Black hole report…
There is a black hole in my house. The simplest items are never where we left them, or they are buried under ten pounds of STUFF, never to be found again (until we move again, then we find we have ten of everything and promptly toss the extra to avoid moving it all). We’re talking about a small condo here, not a giant house either… where does this stuff GO?!!
The latest victims of this black hole:
- The snot-sucker (nasal aspirator to all you non-parents and cats
) – just when Lil’ Duck needs it, poor stuffy little guy. We had it just a few days ago, and now after 30 minutes of searching, nothing. - The thermometer – same thing. We have about 4 of these things, but use them rarely enough that they cannot be found when needed. I know I saw Lil’ Duck playing with one the other day, as it beeps when turned on and off, and he got a kick out of seeing the numbers and hearing the beeping. Hmmm. If only “Lil’ Duck, go get mommy the thermometer” worked….. it did work once with a missing cell phone…..
- Packing tape – another one of those seldom-used-but-necessary items. In this case, it was necessary for a box for an order (check out our products if you haven’t already). I know I have about 5 rolls from the last move…. somewhere…. hmmmm. I just bought another roll.
Are you sure you don’t have ferrets in the house?!
The question, “Where do these items go?”, probably should be “Where does Lil’ Duck put these items?”
We have a 19 month old and a 5 year old…Wherever our black hole is, it has an enormous amount of stuff in it.
Our kids do a good job of not messing with our stuff too often…knock on wood. There stuff, however, does end up in a lot of strange places in the house. I think I’m probably the biggest problem though. When I see little things on the ground, I pick them up to put away and they of course end up in the basket that I throw my wallet and everything else. I could probably host my own marble tournament by now.
Have you ever read The Borrowers? Sometimes I’m convinced it’s a true story.
talking about black holes, I think i have a troll in my house. Things go missing everytime i’m in urgent need of it, and it conveniently turns up when i don’t need it anymore!
Grrr… any one knows a troll buster that i can call?
we have a pacey monster. at night he creeps into my sons room and steals his pacey’s, never to be found again.
It’s funny, we lose all the same things. I have three snot suckers and can’t find one. Can never find a thermometer although I probably have 4 of these. I’m in the middle of packing for a big move. I bought six rolls of packing tape. As I was checking out I was asking myself how long I was going to keep track of at least one of them!
I find my missing things in the refrigerator (unless it is something that actually belongs in there!) a lot. You’d think that it was one of my little monkeys stashing things there, but sadly, I think I do it in my going-in-every-direction, multi-tasking, very-distracted, frazzled-brain state of mind!
Except for the socks that the dryer eats. My husband does not understand how I can have so many orphaned pairs. I can not understand how a complete pair goes into the washer but only half of the pair comes out of the dryer! There are no socks in my fridge… unless my home’s black hole is back in there some where. I guess I’d have to clean it out to find out, though!
Hmm, this could be potentially a great Thursday Thirteen! Items found in my black hole would be milk jug rings, ponytail hair-ties, spare change, left or right socks, and any small, decorative Christmas ornament, i.e., sparkly and shiny beaded apple ornaments which I batted into the black hole with glee after the human pet spent $50.00 on three packages of them. Muwahahaha!
I rule the black hole!!! Take after me Lil Duck and know true power!
Hmm…did you look under the couch? LOL Thats where my girls shove EVERYTHING! Or in an empty shoe? You wouldnt believe the places I find missing things! And I’ll give you two guesses who usually put them there! *hint* they’re three, they’re blonde, they’re twins…LOL