Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Take on me...

Have you ever been in a situation where someone did something that was so perfect and so smart that you can't believe you didn't think of it yourself? That happens to me quite frequently.

Case in point, my sister and her to-go salads. She came to visit a few months ago and she was with me for a Target run. We ended up going to Super Target (maybe to pick up some portraits we had done?) and we got two salads from the deli. After we got home and got lunch ready for the kids, we were ready to dig into our salads. And my sister did the most amazing thing: she poured the dressing on her salad, closed the lid of the container and then SHOOK her salad! She got that thing nicely tossed in the dressing. I mean, how awesome is that? Of course, every to-go salad I've gotten since then gets the same shake-shake treatment.

And I would have to mention the smart idea my dad had after I mentioned to him that I really didn't like liquid laundry soap because the lid that you used to measure and dispense the liquid was always mucky and I didn't like (or was too lazy) to rinse it out in the kitchen sink. "Well, why don't you just throw it in the washing machine?" Sometimes his matter-of-factness is freaky...

Have an a-ha moment you'd like to share?

5 comments:

Becky said...

DUDE. i do both of those things. if you had asked, i would have told you years ago. YEARS AGO!

i have no other nuggets to offer. but i'll totaly keep my eyes open.

snarflemarfle said...

Thanks Becky!

Kristin, Rod, and Victoria said...

About the salad thing... I've done that ever since McDonald's introduced their Salad Shakers a few years back. They were short lived, but the idea was great! It's nuggets like that - one person takes for granted it's common knowledge, and others of us are like, "Why didn't you tell me about that long ago?!?"

About the laundry detergent... funny. I used to do that with the Tide lids that were designed for that - but never carried it over to all other laundry caps! Duh me!

Aunt Doc said...

Glad to know I can be of help every now and then :) And I agree - Dad's matter-of-factness is totally freaky!

snarflemarfle said...

Kristin, I guess I did share one of my "nuggets" the other day. For the longest time, I've loved to put hot chocolate mix in my coffee. I'm still trying to convert people!