Comments on: Instructions

By: Nancy Palmer

Nancy Palmer — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:56:58 +0000

Amy, that is just a riot! I know what you mean about the shreiks from a 7 year old ;). My daughter is 14 and it’s so wonderful to have her make a whole meal now and again. Your turn is coming!

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:59:34 +0000

Ever consider sending it in to Reader’s Digest?

I did send in this one , but I never heard back.

Everyone, Thanks for the stories. I enjoyed them. I appreciate your sharing.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:59:35 +0000

My daughter just turned 1 so I haven’t yet experienced this with her (though my husband and I have gone some rounds over this kind of “communication”) and suddenly I have a 3 year old boy living in our home and I’m constantly finding that I have to find clearer and simpler ways to communicate with him! Your post was a humorous reminder of what could happen if I don’t figure out how to give instructions a little more detailed!

By: Tracey

Tracey — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:52:17 +0000

I spoke with Amy on the phone just as she was clearing the air in her kitchen - she WAS laughing!

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:24:54 +0000

For a moment, I thought you were talking about my husband!! Just today I sent him an email with detailed instructions on how to fix baby cereal for the baby.
This is just too funny, but think of it this way, when he is 35, he will know how to bake potatoes and do all sorts of things in the kitchen. And his wife will love him for that!

By: Hannah

Hannah — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:07:59 +0000

‘Tis a good thing that I wasn’t still drinking my tea when I read this - the monitor would have been sprayed with little droplets of beverage! Admittedly, it probably wasn’t humorous when it happened, but reading it as an outsider… ah, that was precious!

Ever consider sending it in to Reader’s Digest?

Have a wonderful day!

By: momanna98

momanna98 — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:45:01 +0000

Sounds like the crazy things that happen in my house! My seven year old smoked us out about a month ago by heating up a pancake in the microwave. I still don’t exactly know what happened.

By: Barb

Barb — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:39:18 +0000

This is hilarious, although I’m sure it wasn’t that funny to clean up.

And, it also made me think of the instructions put on a medicine bottle for adults: Take two ‘by mouth’ daily. Do you think they now consider us children again? My elderly (88) Mother always gets a kick out of those instructions, saying,’where else do they think we’d put the pills?’

By: Kim Brenneman

Kim Brenneman — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:15:02 +0000

Thank you for the good laugh!
At our house we say “This could be an “Amelia Bedelia” story. We don’t write them down though. I should work on that, Kudos to you Amy for doing it! I needed that laugh.

By: Sherri

Sherri — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:14:37 +0000

In light of National Delurking Week, I am here to say hi there! I am delurking to say that I am here, I do read your blog and my life is always a little more entertaining and blessed because of it!

Sherri
aka Scooby at A Place to Grow