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If the Washing Machine Eats the Socks, What Eats the Silver Ware?by 5kidswdisabilities |
We
all know the adage that the washing machine eats socks, which is why
they never come out in pairs. I long ago gave up trying to match them,
just buying plain black socks for the boys and hoping they kind of
match. Marie gets to feel in fashion because all of her socks are
multi-colored with frogs, kisses, stripes and cats. If she can get one
stripe from one sock to match the color on the cat, then she has found a
fashionable match!
My
concern is our silverware. When we first had kids, we started out with
a full Faber ware set. As we saw pieces disappear one by one, we had
to replace the set several times. (We now have 72 knives and six spoons
left.) We do not know where the silverware goes. As far as we are
concerned, we eat with it, put it in the sink, in the dishwasher to be
washed and then back in the silverware drawer. It is not rocket
science. It IS, however, way too complicated of a system to work in our
house. For some reason, our silverware disappears! One would assume
that the washing machine/sock theory would work for the dishwasher and
disappearing silverware, but, alas, that is not the answer.
Theory #1 is that ours is the "HOUSE OF THE DISAPPEARING SILVERWARE", oooooooooh!
We sometimes stay awake at night imagining the silverware whisking away
into thin air with a whoooosh here and a whooosh there, kind of like
witchcraft. (In the interest of full disclosure, my husband is not
bothered by this and he sleeps soundly...) In the morning, half of the
forks are gone!
Theory
#2 is that, somehow, the children are involved. Maybe they take a
paper plate of left overs to their bedrooms and the silverware gets
thrown away with the disposable dish. I shudder to think of this dirty,
tragic end to our fine and selfless silverware. They died in the line of
duty, never again seeing the light of day...
Whatever
the reason, and whatever the consequences we have put upon our children
for not taking care of the silverware, it continues to vanish for no
apparent reason. Long ago we gave up our concept that the ideal home has
good silverware with which to feed our perfect little family.
Currently, spoons and forks from the Dollar Store fill our silverware
drawer. The frustration of having to constantly replace good silverware
is gone. With that stress no longer on my shoulders, the result is a
cheaper, flimsier fork. Eating steak, which would potentially bend our
new utensils, it out of the question. It doesn't matter
anyway...hamburger is about all we can afford. We are so lucky that our
budget matches our utensil selection! Our hospitality skills are also
hampered by the antics of our kiddos, so we are also lucky that no one
in their right mind would come to our house for dinner, thus sampling
our pittance silverware. Isn't it great how life does have a way of
turning out perfectly? We are so lucky!
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