Seven Quick Takes: What Can I Say?

— 1 —

I don’t know; I’m just not feelin’ the ideas a-flowin’ around here of late. Perhaps it’s because I am in a snarky mindset most of the time and am therefore ending up over at Korrektiv. I’ll happen upon an article from time to time and think “that could be a good blog post,” and then when I come back to look at the list of post-starters, it’s things like “How to Cook Rice.” I mean, it’s true: I seemingly have forgotten how to cook rice. But why I thought I could squeeze a post out of that topic…it’s like watching paint dry. Or rice cook.

See? I got nothin’.

— 2 —

I have, however, accomplished a thing: our family room no longer looks like it is occupied by wolves. You know how – well, you probably don’t, you’re such a good housekeeper – but sometimes, when people are stopping by, you just grab a laundry basket and throw everything that’s on the floor into the basket? Well, we had 11 of those. Baskets, Rubbermaid tubs, file crates, each full of random game pieces, puzzle pieces, Polly Pocket pieces, Lego arms. It was, of course, a huge indictment of my character that we are so first world that our problems consist of “too much stuff to keep organized,” but it’s definitely deflating to the spirit to have a huge, hulking tower of tubs occupying 1/4 of the room. ESPECIALLY since these tubs made the move with us six months ago.

So, now it’s down to one laundry basket of stuffed animals and hats, and everything else is actually sort of put away where it goes. My version of “everything in its place” looks a lot like most versions of “we cleaned up as best we could from the ransacking,” but it’s better.

— 3 —

The problem is that when I’m focused on one thing, I forget all other things. And thus, whack-a-mole style, now the other rooms of the house are completely trashed. Sometime I’ll tell you all about my new system that’s making me almost okay with that.

— 4 —

We’ve been watching “New Tricks” on DVD – it’s a British series about a team of retired police detectives who are summoned back on the job to close cold cases. It’s very funny – excuse me just a moment -

— 5 —

My daughter just came down the stairs to tell me that her ear hurts so bad it woke her up. I think we’re headed to the doctor tomorrow. Okay, so anyway – just a second -

— 6 —

My youngest just came down the stairs in a diaper and an Indiana Jones hat to tell me, “No, I’m not soggy.” I beg to differ. So, as I was saying, it’s this British series – hang on -

— 7 —

False alarm. Okay, so, my mom and stepdad are coming into town on Saturday, and my stepdad is the kind of person who loves to do handyman stuff that’s been neglected around the house, so I am really looking forward to this, and my youngest just came back down the stairs to steal a hot dog bun, so with that, go visit Conversion Diary!