Germ-a-phobe? Maybe.

This is going to be one of those random blogs that only happened because of random thoughts I was having. It is about a few of my pet peeves.

Things that get left out on the counter to collect germs...only to end up in our mouths. I do not understand how people can leave their kitchen utensils out on the counter and then use them to eat with. If you have ever watched The Big Bang Theory you can see what I'm talking about. Sheldon (main character) is afraid of germs and getting sick and yet he eats off of the forks that sit in a container on the kitchen counter. Doesn't he realize that people could cough or sneeze or something all over them and he wouldn't even know it?! Drives me nuts. Same goes for things like spoons and spatulas, even though I grew up with them being out on a counter. Guess I was just so used to it I didn't realize. But now that I have a house of my own, I prefer my eating utensils in the drawer.

Toothbrushes in toothbrush holders or cups on the counter. Really? I mean the kitchen is bad enough but then lets put something we use to clean our mouths out on the counter for people to cough, sneeze, accidentally touch, splash water on, get hair on, etc. Not to mention all the other unmentionables that happen in the bathroom. So where can you find my toothbrush? In the mirror cabinet, on it's own special shelf, with a plastic travel case to cover the top. Germ-a-phobe? Maybe.

Speaking of the bathroom....I am not a fan of extra toilet paper holders, toilet brush holders, or plunger holders, that sit on the floor behind the toilet. Convenient? Yeah. But then they collect all the stuff that happens to land behind the toilet - (need I explain what that might be?) It really just gives you one more nasty surface to wash off when cleaning the bathroom and I like my toilet paper to be somewhat clean before I use it, not all dusty on the side. Not to mention the most important fact: children touch everything and want to play with everything. Whether it is your own or someone that comes to visit, they will find it.

So those are my top 3. Sorry any of these apply to you. I don't mean to offend and have no one in mind while writing this. Just getting out a few of my thoughts. I guess they came about because Jake and I went shopping this week and he joked about getting a thing for utensils, just because he knows how much it bothers me. Then, later, we were looking for a toilet brush and I saw the kind you leave out and we had a discussion about how I refuse to have them.