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The heads getting ready to be locked into their storage container. |
Sesame Street? OK then, carry on!
Curly gets the gold star for helping me yesterday. I was bound and determined to get the Halloween costumes put away. That was supposed to happen over the weekend, but instead: the out of town literary fest, the groceries, and then the bum knee.
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It is creepy to see them all stare out of their bins especially if you go down into the storage room at night. Eyes - they are everywhere! |
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See Elmo peeking out? Behind him on the top of the shelf is the giant cookie body and below him is the bottom of Bird. Oscar's can is on top of the bins. Gumby and Pokey are up higher. |
Only I know how to put the costumes away. I told Tank and Curly to haul Gumby, Pokey, Oscar, Elmo, and Cookie downstairs from the dining room. (Mini and her friend dressed as Cookie Monster - but just the head, and a giant cookie. Mini’s friend left the head behind at a party which made me quite nervous, but Mr. Googly Eyes was safely returned so he needed to be stored properly). Tank groaned about pitching in because he had already dragged two crock pots full of leftovers to the kitchen from the basement fridge for his injured mother. Curly was ready to serve her Mama.
I have ziploc baggies labeled for each set of furry costume hands and pants, or feet and body, etc. The bins were in disarray, but I reorganized them and Curly stood nearby ready to help me squeeze Pokey into the two giant bags once his body was rolled up. My storage room resembles what I imagine Jim Hendrick’s studio would look like.
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Sink and coffee mugs with marshmallows left in the sink even though there is no disposal. Plus it looks like someone used paints down there and did not wash them out of the sink. |
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Background is the castle. Foreground is girl legos. Circled area is where there was a blanket - there inside the circle is garbage and odds and ends of nerf toys. |
I knew right away what happened. Tank had friends over to watch the Bears game on Sunday. This plan materialized while I was at the grocery store. He went down in the basement and ‘cleaned up’ by gathering empty Gatorade bottles and wrappers and nerf gun toy parts and tossing it in front of the castle where his friends would not see it and then he THREW A BLANKET OVER IT. Five more steps and he would have found himself at the actual garbage can in the kitchen down there.
I live with these people.
A few weeks ago, when the kids had to do their kid bathroom jobs Tank had to wash the floor. (There is a list detailing the rotation of jobs). In order to wash the floor, Tank tossed everything from the floor to the tub. Um, most of the clothing that was on the floor BELONGED TO HIM.
The next week, he had to empty the bathroom garbages. I noticed the other night that he NEVER emptied the kid’s bathroom garbage BECAUSE THE OVERFLOWING GARBAGE BIN WAS STILL LOCATED IN THE BATHTUB WHERE HE LEFT IT. It was as if he could not find it. WHAT? We were starting a movie, so I sent him to empty the garbage and started the movie despite his request that we pause it for him. Um, NO!
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Tub of stuff - including the garbage bin. The work of Tank! |
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The coffee table in the basement AFTER Tank's friends were here. Darts. Video game controllers. Napkins. Empty liter of lemonade. Oh, and a textbook with the cover ripped off. And a lone dip chip. |
The next week, he had to empty the bathroom garbages. I noticed the other night that he NEVER emptied the kid’s bathroom garbage BECAUSE THE OVERFLOWING GARBAGE BIN WAS STILL LOCATED IN THE BATHTUB WHERE HE LEFT IT. It was as if he could not find it. WHAT? We were starting a movie, so I sent him to empty the garbage and started the movie despite his request that we pause it for him. Um, NO!
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Labels on my bins. Ziploc bags with lists on them are tucked inside. |
For example: if I had some delicious bonbons while I lay on my couch nursing my knee, I would definitely make sure the wrappers made it to the garbage.
* Knee update: it has improved greatly as of today - typing this late Wednesday. I hope that by early next week I will feel like myself again. Mostly. Unsure if I will be able to workout yet, but fingers crossed to give the elliptical a try.
* Knee update: it has improved greatly as of today - typing this late Wednesday. I hope that by early next week I will feel like myself again. Mostly. Unsure if I will be able to workout yet, but fingers crossed to give the elliptical a try.
8 comments:
Did I miss the post about the Sesame Street heads? Or are you just a stuffed animal serial killer? If so, no judgement.
Also, that basement table is also titled COLLEGE, I am sure. Replace the lemonade with booze.
I am so glad your knee is improving!! :)
http://www.nosmallfeetblog.com/2019/11/gumby-and-pokey-dream-crusher-plus.html
Ha!!! This was the blog where I showed off my Halloween costumes of days gone by -Reg and Curly dressed as Elmo and Oscar this year and I had to get all the guys put back properly. Scroll down to the end of the post and you will see the costumes I created over the years. Yes, my basement might look like a college room BUT I REFUSE TO LIVE IN A DORM! The garbage tossed and then buried under a blanket - too much. I am glad my knee is more mobile too. Today is Coach's bday though and I spent HOURS on my feet yesterday making food for today and tomorrow when his siblings come over. So I feel like it regressed a tad. Boo hoo.
Yes, that song is IN my head. Thanks for that little retro jingle. (oh, how I loved Sesame Street when my girls were growing up!)
You are very oranized and I really appreciate that trait in a person. Organization makes life easier. Slobs? Slobs make life harder. Why, oh why do kids go through so much trouble to avoid doing the task at hand. I'm cracking up at the tub/garbage/blanket incident. It's a wonder that we don't end their lives and they can make it to adulthood. :)
I'm glad your knee is improving-it's Saturday now, so I'm sure you're climbing a mountain or running a half marathon. LOL!!
I hope your knee is feeling better now! But maybe you should give it a little more time before you hop on the elliptical to make sure!
I have messy kids, but Tank's manuevers really take the cake. You just never know what he will do next.
The knee is doing better, but riding a bike at the health club for 5 or 6 miles is as far as I have gotten so far. I only have one guy on Mondays and he is not coming till 10 am today. I am going to attemot my favorite class but will not be able to do squats or lunges so I might ditch the class and go back to the bike. It is just killing me that I had two Mondays with no conflicts to do my favorite class and I can't go!!!!
I do not usuually ride the bike but I have managed to burn some calories riding the bike the last few days. It actually looaens things up. But if I squat a bit to tie a shoe- yowza! 😖
WTAF, TANK? You are my Halloween costume (AND organization) hero. I guess if you have six kids you have to have your shit together or everything falls apart? Also, why are husbands so dense? Even when it's their ACTUAL JOB to not be?
WTAF, Tank is the perfect sentiment. I do feel organized, but the place is not anywhere neat and tidy and I guess that is because I never aspired to be a maid.
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