The Mike Stories, Pt. 21

So today I learned that Mike's steam cleaning method involves heating water on the stove to boiling, then tossing it around the living room (see below). Eventually he does get around to using our steam cleaner to suck up the water - but I thought it looked like a lot of the mischievous sort of fun to throw water all over the carpet while I was watching him work earlier.

I'm not too fond of the last step, however, which involves trying to dry the resulting wet carpet. not only does it take forever, but Mike goes ahead and brings every fan we own into the living room area and sets them on high. the wind factor in my living room is annoying this time of year, as is the fan noise!

Here's a fun conversation Mike and I had in the kitchen while he was on the water-boiling phase of this carpet cleaning adventure (and I was working on my madder dyeing project - see my other blog for details):

Mike: you shouldn't be in here
Me: but I'm dyeing!
Mike: you're dying?
Me: uh-huh!
Mike: oooooh - that kind of dyeing!

The Mike Stories, Pt. 20

One a couple of weeks ago, I found a roll of toilet paper caught between the blankets when I was trying to go to bed. I made a face and asked Mike about it, which sparked the following conversation:

Mike: you never know when you might need it!
Me: why might i need toilet paper in bed? do you think i'm going to pee the bed?
Mike: you can't be too careful.
Me: so that applies to the possibility that i might pee the bed, but not to fire safety and the possibility that you might burn down the house?
Mike I'm not going to burn down the house!
Me: right.... so that's a good reason not to install the smoke detector, but you still think you need toilet paper in the bed?
Mike: yes!

And then just now, we're getting ready to leave the house to go out to a late lunch, because I've been trapped in the house for 36 hours watching my madder experiment while it sat on the stove. (read my other blog for details). Here's how that conversation went:

Mike: you should go get ready so we can go. I'm hungry.
Me: I'm almost ready, I just need to put my clothes on.
Mike: yeah, that takes a long time. first you have to look at your hair, then you have to check your pores....
Me: check my pores huh?
Mike: yeah, that's why girls get that magnifying mirror isn't it? i've seen Sex and the City, I know what's up!
Me: you are a funny man, Mr. Roshak!

[little does he know that i skipped checking my pores in favor of writing this latest Mike Stories episode for you] ;)