Ordered Chaos
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 11:02PM I'm not sure if that title is the overstatement of the year, or the understatement of the year. The chaos would indeed be accurate (and if I could come up with a stronger word then I would put that down instead); the order would be a little tongue-in-cheek (or maybe tongue-sticking-out-of-mouth-at-the-whole-house).
Before I go on, it seems appropriate to insert this...
There is a (large) part of me that is thinking,"Under no circumstance in the world would it be appropriate to insert this picture anywhere, unless it were in front of a criminal as a torture technique, to look at until said criminal confessed his or her hideous crime, which may or may not be more hideous than this photo." I will never tell why I took this picture several weeks ago. What I will tell is why in the name of all that is good I would put it on this website. Actually, I will show why. Here is the reason...
This is my lovely daughter. She made this face at me while I was taking pictures this afternoon. And I thought,"Surely, she's mine. 100%." The eyes. The nose. The teeth. They will be returned to their proper equine owner immediately.
She had no idea that the above picture of her mother existed. This just runs in her blood. Her horsey blood. Like a racehorse who only knows how to run fast, so, too, do we only know how to make others run fast, and far, far away.
The following is in no particular order, so maybe then it is chaos. I don't know.
This shelf earlier today was full of stuff. It also had stuff behind it.
FOUND: ONE BALL, ONE TINY MAGNET FOR A TOY, ONE WOOLEN HAT WITH A POM-POM ON TOP, ONE THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE TRAIN SET PART, ONE HOT WHEELS CAR; STILL MISSING: MY MARBLES.
The shelf is in the kids' room. Now the stuff is in the dining room, in its proper containers and awaiting transportation to a new location.
See? Ordered chaos. Here's some more...
See that empty, black bookshelf? Here is its contents...
I had bags on hand, not boxes, and since we are just moving around the block, I thought that they would work just fine.
And this is what Eliana thought of macaroni and cheese. The box kind.
She is officially a member of the clean-plate club. They notified me late this afternoon that her outstanding performance around lunchtime insured her membership at least until dinnertime, at which point they could guarantee nothing.
Right about now I'm sure you are thrilled with the time you have spent here, if you even got this far. Unfortunately, you can never get it back. I am realizing this myself as I ponder all the time I have fiddlefarted away in the last few weeks, while I should have been packing. Imagine how one fiddlefarts. Is it difficult? Does it require much concentration? A musical instrument? And with those burning questions for you to contemplate, I will leave you.
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Reader Comments (6)
You are making me laugh! I think you might need a nap. Or more cookies. ;)
fiddlefart...love it!
Okay so yeah, I will admit that I am sooooo blessed to have stopped in to read your blog post this afternoon...for it brought me MUCH-NEEDED laughs and smiles (rough afternoon). THANK YOU for being YOU. Now, go about the rest of your day fiddlefarting...does it smell??? LOL
I LOVE you! Can I just say that? And I want more pictures of you guys...every day I look on your sight now! I know I haven't written any comments and I'm sorry about that. But when I see pictures...especially of the kids...it totally makes my day. So keep putting them up! As many as possible. Not kidding. Oh, and I think that judging from the horsey pics that you and I are sisters from another mother...separated at birth or something...because I think I gotcho crazy genes! Ask your mom if she is really your mom...:) or if she misplaced another daughter!
Christina, I remember those face from high school. Jaimie Bauer sent me the link o your blog. You have a beautiful family. Take care
Sloan
A fiddlefart huh? Fiddlefart...fiddlefart...thanks for the laugh this morning! I think I'd be scared to ever show my face in that position, but I am glad you did cause I was laughing up a storm. Caffeine has a way of doing that to ya when coupled with a brilliantly written post. Great job! Now please wait a moment while I plead with my child to turn on the fartfan in the bathroom.
How funny, love the pictures of you and your daughter! Like mother like daughter.
And gotta love boxed mac and cheese, too cute!
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