Right now, at this very moment, on our desk we have:

• cd’s
• blank cd’s
• blank DVDs that have never been used
• two library movies
• a cutting mat I used three weeks ago and never put away
• junk mail
• real mail (sadly bills)
• the thingy that the real mail is supposed to be in
• all the other junk that is actually in the thingy the bills are supposed to be in
• a dictionary
• a pencil
• a one dollar bill
• an external hard drive
• one headband
• some blue circular thing with weird wire in it that John attempted to use to clean out pipes in the bathroom
• a nail clippers
• two empty glasses
• a computer monitor
• the keyboard
• the mouse (not a real one- phew)
• speakers
• a check book
• a FarmTek catalog
• dirt
• the six CD holder thingy that is for the truck
• a wedding invitation to a wedding that has come and gone
• the remote for the radio
• a few of Ivy’s worksheets from school
• health insurance information
• a small pink lamp with a white lady on it
• a crayon drawing by Clara
• a painting by Clara
• miscellaneous cords to plug miscellaneous items into the computer
• one Mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup wrapper wadded up into a small ball

Today Clara looked at the desk and said: “Mom what you eatin’?”

Me: “Nothing.”

Clara points to wrapper: “Noooo,  what that from?”

Busted.

Some could look at this situation and think – “Man, that lady sits at her computer surrounded by a gigantic mess and eats peanut butter cups while her kids are sleeping and then tries to deny it.”

John will no doubt  look at this situation and think: “A WRAPPER!?” (He hates wrappers not thrown away. I have trouble getting them to the garbage. It’s an issue.)

But not me.

I look at this situation and think – “Wow, Clara has got some excellent observation skills!”