Is this pitiful or what?

03-28-2005, 12:42 PM

Kevin wants soup for lunch, and I've set the timer on the stove so I won't get caught up on the computer and forget I've got water boiling!

03-28-2005, 12:48 PM

That's normal. . . isn't it?

Mothering by Heart · 03-28-2005, 12:56 PM

You don't even want to know how many times I have boiled my teapot dry

snlmama · 03-28-2005, 01:24 PM

What's wrong w/ that. I've gotten busy w/ something and boiled eggs for so long that all the water boiled out and they burnt and stuck to the pan.

I set the timer for everything now!

OnlyBelieve · 03-28-2005, 01:34 PM

Oh, that is normal. I have forgotten about things while I am here reading all the time. You are wise to be using a timer!!

03-28-2005, 01:41 PM

Well, since I jumped on the FlyLady bandwagon last month, I've been using the timer for lots of things, but never this. I guess the thing that "bothers" me about it is, I don't remember my mother ever having to do anything like that -- she'd probably jump all over me for being "lazy" and not just standing in the kitchen waiting for the water to boil.

But I can say, while I did scorch the bottom of a pot of chicken and rice one time, at least I've never forgotten anything with grease in it and had to call the fire department because the kitchen was on fire!

And she didn't even have the Internet to blame it on back then (it just messed up a couple of cabinet doors -- the worst damage was when the firemen turned the A/C on and blew smoke through the house so that they had to repaint all the ceilings).

Glad I'm not the only one who uses a timer this way...although I guess it would have been pretty cool if I found I'd come up with a novel idea on my own...I could have patented it!

03-28-2005, 12:42 PM	#1
Piper2 Guest Posts: n/a	Is this pitiful or what? Kevin wants soup for lunch, and I've set the timer on the stove so I won't get caught up on the computer and forget I've got water boiling!

03-28-2005, 12:48 PM	#2
lumpofclay Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Is this pitiful or what? That's normal. . . isn't it?

03-28-2005, 12:56 PM	#3
Mothering by Heart Deactivated Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,303	Re: Is this pitiful or what? You don't even want to know how many times I have boiled my teapot dry

03-28-2005, 01:24 PM	#4
snlmama Deactivated Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,610	Re: Is this pitiful or what? What's wrong w/ that. I've gotten busy w/ something and boiled eggs for so long that all the water boiled out and they burnt and stuck to the pan. I set the timer for everything now!

03-28-2005, 01:34 PM	#5
OnlyBelieve Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Southwest Illinois Posts: 7,301	Re: Is this pitiful or what? Oh, that is normal. I have forgotten about things while I am here reading all the time. You are wise to be using a timer!! __________________ ~Sue~ Daughter of the Most High Wife to dh, JD (1994) Mother to ds, JJ (July 2001), dd, AJ (July 2004), dd, F (March 2014) and three (m/c) I hope to hold in Heaven (1997 - 10 weeks, 1998 - 13 weeks, 2002 - 11 weeks)

03-28-2005, 01:41 PM	#6
Piper2 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Is this pitiful or what? Well, since I jumped on the FlyLady bandwagon last month, I've been using the timer for lots of things, but never this. I guess the thing that "bothers" me about it is, I don't remember my mother ever having to do anything like that -- she'd probably jump all over me for being "lazy" and not just standing in the kitchen waiting for the water to boil. But I can say, while I did scorch the bottom of a pot of chicken and rice one time, at least I've never forgotten anything with grease in it and had to call the fire department because the kitchen was on fire! And she didn't even have the Internet to blame it on back then (it just messed up a couple of cabinet doors -- the worst damage was when the firemen turned the A/C on and blew smoke through the house so that they had to repaint all the ceilings). Glad I'm not the only one who uses a timer this way...although I guess it would have been pretty cool if I found I'd come up with a novel idea on my own...I could have patented it!

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