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August 13, 2006
Spring cleaning??? Who has time?!?
You will... if you get yourself locked in the bathroom. I was just reading a magazine today about how to clean out your drawers and the medicine cabinet in your bathroom. And I thought to myself, "Who has that kind of time?" 10 minutes later- I found I had the time.
We just recently replaced the door on our first floor bathroom. However, we couldn't get the handle on, so we have needed to buy a new one. The lock, mind you, has been on the door. Somehow, when I was trying to close the door (but not latch it) - it closed all the way and I found myself trapped in our little red bathroom. My husband had just left to go to Walmart and I was alone. I tried rigging up an escape with an old cell phone charger that I found in the drawer (I watched a lot of McGyver as a kid), but I could not get it open. Here is a list of the things that I accomplished in those 25 minutes.
-Cleaned the toilet (luckly I keep the cleaning supplies under the bathroom cabinet!)
-Washed the sink
-Cleaned the mirror
-Cleaned out and washed the inside of the cabinet drawers
-Dusted the outside of the cabinet
-Filled the soap dispensers with soap
-Prayed... and with nothing left to do, I took it as a sign from God that I needed to catch up on some prayers.
Anyway, God was so gracious to me in this situation. One, that my husband came home from Walmart right away and he wasn't at work. Two, that my daughter was taking a nap and that she is not mobile. Things could have been a lot wose. I have no idea if God really wanted me to clean out those cabinets or not. Or maybe to grow in patience & prayer. Either way, I trust that he had lessons for me and that his goodness prevailed.
Lesson learned: Don't have a door with a lock that doesn't have a way out. We are headed to Lowes in about 15 minutes for a new door knob! :)
Posted by Leah at August 13, 2006 01:38 PM
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Wow Leah! Actually just last week, I was upstairs and Jake was napping. I went downstairs and tried to open the door and could not turn the handle! This door has been driving me crazy because the knob sticks, but it has never actually been to the point where I can't turn it. I used all of my might for a good five minutes, but finally had to call Tianna to come rescue me. I really didn't even need to go downstairs anytime soon, but just the feeling of being trapped was a little overwhelming. This is why there is now duct tape of the latch of the door in case anyone was wondering!
Posted by: Wendy at August 13, 2006 02:45 PM
Haha, it reminds me of when I was babysitting Zeke & Max and managed to get Zeke and myself locked into his bedroom with Max napping out in the living room in his car seat. Except that Max woke up and started freaking out when he couldn't find anyone. I believe Dan & Wendy came to the rescue that time...PTL I had my phone in my pocket. OH, and that happened to be the only time the whole weekend that Dana called to check up on things. Geez! :)
Posted by: Lindsy at August 13, 2006 09:29 PM
ps. we have a door knob now! praise the Lord!
Posted by: leah at August 13, 2006 10:10 PM
I think this is possibly Isabel's revenge...You are always saying you put her down for her "being alone to work on being content" time....so maybe she locked you in the bathroom to help you work on being content :)
I would think being locked in a bathroom that needs cleaning is like a dream come true for you. I remember when we worked together and I would ask you what you were doing that night and you would excitedly state "I get to clean my bathroom tonight", as if it was a treat or something...See how much God loves you!
Posted by: Terri at August 13, 2006 10:38 PM