I'm IQ-challenged
Remember I posted a layout the other day, and part of the journaling said "I'm not domestically challenged" ? That is very true... but I'm beginning to think that I'm IQ-challenged, and my husband is my saviour.
Incident 1 - I got a sewing machine as a Mother's Day gift in 2003. My husband bought it for me cos I asked for it, but I really was hormonally unbalanced then (after the birth of my daughter and pregnant with 2nd one), and I don't know why I asked for it cos I don't sew! I'd much prefer to buy ready-made curtains, clothes from stores, etc. Anyway, I now use it very often - for scrapbooking, of course. Months ago, I tried sewing the zigzags and for some reason, it kept doing the zigzags at the bottom, and straight stitches on top! I struggled for a long time and all he said was, " Sew it right side down!"... grrr... does he have to be this clever?
Incident 2 - I have been suffering from blunt blades on my Excel cutting knife for days!!!! I tried soooo many ways to unscrew the thing to get the blade changed. Even nudged Ruey on MSN for help. I grumbled to him that this is a stupid knife if they made the blade changing so hard! And I said he will be saving my life if he can manage that (thinking he wouldn't have a clue how to loosen the blade). He unscrewed it, and gave it an extra twist and push .... voila!
Incident 3 - I bought one of those Rob & Bob Studio metal clip dispensers. It came with 3 pictorial "instructions" that explained nothing about how it worked. I am ashamed to tell you all, that I've been a secretary/admin for eons and I've never used one of these things. I was just trying my luck to see if my husband would know how to use one, thinking he CAN'T be admin savvy. He was.
Incident 4 - This one is not SB related, doesn't show how clever he is... just how out of it I was. I have this bad habit of letting my hot cuppa tea turn cold, then zapping it in the microwave to warm it up to drink it. I did the same last night. Now, my microwave is nested in the cabinets just above my oven. Both of these appliances have digital clocks on them. I glanced at the clock and it read 2359... and I didn't think much about it. I put my mug in the microwave, zapped it for 45 secs, it beeped, I removed it. All of a sudden both my oven clocks turned to 00:00. Straight away, I thought... power surge! I asked him if he notice the power surge, and he said no. Darn it, need to reset the clock. And while I was adjusting the clock on the microwave, I looked at the oven clock, and it went from 00:00 to 00:01. It was like a light bulb moment -- OF COURSE IT WAS 00:00!! THE FUCKING CLOCK TICKED! WHAT ELSE IS IT BECOMING AFTER 23:59???!!!!! CINDERELLA?!?!?!
He pissed his pants laughing at me.... and I'm sure you are pissing your pants by now.
Incident 1 - I got a sewing machine as a Mother's Day gift in 2003. My husband bought it for me cos I asked for it, but I really was hormonally unbalanced then (after the birth of my daughter and pregnant with 2nd one), and I don't know why I asked for it cos I don't sew! I'd much prefer to buy ready-made curtains, clothes from stores, etc. Anyway, I now use it very often - for scrapbooking, of course. Months ago, I tried sewing the zigzags and for some reason, it kept doing the zigzags at the bottom, and straight stitches on top! I struggled for a long time and all he said was, " Sew it right side down!"... grrr... does he have to be this clever?
Incident 2 - I have been suffering from blunt blades on my Excel cutting knife for days!!!! I tried soooo many ways to unscrew the thing to get the blade changed. Even nudged Ruey on MSN for help. I grumbled to him that this is a stupid knife if they made the blade changing so hard! And I said he will be saving my life if he can manage that (thinking he wouldn't have a clue how to loosen the blade). He unscrewed it, and gave it an extra twist and push .... voila!
Incident 3 - I bought one of those Rob & Bob Studio metal clip dispensers. It came with 3 pictorial "instructions" that explained nothing about how it worked. I am ashamed to tell you all, that I've been a secretary/admin for eons and I've never used one of these things. I was just trying my luck to see if my husband would know how to use one, thinking he CAN'T be admin savvy. He was.
Incident 4 - This one is not SB related, doesn't show how clever he is... just how out of it I was. I have this bad habit of letting my hot cuppa tea turn cold, then zapping it in the microwave to warm it up to drink it. I did the same last night. Now, my microwave is nested in the cabinets just above my oven. Both of these appliances have digital clocks on them. I glanced at the clock and it read 2359... and I didn't think much about it. I put my mug in the microwave, zapped it for 45 secs, it beeped, I removed it. All of a sudden both my oven clocks turned to 00:00. Straight away, I thought... power surge! I asked him if he notice the power surge, and he said no. Darn it, need to reset the clock. And while I was adjusting the clock on the microwave, I looked at the oven clock, and it went from 00:00 to 00:01. It was like a light bulb moment -- OF COURSE IT WAS 00:00!! THE FUCKING CLOCK TICKED! WHAT ELSE IS IT BECOMING AFTER 23:59???!!!!! CINDERELLA?!?!?!
He pissed his pants laughing at me.... and I'm sure you are pissing your pants by now.
posted by mich at
16:38
4 Comments:
kekekek im sorry but the last one really ticked me off :P but i dont think these got anything to do with IQ. Really. Everyone has stuff that they are good at and stuff ther they are not :) You have traded all these with your expertise in SB ;)
bwahahahaha.....sooo hilarious.....the cinderella comment nearly made me splutter coffee all over keyboard and monitor...now that would be tragic!!!
OH YOU are very very funny! Totally challenged! Still think you are a brilliant darling, ok!
Magnifying your traits, you are so spontaneous, so funny and soooo good in SB!
ROFL... No peeing right now, but laughing loud enough to make my husband and daugter give me weird looks.
Michelle
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