Mrs. HB is too busy drinking Diet Cokes and getting ready for her mom to visit {for 2 whole weeks!} so she won’t be chiming in this week. And to be totally honest, I’m not sure she will have the time to write a post next week either. So instead, I thought I’d tell you about a few of the conversations we had this week.
While at the Home Depot shopping for spray paint and wood screws together:
Mavis: At what income level do you say “You know, I think spending $328 on an 8 ft plastic dinosaur is a good idea?”
Mrs. HB: “A twelve year old. A 12 year old would think spending $328 on an 8 ft plastic dinosaur would be a good idea.”
Seriously! Who is paying $328 for a plastic dinosaur? I need to know.
Also, this picture, was caught mid yawn. Which is something I seem to do a lot of apparently. Mrs. HB, the HH and The Girl have all told me the noise I make when I yawn is ridiculous. But I can’t help it. Or keep it in. It feels good to have a nice yawn, doesn’t it? Who’s with me on this one?
Patio lights. I mentioned to Mrs. HB a few weeks ago that I thought her patio would look spectacular with patio lights. Maybe it’s because I have patio light envy and totally want to install some but my back porch isn’t really all that patio light friendly. Anywho, she bought a 2 packs of lights and we strung them up while her husband was at work.
Because you know, husbands.
That Mrs. HB, she’s been busy! She also stained her chicken coop and has been planting flowers like mad.
I don’t think I’ve ever come across multicolored coneflowers in the store before. Have you?
And now this is where I am going to ask for YOUR HELP. Mrs. HB and I don’t see eye to eye on a lot of things. Which I think is why after 13 years, we still like each other. I guess we find each other entertaining and honestly, the conversation is never dull. The big things, we mostly agree on, but the little things? Whoa Nellie!
Mavis: “What is the deal with you and not cutting the spinach leaves? Nobody wants to try and wrangle 4″ spinach leaves into their mouth. It’s awkward”
Mrs. HB “I don’t mind.”
Mavis: “Do you eat in front of people?”
Mrs. HB “Oh my word.”
So this is where I need your help. If you were making a salad that called for 4 cups of packed spinach leaves, would you chop the spinach leaves before adding them in to the salad first? Or just throw them in? Let me remind you, these are not baby spinach leaves, but the full sized spinach leaves they sell in bags in the produce section.
Do you chop the leaves first because you like things a particular way {clearly you like structure}? Or throw all the leaves into the salad with wild abandon {because you have other priorities than chopping leaves}?
Nice doggy. Nice dog. Okay, are you ready for the next question?
When you ask to use the restroom in someones home, do you prefer to walk into the bathroom and find the toilet seat up, or down? Does this even bother you? Would this even register in your mind? And we are not talking about this as a one time thing, but more of a lifestyle choice. So which is it? Up or down?
Mrs. HB told me I could totally post this on the blog {Because really, we’ve been friends for 13 years and these are the type of conversations we have, so you must be having them with your friends and want answers too}.
Mrs. HB: Oh my stars. At least the portion you sit on was down. Sometimes you have to pick your battles and just let some things go. I’ve got enough on my plate with keeping my house clean and organized and presentable without having to worry about a darn toilet seat.
Mavis: Alrighty then.
Then Mrs. HB volunteered to come over and critique my house and all my idiosyncrasies which I thought, hey that’s a great idea, then I’ll know what I might need to change before putting our house up for sale. But then she was like…
Mrs. HB: Oh wait, you don’t HAVE ANYTHING in your house. It’s so sparse you’d have nothing to critique. Ahhh hahahaha!
So which is it? Do you prefer the toilet seat up? Or down? Spinach leaves chopped or thrown in with wild abandon?
We need to know.
~Mavis & Mrs. HB
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