Valentine’s day 2008 (although I really don’t like Vday…my bday being on the 16th MUCH more important thank you very much)….we all gave each other the stomach bug.
So, what does one do after a few days of being cooped up with a family stomach bug? Go to our local Hospice thrift store of course…and gather up all the “guys” (as the boys call them) that we can. These days we are all about the “guys”…action figures and such. I’ve found myself pretty skilled at sifting through the vats of these at our Blue Ridge Hospice thrift store. The kids love it, I’m not contributing more plastic to the landfill or plumping up Mattel’s pockets and I am donating to a very worthy cause, the best of both worlds.
Funny enough, I am really a member of the camp of “less toys is better” but I am not an active member. The kids’ grandparents (Bobby’s side) have bought most of the toys that carpet our living room. I did try once to steer their grandma toward games, books, art supplies and such and she did for awhile but who can say no to the latest T-Rex who roars when you press on it’s belly. And the boys do play with a lot of these toys but when it comes down to it….(To quote one of my favorite kids books, Today I Feel Silly, (yes, a celebrity wrote it but I think she’s the only one with an inkling of talent, Jamie Lee Curtis).
“And although I’ve got THINGS…I’ve got nothing to do.”
Happy birthday, Beth! It occurred to me this morning that mid-February was over and I officially missed it (again), but hope your day was good, or at least not queasy.
I’ll call soon. I’m in the last hurrahs of getting the issue to the printer.