A Family Adventure

While Sharon convalesces, I am getting to grips with the container cupboard. Two weeks of scrimmaging has produced a necessary result: The Law of Containers!

The Law of Containers:

Round with round, square with square, and lid on container. Wash container and lid together. If not, then lids go to the bottom and the container will never be used. Like washing socks together, wash matching lids and containers together so that the monster can be held at bay. The lid monster hides lids at the bottom to undermine the container cupboard’s foundation. Throw out a container for which you do not find a lid, but handle more carefully a lid for which you cannot find a container. It might sound simplistic, but a damaged lid is less serious than a damaged container – anyone with an ounce of Scottish blood in them could not bring themselves to throw anything away anyway – but take a reality check – if there is a hole in the container larger than one millimeter throw it away. A bit of advice – hang onto an expensive lid just a little bit longer – like something marked Tupperware® on it. Do not hoard aluminum bases, yogurt, and cream cheese containers – they are like mischievous cats and dogs in a cooped up area – they complicate the process and will keep you busy – well, maybe just one 2-liter ice cream tub but no more. No empty Powerade® bottles, they are the demons sent to create chaos, they just don’t ‘fit!’ They are individualists and too demanding – they need to stand alone and side-by-side like soldiers standing guard outside the cupboard. Oven gloves are a no-no also. Oh, and don’t forget to put a sign on the cupboard door that says, “Teenagers KEEP OUT!”