Detritus
After admitting to the disasterous state of my car last week, I decided to take the bull by the horns. We had a little warm weather left, so I let the girls roll around in the mud play in the yard while I emptied the car.
In no particular order, a list of the items I removed from my Ford Taurus:
-7 pieces of 6 foot-long lumber to be used in finishing the basement
-4 clean towels and 2 hand towels I won in a christmas exhange (and do not like)
-2 brand new jump ropes, intended to be Xmas presents for M…oops.
-a computer game also a xmas present for M, now a birthday present in feb.
-a pack of 10 notebooks purchased in august in the back to school sales
-a plastic shoebox that was supposed to be refilled with spare clothing for M to have at school, sent home with me this summer when she got muddy. ooops.
-Filled-out medical form for M’s preschool. Due last September. Ooops.
-aerosol sunscreen I lost in approximately june
-Unopened John Denver and the Muppets Christmas CD bought during the after-xmas sales LAST YEAR that I spent HOURS looking for this christmas.
-pack of colored pencils, box of crayons. new. Probably from back to school sales.
-12 pack of Mt.Dew (not diet, with caffiene) which we do not drink. Purchased by Mr. A who swore he was going to return it to the store and exchange it (can you even do that with food??) probably back in October.
-Clothing: One pair of my underwear (WTF?? I am not in high school! why are my underwear in the car??), 1 M’s sweater, 2 my sweatshirts, 1 pair L’s velour pants, one M’s summer tank top, one one winter hat, 3 mismatched gloves and mittens
-one brand new pair of men’s work gloves (?!?), one can of spray caulk stuff
-one half full can of dry formula, one bottle of formula, three coffee mugs
-miscellaneous toys
-one fleece blanket from a picnic in july
-one not very good custom painting of M and her cousin G by an artist my aunt knows
-three high school yearbooks
-sing and learn Chinese songbook, in the car from when I sent a copy to my friend BEFORE WE WENT TO CHINA last february
-4 small tupperwares of goldfish crackers
-one pack of graham crackers, completely pulverized all over the carpet
-one baby rearview mirror thingy
-one tube of lotion, three packs of wipes, two swim diapers, one regular diaper that is way way too small for L
-one comic book based on the life of Buddha, one David Sedaris book, four old weekly local papers, stacks and stacks of M’s school work
-$4.00
That is all I can remember, but I assure you there was a lot more.
The girls got cold before I could vaccuum it out, so it still isn’t clean by any stretch of the imagination. There is a lot more room though. Jeesh.
Okay, you’ve probably seen this one already but if not, I bet you’ll appreciate it as much as I did. Zima commercial, “Mom My Ride.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEFE3B0Rje0
Thank you. I won’t have to clean my car for a while now. In comparison it looks wesome!
wow, that’s impressive!
You must have a huge car!!!
I only skimmed-but that’s pretty spectacular! Running to the airport… ~lmc
My car gets pretty bad too. I cleaned it out right before I left for MS and then I took it to the car wash where they detailed it for $20.00. To me, it is worth it as I don’t have to do it and my car feels dreamy again.
Holy crap! That was great. Thanks for sharing – really brightened up the morning around here.
Before I had kids I had no understanding of the “kid mess” phenomenon that takes over people’s cars. I would have judged you as messy.
Now not only do I understand, I live it. But I think you have taken it to a new level. Very impressive!! Especially the underwear.
That’s awesome. I think you win.
Dude, that is so impressive….
I stil trying to wrap my brain around the lumber…wow.
Ha! The lumber has only been in there for 3 days. I had a hard time carrying it in because L was sleeping when I came home from Home Depot.
Another weird thing I found that I forgot to mentions: A tool to pick eggs out of boiling water. I bought it at a garage sale this summer and forgot all about it. Thankfully, I found it in time to use this easter!
I think I am responsible for the Chinese book thing.
My car is not quite as bad as yours, but it’s damn close and has about 1010 bottles that should be recycled and at least 83 single shoes, whose partners are in Rao Rao’s closet in the house.
I think I love you. You are SO a woman after my own heart. My car, when it finally died, had a broken sewing machine in the back seat, towels from 4 years back when we drove across country, a jacket my son wore in 6th grade (he’s a junior in HS this year), books, tapes that long since died in the heat, and various pieces of clothing from both kids. I just left it all there when they towed the car to the junk yard!
I am impressed by your list! And even more impressed that you are cleaning it all out, because who wants to mess with all that junk? So yea, you for dealing with the TARDIS of a vehicle! *TARDIS – time machine and spacecraft from Doctor Who that looked from the outside like a small British phone booth. Or police box. Or something.
Ok, so I guess the grapefruit that sat in my front seat for a week because I was going to return it to Whole Foods makes me an amateur.
Oh wait. We haven’t discussed handbags. I might win that.
Whoa! Is that a station wagon? If not, I am impressed by the capacity of the Taurus. Plus a baby seat and I presume a booster for M?
Thank you for the adoptive breastfeeding resources. They are very helpful for me as I’m leaning towards doing adoptive breastfeeding.
Holy toledo! That really is an impressive list! : )
Excellent! You found four bucks! And I am pretty sure I have that John Denver and the Muppets CD. It is probably lost somewhere in my car, too.