Everyone has a clutter spot in their home – one or at least
a few. We have a few. In fact, we have more than I care to admit. Ours happens
to be on top of the refrigerator in the space between the cupboard and the
appliance itself. If there is dust to be found, among other places, this is
where one would find it. Our
refrigerator single-handedly, magnetically attracts all or most of the dust in
our house towards the back or on top. There is, miraculously, no dust on the
front. What IS on the front are lots of grubby fingerprints from starving children
who have just come home from school and from the stern mother who has repeatedly
slammed the door shouting “No popsicles before supper!” The following is a summary of what I have
found in the catch-all basket that sits on top waiting for stuff to be thrown
into it:
The tape – it can usually be found here , but sometimes it
is missing altogether. In fact, I’m surprised to find it here today. The wiener
dog’s new collar – Wiener does NOT like
the new collar I got him; he likes his OLD collar much better and we all agree
he looks much better in red than he does in camo anyway. Last year’s Valentine’s cards
from my son’s class – you mean I haven’t thrown those away yet? My daughter cherishes hers forever, while my
son chows down on the candy. Who cares if there’s some girl who writes she loves
him forever. He’ll never know…or care. Chapstick – the hubby’s lips are
nonexistent, but boy are they smooth. Mine are as parched as the Saharan
desert, but I still forget to use chapsick. The nail clipper I keep forgetting to
return to the mother-in-law. "Here, clip Wiener’s toenails with this." I tried that. He gave me his loudest most plaintive dachshund
screech ever before I could even clip the first nail.
The list is endless, but one thing’s for sure. Our clutter
is one more reminder that we are fully alive and busy with life and that much of it is lived on top of the refrigerator.
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