cheese dome update

since this post seemed to be such a hit amongst readers, i thought id give a quick update on everyone's favorite wedding gift. turns out that we did receive one. nellie's cousin nikki bought us one. she bought it back in july but wasnt able to make it to the wedding so we didnt get it until sometime in september.

so i was thrilled to receive it of course. i have wanted one for quite sometime and since one hasnt been effectively used since 1962, i was excited to put ours to use. it performed beautifully. it helped mold our cheese faster than if we had just left it out on the counter. i left it out all day and when nellie and i got home from work our house stunk like moldy cheese.

nellie: gross. the house stinks. why did you leave the cheese out?

me: what are you talking about?  i left it in the cheese dome.

nellie: right. but you arent supposed to leave it out.

me: so we put it in the cheese dome in the fridge?

nellie:  well, no.  you leave it out, just not all day.

me:  oh.  right.  just during parties and holidays.  

nellie:  exactly.  

such a useful gift.

one other update really quick on the pancake warmer:

we have church at 8 am. i know, its just absurd. i dont know how families with young children pull it off. wait, yes i do. they dont.  they miss the first half of sacrament meeting. nellie and i barely make it there. usually thats because nellie doesnt want to get dressed in the morning and is kicking and screaming when im trying to put her shoes on. (thats not true. shes great at getting dressed. wouldnt that be terrible if it was true though? marriage nightmare #43.  sandwiched right in between your wife getting emotional and breaking down once a month for no reason and her nitpicking you on bathroom etiquette.)

anyways, because of early church, we usually dont have time for breakfast and when we get home we are hungry, but its only 11 am so we are still in sort of a breakfast food mood. so we have been making waffles almost every sunday after church. we have had them for about 4-5 straight sundays.  its a good little tradition.  but do you know how many times nellie has busted out the pancake warmer? thats right - zero.  granted, i know these are waffles and not pancakes, and the warmer does call for pancakes. but i believe the real reason is because nellie forgot that the thing even exists. why? because no rational human being ever thinks to use a pancake warmer. and you know what? nellie is rational.  shes not #43 from above.  

so in theory these items are a great idea, but in reality, you are just hungry and you plop the extra waffles on a plate and you start eating without thinking of anywhere to store the waffles.  why would you?  a plate gets the job done just fine and anything else would be absurd.  unfortunately, you cant make money off the real world. which is why these registry people are so evil.  in the real world you put your extra waffles on a plate.  but you already suckered her into buying 12 plates for her family of 2, so you cant sell her another plate.  so you create the pancake warmer.  they know women will see something and envision themselves using it and buy it, but then get home and never find a purpose for it or forget they own it.  but in the meantime at least it they will have a happy husband who gets to look at the items every day and wonder what sorts of other 'useful in theory' purchases are in store in for him.