13 things that are right in front of me

Ok, I need to get back in to blogging. I'm going to start out small. Forgetfulone recently posted a blog about 13 things that she could see in front of her right now. Here my list:

1. The TV. I'm watching Bachelor in Paradise on Demand right now. I wasn't going to watch it, but everyone at work was talking about it, and The Agent is out playing poker, so I decided to binge watch. It's not anything to get excited about.

2. 4 Baskets of laundry. To be fair, it's all clean laundry. It just needs to be hung up and put away. I'm waiting for a child or a husband to volunteer to help put it away. It's been there for three days now.

3. The cat. More specifically, Bug's cat. There's something wrong with this friggin' cat. He hates the world. If you try to pet him, he's flinch and cower like you're trying to beat him. But he loves Bug. He leans into her hand when she pets him, and curls  up on her lap when she's sitting on the couch. And then when Bug goes to bed, this fool cat goes to bed with her and sleeps with his head on her pillow. Nutty cat.


4. My laptop. Duh.

5. Several toys and books belonging to the short people in the house. Seriously, can't they put ANYTHING away?

6. A Weird brass flamingo. So, my stepmother's aunt died, and her mother (so, my stepgrandmother?) was given this life sized brass flamingo that was found in the house. Alice's mom put the flamingo in her living room and it worked perfectly in there, because, well, her living room was last redecorated in the mid seventies. So then we're over at their house for some holiday and The Agent fell in love with the flamingo. So what does Alice's mom do? She straight gives us the flamingo. And I'm like, "no, please, I'm sure it has sentimental value,  please don't make me keep that ugly brass bird in my house." So now Freddie Flamingo lives in our living room. And not in a corner. Straight in the middle of everything. Watching me like a creeper.

See the unfinished wood in the background? See #10.

7. The house phone. There are only three people who call me on the house phone: Mom, Dad, and BFF. I have received 3 phone calls tonight, from none of those people. Freakin' telephone solicitors. Luckily, I have caller id, so I didn't answer the phone at all, and they didn't leave messages, which is also annoying.

8. A notepad. Filled with sentences written by BK. On the 7th day of school (which was Tuesday), BK's teacher called me and asked if there was "a bathroom issue" she should know about. It seems that BK went to the bathroom during class 5 times over the last two days, even after he said he went at recess. I told the teacher there are no bathroom issues, he just wants to get out of class. Duh. So, as punishment, BK had a fill a page with "I will go to the  bathroom at recess."

9. A pizza box. Ummmm...... yeah. We had pizza two weeks ago. The Agent wanted to save it for some reason. Just call us the Hoarders.

10. The fireplace. Two years ago, almost three now, The Agent put a big hole in my living room when he ripped out my fireplace. 6 months ago, he finally put in the new fireplace and the shelving I've been asking for.... and then he stopped. It still needs to be painted and the baseboards needs to be installed.... but I haven't been complaining because at least there's not a big hole there anymore. Maybe it will be completed someday.

11. Bug's backpack. I should probably check to make sure she did all her homework...

12. My Yeti. Do you guys know about the Yeti? Oh my, I think it's it's going to make my list of my favorite things in 2016. It's basically just a steel cup that keeps hot things hot and cold things cold. In the evening I enjoy a cocktail (today it was vodka and soda), and in the morning, the ice will still be in the tumbler. My friends, this is California. It's 9 o'clock at night and it's still 82 degrees out. The ice should have become water in about 26 minutes.

13. Pretzel Crisps by Snack Factory. This is my new crack.

What's right in front of you right now?