This is a Very Odd Day

Here are some things you might like to know:

1. Food coloring in the toilet tank is MUCH more effective than soap suds. Jello , on the other hand, is a death sentence.

2. Clear, invisible tape holding down the handle of the sink sprayer is more effective than a lime green rubber band. Although either tactic can work well.

3. Just for today, if you call your grandmother to tell her to run outside and see the sandhill cranes even though there are none, it's not lying.

4. Lots of things you can say today that would by lying any other day will not be lying today. But you should still be careful.

5. You may find light-bulbs missing from important spots.

6. The toothpaste might disappear.

7. There may be a suspicious eagerness amongst the small fry to make everybody else's beds.

8. The small fry might awake to discover that their toenails have turned pink in the night.

9. If you have more than one bathroom, guard your own personal bathroom closely. Just saying.

10. There could be a snake in your refrigerator and a lizard in your pantry. Of course there are also spiders on your back and your shoes are untied.


11. A stick-it note, trimmed and placed on the underside of the computer mouse creates an interesting effect.

12. Did you know that the left and right mouse buttons can be reversed so that the right mouse highlights and the left mouse cuts and pastes? Do you KNOW how disorienting this can be to the surprised computer user? Just asking.

13. If somebody comes out of the bathroom asking, oh so nonchalantly, which toothbrush is yours, this is not a good day to tell. This might, however, be a wonderful day to keep your toothbrush with you, close and friendly like, all day.

14. Biscuit dough mixed with vanilla yogurt, nutmeg and powedered sugar, rolled thin, and then cut with a crinkle cut vegetable slicer into strips and baked until golden does resemble french fries. Put out a bowl of raspberry or strawberry jam to dip them in. They'd look even more authentic if you sprinkled the dough with regular sugar, but we didn't have any. The yogurt is not necessary, milk or water will do.

15. When the children get old enough that they wake up when their toenails are being colored with an indelible marker, it's time to start toilet papering their room and locking yours.
Unless you like blue toenails and smiley faces on your feet.

What odd things are going on at your house?