13! for Thursday

13 Unwritten Rules of Spitzer Haus

1. If the trash can is full, keep shoving more trash on top until Mom empties the can. It doesn't matter if things fall off the top- she'll pick that up, too/

2. If you spill, it will evaporate. Or Mom will clean it up. Either way.....

3. Do not write important numbers on someone else's wipe off board.

4. Do not move or throw away any jibbles of paper. It will be the very thing that Dad looking for.

5. Go ahead and pile your socks next to the basement door. Oh, there is a laundry bag hanging on the back of that very same door? That's ok, Mom doesn't mind picking up all the socks and putting them in the bag herself.

6. The TV stand makes a great table and Mom really doesn't mind having to take all your cups and plates to the kitchen or wiping your food off the TV..... really.

7. Mom needs to vacuum and you are playing X Box------ that is ok- just pick up one foot when she gets close and turn the volume WAAAYYYYY up so you can still hear.

8. Dogs are pacing back and forth and barking to go outside but Mom is still asleep? Don't worry, they will wake her up soon enough- no need to get off the couch and stop watching "Good Luck Charlie".

9. Mom likes chiseling dried on cereal out of bowls and scraping toothpaste from the sink.

10. If Mom says it is a rule, go ahead and argue. She might change her mind. Even though she hasn't in 10 years, there is always a chance.....

11. Don't ever drink from Mom or Dad's cup after 5 pm....... you might not like the surprise.

12. Pile everything on the table in the foyer. Mom enjoys having to put everything away and then having to find it again......

13. Pull all the shoes from the shoe basket to find your flip flop and leave the rest all over the floor- Mom LOVES to trip over all the shoes at the bottom of the stairs!