"Love" notes from a girl .... though she was writing something about an incident from recess, so really... who knows...
A letter from the Principal... it was Andreas' shorts, so I assume he just forgot it was there... he'd only carried it for two days because he thought it was soooo special...
Legos.... lemme tell you how many Legos have gone into the washer and dryer.... seriously.... hundreds.
Now, ask me what I've found in my husband's pockets.... he's a school teacher... go ahead, guess....
My "kid" is an only child and a latchkey kid, to boot.
He has, out of necessity, done his own laundry since he was old enough to understand the mechanics of the process. (9 or 10?) Talk about picky. Gotta use the right detergent with the right temperature with similar fabrics/colors/fabric weights, etc. Everything must be folded or hung properly. I think I was 40 before I ever reached the level of proficiency he takes for granted.
lol waysider, yeah me too. I hate hate hate laundry and do not seperate or concern myself over any of that stuff unless it's a fave silk jacket and I've given my toddler grand daughter a shirt that was purchased for her teenage aunt a time or three cuz of the hot/cold thing.
Chas, I can imagine! I miss Bob but sure don't miss the nasty construction laundry or the memories of him working somewhere around poison ivy and washing his stuff and getting the horror my own self.
A few times he skipped work cuz he was the boss and could and went caving in Missouri scarey should never be in them caves and came home with nasty stuff like bat shi+ all over him. Was often a choice as to pitch the stuff or try to get it clean.
little plastic rings from classmates' birthday cupcakes
pencils
pieces of pencils
office passes
library passess
crumbs, lots and lots of crumbs
An obviously interrupted-in-passing note in my little girl's handwriting "I have a boyfriend." Reply, in a friend's handwriting, "Who?" (I got to the bottom of that!)
A broken mirror (ouchie)
crayons, both whole and partial
bolts and twisted metal
mousetrap (the week of my son's engineering fair)
crushed ping-pong ball (same week)
cross-in-my-pocket crosses
money (not much!)
whole and nearly whole cookies (see "crumbs," above)
paper clips, both whole and those that had been used for "sculptures"
rocks: all sizes, colors, nations of origin
fish hooks, both new and used
hand tools
folded-up Algebra homework that was never again intended to see the light of day (I got to the bottom of that)
cell phone ("Oh, THAT'S where it was!)
marbles
tweezers
little pocket notebooks
used shotgun shell, found in the park
used .22 bullets, found in the woods
mechanical pencil lead, single pieces and whole packages (packages closed [good] and open [bad])
earbuds
batteries
lots of other flotsam and jetsum of daily life, items too numerous and mundane to bore you with any longer.
Jacob doesn't put much in his pockets, so I rarely find much. Candy or gum wrappers.
Aaron on the other hand . . . he picks up all kinds of things! Screws, springs, OMG I can't even count how many yuhgio or pokemon cards I've washed!! Money (he's better about that though, because the rule here is if I find it in the washer I keep it!), rocks, lots of rocks, he used to collect them. Jewelry and barrets that he finds on the playground. Notes from girls at school. Fishing lures and other assorted fishing gear. With that one, there is no telling what may turn up next.
Then there is Sushi . . . he gives me lots of money from his pockets. :) I guess the pens don't count though, because he doesn't leave them in his pockets, he leaves them on his shirts?
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"Love" notes from a girl .... though she was writing something about an incident from recess, so really... who knows...
A letter from the Principal... it was Andreas' shorts, so I assume he just forgot it was there... he'd only carried it for two days because he thought it was soooo special...
Legos.... lemme tell you how many Legos have gone into the washer and dryer.... seriously.... hundreds.
Now, ask me what I've found in my husband's pockets.... he's a school teacher... go ahead, guess....
RED PENS....
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My "kid" is an only child and a latchkey kid, to boot.
He has, out of necessity, done his own laundry since he was old enough to understand the mechanics of the process. (9 or 10?) Talk about picky. Gotta use the right detergent with the right temperature with similar fabrics/colors/fabric weights, etc. Everything must be folded or hung properly. I think I was 40 before I ever reached the level of proficiency he takes for granted.
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lol waysider, yeah me too. I hate hate hate laundry and do not seperate or concern myself over any of that stuff unless it's a fave silk jacket and I've given my toddler grand daughter a shirt that was purchased for her teenage aunt a time or three cuz of the hot/cold thing.
Chas, I can imagine! I miss Bob but sure don't miss the nasty construction laundry or the memories of him working somewhere around poison ivy and washing his stuff and getting the horror my own self.
A few times he skipped work cuz he was the boss and could and went caving in Missouri scarey should never be in them caves and came home with nasty stuff like bat shi+ all over him. Was often a choice as to pitch the stuff or try to get it clean.
shiver, still.
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pieces of taken-apart locker locks
erasers
pieces of erasers
candy wrappers
candy still in the wrappers (yum)
little plastic rings from classmates' birthday cupcakes
pencils
pieces of pencils
office passes
library passess
crumbs, lots and lots of crumbs
An obviously interrupted-in-passing note in my little girl's handwriting "I have a boyfriend." Reply, in a friend's handwriting, "Who?" (I got to the bottom of that!)
A broken mirror (ouchie)
crayons, both whole and partial
bolts and twisted metal
mousetrap (the week of my son's engineering fair)
crushed ping-pong ball (same week)
cross-in-my-pocket crosses
money (not much!)
whole and nearly whole cookies (see "crumbs," above)
paper clips, both whole and those that had been used for "sculptures"
rocks: all sizes, colors, nations of origin
fish hooks, both new and used
hand tools
folded-up Algebra homework that was never again intended to see the light of day (I got to the bottom of that)
cell phone ("Oh, THAT'S where it was!)
marbles
tweezers
little pocket notebooks
used shotgun shell, found in the park
used .22 bullets, found in the woods
mechanical pencil lead, single pieces and whole packages (packages closed [good] and open [bad])
earbuds
batteries
lots of other flotsam and jetsum of daily life, items too numerous and mundane to bore you with any longer.
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Old raisins and pocket lint. Yum
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Jacob doesn't put much in his pockets, so I rarely find much. Candy or gum wrappers.
Aaron on the other hand . . . he picks up all kinds of things! Screws, springs, OMG I can't even count how many yuhgio or pokemon cards I've washed!! Money (he's better about that though, because the rule here is if I find it in the washer I keep it!), rocks, lots of rocks, he used to collect them. Jewelry and barrets that he finds on the playground. Notes from girls at school. Fishing lures and other assorted fishing gear. With that one, there is no telling what may turn up next.
Then there is Sushi . . . he gives me lots of money from his pockets. :) I guess the pens don't count though, because he doesn't leave them in his pockets, he leaves them on his shirts?
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Trained a foster kid to do his own laundry by keeping his allowance a time or two.
With own child found multicolored crayons, after they made it through the dryer and ruined husband's shirts.
Love notes from girls, mostly.
Notifications from teachers/guidance counselors/principal which never reached the parents
Note from future first wife when he was in jail promising to steal and sell his Jeep so they could run away and live happily ever after.
Other various notes, including some very sexually explicit ones from a girlfriend, complete with illustrations.
Thank God those days are over!
WG
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