Dec 19 2006
things you do when your mother is coming to town
1) scrub the blackened bottom of cookie sheets.
me: james, commere. my hands are all wet. bring the camera.
james: (takes it all in with a glance)
me: this is the before.
james: i think the after is going to be a failure.

me: yeah, probably. no way this is getting unblackened.
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me: IT’S A CHRISTMAS AN SOS PAD MIRACLE!
-amy does wear dishwashing gloves.? ya wanna make somethin of it, punk?

Wow, all shiny and magical. Want to come visit us? I have a few baking dishes that could use your touch. Supposedly, crumpled up aluminum foil is supposed to work great as a scouring pad for chrome/aluminum objects also.