Day 161 - Stuff Hidden From Company

We had two new families over for dinner last weekend and as their arrival neared I swept many things off my kitchen counter into a box.  Does this embarrass me?  Apparently not since I'm posted it for the world to read.  Hm.

Today's selection is all from that stuff I swept off the counter.

1 to 4. Homeschool plans (I make these once a week)
5.  Several sheets of notes for a short public speaking thing a couple months ago
6 & 7. Kits for baby handprint things
8. Warrantly for 5 year old mattresses
9. Bible study notes from a study I did over a year ago
10. Receipt from September 2011
11 & 12. Reminders for our dentist over a year old - we just got new annual reminders.  Whoops!
13. A mailing from a charity we wanted to contribute to
14. A Bible storybook my kids destroyed
15. Serendipity book my kids destroyed
16. Baby picture book my kids destroyed
17. DD#3 art project
18 to 20. Magazines I was saving to finish the puzzles.  There will be more puzzles another time.
21. DD#`1 Sunday school art project
22. Packing material - styrofoamish - I was saving for an unknown purpose
23 to 26 (plus a few) - DD#2 drawings for me that all say "mom" on them.  I just can't save them all!

A couple of notes - I am a book lover.  It makes me so sad that my kids have managed to hurt the books shown here today.  I could have mended two, but it's just not worth the time/effort involved.  We've had several grave conversations about caring for our books, but the baby still gets hold of some things she shouldn't.  I can't believe what accumulates on my counter.  It's like I just keep adding to the pile and don't realize what's tucked in there!

Katie