But if it is any consolation, my husband reacts the same way to my small clutter pile victories; it’s never enough and just seems to fuel the fire in him to clear everything in short order. Good luck … I suspect you’ll be busy for a while and we may not hear much from you.

Cheers,
Anna

Hi Anna–

I didn’t realize that she had outed me until just now.  I guess that’s what I get for letting my new little camera fall into the wrong hands.

I can live with all the clutter just fine and so can she as long as it doesn’t encroach into her space.  She considers the kitchen table as being her space, so I’ve got to keep it clean, but the rest of it, I can keep how I like.

Cheers–

MRE 

Drawer creep?  With me it’s more like room creep or floor creep. 

Cheers–

MRE 

Glad you enjoyed it.

Great job on the cleanup, even though it required a gentle nudge from your spouse. In case you may not have seen this list of 9 things women say to their husbands that we all need to look out for, you might get a chuckle since it seems relevant to your recent efforts to clean up your act, as it were (see esp. item #9):

9 words women use..

1.) Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.

2.) Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes, if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.

3.) Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.

4.) Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don’t Do It!

5.) Loud Sigh: This is actually not a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to #3 for the meaning of nothing.)

6.) That’s Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a woman can make to a man. That’s okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

7.) Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you’re welcome.

8.) Whatever: Is a women’s way of saying %#$* YOU!

9) Don’t worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking “What’s wrong?”. For the woman’s response refer to #3.

Best regards,
W

Hmmm…  I’ve heard many of these words and phrases, but didn’t understand the meaning.  Thanks for the translation.

Cheers–

MRE 

HaHa… we need a backhoe and dumpster as well. And we’ve only been married 14 years!

MD, I enjoy your blog and hope you will post more.

BTW, I loaned out all your PP/PPL/LCCF and all LC recipe books to a gal recently diagnosed with MS. Seems her Doc put her on Atkins and she’s having trouble following it. She has two young kids being bombarded with sugar, so the fact that she is having trouble does not surprise me.

What I can’t remember is the name of the gentleman who hybridized/cultivated (so many) fruits & veggies to be sweeter. I think you mentioned his name in the original PP or PPLP… but I don’t have the copies right now. This topic comes up frequently in casual conversation. Do you remember his name?

I apologize for asking for a response… but I know you can’t help it anyway!

Thank you,
Karen

Hi Karen–

I think you’re thinking of Luther Burbank.

Cheers–

MRE

P.S. I’ll try to get MD off the stage and in front of the computer a little more often. 

Hi Maureen–

I just figured this very thing out earlier today.

Thanks for the tip, though.

Cheers–

MRE 

Here’s some tips to try when (or if) you have some time. If you are using Safari as your web browser you can designate a folder to corral all of your downloads to one place. Do this by clicking on Safari->Preferences->General. For the drop down menu that reads “Save Downloaded files to:” select “Other” and then choose the Desktop icon in the left-hand pane. Now click the “New Folder” button at the bottom of the dialog box and name it Downloads or whatever you’d like. Now all of the downloaded files will be in one place for trashing later.

If you are frequently looking at graphics files (or pdfs), the program Preview may be a more convenient application. It’s closer in function to the Windows Picture viewer program than iPhoto and works better than Acrobat. You can make any file open with your program of choice (e.g. force all jpegs to open with Preview) by finding any .jpg file and clikcing once on its icon to highlight it. The from the menu choose File->Get Info. Click the flippy triangle next to the text that says “Open with:” From the drop down menu choose the application you’d like to launch when OS X encounters this type of file (for jpegs and pdfs choose Preview). Click the “Change All..” button to apply this setting for all files of this type. You can perform this function for files of all different types (pdf, tiff, .doc, etc.)

Hope this helps!! If you have any more Mac questions let me konw. It’s the least I can give back to all that you have given me in terms of nutritional information and support.

Best regards,

Ned

Thanks, Ned.

I use Firefox, not Safari, so the Safari stuff won’t work for me.  I will try to fool around with Preview and see how it works.

I appreciate the support.

Cheers–

MRE 

Hi Virginia–

You’re probably just not as harsh a taskmaster as MD is.  I should hire her out.  Are you interested?

Cheers–

MRE