Ok, a new day. Fortunately before going to bed Sunday night, I did clean up the house a little so coming down the stairs, even to a pitiful tree, was kind of nice. I chose not to see all of the stuff that still had to be cleaned up.
I had a fairly busy and stressful day. I get home late afternoon and decide that I really would enjoy the tree if there wasn't so much crap all over the place still. (Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, of all the trees most lovely…..) I start finishing labels on totes and, of course, the label maker runs out of tape. Really?!?! Now?!?! Damn it! I will not be deterred. I put the bra back on and head out.
I return and decide that a cup of hot tea would be nice, even though the temps are in the 50s. Um, holy crap! The sink has ants on it! Are you kidding me??? (Oh f'ing Christmas tree, oh f'ing Christmas tree, of all the trees most lovely…..)
I get a lot of the totes back to the shed and decide to take a few minutes to put up a few more decorations. (Chestnuts roasting on an open fire…..) I hang two stockings. I bring out my small, nightstand size, gold tree that I have only because it reminds me of the few good times with my mom and the holidays. (Jack frost nipping at your nose…..) I'm reminded that I need to clean the dirt/dust off of the white tree so that I can put it on a table in the window. Ok, let's see. Salt, sugar, rice, hmmm, what should I use. I need the salt and sugar for the baking I still have to do but I hardly ever eat rice so that is it. (Frosty the snowman…..) Crap! I don't have any rice…..oh, hey, I do have that off brand boxed macaroni and cheese that is awful and I should have thrown it away by now anyway. What the hell, this is one way to use up those boxes! I get one of the biggest plastic bags I have, dump the macaroni in, close the bag tightly around the top of as much of the tree as I can, and begin to shake it. (was a jolly happy soul….) Works good for a second or two and then macaroni begins to fly! Shit! I must not have had the bag closed tight enough! And, of course, I have some things soaking in the sink and where does most of it land? You got it! In the water! Well, then, I guess I'll pick up what is on the floor. Are you kidding me!?!? More ants! Son of a (I manage to stop myself even though I am alone in the house). I kill what I see, realize that there is an empty box that has a lot of ants crawling all over it, throw it outside, clean those bodies and macaroni up, and go back to shakin'. (with a corncob pipe and a button nose……) Yep, macaroni all over the place. I decide that whatever this treatment might accomplish would be done and repeating this process was not necessary – especially once I saw the HOLE in the MFing bag!!!!!
I don't even know if it worked or not. I give. It's way late and I have a busy, early, Tuesday.
BTW - does anybody know how to get tiny macaroni out of the limbs and bristles of a fake tree???
(We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!.....) Bah humbug! (wink)
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