organized chaos

My only girl’s got some mad domestic skills. And I don’t necessarily mean the neat and tidy kind. I’m talking about creative thinking and all that.

She’s been bugging me for a very long time to come and visit her at her house. The one she built outside. Listen, I don’t really do heat and last Sunday was the first day cool enough to warrant taking a trip outside for anything other than running to the van to turn on the A/C really fast.

First let me tell you that she has moved two other times. She would want you to know that. Her other two “houses” were not as big as her present one and she is very proud. I took my camera for my visit out to the pit backyard.

Welcome to 7759 Walnut. That’s what Zoe says her street is called, but I beg to differ. Looney Lane would be more appropriate.

Once I got comfy at her little red table, she offered me some pickles. They grow right there on her floor, if you can believe it. I’ll never be able to eat pickles from a jar again. I’m a changed woman.

Then she spun quite a tale of something that happened in her last place of residence. Something about ants under her bed and baby spiders. She was mortified as I’m sure you would be too.

She must have sensed my skepticism. I’ll have to work on that.

Then she showed me her To Do List. It looked blank to me, but who am I to judge the way other women run their households?

Number one on the list: kick the neighbors cat off the fireplace. (That’s the brick construction with the sticks)

Number two: balance the tv.

She assured me this was quite the chore, as the tv is very heavy and never wants to stay on the skateboard. And I thought matching socks was annoying!

Number three: fill up the sink. It looks like a drag.

And as a side note, she’s been warned to empty it every night, due to the catastrophic mosquito population in Kansas this year.

Right in the middle of her recitation of the To Do List, we had a visitor. Zoe wasn’t too happy. But when Jackelope needs his mother, what can you do. He said his piece and was promptly kicked out.

I had a nice visit and learned a couple things about my daughter. She likes her couch the best, her basement still needs to be cleaned out, but it’s not a priority, and I really need to hang out with her more often. She’s the hostest with the mostest.

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