Know and Tell Friday: Kayren's OCD Edition

Heather and I decided when we first started this particular blog that we wanted to use it to celebrate friendship. It's been fun building on our own friendship through this little endeavor, and through it we've found more friendships to rejoice in. One of the newest blogging friends we've made is Kayren from Everything's Coming Up Daisies. Kayren is funny, insightful and a dedicated homeschool mom who has managed to work her way into our hearts with her wit and understanding. Usually the Nancy Drew trying to figure out the weekly Know and Tell Friday questions before they're posted, this week a wild hair prompted Kayren to offer some questions of her own. Considering the past week's burdens for Heather and Reese, we both jumped at the chance to kick back and let someone else take the wheel this time around. Not only that, but the questions are downright hilarious! So, enjoy this special offering of questions from Kayren.


1. Do you put the toilet paper on coming over the top or underneath, or does it matter? If someone puts it on wrong do you have to fix it?

2. Do you wear shoes in the house?

3. If something falls out of the dryer when you’re folding clothes or putting it in the laundry basket, do you have to rewash it or do you just continue on like nothing happened?

4. Which side of the bed do you sleep on? What about in a hotel?

5. Do you do everything in the shower in the same order every time?

6. How many times a day do you think you wash your hands?

7. What is the first thing you do when you get up in the morning? Does it ever vary?

Heather's answers:

1. Do you put the toilet paper on coming over the top or underneath, or does it matter? If someone puts it on wrong do you have to fix it? Before I met my husband I would have said "who cares!" But since we've been together he's always been adamant that it goes with the paper coming over the top, and yes, I will now fix it if I see it wrong.

2. Do you wear shoes in the house? No way! I never wear shoes. I even go barefoot at work, how is that for professional? If my feet get dirty though, I have to put on socks or it bugs my teeth - weird huh?

3. If something falls out of the dryer when you’re folding clothes or putting it in the laundry basket, do you have to rewash it or do you just continue on like nothing happened? Nope, I look the other way and pretend it never fell. I hate to do laundry!

4. Which side of the bed do you sleep on? What about in a hotel? Since Dan works nights I take up the whole bed, or just sleep on his side. If he is home I sleep on the left side. In a hotel I sleep on the left, only because Dan demands it. He's very rigid in his routines so things stay the same whether at home or away.

5. Do you do everything in the shower in the same order every time? Yes, I wash my hair, put the conditioner in. While the conditioner is setting in I was all over and shave my armpits and legs, then wash the conditioner out. After that I put the water as hot as I can stand it and just stand there. Sometimes I just stand there for 10 minutes. It's my quiet time. I love it in my shower!

6. How many times a day do you think you wash your hands? This is obviously going to gross Reese out, and probably Kayren too, but I am not a big hand washer. I do after using the bathroom and that's about it.

7. What is the first thing you do when you get up in the morning? Does it ever vary? I push snooze over and over and then go brush my teeth, and no it never varies.

Reese's answers:

1. Do you put the toilet paper on coming over the top or underneath, or does it matter? If someone puts it on wrong do you have to fix it? Over the top!!! It's the RIGHT way! LOL! I feel very strongly about this. If it's backwards at any bathroom I visit, I fix it. I used to wonder if it actually was backwards when it came from underneath, but then a wise guest on Oprah pointed out that printed toilet paper is printed in top and it doesn't show properly when it comes from underneath. That was it for me, because that's wisdom there. You've got to recognize truth when you come across it, and I took this little gem and ran with it!

2. Do you wear shoes in the house? Nope. I don't wear shoes ever, unless I have to. I even take them off very often when I'm driving. (Heather, I used to take my shoes off at work too, all the time.)

3. If something falls out of the dryer when you’re folding clothes or putting it in the laundry basket, do you have to rewash it or do you just continue on like nothing happened? No way, Jose! When I'm hanging laundry up on the clothesline outside (or taking it down) and it falls on the ground I just shake it out and keep on going. It's not like I have to eat it or anything!

4. Which side of the bed do you sleep on? What about in a hotel? Currently, I sleep on the left side. I usually choose the side farthest from the door, so that miscellaneous junk doesn't find it's way onto my nightstand. In hotels, I choose the side of the bed nearest the clock so I can wake up to the alarm.

5. Do you do everything in the shower in the same order every time? Yes, every time. Shampoo/condition hair, wash face, then body. I shave my armpits while my conditioner sits and if I'm going to shave my legs I'll do it at the end of everything else. It all makes sense to me that way. See, I've had acne for most of my life, so I feel like I need to do my hair first so that my facial cleaner washes off any bits of shampoo/conditioner that may have touched my face. Clearly, shaving makes sense when I don't have anything else to do but wait for the conditioner to do it's thing. Washing my bod last washes away any traces of other cleaners that weren't meant for the body. Shaving my legs is last priority unless it's a date night or something.... (TMI, right?!)

6. How many times a day do you think you wash your hands? Lots. Every time I use the restroom, every time I take a Little Boy to the restroom, every time I use creams or makeup on my face (applied with my fingertips), after I touch sticky foods or dead animals (chicken, sausage, ground beef, etc. I'm a wanna-be vegetarian so these things gross me out!), after I touch live animals, whenever I take the garbage out, when I get back home from being out in public, after I blow a Little Boy's nose, after I shake hands with someone who seems sick, many times when I'm babysitting... It's really amazing that I still have skin on my hands. (I'm feeling a bit like Monk as I re-read this!)

7. What is the first thing you do when you get up in the morning? Does it ever vary? Brush my teeth, usually.

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