Here's a Tip...Plastic Melts

Hey there! Just wanted to send y'all a tip that I learned tonight. Now, judging from the title, I am sure you're all saying "Yeah, dummy, plastic melts. Everyone knows that." That's not what I want to tell you all. I would like to say that, if you're doing some straightening or cleaning or just sitting at home and maybe have turned on an appliance or two and all of the sudden you smell a very faint burning smell, check the last thing you turned on. Especially if it's the dishwasher.

I smelled a tiny little bit of something burning last night and sniffed around at all the different things I thought it could be. Space heater? No. Washing machine? Nope. Dryer? Uh-uh. Printer? Negatory. Toaster and oven (although neither was on...thought maybe there was a poltergeist situation going on). Nyet.

However, I failed to check the last thing I had turned on: the dishwasher. It wasn't until I went to get a bowl out this evening that I noticed something small and red on the heater coils of my dishwasher...

RIP Red Plastic Measuring Spoons
You served me well these past 3 years.
You will be sorely missed.

However I'm very happy that big spoon and little (ok, well not the littlest spoon but, still, much smaller than big spoon) have finally made that formal commitment to each other and that two have now become one. 

Hey. Do you think I could give this to my cousin as a symbolic piece of art on the sanctity of marriage for her wedding this weekend? Somehow I think she might like it better than the gnome I was planning on...but there's a chance she might want the gnome. 

(ps, hey mom...I'm gonna need some new measuring spoons. I really liked these. Can you find me some more? They match the rest of my kitchen stuff.)

*A memorial service will be held in the spoons' honor this Thursday evening at 8:45 pm. This is the time I believed they left their kitchen-specific useful lives. No flowers, please. Red KitchenAid measuring spoons will be accepted, however. Or donations in the amount of $0.50 or under. They weren't expensive, but they were loyal and loved.