Want a Good Laugh at My Expense?

A few weeks ago our shower head broke inside the wall and I heard 

water pouring down into the basement.

It was one of those incredulous moments because we had 

maintained a dry basement during the incredible storms

and were so happy about that.

But then......

Well, it wasn't a big deal.  Buckets caught the water and it turns out

I had heard it right after it started so damage was minimal.

Warren turned off the water to the shower and so our biggest

inconvenience was borrowing the Grandma's showers.

They are nice like that!

Here's where it gets amusing.

As we stood in the laundry room looking up into the ceiling

Warren told me that if I could get the shelves clear during the day

he would be able to get to the problem and fix it.

I felt that was a fair deal so I got to work removing the 

kids homeschool portfolio's from the shelves in the laundry room.

I sorted through photos, papers and even dishes that were on 

those shelves.

I found some treasures...like this:

I was just pregnant with Jonathan in this photo.

As I did so I wondered why these shelves had to be empty for him 

to work on the shower plumbing.  I decided that apparently that stuff 

was at risk of getting dripped on as he worked.  Or maybe he needed 

to reach up past those shelves to get to the pipe.

Later as we sat enjoying dinner he mentioned that as soon as the two middle

shelves were empty he could get to work.

Two middle shelves?

That didn't compute.

Then it hit me!

He meant the two shelves in the bathroom closet!!

There is an opening to the shower plumbing UP THERE.

Good grief!!

I'm such a goober.

My heart is in the right place.

He got such a laugh about that even as he wondered how

he married someone who could be so very clueless.

I would contend that I didn't start out this clueless....

I've just gotten used to his taking care of these kinds of things

and have lost my common sense about them.

My story.

I'm sticking to it!!

We will celebrate our 27th Wedding Anniversary 

on March 11th.

I've been well taken care of.....and I know it!