storm preparedness, party of four
Oct. 29th, 2012 11:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rushthatspeaksMe: I heard there was supposed to be a huge storm or something. Well, we live on a hill about three blocks from a hospital, so I'm not particularly worried about flooding or our power. Might get a few branches down and I hope none of them fall on the car, but there aren't any big trees very near it, so that's probably okay then. *goes back to bed*
My wife: *buys ALL THE THINGS like flashlights and toilet paper and what have you, much of which we already had*
The cats: OMG OMG OMG WIND IT IS WINDY OUT OH GOD WE CAN'T COPE WE CAN SEE IT OUT THE WINDOW
Me: oh all right if you all insist I will go down my storm-preparedness checklist. Point one: dinner. What should we have for dinner?
Everyone else, in unison: QUICHE
Me: *makes quiche* Okay, point two, cookies. What kind of cookies?
Everyone else, in unison: ANYTHING BUT CHOCOLATE CHIP
Me: you people are heathens, don't you know there's a hurricane? Chocolate chip is canonical. *begins to make snickerdoodles*
My wife: has at some point filled every single conceivable vessel in the entire house with water, in case the water goes out, and also the bathroom sink and the tub, and has put all of these vessels neatly in the bathroom, thereby covering the entire bathroom floor
Me: how am I supposed to make cookies without a single mixing bowl?
My wife: sheepish grin
The cat, who is precariously balanced on the rim of the bathtub between massive, easily spilled bodies of water, since it is the most useful place he could possibly be: sheepish grin
The other cat: COOKIES NOW
Me: I insist on one usable mixing bowl. One. *receives mixing bowl* *ends up creaming the butter in a Pyrex measuring cup, because the mixing bowl now contains dry ingredients* WHY ARE YOU FILLING ALL THE PIE PLATES WITH WATER AND PUTTING THEM IN THE BATHROOM THIS IS OVERKILL
Everyone else: OMG COOKIES!
And thus, having successfully distracted the cats from staring out the window and yowling by causing them to stare longingly at the cookies and yowl instead, we proceeded to Point Three, Netflix Streaming, and Point Three A, Hot Chocolate. The power has not even flickered.
Ruth has promised to wake me in the morning to show me how she intends to shower given the amount of water currently taking up the entire bathroom floor space; I am expecting it to resemble Buster Keaton. She stipulates that if she had not done all this we would have lost power for oh say the next week. Stipulation granted. We have not yet addressed in depth the question of how she expects me to shower.
I hope the rest of you are doing well and staying safe.
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My wife: *buys ALL THE THINGS like flashlights and toilet paper and what have you, much of which we already had*
The cats: OMG OMG OMG WIND IT IS WINDY OUT OH GOD WE CAN'T COPE WE CAN SEE IT OUT THE WINDOW
Me: oh all right if you all insist I will go down my storm-preparedness checklist. Point one: dinner. What should we have for dinner?
Everyone else, in unison: QUICHE
Me: *makes quiche* Okay, point two, cookies. What kind of cookies?
Everyone else, in unison: ANYTHING BUT CHOCOLATE CHIP
Me: you people are heathens, don't you know there's a hurricane? Chocolate chip is canonical. *begins to make snickerdoodles*
My wife: has at some point filled every single conceivable vessel in the entire house with water, in case the water goes out, and also the bathroom sink and the tub, and has put all of these vessels neatly in the bathroom, thereby covering the entire bathroom floor
Me: how am I supposed to make cookies without a single mixing bowl?
My wife: sheepish grin
The cat, who is precariously balanced on the rim of the bathtub between massive, easily spilled bodies of water, since it is the most useful place he could possibly be: sheepish grin
The other cat: COOKIES NOW
Me: I insist on one usable mixing bowl. One. *receives mixing bowl* *ends up creaming the butter in a Pyrex measuring cup, because the mixing bowl now contains dry ingredients* WHY ARE YOU FILLING ALL THE PIE PLATES WITH WATER AND PUTTING THEM IN THE BATHROOM THIS IS OVERKILL
Everyone else: OMG COOKIES!
And thus, having successfully distracted the cats from staring out the window and yowling by causing them to stare longingly at the cookies and yowl instead, we proceeded to Point Three, Netflix Streaming, and Point Three A, Hot Chocolate. The power has not even flickered.
Ruth has promised to wake me in the morning to show me how she intends to shower given the amount of water currently taking up the entire bathroom floor space; I am expecting it to resemble Buster Keaton. She stipulates that if she had not done all this we would have lost power for oh say the next week. Stipulation granted. We have not yet addressed in depth the question of how she expects me to shower.
I hope the rest of you are doing well and staying safe.
You can comment here or at the Dreamwidth crosspost. There are
