It has been over two weeks since we celebrated my youngest’s 7th birthday.
Most of the decor is now a memory.
And then Sunday night, as I slowly (because of my injured back) made my way through the house directing my kids to get it clean for our Sunday evening home group meeting, I had a pleasant flashback of the party when I saw the pretty pink cup.
On the fireplace mantle.
And THEN I realized that the pink cup had likely been there for over two weeks now. TWO weeks. Hard to deny, since we don’t drink out of hot pink disposable plastic cups on a daily basis.
Irritated, but glad I caught it before it had been there for a month, I walked over to get it.
And found this:
Another item with a VERY identifiable date. Yep. That’s a handprint-Rudolph.
How is it that the fireplace mantle, at eye-level in the middle of our most-used room, is like a Slob Vision Black Hole?
I do the same thing with the top of our entertainment center. I recently had to clean it off for a party and I found a DVD that I had remembered putting up there last month when one of my kids friends had decided to hide the case, I found the case the day after I put the DVD up there and failed to reunite the two 🙂
Oooh!
I have an antique hutch with a high top…flat surface. I (and other adults) put things there to keep away from the grandkids , things they find, and I take them and put them up there.
A random Keep Away from Children spot!
It is a black hole as well.
Pat
Our mantle is also a black hole easily overseen. I don’t have any excuse other than selective seeing because I’m tall and have no problem seeing the mantle.
Thanks for your honest with each post. I realize I’m not the only one who struggles.
Does this mean that I need to take down my 2012 glitter sign that has been hanging up since kiddo brought it home to celebrate the new year……errrr the old year?????
Hahaha!!!
I have a born organized friend. My brother-in-law would wad up a piece of paper and hide it in something at her house to see how long it took her to find it. No one told her. Almost immediately, like she has radar! I love her to no end! Now if he had put that paper her even in plain sight, my cat would probably find it before me!
That’s hilarious!!
I just glanced at mine… there is an empty Dr Pepper can there 🙁 LOL!
Ha!
This post and the comments are cracking me up! I am constantly amazed at the things that are hiding in plain sight.
This is me. This is soooo me. Thanks for helping the rest of us know we’re not alone. 🙂
My daughter is allowed to write her name in the dust – but not the date.
I like to write ‘dust me’ and then walk away for another week or three. 😂
I can’t help but wonder if this slob vision we all have is some sort of disease or condition??
My husband is constantly asking me why I don’t notice things like that. I’m 4’10” tall. That’s over my head. You want to hide something from me? Put it in plain sight, but at the 5′ or higher level. I’ll never see it.
My sister left her visor at my house. I put on the hooks by the patio door. When we talked, I told her where I put it, because “it’s been long enough that I’m used to seeing it, so I won’t know where it is when you ask me”. Ball’s in her court, now.