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Friday, November 10, 2006Things In My House That Aren't In YoursTo round off the week on a lighthearted note, I thought I might challenge you to match -- or supersede -- my list of Unusual Items. Mothers of teenage sons will, of course, have a distinct advantage. Nevertheless, it is my firm belief that nobody else can claim the following: * Live, freshwater clams in the bottom of a fish tank * An empty organic cranberry juice bottle, saved for its "beauty" * A dried-out toad (ex-pet), completely intact (albeit a bit gaunt) * Borax powder all over the garage floor * Four dead baby oak trees in a green plastic pot * Napkin people * Two bottles of "Fleet" * A nine-inch largemouth bass, frozen solid (staring from my freezer shelf with his blank eye) * The bottoms of a cut-off pair of pants, hanging from my foyer light fixture Okay. Your turn. |
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I am: Mother to five stunningly individualistic children... Writer of young adult fantasy... Passionate advocate for Women At Home... Madly in love with my husband... In need of Organic Gourmet Chocolate on a regular basis. I've got a Paypal account if you'd like to contribute to the cause....
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10of my readers are feeling chatty:
HEY, my bass in the freezer is a good 12 inches! I nor my fish will be underestimated!
We have mold salad in our fridge.
Anything and everything duct tape everywhere.
We have the biggest collection of crap all through our house.
We have boxes of stuff that we have no idea what is in them.
We have dead crickets in our light fixtures.
We have weeds in our backyard taller than me.
We have a frozen salmon missing its guts, way bigger than 12 inches.
We have a 5-year old poop factory.
We have dust bunnies with an inch of dust on them.
We have a 16-year-old's room with wall to wall crap. It's the reach-the-door-pitch-the-stuff mentality in action.
Among said crap is a collection of broken things. Some he found and some he broke. This one brings stuff home that he finds at the park, including a jacket that we are pretty sure belonged to a homeless person.
We have 2 year old grapefruit still on the tree. Hard as a rock. We have 3 year old grapefruit under the tree.
We have a sandbox that a neighbors cat has claimed as his cat box. Equal parts sand, rocks and cat-poop.
We have a homeowners association... horrifying!
Dare I venture into my husband's office...and I may be able to come up with a few to rival yours.
This morning we had "toast people" at our table. My youngest had eaten her toast into queer shapes and they were having conversations. I found it completely adorable.
We have a 6 foot light up palm tree in the teen's room.
a 50 gallon fish tank filled with orange water and fish.
2 drumsets sitting in our garage. One, recently purchased by the teen for $20 at the music store blow out sale.
3 Christmas trees in our garage.
5 plastic sticky cockroaches stuck on our ceiling from the Halloween Party. 18 ft ceilings prevent us from taking them down. The red on looks like it might fall off soon.. Probably into some pot on the stove while I'm cooking dinner.
I'm sure there's other weird stuff...I'm just too tired to look around for it right now.
Orange water in a fish tank? Mine is almost brown (with algae and empty clam shells), but how do you make it orange? great idea
Orange = Golden Yellow = lots of fishy pee.
Oh gee, this is fun, my home is full of little things, each with a reason, that others' often wonder about. Let's see...
I have a box of wrappers from Lindt chococlates, too pretty to toss, they may be used in a project.
There are four brown fabric spikes and numerous cut up sweaters in the hall closet from old projects.
I have 60 feet of the most exquisite moulding ever sitting on the floor of my bedroom right next to two large boxes of driftwood for my mobiles.
A key cupboard used for hiding candies from the kids.
Four sheets of drywall leaning on a wall in the living room. They are temporarily used to prop up paintings.
A screwdriver replaced the bathroom doorknob after the kid locked us all out and I had to beat it off with a hammer. It works, why fix it?
Something like 5 scrabble games.
A yellow elephant with a flower on its belly from Mexico.
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yes, ok. You win.
LISA!! How can you say that? I happen to know that you have PINKIES in your freezer!! LOL
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