Space Cases
Do you ever leave water boiling on the stove? I mean, forget all about it? Or soup or potatoes or anything on the stove until you start smelling something burning and finally discover what a forgetful idiot you were?
Have you ever left something wonderful and delicious in the oven and forgotten all about it until you are surprised three days later when you innocently open the oven and discover the food and realize that the food is no longer edible?
Have you ever looked for something in the refrigerator and been unable to find it on any shelf only to find it days or weeks later when it’s way past its prime?
Have you, on the other hand, ever been waiting for something to cook on the stove only to discover you hadn’t turned the burner on?
Tell me, is there truly anyone on the Planet Earth who has not had some variety of these lapses? Who? You? You never did? Really?
As unbelievable as it may seem, I have done all of them. Of course, this should not come as a surprise because there is an earlier blog entry that shows photos of some of my favorite burned-out pots.
http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/karmic-pots-and-pans-karma.htm
The other night I left water boiling on the stove, and my daughter discovered it. She gave me a lecture about the dangers of letting things burn out on the stove. “SET A TIMER, “ she screamed. “SET A TIMER! @%#.”
So the next night, when Lauren and our friend Nancy were over my house watching American Idol, I put some water on the stove for tea and set the timer for three minutes.
Meanwhile, Nancy told us about her 91-year old mother who lives independently in the home she’s lived in since she was a bride. Nancy couldn’t count the number of times lately her mother burned out pots on the stove. It may have gone into the hundreds. Recently, as a cure, Nancy hired someone to come in and cook lunch for her mother, and Nancy has been taking her mother breakfast and supper.
Lauren started to give me a look with her eyes slitted. There is no name for the look. Crafty and calculating come close. Well, hey, what I say is, if she wants to provide me with meals, that’s okay with me so long as they’re to my specifications. In fact, she can have it easy and skip breakfast because I mostly don’t eat breakfast.
Of course, I could tell you some stories about Nancy and Lauren and brilliant things they have done, but naturally, I’m much too polite, and, besides, it would take too long.
So, on that fateful night when we’re watching American Idol and the timer went off, the water still hadn’t boiled. [Note: three minutes is not long enough for water to boil.] Conscientiously, I decided to stand right there looking at the water until it did boil.
A few seconds after that, Ryan Seacrest was ready to announce which David had won. I, ever in the moment, somehow was sitting on the couch with Nancy and Lauren for the last few tense moments before Ryan Seacrest announced David Cook the winner.
Then Lauren, Nancy, and I talked for a while after the show was over and had some laughs, and then they went home. Lauren went right past my kitchen.
Just before going to bed, I decided to do a few dishes, and, guess what! There was a burnt-out pan which had held boiling water until there was none!
Lauren and Nancy, the smarties, had forgotten all about the boiling water and having tea too. Wait until I tell them. HAHA
I know the cure is an electric tea kettle. I used to have a wonderful glass one and a stainless steel one. Actually, they were resurrected coffee pots. Percolators. But, alas, they died natural deaths. I liked them both because they were not aluminum or plastic inside which I refuse to have, and they kept the water hot all day and never burned out.
Godwriting is a blog by Gloria Wendroff and is about Gloria's daily life as the Godwriter of the Heavenletters project that is having a profound effect on the lives of people around the world.
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