Last week, I posted 13 things that I have at least 13 of at my house…
This week I thought I’d post about 13 things I don’t have at my house… (because I am just so clever) (yeah, or just a little bit desperate for material…)
So here you go.
Thirteen things that I DON’T have at my house.
1. Baby Dolls
We don’t have a one. If a little girl comes over to our house to play, she must settle for a light saber. Ooh, or an action figure. Surely she could hold and rock a little plastic ninja turtle to sleep… Nah, usually she just settles for the light saber and joins in with our crazy fun.
2. Soccer shoes…size 1
We have about 23 pairs of soccer cleats in all different sizes…because of hand-me-downs…all stored in a closet for the boys as they grow and need a different size. But we don’t have a size one soccer cleat. And that’s the size Elias needs this year. (sigh)
3. Leftovers
I think those are a part of our past. The boys (and their daddy) just keep eating until it’s gone, and then they say, “What else can I eat?”
4. Complete sets of crayons
It’s not like this matters too much, but where’s the blue-violet when you need one?
5. Wii Game System
But I do hear often of how nice it would be if we did have one. (The poor deprived sweeties will just have to settle for playing on their PS2, game boys, Leap Pad, Computer….)
6. Pencils that have a nice eraser on them
What is it about erasers on pencils that get all hard and funky…and instead of erasing…they just leave a dark gray nasty smudge across the page?
7. Pens or paper by my telephone
Or anywhere else when I need them, for that matter. Who keeps moving them…I’d like to know?
8. Hair Thingamajiggers
With the exception of a couple of ponytail holders for my hair…my house is free of bows, barrettes, head bands, and clips. For our boys…we have a comb…and they use it…on occasion.
9. Snacks
Okay, well…I do…but it all depends on when you read this post…because I do, and then they’re gone…and then I make more…and they’re gone. Right now I do…oh wait…nope…they’re gone.
10. Completed Scrapbooks
The future wives of my sons will probably not appreciate the fact that for a wedding gift, I will lovingly hand over to them a book with one newborn picture in it and a little lock of hair…along with a big box of photos…all in random order. It’s a good day at my house when I actually remember to take a picture in the first place. (I know…all you scrapbookers out there are yelling at me! Sorrrrry. It’s just not my gift.)
11. Clean windows
Although, it is a goal of mine to get busy handing squirt bottles and rags to my boys so that they can be busy cleaning them now that it’s finally spring.
12. Soft playdough
It seems that when the boys get out the playdough to make me some “lunch”…they never seem to remember to put it back into the container and close it too. Crusty playdough is just not nearly as much fun.
13.
(Yeah…13 is left blank on purpose. Get it? 13 things I don’t have at my house….I don’t have a number 13. Get it?)
(Oh, brother…)
Thursday Thirteen Hub here
Holly says:
#13 - ha ha - VERY funny!
NO baby dolls? Well, I don’t have any in my house either. We do have dolls…the dog loves them…but no baby dolls though.
Smiles,
Holly
http://theabundanceplace.com
April 9th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
orneryswife says:
cute list. I don’t have most of those things either!
Happy TT!
TM
April 9th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
AnthonyNorth says:
#11 has got me. What are clean windows?
April 9th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Cheerio says:
That is strange not to have baby dolls when you have girls. Well anyway, I did have them when I was a kid.
April 9th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Laura says:
Well…maybe I didn’t make myself clear… I don’t have any girls. I have four boys. THAT’S why I don’t have any baby dolls.
April 9th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Nicholas says:
We don’t have any of those either except I do have a pen and pad by each phone.
April 9th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
On a Limb with Claudia says:
We should trade. I love yellow pencils and use an eraser. So I have nubby pencils with perfects ends. Go figure.
Happy TT!
April 9th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
SandyCarlson says:
You don’t have a lot of things I don’t have–clean windows, paper by the phone, Wii! Will we ever make it?
April 9th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
The Happy Housewife says:
I with you on most of them… I do have lots of hairbands, baby dolls, and other things girlish… with 3 and 3 we seem to have most everything!
April 9th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Lazy Daisy says:
Loved your list….but one day you will have those things (it may with your grandkids though!)
April 9th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Journeywoman says:
I don’t ever plan to own a Wii
April 9th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Lilibeth says:
I can identify with a lot of the above…although my youngest two are in college and the grandkids are over a lot. I don’t know what it is about erasers, but those hard ones sure mess up crossword puzzles.
April 9th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Lori says:
LOL…great list. We dont have leftovers in our house either:) Happy TT.
April 9th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Shaunesay says:
very funny, I can sympathize on a lot of those! LOL!
April 9th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
marcia v says:
Aw how well I understand being the mother of 3 boys
April 9th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Dane Bramage says:
We have to import girlie things for my niece to play with since she is the sister to five brothers.
Well it is #75 for me as I celebrate three years of blogging. 13 Favorite Thursday Thirteens From Last Year Stop by if you get a chance!
April 9th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
kay says:
A list for a good chuckle. Haven’t we all been there! Happy TT!
April 9th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
SJ Reidhead says:
What would it be like to have clean windows?
SJR
The Pink Flamingo
April 9th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Bethany says:
Your family and mine would get along well! We do have baby dolls though.
I’m sure my brothers would love to have a Wii! Happy TT 
April 9th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Laura says:
You can fix your pencil erasers by rubbing them on an old pair of jeans (or some other heavy, slightly abrasive fabric). You wear off the hard, crusty part and then the eraser works again
April 9th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Alice Audrey says:
We don’t have baby dolls either, and I have a daughter. She’s just not into them.
April 9th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Joyce T. says:
We DO have (or had) babydolls when the girls were little, and we DO have a Wii (Try it; you’ll like it!). Other than that we’re very similar.
April 9th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Farrah says:
I enjoyed reading your TT and some of your other posts! I have one son and no girls, so we have similarities on this one. Oh, and he eats enough for four boys…LOL! Not quite, but he eats lots.
April 10th, 2008 at 1:15 am
Catherine says:
Yes I know what you mean about the shoes! We have boxes of shoes keeping safe for the next girl in line, but they hardly ever seem to fit when we want them to.
April 10th, 2008 at 4:15 am
Dallas >^^< Meow says:
I PREFER a light saber to a doll! oh wait, except Barbie!
but no soft playdough - sad, so very sad!
April 10th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Laura says:
Fun list!! All of our playdough ends up crusty, too…but there are a LOT of dolls in this house, because you just can’t avoid them with 4 girls in the house!!
Happy T-13!
April 10th, 2008 at 11:27 am
pussreboots says:
Although I do have a daughter we don’t have hair thingies or dolls either. She would prefer cars, or action figures or swords. She has sometimes gone to bed with a Batman toy. Happy TT.
April 10th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Mrs. Brownstone @ XBOX Wife says:
Very creative! I really like this list.
As for those pencils…we bought a bunch of pink erasers to keep on hand. They disappear, but I bought enough to keep pulling them out when necessary!
http://xboxwife.blogspot.com/
April 10th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Tasina says:
My husband and I had to go buy a present for a little girl. We went to the “girl” section of the toy store and just stood there in shock. Husband said, “My God - it’s so PINK.” We have no pink in our house full of boys.
April 10th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Maggie says:
Great idea for a TT and a fun list!
I always joke that “I can’t have anything nice” because something bad always happens to all of my stuff. I see you can relate
April 10th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Suezque says:
Thireteen things on or around my work desk- a desk that I can’t wait to NOT have anymore… Someday… I pray… PLEASE LORD!!!
I need your writing style to rub off on me a little… You are so creative, and funny, and smart!
April 10th, 2008 at 7:13 pm