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[Annabellethecat66]

I didn't know where to post this!  First of all something like this isn't unusual for me.  I'm sooooo frustrated (at myself).

I should start a post titled MESS...Annabelle...Vents.

Anyway, feel free to offer suggestions on cleaning it up!

OK, so I never cook anymore.  It's just me and the cats and I usually eat out.  However, I finally got around to ordering my beloved Spatini Spaghetti Sauce from the intenet and was excited to make my special (?) sauce.

Let me set the stage......I'm in the kitchen (the stove is covered with junk) cleaned it off...pots and pans out.  I'm a cookin' up a storm, water boiling, sauce made...yelling at Bill the cat for walking between my legs (in the kitchen)....

I finally put the noodles on the plate along with the sauce (really piled it on),  could taste it before I tasted it.....YUM!......

I walked into the TV room, plate in hand, water in hand...(don't get ahead of me here)......

I'd had the heater on and it was hot as you know what in there.....(keep reading....).....

I bent down to turn off the heater and......OK, now you can get ahead of me.....

EVERY FREAKING NOODLE (sauce and all) SLID DOWN THE PLATE and on the light beige rug!!!

I try to find the sunny side of this..... OK, at least it didn't land on the radiant hot heater...right?

So, I just finished the spaghetti (good-bye spaghetti for tomorrow).......

I have really bad knees so this isn't going to be fun...but as goes life....

I looked over at Billy the cat and his expression said, "Don't blame me this time".....

I said, "I can't blame you Bill.  I did it  I own it!"  He threw his tail up in the air and I swear I think he was thinking...."Now You've done it".....

When my girls were growing up and we'd go into an antique store they'd turn to me and say, "Be careful mom".  Ha!

Phew!  I've vented and I feel better.  I'm waiting for the spaghetti to settle in my stomach and thank goodness for the QVC (or was it HSN?)  Spot Bot still in the box.......

I hope I didn't bore you guys, but I had to tell someone.....

[goldensrbest]

Time for rug cleaning!!

[MaggieMack]

Oh, @Annabellethecat66, you are so easy to love! Sorry about your mishap, but it did give me a good belly laugh! You're lucky you have a cat, my puppy would have snarfed the pile on the floor up in no time! 

[lolakimono]

[chickenbutt]

Hey Annabelle!     I've done this sort of thing before.  Makes me feel like an idiot. Clearly, I'm hard on myself.  I think you are hard on yourself, too.  

While I was reading this I was thinking - you might really enjoy having a Facebook page.  

[Preds]

Hahahaha ... I'm sorry @Annabellethecat66, but I've done the same dang thing and I still blamed it on my dog.  He didn't like it and knew I was fibbing.  LOL  I just cleaned up what was left ... after he ate most of it ... and continued on my merry way.   Dog was happy because he got extra food.  Me?  Not so much! 

[SusieQ_2]

I agree with Maggie, you are easy to love Annabelle. 

I hope you manage to get the sauce stain out, but I know how light colored carpet can be. Too bad it wasn't Alfredo! 

It's good you were looking to find the bright side. I'm glad you didn't trip and fall. It could have been so much worse. Easy for me to say with no carpet to clean! Anyway, I'm glad you and Billy are okay. 

[Sooner]

To quote one of my favorite ladies:  The DEVIL made me do it!

Remember Geraldine?  Thanks for the story!  I needed a laugh today.   I can just see that smug face cats have.  They look at you like "Really?  You have opposible thumbs and that's the best you can do?"  

How about a nice new throw rug?  

[Kachina624]

@MaggieMack is right, it pays to have a dog rather than picky cats.  Whenever I make a mess like that, even in the car, I just select the "pet of the day" and let her clean it up.  The problem I see in your case is that the dye they use in spaghetti sauce is forever.  I got some on a plastic table cloth once and although I washed it many times, that stain didn't budge.

[missy1]

Dont feel bad, I just dropped a 2 liter bottle of soda at the store. Embarassed.