No, I don't USUALLY wash soda cans in my dishwasher.

Ok, so I haven't posted anything in almost a month. After my last embarrassing post I've had to ponder a bit about just HOW much should one reveal about themselves on a blog for the "world" to see. Especially when it is stupid stuff. About me.

I will answer the most frequently asked questions I received about the previous post. I received quite a few phone calls about the post.

1. Do you always wash your soft drink cans in the dishwasher and if so, why?

Answer: I am trying to make sure my family doesn't contract the swine flu. You
can never be sure what viruses lurk on the surface of soda cans. Don't
forget that people of my generation were taught that we could catch
"social diseases" (back then they only had syphilis and gonorrhea)from
toilet seats.

Alternate Answer: I neglected to mention in the post that I had spilled most of
a bottle of scented diffuser oil into the carton that contained the
soft drinks. I did wash them in warm soapy water twice and they were
still oily and scented. So as I was loading the dishwasher, I got the
bright idea of running them through to fill up a load.


2. Did it not occur to you that the cans would get extremely hot and possibly
explode in the dishwasher?

Answer: No

Alternate Answer: Yes, I quickly recalled the possiblity of demonstrating Charles
Law (temp. increases, volume expands) in my dishwasher, but
being a former homeschooling Mom (who did teach High School
Science to my now College Freshman daughter-who did, btw get
a B in her freshman Chemistry Class) I looked at this as an
opportunity to demonstrate one of the Laws of Pressure to
Clara as they do not get to do too many experiments in Science
now that she is back in PS.


3. Did you not at one point in your working career as an RN work with highly
pressurized devices?

Answer: Yes, I was a highly trained and qualified nurse who worked for about
five years in a wound care and hyperbaric medicine clinic. I never
once in my career blew up any patients.

Alternate Answer: Yes, but that was A LONG time ago and I really don't think
about Charles' Law much on a daily basis.


4. Are you not the Vice-President of Holmes Health Care, Inc. owned by you and your
wonderful husband Thomas and doesn't this company provide Hyperbaric Medicine
Services utilizing chambers pressurized with oxygen for hundreds of unfortunate
people/patients each month?

Answer: Yes

Alternate Answer: My "unofficial" title is VP of Pleasure and Companionship to
the President. I really don't have to deal with anything that
might jeopardize a patient's care at any time. One time I
did Fed-Ex the payroll to our
employees for Tom before we had our office manager Cathy.
I think it took Tom about two weeks to find it as I put it
in a Fed-Ex Envelope and put the envelope in a UPS Box.
You may be suprised to hear that I haven't had a raise
or Christmas bonus in approximately nine years. I do how-
ever get lots of money in my Clothing, "Blow Money",
Dining-out, Entertainment and Grocery envelopes. (Thanks
Dave Ramsey) I also got a wonderful Macro lens for my
camera and two Photography Workshop Weekend Retreats for
Christmas. And a seven day cruise with my sister for my
50th birthday last month. I guess I won't strike or any-
thing.



Coming soon.....Updates/pictures of the house we are building.

WARNING..........do NOT try this at home

....unless you have NOTHING ELSE to do and want to clean up messes caused by your own stupidity.















Wisdom does NOT always come with age.