Well, today I wanted to share that I am now going GREEN with the rest of the world! I have recycled Puffs Tissue. Oh, I don't mean I bought tissue that was made from recycled materials, I mean, I refolded each one of those babies all by myself.
It started with my desire to see some American news. We only get Fox and CNN over here (and the CNN is world news, not U.S.), so I like to turn on the telly in the morning to see what has happened in the Motherland.
Couldn't find the remote control. So the search began...
Thinking like a 7 or 9 year-old, I immediately went into the boys' rooms and began the search. It wasn't among Pokemon cards or in J's blankets, but I did discover several dirty underpants and socks tucked away in a shower cubicle. On the way to the laundry room, I realized that Miss Ky was again in her favorite cereal cabinet. Not a day goes by that I don't sweep about a half of a box of cheerios or Lucky Charms off the kitchen floor--and before you say "why don't you move the cereal into a higher cabinet?"--I live in England. I am just lucky to have cabinets.
So, I remove her from her toasted oats heaven, drop the underwear into the laundry room and begin the search again.
The remote is not in A1 and A2's bathroom, but I do find that all the cleaning I did in there at 10:00 last night was in vain. Sigh. They can kick a soccer goal from a half a mile away, but no one can seem to pee INTO the toilet bowl.
Danger Girl has gone off again to explore the stairs, so I sit at the bottom to watch her practice her ascent and descent and offer the appropriate "atta girl"s and clapping, but
I really want to know what's happing in the states....
I move the couch, I move the love seat, I check behind the drapes and find a small stash of cheerios. Apparently from yesterday's raid. I check inside the freezer/laundry hamper (home of the misfit socks)/trash bin (Miss Ky's favorite place to put things). No remote. But during my search through the trash, the little beastie's trail leads me to my living room that now looks like a winter wonderland. She's decorated with a brand new box of Puffs tissues.
Can you imagine? When someone asks me for a tissue, I am going to hand them a previously played with sheet and smile. I will have done my part to stop Global warming. I just wish I knew the latest news....

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ReplyDeleteI laughed when I read this post, and almost cried when I read the one about your dad and stepdad.
wow, thanks. Now you know the state my mind is in- laugh, cry laugh :-)
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing the lengths we moms will go to create order out of chaos, eh? Been there, done that. Don't get me started on how many rolls of TP I have re-rolled in my lifetime. :)
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