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POOL TIME
Wby Shaindy Spegal
ell, summer is officially here. think they don’t need to go, unless of the bathroom and the porch are dirty.
I know, because my kitchen course you’re their teacher – then they How do I know that? Simple. There
is flooded. always need to go.) were never any wet socks in the clean
You see, every time the laundry to begin with – they never
kids get into the pool, they Come to think of it, when hanging make it to the laundry. Rather, they’re
suddenly remember some- laundry to dry, it would also make more crumpled up in various nooks and
thing really important that sense not to shlep all the heavy, wet, crannies on the floor in the boys’ room.
they need in the house. “But Mommy, I clean laundry through the house to the
just have to run in to bring my pet snail porch, leaving behind a trail of clean So, you see, the despicable dilem-
to the pool to see if he can swim!” For wet socks. Then the kids come back in mas that arise from having my porch off
some odd reason our porch is built from the pool and drop their dirty wet the kitchen are just not worth it. That’s
right off the kitchen. I’m not sure who socks along the way as well. Now I have it! I’m moving my porch to behind the
thought of that plan. Wouldn’t it make two choices: I can scoop up all the bathroom. On second thought, that
more sense to build it off the bath- socks and put them back in the laun- may be a bit awkward when Sukkos
room? That way, we can run in and out dry, assuming that anything that falls on rolls around. Is it your family’s min-
of the house without dripping all over my floor is dirty enough to deserve hag to carry all the food through the
the kitchen and the hallway just to go going back in the laundry. Or, I can bathroom before serving it? We’ll have
to the bathroom. I thought I told every- scoop them all up and pretend that to pass the plates through a window
one to go to before they went to the they’re all from the clean socks, which instead, I guess, which is a bit tricky,
pool, but for some reason, as soon as will save me some work. Hey! I just considering that we have bars on the
they step into the water they just need thought of a third option! I can pick the windows. I’m collecting recipes for
to drip through the house and go socks up one by one and smell them. sticky food, which won’t fall off as we
again. (There’s some sort of conspiracy Hmm, this one smells like Tide; this one pass the plates vertically between the
that children have when it comes to smells like chlorine from the pool; this bars. We wouldn’t want our stuffed cab-
going to the bathroom. They always one smells like aarrrghhh! Okay, not too bage falling into the pool. After all, the
appealing. Then again, I can assume snails probably don’t like to eat stuffed
that any wet socks on the floor between cabbage while swimming.◆
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Wby Shaindy Spegal
ell, summer is officially here. think they don’t need to go, unless of the bathroom and the porch are dirty.
I know, because my kitchen course you’re their teacher – then they How do I know that? Simple. There
is flooded. always need to go.) were never any wet socks in the clean
You see, every time the laundry to begin with – they never
kids get into the pool, they Come to think of it, when hanging make it to the laundry. Rather, they’re
suddenly remember some- laundry to dry, it would also make more crumpled up in various nooks and
thing really important that sense not to shlep all the heavy, wet, crannies on the floor in the boys’ room.
they need in the house. “But Mommy, I clean laundry through the house to the
just have to run in to bring my pet snail porch, leaving behind a trail of clean So, you see, the despicable dilem-
to the pool to see if he can swim!” For wet socks. Then the kids come back in mas that arise from having my porch off
some odd reason our porch is built from the pool and drop their dirty wet the kitchen are just not worth it. That’s
right off the kitchen. I’m not sure who socks along the way as well. Now I have it! I’m moving my porch to behind the
thought of that plan. Wouldn’t it make two choices: I can scoop up all the bathroom. On second thought, that
more sense to build it off the bath- socks and put them back in the laun- may be a bit awkward when Sukkos
room? That way, we can run in and out dry, assuming that anything that falls on rolls around. Is it your family’s min-
of the house without dripping all over my floor is dirty enough to deserve hag to carry all the food through the
the kitchen and the hallway just to go going back in the laundry. Or, I can bathroom before serving it? We’ll have
to the bathroom. I thought I told every- scoop them all up and pretend that to pass the plates through a window
one to go to before they went to the they’re all from the clean socks, which instead, I guess, which is a bit tricky,
pool, but for some reason, as soon as will save me some work. Hey! I just considering that we have bars on the
they step into the water they just need thought of a third option! I can pick the windows. I’m collecting recipes for
to drip through the house and go socks up one by one and smell them. sticky food, which won’t fall off as we
again. (There’s some sort of conspiracy Hmm, this one smells like Tide; this one pass the plates vertically between the
that children have when it comes to smells like chlorine from the pool; this bars. We wouldn’t want our stuffed cab-
going to the bathroom. They always one smells like aarrrghhh! Okay, not too bage falling into the pool. After all, the
appealing. Then again, I can assume snails probably don’t like to eat stuffed
that any wet socks on the floor between cabbage while swimming.◆
Professional piano teacher ©WWW
available to come to
your home.
Experienced, references,
flexible summer hours.
Call Mrs. Hirshowitz
443-544-7770.
First Lesson Free
120 u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
