{"id":1219,"date":"2006-08-16T22:09:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-17T03:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/2006\/08\/16\/like-shoveling-the-sidewalk-before-it-stops-snowing\/"},"modified":"2022-07-05T14:47:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T12:47:37","slug":"like-shoveling-the-sidewalk-before-it-stops-snowing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/2006\/08\/16\/like-shoveling-the-sidewalk-before-it-stops-snowing\/","title":{"rendered":"LIKE SHOVELING THE SIDEWALK BEFORE IT STOPS SNOWING*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, driving through the rain on the way to work, I nearly ran into a rainbow. It was right in front of the car, just came out of nowhere! A patch of sunshine had strayed from between the clouds and was blundering about looking for its way out again. After a few moments of sun-bathed sparkliness it vanished once more for most of the day. But! Out it came again to play in the early evening and how did I choose to celebrate?<\/p>\n<p>By cleaning the garage. <\/p>\n<p>Why yes, I <b>am<\/b> clinically insane, thank you for asking!<\/p>\n<p>Do you know how many mouse turds can accumulate in damp and musty cardboard boxes over the course of 4 years? Enough to build several dozen mice, that&#8217;s how many. EW. Why we thought storing things we didn&#8217;t really need or want in cardboard boxes in an uninsulated garage would be a good idea, I don&#8217;t know. Probably because there really wasn&#8217;t any place to put them in the house.<\/p>\n<p>The impetus for the madness came in the form of a flyer stuffed in our mailbox today: <font color=\"#800000\"><b>FLYINGE LOPPIS! INSAMLING L\u00d6RDAGEN 27\/8 10-13!<\/b><\/font>** Every year the village throws a big giant excuse for cleaning out your crap in the form of a monster garage sale and auction. The only things they don&#8217;t accept are large appliances and tires, and they prefer that any electronics you donate work, thank you very much. We have only gone to the flea market\/auction a few times because mostly it&#8217;s a football field full of, well, the same kinds of things I am getting rid of now: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>42 million mismatched flowerpots and baskets<\/li>\n<li>old baby paraphernalia including a travel baby-buggy bag and an \u00e5kp\u00e5se that miraculously escaped the ravages of the mice<\/li>\n<li>a baby doll with weird hair<\/li>\n<li>a purple and pink girl&#8217;s backpack decorated with a caterpillar with 6 legs dangling from the bottom<\/li>\n<li>a child-size plastic lawnmower and wheelbarrow<\/li>\n<li>2 children&#8217;s umbrellas shaped like a ladybug and a yellow bubble with transparent eyeholes that my kids didn&#8217;t like<\/li>\n<li>a cast-off motorcycle helmet<\/li>\n<li>8 bags of unwanted and outgrown clothing<\/li>\n<li>a set of 8 plastic margarita glasses with cactuses on the handles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, I have given Anders an ultimatum: get the old computer and the bikes put up for sale online by this Saturday or they are going on the block as well next week.<\/p>\n<p>From the open window 4 feet away I can hear a symphony of screaming babies. There are 3 relatively new infants, all born this summer, living in a row across the street from us, and apparently they are all seriously PISSED OFF about something tonight. I do not miss those days one bit.<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-3\">*What Phyllis Diller says cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like.<br \/>\n**Flyinge Flea Market! Collection Saturday August 27th from 10-1!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, driving through the rain on the way to work, I nearly ran into a rainbow. It was right in front of the car, just came out of nowhere! A patch of sunshine had strayed from between the clouds and was blundering about looking for its way out again. After a few moments of sun-bathed sparkliness it vanished once more for most of the day. But! Out it came again to play in the early evening and how did I choose to celebrate? By cleaning the garage. Why yes, I am clinically insane, thank you for asking! 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