Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Finding Treasure

According to Mary Poppins, every task can be made into a game. Although, you know why Mary Poppins was a nanny and not a mom, right? That's right: she gets a day off every week.

Anyway. I am tired (or as my mom used to say, "sick and tired") of not having silverware. I figure that between what I owned when we moved in, and what I have purchased since we moved in, I have about 36 spoons. That's a lot of spoons.

However, I can't ever find those spoons. Or my forks or knives, for that matter - although the spoons are definitely the biggest issue. So we turned this into a game.

See the bear? That's me.
That's right: find the silver, make some cash. Ten cents, to be exact. Malena also got a 50-cent bonus for finding all of Bonnie's earrings that were scattered all over. The kids got 18 pieces of silverware with a combination of hard work (the boys) and memory (the girls). Now I have 14 spoons. A far cry from 36, but at least it's something.

Oh, and I say "sick and tired", too. A lot. Maybe I should work on that? Maybe when I get a day off every week.

2 comments:

  1. Lady ChanJanuary 25, 2013 at 5:37 PM

    Genius! Though I'm thinking they should pay YOU, since I'm pretty sure you don't hide spoons around the house. Or maybe you do...

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    1. Beckie HalesJanuary 26, 2013 at 5:01 PM

      Here's what's funny: I got the idea from the MB (Doug's mom). Although she also told me why it didn't work for her: Doug would take silverware from the kitchen, leave the house, come back in and claim to have "found" another piece. It took her a while to figure out this is what he was doing.

      So my rule: no silverware that was already put away (in the drawer, in the sink) or put out by children that day would count. Benefit of hindsight, I guess.

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