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<\/a><\/p>\nIt\u2019s in the early stages of being filled up but I\u2019m on a mission to fill it up! Oh you know there are things that you just have to keep \u2013 no matter how mundane they seem \u2013 I can sometimes pick up an object and consider it for the box only to put it down give it a reprieve.<\/p>\n
What is the next object coming out\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/a>The first thing\u00a0 pulled from the box is this book \u2013 Cooper received it Christmas of 2008 and probably has not been picked up by him since\u2026.oh Christmas 2008. Our youngest son is not a reader and\u00a0even though it was lovingly given to him with the best intentions it was one of \u2018those\u2019 gifts that just get\u00a0put down and never looked at again.\u00a0 I honestly try to\u00a0give away as many books as possible \u2013 I\u2019m a bit of a book-worm\u00a0and tend to keep them.<\/p>\n<\/a>A lovely, looks like sheep\u2019s wool, pet bed \u2013 I am clueless to where this even came from but I\u2019m sure I kept it thinking it looked so comfortable that my cats would fight over\u00a0who gets to sleep on it \u2013 guess what neither of them have.\u00a0 Well that\u2019s a lie \u2013 they have when I\u2019ve forced them onto it (in a humane way\u2026wink, wink) but nope they did not see the same appeal that obviously I did. \u00a0Toss it out and don\u2019t look back.<\/p>\n<\/a>Ok first off I did not pay 12.99 for this\u00a0movie that came out in 2000 starring Kevin Bacon & Elizabeth Shue \u2013 a good movie to see once\u2026.but not twice. It was one of those deals when you spend more than so much money they offer you what\u2019s behind door #1\u2026..or door #2 \u2013 well except you can see what\u2019s behind the doors.\u00a0 I must have been in a weak moment as I usually don\u2019t get rooked\u00a0into these little \u201cdeals\u201d but on this day I did. I\u2019m pretty sure I paid $3.99 or $5.99 \u2013 you\u2019d think I\u2019d remember because it wasn\u2019t that long ago. What makes it\u2019s worse I came home and the kids quickly pointed out we already have this movie (back in my Columbia House buying sprees \u2013 remember those buy\u00a010 movies for .01 cent \u2013 then you\u2019re in for so many more movies in the next year at an exorbitant\u00a0cost) \u2013 so this item was short-lived\u00a0at our house and I scolded myself for getting rooked.<\/p>\n<\/a>Arrggggg\u00a0a Pirates life is not to be at our house!\u00a0 This plastic little toy is a remnant\u00a0of my cleaning spree of Cooper\u2019s toys before I left. He\u2019s at that age where toys are not his \u2018cup of tea\u2019 \u2013 he\u2019s slowly\u2026oh so painfully slow\u2026.gone through a big toy box that has been kicking around the basement for a year.\u00a0 Now not because he wants to keep the toys but because he\u2019s not into the task \u2013 several times I\u2019ve considered just taking the whole box to the thrift store but Scottish heritage comes out of me because this is a box full of Lego\u2026which is not cheap!\u00a0 One day I got up and dug into it myself \u2013 had to separate\u00a0Lego from Kinex (a tedious task) and found a few little toys like this mixed in\u00a0\u2013 after I had done it all (took the better part of a day \u2013 Cooper decided he wanted to keep the Lego cause he\u2019d still play with it.\u00a0 Oh yah I fell hook line & sinker \u2013 that was 2 months ago and the Lego is still sitting exactly where I left it.\u00a0 The pirate alas had to walk the plank\u2026rather quickly!<\/p>\n