Aging With Adventure: My Own Personal Stash
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 07:49AM I have kids so I have stashes all over the house. This is for the sake of my sanity than any desire to go treasure hunting. About 15 years ago after buying yet another hammer after my husband used the last one and the hammer somehow went walk about, I bought my own personal tool kit. All the tools fit in a cool black plastic case and I have not had to go hammer hunting since. No one in my home knows of this tool kit existence. My husband has made more then a few trips to the hardware store to get another hammer. The children got older and became hammer liberators also.
I keep my sewing kit hidden also. If I don’t the thread gets tangled, the pins wander away and the needles I suspect wander after the pins. I have to find a new hiding place after a child borrows the sewing kit. There is something about how the children interact with the sewing kit that causes the pins and needles to disappear. I can’t figure out why this is, my children don’t cause the dishwasher to run and hide or the stove to overheat.
Scissors, I have scissors hidden all over the house. The problem is I can’t remember where they are secreted so I have to buy another pair no matter if the kids uncover one of the hidden ones or not.
For clear tape, I have a different plan. There is a roll in the kitchen draw next to a pair of scissors I am hiding in plain sight and then there is my secret supple. The kids discovered the secret supple so that explains why we rarely have clear tape on hand when needed.
Finally my stash of Dove Dark Chocolate Promises: 2 little pieces and life seems better than it was 5 minutes ago. Not only do I have to keep these little sanity savers hidden, I have to be moved my stash every 24 hours or so because we have some truly dedicated chocolate loves in my home. I am willing share when I am raiding my stash. Two for me, one for every child that asks nicely.
Do you have a stash?
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i do! i have my own set of miini screw drivers, my own electrical tape, clear tape, stapler, scissors, cutter, ballpen, eraser, pencil, marker, tape measure and. their all in my bag which by now weighs a ton.
The tool kit--YES!! Before I was married I had a basic set of necessary tools and I knew exactly where they were. Since then....well, my story is hauntingly similar to yours. My brother gave me a complete tool kit in a lovely pink plastic case for Christmas a couple of years ago. My husband and son know of its existence under my bed, but are FORBIDDEN to touch it!
Yes I have a pair of scissors and writting pen and chocolate stashed away. I too have to re-hide the chocolate often. Isn't funny what we have to do.
OH, yes! Always have! My toolkit is stocked, even though hubby has a garage full of stuff... at least I can find my tools! And chocolate, of course... not too much else, though. Those are the important things... ;)
Yes, when my daughter was still living at home, she would borrow scissors all the time and they would disappear. Also, rulers from some strange reason.
That is so funny! No, I dont have a secret stash, but I also have no idea where the scissors, tape and hammer are!!!
Ahhh...Dove Dark Chocolate Promises! Thankfully, no one in my household likes dark chocolate. Now that my daughter is in college I live with two males, and can hide everything in plain site and no one can find it! I appear to be the hero on occasion due to this unusual talent to find stuff that is where it should be!
I am the chocolate stash queen! And then there is the scotch tape and batteries that I cannot remember where I hid them.
I though I was the only one who stashed a tool box! I have to get off the computer now and go move my chocolate stash before my daughter gets home from work.
I had my own toolbox, too! It was called a Do-it-herself Kit. Alas, I didn't think to hide it, so now half the tools are missing.
That's so funny that the same things go missing in our house, too. Scotch tape, packing tape, & especially the scissors!
I remember my Mom talking about her "good" scissors. Now mine are hidden.
And the scotch tape, premium kind on my business-type dispenser, is hidden as well. The kids can have the cheap stuff. But leave my tape & scissors alone!
Great idea! But they keep finding my stashes! Okay, so not ALL of them. heh