In the mean time, it is up to me to make sure the dog is fed, the plants are watered, and the house is clean before she gets back. Aspiring to be a good husband, those things are normally on the "to do" list.
However....there is one thing that has fallen to me that I have never done before. Yes, I have cleaned a toilet, made-up beds, and even swept the floor (a-time-or-two). But I have never made bread. Right, I know what your saying...."What self-respecting guy doesn't know how to make bread?" Don't answer that!
Chelsea has recently obtained a new bread-starter. If you've ever heard of these things, then you know that it's easy, but that it must be done on a routine basis. There are certain days it has to be fed, certain days it needs to rest, and certain days it needs exercise (A.K.A - kneading). Sounds more like a pet than something you eat...don't understand it myself, this is just what they tell me.
After checking the directions, I suddenly remember that Chelsea had been wanting to share some of the starter with another missionary friend here on the Mission. I think to myself, "there's not enough in this jar to share...there must be another jar." Of course, in the back corner of the fridge, there was another jar. I took the top off and looked down inside, just to be sure. "Yup, that's it."
Then I start dumping the food (ingredients) in the jar that it needs to eat. I put everything in and get to the bottom of the list to see that potato flakes are needed. "Sweet, I know I've see those here." After 5 minutes of scouring 4 cabinets, I am coming up empty and getting aggravated.
Chelsea always tells me, if it would have been a snake it would have bitten you. Wives, I am sure you never deal with anything like this from your husbands. (Side note: In desperation the husband always calls!)
After calling Chelsea to ask where it was, she immediately puts my hand on it.
While we're chit-chatting and I'm telling her that I am going to give half of the starter to Deborah, she asks what I'm talking about. Then I go through the explanation of finding the other jar in the back of the fridge. "What other jar....I gave her the starter last week." Then I comment, "yeah, there was this other jar in the back corner of the fridge." "Does it have a green lid on it," she asks. "Yup it sure does." Long pause....and then she busts-out laughing! "That was a month old cinnamon-roll icing", she said.
Just to let you know...1 month old icing and bread starter look exactly the same! Both are off-white, super thick, and it doesn't help that my nose has been semi-stopped up. Let me tell you, that is the first cinnamon roll icing starter that you'll ever find....the first of its kind. Never to be seen or heard from again!
Tune back! Tomorrow I am putting the pet through a little exercise routine.
You make me laugh Trey Salter... And if I remember correctly, that was like number two on the list of prerequisites Chelsea had for a husband. A man that would make her laugh. You're a keeper.
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soooo funny ! Mommaw Peggy
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