Well, there are a lot of things I need: a lock for the fridge, child proof gadgets for every drawer, door and switch in the house, a 2 week long vacation somewhere warm, a 2 week long workation in my house...I could go on.
However, the thing that is currently on my mind is The Return Day.
I gotta tell ya, there is a lot of stuff in my house that is not mine.
I currently have DVDs from 2 neighbors and my in laws.
I have a Dora suitcase that belongs to a little girl I watch.
I have tupperware and cookie sheets that are my moms.
I have other stuff that is my moms. We play hot potato with some items.
I think that I still have my sister's high school track shorts. She doesn't read this though, so shh.
I have an anonymous gray hooded jacket. (Is that yours Deimel-Lurker? How was DC, by the way?)
I have hot pad holders from church that I washed. I have AWANA books and Sunday School books that I need to bring back.
I have plastic fencing from another friend.
I have Becki's snowflake Christmas cards from 2 or 3 years ago.
Oh, and a stack of written thank you notes from Lincoln's birth 18 months ago that I apparently forgot to send. Sorry Misty, Jamie, Dana, Blairs and more. They got kind of damp, and I doubt you want them now.
And that is all just the stuff that I am willing to admit that I still have.
So I am calling for a Return Day.
I have not yet decided when it will be, but when I do I am going to load the boys up and just drive around and return things all day.
In conclusion, I have 3 questions for all my lurkers and readers out there.
1. What do you have that you need to return?
2. What are some other return-themed activities that we could do on Return Day?
3. What do I have that is yours and you want back? (ok, Deimel-Lurker: I am holding your Burt's Bees lip gloss captive, but I did return the yoga pants :)
4 comments:
ok, I just reread my post. It is horribly written. Maybe I will edit tomorrow...
Or not. Bloggers have good days and bad. Chalk it up, move on and post something new.
I have a pair of black pants that I borrowed from my sister 5+ years ago. I still wear them and I don't even think she remembers they're hers anymore. What is more pathetic? That I borrowed and never returned, or that I'm still wearing the same pair of pants 5 years later?
I love this post! I also got a kick out of the doctor visit one. Lincoln sounds a lot like Ali. The good news is, Ali is usually a wonderful girl most of the time nowadays so there is hope...
I need to return:
*an overdue library book
*sweatpants to the "extra clothing tub" at church for kids who have accidents
*a school library book that my neighbors left with us the day they left for Mexico and asked us to return (a month ago =( )
I hate having lots of stuff left all over that needs to go "somewhere" but you have to leave it out so you remember to take it to where ever it goes.
Maybe we should reward ourselves with something chocolate for everything that gets returned on Return Day!
P.S. Your life sounds a lot like mine. Is there ever any end to the chaos when someone has three?
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