Have you ever been really tired and headed for sleep when something unexpected happens and you know it's going to be a while before you get to crawl into that bed?
I was finally sleepy enough for bed late last night and I headed for the kitchen for a drink of water before turning in. My elbow knocked a water glass off of the counter, and it didn't break - it SHATTERED into a million tiny pieces! Usually, when I break glasses or dishes, they break into a few big pieces, maybe with some smaller ones, but this thing EXPLODED! I found some of the pieces 15 feet from where the glass hit the floor.
The kitties kept trying to get into the kitchen while I was sweeping (there's no door there), then I had to clean all the glass out of the broom and wet mop the floor to get all the itty-bitty pieces of glass, what a pain!
At least the kitchen floor is really clean this morning.
A similar thing happened a couple of years ago, it was late and my husband and I were about to turn in when we heard what sounded like a waterfall in the basement. Not a good sound! The hot water heater burst and water was pouring everywhere. Another late night...
Has this happened to you, too?
I was finally sleepy enough for bed late last night and I headed for the kitchen for a drink of water before turning in. My elbow knocked a water glass off of the counter, and it didn't break - it SHATTERED into a million tiny pieces! Usually, when I break glasses or dishes, they break into a few big pieces, maybe with some smaller ones, but this thing EXPLODED! I found some of the pieces 15 feet from where the glass hit the floor.
The kitties kept trying to get into the kitchen while I was sweeping (there's no door there), then I had to clean all the glass out of the broom and wet mop the floor to get all the itty-bitty pieces of glass, what a pain!
At least the kitchen floor is really clean this morning.
A similar thing happened a couple of years ago, it was late and my husband and I were about to turn in when we heard what sounded like a waterfall in the basement. Not a good sound! The hot water heater burst and water was pouring everywhere. Another late night...
Has this happened to you, too?
Now we have chunkier plates and bowls (and they take up heaps of room 
) but they don't shatter when dropped. And we love drinking water out of a glass, and tea out of a cup... but we gave those up for plastic thermal mugs, because not only do those not break, they barely spill. 
Thank goodness it's white glass. But I was out there in the cold and the dark for over an hour (do have a porch light) crawling around in the mud on my hands and knees picking up each little sliver of glass. The last thing I want is one of the ferals with a piece of glass in the foot! I had to pick up pieces only as far as six feet away. Thankfully the grass and mud outside of our little paver blocks stopped the "rush" of glass pieces skidding away.
