Sunday, February 11, 2007

what happens when your in-laws get to paw through your things

When I'm facing a big task, I tend to get into making lists. In preparation for the move, I had written out a list of "manageable" tasks, listed by room, on a legal-sized piece of paper. Somewhere along the line, this list got tacked up in the kitchen. Today, I noticed several of our moving helpers taking a glance at the list, and started to worry about whether I'd written anything I wouldn't want family looking at. So when I saw that my brother-in-law seemed to be reading the entire list line by line, I got up to tear it off the wall.

"I have to make sure I didn't write anything embarrassing on that," I said, totally giving myself away.

He pointed at an item listed under "Bedroom". "You mean like 'Pack goodies'?"

Um, yeah. Like that.

6 comments:

Mary Beth said...

When we moved from Chicago to Joliet my mom decided to pack my nightstand. Jay's eyes got really big and I started stealthily staying one drawer ahead of her and passing the books and goodies underneath the bed to Jay who received them on the other side. I don't know how we managed it but it worked. I always abide by the rule, "Never, ever go through another person's nightstand." Things could just get uncomfortable.

Kat E said...

That's some teamwork-very impressive! I agree, nightstands should be more off-limits even than medicine cabinets!

karaokekitty said...

No way! No one is looking. The nightstand is COMPLETELY off limits. Oh, and if I die suddenly Kat E, you know you are my designated goodie disposer. :)

Kat E said...

Kitty, as long as I can keep the pirate videos... ;)

karaokekitty said...

LOL! Argh!

Jennifer said...

:D LMAO!!!!