I love having dirt under my fingernails - it reminds that I don't bite my nails anymore!SPT
Clean Hands
Clean Hands
Are you the type of person that can stop reading a blog because of one post? If you are, this could be the last time your ever read my blog. I may be writing something you don't want to know about me.
Ok, so here is goes..................
I am not big into hand washing. It is not that I am against it - I am just lazy. Reading Lelly's public service announcement for this SPT was totally for me and now I am freaked out. I am sure there are those who read it saying, "there are people out there not washing their hands" yes that would be me. I guess it would be like me reading a public service announcement about the need to use toilet paper and me saying, "there are people out there who don't use toilet paper" oohh why am I even going there.
Of course I wash my hands when they physically look dirty or using the bathroom, but I would never walk by a sink and think, It has been a few hours I am going to wash my hands.
So if I have not lost you yet, this could do it. I refuse to fight my kids when they won't wash their hands. In case you don't know I have screamers and kickers. Holding my kid up at a public bathroom sink while they are screaming and kicking me is not worth it. And since I handle all of my two youngest kids bathrooms needs I figure they are not even using their hands and washing mine seem to do.
So, If you want to leave me comments on how this totally grosses you out or that you are no longer reading my blog because you know my grimmey little fingers have typed this post at least leave me a farewell message. But I will say after Lelly's SPT topic I will wash my hands more and may even choose to take a few kicks in the gut at a public bathroom
... also in my defense I do carry a Purel Key chain - does that help?
so I planted my fall window boxes full of cabbage and greenery - perfect day to take a dirty hand photo!
Ok, so here is goes..................
I am not big into hand washing. It is not that I am against it - I am just lazy. Reading Lelly's public service announcement for this SPT was totally for me and now I am freaked out. I am sure there are those who read it saying, "there are people out there not washing their hands" yes that would be me. I guess it would be like me reading a public service announcement about the need to use toilet paper and me saying, "there are people out there who don't use toilet paper" oohh why am I even going there.
Of course I wash my hands when they physically look dirty or using the bathroom, but I would never walk by a sink and think, It has been a few hours I am going to wash my hands.
So if I have not lost you yet, this could do it. I refuse to fight my kids when they won't wash their hands. In case you don't know I have screamers and kickers. Holding my kid up at a public bathroom sink while they are screaming and kicking me is not worth it. And since I handle all of my two youngest kids bathrooms needs I figure they are not even using their hands and washing mine seem to do.
So, If you want to leave me comments on how this totally grosses you out or that you are no longer reading my blog because you know my grimmey little fingers have typed this post at least leave me a farewell message. But I will say after Lelly's SPT topic I will wash my hands more and may even choose to take a few kicks in the gut at a public bathroom
... also in my defense I do carry a Purel Key chain - does that help?
so I planted my fall window boxes full of cabbage and greenery - perfect day to take a dirty hand photo!
37 comments:
i CAN'T STAND having anything under my fingernails... it's one of my biggest pet peeves. maybe that's why i've not cultivated my green thumb.
i didn't read any more of your post, because i was too busy feeling like there was dirt under my fingernails!! so if you said anything that might have ended my visits to *everything pink,* i am blissfully unaware...
:)
You are I were meant to be friends because I agreed with you on everything. I am exactly the same. I wash my hands when I need to...never just because. And now that Dallin, 2, is potty trained, instead of chasing him around a public restroom and then making sure he uses soap and doesn't splash me or then go on to touch something else gross, I just use my Purell. And really I like it that way.
Yeah! Someone who is NOT a germaphobic! I always joke that I'm doing my kids a favor and buil;ding up their immune systems.
Not that washing hands isn't imposrtant...it absolutely is. But my goodness there has to be a balance!
Thanks for your candid honesty. :)
i love your blog kristi
Still reading! I agree!!! We have Germ x in the car and use it when we have to!!
I'm a germaphobe! I wasn't until I had preemie twins 7 years ago and the Dr's talked to me about the germs that were out there everywhere. I'm trying to be less of a fanatic and a few years back when I could tell that my phobia was taking over (I would get anxiety at the thought of using a public pen at the check out) I actually made myself eat a french fry without sanitizing my hands 1st. Can you believe I survived to even talk about it? I'm better than I used to be in my phobia, but I'm still a heavy Purell user.
totally with you on this one. so glad i'm not alone. i would have thought otherwise with all the yummy soap you have at your house. love the nails. so proud that you are have not succumbed to the temptation to bite.
great job for not biting your nails. habits are hard to break.
fun pic with the dirt!
carlo
I just love you Kristi! I don't ever wash my hands just because. Really, ever. And don't take a kick to the gut for a SPT topic- what you are doing seems to work just great!
great fingernails by the way! I have to admit that i am a lot like you. Nothing against the germ-o-phobes, but I think being too purell happy isn't doing anyone any favors.....except maybe your psyche. I was kid number six, and my mom admits that I got the least attention when it comes to that kind of attention. Funny thing I am by FAR the healthiest in my family!!!
If I've been out somewhere like the shops and have been touching lots of handrails and lift buttons etc, then the first thing I do when I get home is wash my hands. Purely because I think the root of the common cold lies therein, and the common cold is EVIIIIIL! Hahaha.
I also love a nice 'lemony freshness' smell on my hands. Mmmmm!
Love your windowbox. Is that 'ornamental cabbage'? Our gardening guru here in the UK, Monty Don, said the other week that slugs and snails hate it if you sprinkle a good wodge of sawdust on the soil - it's too abrasive on their jelly bellies and dries them out. Urgh! Monty's v.into organic, non-chemical gardening and pest control. I don't know if your boxes suffer from slugs and snails, but just in case they have a penchant for cabbage...!
Have you looked at your computer keyboard lately? Do you have a white keyboard? Is it grimy? If it is a black keyboard, take a white rag and spray it with windex and wipe the keys. Eeewww.
sandi,
my keyboard is a muted shade of grey, but I wonder if i have had it so long it used to be white....
We are going to be planting our boxes soon! I love seeing yours all done.
Handwashing is overrated, especially if you're trying to wrangle children to do it.
My motto..."Be wise, Sanitize".
Works just as well!
You know who is a HUGE hand washer?? Erik. Weird huh?? He can't eat at pot lucks, doesn't allow anyone to bring meals to his home, and washes his hands ALL THE TIME. He had some bad experiences on his mission.
I am usually just like you (probably because I hardly ever get sick) but since Miriam goes to the bathroom every 20-40 min. we are both washing our hands at least once an hour. I probably haven't posted about this but Miriam has a very tiny, very weak, very easily confused bladder.
Liked your post. I do keep purel gel on hand, but as I get older I do try and keep the germs away. I think I just feel grimey and need to wash my hands, that and I keep nice smelling soap. I love things that smell nice.
If I passed a sink and it had been awhile since washing my hands, I probably would stop to wash them, but I'm a little crazy about clean hands so oh well.
I can't imagine anyone reading this post and deciding not to read your blog anymore, what in the world?
I love your blog, and I don't think I will ever stop reading it. I think that hands just need washing, more often than that. I am also into like the hand sanitizer. I don't think I am as bad as Melissa. I just don't like the idea, that my hands touch my face and mouth way too much. What else do they touch? As a teacher, I think I would get more germs if I don't wash my hands more often, then just when I visit the bathroom.
I kind of think the same way you do, however, my sister-in-law told me this week that my little 4 yr. old nephew has an extreme case of herpes in his mouth and can't hardly eat and she thinks that he got it from the drinking fountain at Wal-Mart. So now it makes me think twice about where Savannah's hands have been.
Funny post Kristi! We're on the same page, my SPT had a similar feel.
I love it! And I can't believe how long your fingernails are...
Still a fan Kristi! In fact, I like you and your blog even more.
kristi you are funny. I think sadly the same thing...when I am the one helping them down there...but, my son, will say WHY DO I HAVE TO WASH THEM IF I DID NOT TOUCH ANYTHING...SO then I go, well, you are right...but it is the perfect opportunity to make him do it....
LOL, well this post did not scare me again. I will continue to read your amazing, empowering, and uplifting blog!
If I would have thought of it, my SPT would have been like this! Of course after the bathroom, messy cooking and the like. But really I'm like you, I would gross some people out. LOVE this post Kristi, I'm in the same boat as you!
Look how pretty and long and curvy your fingernails are!
Germphobe Queen commenting here. I have the purell keychain too. Hand sanitizer is actually a great replacement and my kids love it (the blue raspberry kind by germex at Wal-mart is fun) Anyway...I may not have a full food storage but by dang I have sanitizer like you have ribbon :D. Also...not that this would entice you but "Wet Ones" have single packet wipes that I carry in my purse and put in the kids lunch boxes. I am not a fanatic about the cleanliness as I am about not having sick kids. It doesn't make me want to stop reading :D Great picture!
I don't like having anything under my fingernails, so i am always washing my hands -- not so much the germ factor as the dirt factor. I never did like finger painting as a kid -- guess that says it all.
You are too funny! I am a major handwasher - but I will still think highly of you and still continue reading! I love the invention of purell - those public bathrooms are scary - so a quick squirt of that miracle liquid is all it takes!
Loving your new planted boxes! Can't believe that Fall is here! Crazy!
I am laughing about this Kristi! I definitely wash my hands, but I wouldn't say I am overly obsessed with hand washing. I guess I wouldn't fight my kids in a public restroom either. I'd just hand them a wet wipe, they like that better anyway!...and you don't have to worry about recontaminating yourself turning the water off, getting the paper towel or touching the door knobs!
you act like everyone else is neat freaky! well you know me, smelly smells.
Glad to find someone like me! I agree I don't wash my hands more than I need too! though I usually use purell after I get in the car or come home from Wal-mart, don't know why but after touching that cart etc.. I just feel like I need to wash my hands!
you're so funny!
sometimes I just feel like I need to wash my hands and it totally makes me feel cleaner! my mom brushes her teeth like 8 times a day and I dont' feel the need to do that, so I guess it just depends on your personality.
and i always wash my hands after getting back from the grocery store - before and after unloading! is that weird?
You cracked me up with this post, Kristi! So funny.
And if there's ever a toilet paper SPT .... I'm done. :)
Got my pink envelope today, by the way -- thank you!
that's one of my 101 things! I LOVE having dirt under my fingernails because I love planting flowers and things outside!!! I also am notan obsessive hand washer. Public bathrooms- yes, thinking about it throughout the day-no. Don't worry, you are so awesome we aren't judging you one bit!
I have fingernails that many ladies PAY to have; long, and the tips are pure white. However, no matter how often I clean them, it seems as if there is always some kind of substance under them the next time I happen to check. I work in my own office, not in the dirt, or such...even when I awake in the morning, there it is! Anyone have any ideas as to why?
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