{"id":2715,"date":"2010-07-22T20:58:03","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T00:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.relishments.com\/blog\/?p=2715"},"modified":"2010-07-22T20:58:03","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T00:58:03","slug":"a-letter-to-our-kitchen-elf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.relishments.com\/blog\/a-letter-to-our-kitchen-elf\/","title":{"rendered":"A Letter to Our Kitchen Elf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Kitchen Elf,<\/p>\n<p>We know you exist. \u00a0You may have tried to keep your existence a secret, but let&#8217;s be frank: you did a pretty poor job of it.<\/p>\n<p>Your presence was made obvious by the fact that our utensils, especially the vegetable peeler, keep disappearing from their assigned drawers. \u00a0I&#8217;m not doing it, and Brian says he&#8217;s not either, so clearly you are the one moving our utensils. \u00a0I&#8217;m sure you think it&#8217;s funny to watch us search for the vegetable peeler on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>Just like you think that putting spells on our appliances is funny.\u00a0 You make our refrigerator shrink while I&#8217;m grocery shopping so there&#8217;s no room for my purchases when I return home and cause our stove top to never have the correct burner turned on.\u00a0 Moving tools is one thing, but playing with appliances that belong to our landlord is an entirely different matter.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of grocery shopping, I also know you&#8217;re hiding things in our pantry. \u00a0I check to see what we have before I go food shopping, so why do we suddenly have 5 cans of tomatoes when I just went and bought 4 more?\u00a0 Items that I was sure we had seem to mysteriously disappear as well.\u00a0 Please stop rearranging and\/or hiding our food (or eating it, if that&#8217;s the case).<\/p>\n<p>Honestly though, you keep things interesting around here.\u00a0 It&#8217;s good to know that it&#8217;s not Brian or I doing any of the above behaviors.\u00a0 And we wouldn&#8217;t mind you sticking around. \u00a0We just have one request: \u00a0once in a while, could you please do the dishes?<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Emily<\/p>\n<!-- Begin Yuzo --><div class='yuzo_related_post style-1'  data-version='5.12.89'><!-- without result --><div class='yuzo_clearfixed yuzo__title yuzo__title'><h3>Related Posts<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"relatedthumb \" style=\"width:125px;float:left;overflow:hidden;\">  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.relishments.com\/blog\/the-grand-tour-and-behind-the-scenes-info\/\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"yuzo-img-wrap \" style=\"width: 125px;height:90px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"yuzo-img\" style=\"background:url('https:\/\/www.relishments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/screen-shot-2-150x150.jpg') 50% 50% no-repeat;width: 125px;height:90px;margin-bottom: 5px;background-size: cover; 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