Skip to main content

cleaning out the ‘dump’ bucket

I assume everyone has one of these, or something similar. it’s the receptacle that sits somewhere in your laundry room and collects all the stuff you pull out of pockets as you are throwing clothes into the washer. mine sits on my dryer. it is not fancy. it is an old oxi-clean container.

generally, this bucket falls into the category of “stuff I don’t want to deal with”, but with moving, I’m more inspired to tackle this sort of thing because there is NO WAY I’m moving unnecessary crap.

and anyway, it was getting kind of full. 003

I honestly have no idea how long it’s been since I last went through this, but it was WELL past time to do it.

and so, this is what I found:008

  1. 2 baseball cards
  2. 1 ticket from the light-rail when shane and I went to the sounders game last august
  3. a small plastic fish from one of the math packs that layla brought home weekly from kindergarten (yes, that should have been returned a year ago).
  4. a triangle pattern block
  5. 2 miniature bowling pins
  6. a fancy polished rock
  7. 6 marbles
  8. a band from a road id bracelet
  9. 2 guitar picks
  10. 2 bicycle tubes. I have no idea if these are good or not.
  11. 2 small pins – one from heifer international with a goat on it, the other with a picture of a bike.
  12. the cap from a bike tube.
  13. 2 poker chips
  14. 2 buttons
  15. a stick pin
  16. 2 sets of glow in the dark vampire teeth
  17. a couple random legos
  18. a sequin
  19. a stash of ponytail holders and hair clips
  20. random hardware (screws, nails, washers, etc.)
  21. 85 cents
  22. a bowling belt loop from shane’s cub scout days
  23. 7 christmas light caps and a gutter clip
  24. 3 rubber bands
  25. a pile of safety pins
  26. the top of a mechanical pencil
  27. a brown bear car wash token
  28. 2 clips of varying sorts
  29. a bead braclet
  30. a tinker toy
  31. a pocket coin with a jesus fish on it
  32. a purple bead
  33. a tire pressure gauge
  34. a small green craft pompom
  35. a paperclip
  36. a wooden hole plug
  37. clothespins
  38. 2 foam heart stickers
  39. keys for a bike lock
  40. an outlet cover
  41. an extra link from my watch
  42. 3 round plastic things that I couldn’t identify
  43. a very dusty – covered in dryer lint – strap for sunglasses
  44. a water bill from 09
  45. other random papers dated 09
  46. a lunch receipt of dave’s
  47. and a set of headphones that does not belong to anyone in our family

and then there was all the lint.

I am happy to report that most of that stuff has been either returned to it’s appropriate home or thrown away. there are a few things left out because I’m not sure what to do with them.

maybe dave will know…

Comments

you may like...

dear neighbors which shall remain nameless,

i am writing this informational letter on behalf of your children, your bank account, and your auto insurance company, all of which suspect an impending blow to their current, healthy state. it appears that you may not be aware of certain traffic laws which pertain to the proper seating and safety of your children while in your vehicle, so i will take this opportunity to share them with you.   Washington's New Child Restraint Law Effective June 1, 2007, children less than eight years old must be restrained in child restraint systems, unless the child is four feet nine inches or taller. A child who is eight years old or older, or four feet nine inches or taller, must be properly restrained either with the motor vehicle's safety belt or an appropriately fitting child restraint system. Children under thirteen years old must be transported in rear seats where it is practical to do so. The fine for improperly restrained children in motor vehicles is at least $112 per c

big fat nothing

see all the big welts?  yeah, me neither.  our spectacular appointment with the allergist revealed that layla is allergic to nothing.  so we're back to square one and we know nothing other than that something is causing her bladder issues and we don't know what.  maybe her doctor can put a little pressure on the urologist to see us.  who knows.  and food doesn't seem to be causing her skin issues, nor the rash she gets on her face after eating sometimes.  okay, that's not exactly accurate.  food is causing it, but not an allergy.  she has sensitive skin and when food gets smeared on her face, it irritates her skin. so, as disappointed as i am that we've gotten nowhere here, i am looking on the bright side that she isn't allergic to something major like wheat or dairy that would create a significant lifestyle change in regards to our diet.  so in that respect, it's good news.  i just really want some answers.

my mind is blank…

i’ve been really bad about blogging lately. i really don’t feel like i have anything interesting to say. we haven’t been anywhere lately. no one has been sick or hurt themselves lately. no one has visited us. i’m still working on my mom’s shawl, but it isn’t done yet. really. it’s pathetic. i think we need to take this as a hint and plan to do something exciting sometime soon. we’re kind of winding down and getting ‘mentally prepared’ for the school year. shane’s curriculum for the year is here and all loaded onto the computer, just waiting for him to start figuring it out (me too). i’ve got stuff floating around in my head about what sort of stuff i want to do with layla this year. it’s still preschool, so i have a very laid back attitude about it. fortunately, she thinks that ‘schoolwork’ and anything that seems to have an academic twist to it is SUPER cool, so there will be no struggle with her about that sort of thing, like there always has been with shane. i think the

party planning - from a 3 year old.

with micah's birthday coming up on friday, there has been a lot of discussion of party themes. for some reason, layla has become completely convinced that micah should have a princess party. this totally cracks me up because she's been talking since july about how when she turns 4, she's going to have a pirate birthday. so she brought this up again this morning while she, micah and i were all flopping around in the bed waiting for the house to warm up (coffee to finish brewing). i said that micah didn't really want a princess birthday, at which point he crawled over me and farted. so layla, in true layla fashion, said, "maybe he should have a fart party."

idiosyncratic kids, bad parenting, and the like…

here’s a random post for you.  a smorgasbord of tasty day-to-day anecdotes with no topic in particular. HOW TO MAKE “D-CHEESES”   - just in case you find yourself in charge of my daughter around snack time. i have no idea where she came up with this, or why it is called ‘d-cheese’, but if she asks for d-cheese, this is how you make it:   the stacking is key! if you should, for some reason decided to cut one half and then the other half, you’re asking for it.  the two halves must be stacked and then cut. and all 4 pieces must be stacked on top of each other before handing over.  how she came up with this, and how i figured it out, i have no idea. i never claimed to have normal kids. BREAD ANYONE? the other night we had bread with dinner, but forgot to eat it. micah found it a little later and decided to have a little snack.            he was reaching into the bread and digging it out.  do you see the hole he put in that piece? and finally, WANNA FEEL LI