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September 19, 2010 By Dana White | 13 Comments

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I talk a lot about my Selective Slob Vision.  It is totally true that I tend to not see clutter until I trip over it.

And sometimes not even then.

But I’ll give one to the skeptical-normal-people here.  Ummmm, sometimes I choose not to see it.

Today I was at the sink at 12:11 p.m.  Normally, my daughter and I eat our lunch at 11 a.m. during the week.  But, since it was a church/noon-football-game day, we ate lunch at home today.

As I was at the sink, I saw that the sun was shining beautifully through my kitchen window, illuminating something I had never seen before.  My Wizard of Oz figurine-scene-thingy, was one big cobweb.

If I hadn’t been standing there at that exact moment, with the sun shining through, I’d never have noticed it.

And I’d have been okay with not noticing it.

How awful is that?

See, now I know it’s there, and I feel the guilt.  Have I done anything about it?

Ummm, no.

I really just wish I hadn’t noticed it. 

There you go, normals, you win on this one.

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And in case anyone is concerned for Dorothy, she was mugged along the yellow brick road by some teeny-tiny-fingers at least a year ago.  I’ve been meaning to hot glue her back into place . . .  .

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OK, I started to hit “publish” but purely out of guilt and this whole blogging-as-accountability thing, I decided to get up and go into the kitchen and stretch waaaaaay up to dust that thing.

Blech.

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  1. Lenetta @ Nettacow says

    September 20, 2010 at 1:43 am

    I keep reading stuff like "if it takes ten minutes or less, do it NOW!" And I think that's a great idea. Then I see something shiny, and —

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  2. Diane says

    September 20, 2010 at 2:30 am

    You could have left the cobwebs there till halloween and called it a decoration!!!!!!
    just kidding of course

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  3. Mary @ Giving Up On Perfect says

    September 20, 2010 at 2:54 pm

    Oh my gosh, I know what you mean! After cleaning my house for guests a couple weeks ago, I was horrified to notice cobwebs ALL OVER our dining room walls. I soooo wish I hadn't seen them!

    (And I agree with your other commenter – they can just be Halloween decorations. Right? RIGHT?) 🙂

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  4. Penelope says

    June 12, 2013 at 9:54 am

    Go glue Dorothy back, that’s going to bug me!

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  5. t.piatt says

    March 4, 2014 at 2:36 pm

    too funny about that… i’m the same way-i think i drive my precius hubby mad sometimes. lol. but normally he just grabs a chair and reaches up to dust things for me when he notices-way more frequently than i do. hahaha. tho my biggest problem with “high” to clean is i would see this and that and it would end up taking 30+ minutes and then i’d forget what i ws even doing when i noticed it….. 🙂

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  6. margaret minor says

    March 7, 2014 at 5:33 pm

    That’s funny. In the past I have had a “pile” of things on my kitchen counter needing to be super glued on. Yes, they BUG me all the time they were sitting there until I just can’t stand it anymore. Then I get them glued on and feel so much better. I don’t know why I procrastinate since I know I’ll feel better, but I just hate doing it and it only takes a few minutes! Silly, huh?

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  7. Sue says

    March 7, 2014 at 5:37 pm

    My ex-husband used to go bananas about the dust on top of the fridge. Could I see up that high? NO!! Could he? YES! And why didn’t he just dust it since he saw it and I didn’t?

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    • Leila says

      August 13, 2022 at 10:49 am

      Yeah, he would be my ex-husband, too. Being a homemaker doesn’t make you the drudge or the servant, and it doesn’t relieve others of all household responsibilities. If he wanted to sign sole ownership over to you, that might be different (emphasis on “might”). Otherwise, he’s part of the family and should act like it.

      I read a helpful hint from someone here (I think), and that was to put a layer of paper towels on the top of the refrigerator to catch the dirt and grease particles that fly through the air in the kitchen. Then all you have to do is change the paper towels/newspapers every once in a while. I still haven’t done it, of course, because I procrastinate/don’t remember when I’m in the kitchen/am rarely willing to climb on a step stool, but it seems like a really good idea.

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      • Sue says

        August 13, 2022 at 12:44 pm

        I hear you about the procrastinating part! I like the idea, but I keep a basket with my meds on top of the fridge. It would probably mess up the paper towels and I’d have to get out the step stool to stand on to fix it. I sadly still don’t dust the top of the fridge (or much of anything else) but there’s no one here to complain about it.

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  8. Lety says

    March 7, 2014 at 7:13 pm

    I’ve found myself in this situation MANY times. Not only cobwebs, but dust, too. My house is super dusty. We’d have to dust it everyday to keep it dust free, so it is often easier to block it out. Of course, the guilt sets in when I pick dust bunnies off the surfaces and knick-knacks :/ Think I’ll go on a bunny hunt, now that I think of it. 😉 Have a great weekend.

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  9. Liz says

    March 8, 2014 at 1:19 am

    I go along quite pleasantly until I see the cobweb. I cannot unsee it and it will bug me until it’s cleaned…two weeks later. Kudos for cleaning yours. 🙂

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  10. Marcella says

    March 8, 2014 at 1:34 am

    I think I decluttered a brand new Christmas gift for my niece. The sad thing is, I have done that before. I suspect I “set it down” on top of a bag or laundry basket of items to donate.
    Oh well, at least if it got donated some kid somewhere might be enjoying the heck out of it!

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  11. messee mami says

    March 8, 2014 at 2:36 pm

    I just happened to look at the bottom of my boys’ room doorway and noticed chocolate pudding finger prints which led me to really “look” at the door/doorway and walls and notice that they were filthy. How often do normal people clean high traffic walls that aren’t in the kitchen? I checked the hall and girls’ room same dirtyness, that was completely unnoticed by my impaired vision.

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