Friday, January 15, 2010

My poor spoons...

Like many people I have little things around my house that have some special value to me. I rarely keep anything unless it means something. I am not the type of person to put out a knick-knack or hang a picture simply because it matches the decor. A few years ago my aunt-in-law Allyson gave me a set of pretty little decorative teaspoons. I keep these on the shelf in my kitchen next to my favorite bowl and cookbooks. I have them arranged perfectly from the tablespoon to the littlest teaspoon fanned out so you can see the decoration in the metal.

Jonny likes to move my spoons.

I don't know how he figured out that I like my spoons exactly where I put them but he seems to take great pleasure in moving them. When simply sifting them around wasn't enough he hung them from the kitchen light. This is what I found when I sat down for Thanksgiving dinner.
When we went to Utah Jonny and Cassie got our mail, feed the cat and snake, etc. I didn't even think about my poor spoons.

When we got home I noticed a few dishes in the sink and I thought, "I didn't leave any dishes, did I?"

The answer is no, I did not leave any dirty dishes. They were used for a sinister purpose. Three guesses who.

I know the solution is to not care about my pretty little spoons but I can't! Maybe it is part of the obsessive-compulsive side of my personality that I just can't leave it alone. I fear I am doomed.

5 comments:

Mother Goose said...

But he did leave them fanned out in perfect order!

Eppie said...

Just live with it. Your brother is not going to change. I do love the last picture. What is it by the way?

Mrs. C. Yeates said...

Orange Jello

Jonnycool said...

Just keeping you on your toes. If you weren't so O.C.D. about some things, I don't think I would enjoy life as much. Love ya!

Nursemom said...

I was reading this at work (naughty,naughty) and I laughed so loud people were looking at me funny. Jonny, you have reached a new level of funny. I"m sorry Chiara, you are doomed to be the subject of our laughter for years.