have a cleaning lady. We have had her services for many many years. She is almost one of the family. She breaks things. when she finishes a room every picture needs straightening. But she cleans toilets very well. And she can push a heavy vacuum with ease. We don’t let her neer the master bedroom set because it is wood and scratches. But she does a good job cleaning the oven and the stove, so she stays. When something is broken she always says “sorry”; and material goods are not as important as not having to clean a toilet.
If you want the stairs never to be scratched or dinged then never give a grandchild a toy, or a thing to throw, or drop or slide down the stairs on. Personally, I can live with the crayon marks on the furniture and the playdough in the carpet. The laughter of grandkids I cannot live without.

Love Ken

By: Toby

Toby — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:59:11 +0000

WOW!
You sure have evolved. Because I grew up in a similar type of home. THINGS were very valuable. I was allowed to cook but my mom would scrub the place afterwards complaining for days about the mess I made.

My cleaning lady broke a quite expensive vase yesterday. It was difficult for me to buy it to begin with because I was scared I will get into my Mother’s mentality and torture the kids if they only came close to it. The vase survived my toddler’s exploration and my son’s fiddling with the stones inside. It did not survive my cleaning lady’s klutzy way of letting the bottom part bang into the counter’s ledge.

Now a few days later it is still lying on its side on my counter and I am so confused about what to do. Dump it. Try to glue the base back. Buy another one. Never.

Same goes with painting. The walls are a wreck now. Some designed by my kids artwork and some so scratched up. If I paint for Pesach will I become a slave to the walls like my mother. SHe had small bottles of every color of paint used in our house and would forever touch up the woodworks, doors, and walls.
Is this what I want to do. NO! but why is it so hard.

Sorry for venting… it just triggered…

I truly hope the scratch on your steps fades with the polish. And wait till the grandkids come….