I ran. Fast. Out of breath. Lungs bursting. Legs hitting the earth. I thudded up the path, around the corner, right up the stairs and reached the door. I flung it open and .................
As usual I was too late to save the milk that I had left on the stove from boiling over! Argh that smell of burnt milk after it has reached the stovetop.. it's one of the worst smells ever.. and I can literally smell it in my dreams sometimes!
Why oh why do I refuse to just leave it on sim so that I never have to undergo this again.. oh yes.. because it's just so SLOW!
Other things I have managed to "forget":
- the Geyser switch - we have a solar arrangement that has a built in heater to use on those cloudy days. One hour or so will give you super hot water, but you will be surprized that leaving it on for a day does not supply your needs for the next 24 days :(.
- the Aquaguard - this one is truly amazing. I have the biggest water container ever, and we boil water after it passes through the aquaguard. So I put on the water, it seems to be filling so very slowly, so I leave it to go do other chores and then come back. Next thing I know, I hear the sound of falling water after it has overflown to the slab, onto the floor :(.
- Boiling water - ever lost a vessel as the water in it evaporated and the bottom got absolutely burnt? I have - a couple of times!!!
- The roti on the flame -- especially when it's that last one and I "just" step away from the stove for a second, to come back to burnt roti (can be dosa sometimes too!).
- Stuff in the fridge - put leftover dough into a dabba to use the next day, leftover veggies as they were soo good I just had to have them the next day - it's a wonder if I remember just one out of ten times of storing stuff :(.
This post is part of the Marathon Bloggers series, we were given a lovely beginning by the lovely Jane (who unfairly took herself out of the challenge ;)), and were supposed to finish it in whichever way we pleased. Sorry for the pedestrian ending to your brilliant beginning Jane, but I quickly realized that fiction is so not my thing :) !
As usual I was too late to save the milk that I had left on the stove from boiling over! Argh that smell of burnt milk after it has reached the stovetop.. it's one of the worst smells ever.. and I can literally smell it in my dreams sometimes!
Why oh why do I refuse to just leave it on sim so that I never have to undergo this again.. oh yes.. because it's just so SLOW!
Other things I have managed to "forget":
- the Geyser switch - we have a solar arrangement that has a built in heater to use on those cloudy days. One hour or so will give you super hot water, but you will be surprized that leaving it on for a day does not supply your needs for the next 24 days :(.
- the Aquaguard - this one is truly amazing. I have the biggest water container ever, and we boil water after it passes through the aquaguard. So I put on the water, it seems to be filling so very slowly, so I leave it to go do other chores and then come back. Next thing I know, I hear the sound of falling water after it has overflown to the slab, onto the floor :(.
- Boiling water - ever lost a vessel as the water in it evaporated and the bottom got absolutely burnt? I have - a couple of times!!!
- The roti on the flame -- especially when it's that last one and I "just" step away from the stove for a second, to come back to burnt roti (can be dosa sometimes too!).
- Stuff in the fridge - put leftover dough into a dabba to use the next day, leftover veggies as they were soo good I just had to have them the next day - it's a wonder if I remember just one out of ten times of storing stuff :(.
This post is part of the Marathon Bloggers series, we were given a lovely beginning by the lovely Jane (who unfairly took herself out of the challenge ;)), and were supposed to finish it in whichever way we pleased. Sorry for the pedestrian ending to your brilliant beginning Jane, but I quickly realized that fiction is so not my thing :) !
haha..have done or rather forgotten all of the above at diff points of time. My biggest worry after leave the house is if I've turned off the gas or geyser!!!
ReplyDeleteYeah there was this horrific time, when I sent the hubby back from a dinner we had gone to, as I was convinced I had left the Aquaguard on and the house would be flooded! Thankfully either I was mistaken, or there had been a power cut, and there was no harm done, except to hubby of course :O !
DeleteOh Aparna...you gave me another reason to rant in the blogging marathon. We dont intend to waste but this forgetting has cost me a lot :(
ReplyDeleteYeah I feel hypocritical sometimes trying to hard to reduce waste, be green in other walks of life, and then end up wasting this way :(. It just seems like some of us have to work a bit harder to stay ahead of the game !!
DeleteAh the woes of us!
ReplyDeletedyan kithey hai ji? :)
ReplyDeleteFor the numbering? Yes yes, was too excited when I wrote it to check that first ;).
DeleteI invariably end of doing everything of what you've written :(
ReplyDeleteThe more the merrier na :), it's good to know we are not alone in some of these things!!
DeleteHaha, loved the fact more than the fiction, esp. since i'm guilty of these facts on more than one occasion!
ReplyDeleteSweet of you to say so Jane :)
DeleteOooh that's just so me Aparna. If you watch the milk, it just won't boil over and if you move out for a split second it'll boil over sure as hell!
ReplyDeleteTulika, I'm not exaggerating when I say that I have literally turned the other side to take something out of a cupboard, after watching the milk for what seemed like ages, and it boils just that SECOND!!!
DeleteThis is hilarious Aparna!! I was nodding through most of them :) Am guilty of the Aquaguard, last roti and stuff in the fridge :(
ReplyDeleteOh well I suppose the post has made me feel better in letting me know i have some company at least :).
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