I have a question for you, my interpeeps.
HOW DOES TWO PEOPLE ACCUMULATE SO MUCH JUNK?
Sorry about that! I have found that these days I have a tendency to shout. There was nobody home yesterday evening to shout at, so I just mumbled all evening. First clean up was the car. It was junkyard central. Old receipts, bills, paper towels, empty plastic bottles, spoons, chewed up pieces of gum rolled up in paper (YUCK!!!), coupons, and all sorts of stuff. I deposited most of it into the kitchen counter. I have to sort thru all that soon. Then I came back inside the house and looked at my dining table. Stuff again. It totally baffles me. We don't even BUY a lot. I mean we don't even go to any stores unless we actually need something. Like food or toothpaste.
I have a theory. Before saying what the theory is, here is a little story from my childhood. We grew up in a state in India which is hot. Really, really hot. Hotter than FL. And we had no air conditioning. (Still don't). So whenever we came in from outside, a most precious commodity would be cold water from the fridge. We cannot EVER drink water straight from the tap in India. Even for cooking, all water is boiled. As for drinking water, we have a double filter and water is collected from that and then stored in the fridge. So basically, to drink cold water, someone has to catch water from the tap and store in the filter. Then the filtered water has to be collected from the filter tap and stored in bottles in the fridge. Being the nice, caring kids we were, we would always drink from the fridge, but never replace. So when poor Dad tries to get a drink, there would be nothing there. All three of us would deny being responsible for finishing the water. Dad, the ever patient one would then say: "It must be Devendran." Devendran in Hindu mythology is the head of gods and he is supposed to be a troublemaker.
So here is my theory - I am convinced that a third person secretly lives in our house. It creates all this mess.
Husband and I are innocent.
5 comments:
I blame an elf for stealing all of our socks and making clutter and messes. He comes out at night and makes mischief.
In European mythology, there is apparently a little gnome that lives in a family's home and must be appeased with milk or some other little treat or else he will cause problems for the family. If this didn't fly in the face of biblically supported thinking I'd have to believe this tale. :P
Around here it's gremlins. Occasionally a mischievous gnome will pull a prank, but they're generally friendly. Gremlins on the other hand are purely malevolent chaos-makers.
We're living in two rooms right now. Ours is growing all kinds of clutter. One room, people! You'd think we could maintain control in one room. Ugh.
You know, I've wondered the same thing about how 2 people can have so much stuff. We blame the cats; they make perfect little scapegoats.
Hmmmm...I will have to use that same excuse then, too! :)
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