2 piggies & crazy pen lady

First of all, I want to apologize for not having pictures again. I did take pictures to show you how gross my following post was, so I do have proof, but the kids left today to go to their dad's house for a couple of days & Kiersten must have hidden the cord to the camera again. I found cords for headphones, DSI, PSP, IPOD & cords that I don't have a clue as to what gadget they may belong to. Hopefully I'll have time later this week to update this post to include the proof haha.

On to my post...I decided to finally clean my car today. It has been a LOOOONG time since it has been cleaned. Yes, yes I have excuses. I have work, cross-country, tennis, baseball, basketball, grocery, work & everything inbetween. It seems as if I barely have time to keep the house somewhat organized so the poor car has been neglected for some time now.

I took a deep breath & headed out the door with a trash bag & grabbed the shop vac. When you open the passenger door there was a whole stinkin bowl of frosted flakes that were dropped between the passanger seat & the door, do you realize how tiny that spot is! Thankfully they were dry frosted flakes when they were dropped.

I started by throwing away all of the miscelanous pieces of paper, wrappers & two socks that didn't match - only god knows how long they had been shoved under the seats. I had finally made it to my console & started throwing away my trash that I have stuffed there & I realized something about myself. I must have a fear of driving without having a pen in tow. I bet that I had 50 of them in there. I looked & no there weren't even any bank pens in there, I try really hard not to swipe them & to leave them for the next person that drives up to the teller window. So I carried 47 of them back into the house & we have a plentiful supply of pens. I hope that this isn't a sign of what is to come as I get older. I may die with a million pens haha.

As I was cleaning I made yet another discovery & that is that the kids must be terrified to ride with me. They must think that we are going to be in a wreck each time they get into the car. There were 18 brand new band-aids in the back seat. Some were on the floor, some were in the door & some were laying on the back seat. Seriously kids, I'm not that bad of a driver, am I? Also, I do have a large first aid kit in the trunk & now your 18 band-aids are safe & sound in the first aid kit in the trunk - they are right behind you along with the neosporin, advil & a safety glow in the dark light up thingie.

Also, no more gum in the car that requires gum wrappers - we will only have the kind that is in that little cup container thing. I didn't count the gum wrappers, but I bet we had more gum wrappers than we did pens & band-aids put together.

It took me HOURS to clean the car - it was in such bad shape. Ron had came in from the field to reload the fertilizer & to grab a bite to eat. He saw the inside of the car as I was finishing up, he couldn't believe how clean it was. I really don't think that it has been this clean since I first got it. It might be too clean, I'm not sure I want to let the kids back in the car haha.

I did clean the outside of the car too, but it wasn't nearly as bad as the inside. I have ran it through the car wash a few times & as most of you know we have had more than enough rain to wash most of the dirt away.

So my little Civic is clean for a while. It is clean until Kiersten gets in from running the cross-country course & drags grass in on her feet, or until Zach has a baseball game & the tiny little brick dust dusts the floor. Or god forbid the next time the dry frosted flakes are dropped & scattered between the seat & door.

I'm glad that I had the time to get it cleaned this weekend. Come back later in the week for the pictures, I'm sure those of you with kids can relate & those of you with older grown kids or no kids can sit back a laugh at me.

I do tell the kids often that I can't wait until they have their own homes & I come to visit. I'm going to go through their houses & turn EVERY light on, I'm going to bring wet towels with them & throw them on their bathroom floors & I'm going to slam every single door in their house as well. I will also call them randomly & ask them why my favorite shirt isn't clean. Now I have the car to add to the list. I can't wait!! I'll have my gum wrappers, socks, band-aids & everyother little tiny piece of paper with me in my purse & I'm going to stuff each and everyone between & under the seats. Oh yeah & I'll remember to bring my frosted flakes to drop between the seat & door. MUHAHAHA, sweet revenge, if I don't forget. I love my 2 messy piggies though.