There are some things you just don't do in this house. You don't open any canned foods unless you have a can of cat food handy, for example. I mean, you can, but I wouldn't. Two of the cats consider it a federal offense to open a can and not give them food. They act as judge and jury as they read you your rights and then sentence you to death by meowing.
You also don't open the one kitchen cabinet unless you have a few hours to spare. It's the cabinet where everything gets hidden when it should be put away. Piles of mail, coupons, photographs, all sorts of things end up there. Some of it is important and some of it belongs in the trash, but it all gets shoved in there in some sort of terrible filing system.
To open the cabinet is to commit to sorting and cleaning.
I made the mistake.
I needed to find some envelopes and I knew they were in there. I was 100% positive they were in there, even. So I opened the cabinet door and hoped I would spot them right away. If I had, I could have grabbed them and ran without committing to a search.
It didn't work out.
Two hours later, a giant pile of useless crap was in the trash can and the needed envelopes were in my hand. As a bonus, I encountered lots and lots of photos as I sorted.
The photos were mostly of Alexis. The toddler days, baby days, all of the days were represented. The growing pile of photos led to Alexis go on and on about how cute she was (and is, if you ask me) and questions about why the photos aren't framed and on display.
Good question, that. Mostly it's because when I went to hang a bunch of frames in our dining room, I learned that the sticky two-sided tape stuff that I prefer to nails wouldn't work on those walls. Frames fell faster than I could hang them, so I stopped trying.
There are about 10 photos of Alexis in frames and displayed in our home.
Which is 10 more than there are of Mila.
When I started thinking about it, I realized that the only photos of Mila that are on display in our house are the photos from her ultrasound on December 23, 2013.
Whoops.
I think maybe it's time for me to get around to framing some photos. It's not like there aren't a zillion of them.
