"I want my river back..."

I've got 2 bags of unused items and not a place to put them.

NY friends, I am giving kids clothes away at the garden on 171st and Haven at our next Garden Gathering...12-24 months girls clothes....sizes 5-7 in shoes.


Flashback :

It has to have been at least two years since talking with the Allreds about used and antique items and passing them down to other that need them when their purpose has been served. That night we created the "Universal Flowing River of Feng Shui" It is a river where people so freely give of unwanted items by placing them back into the ever flowing waters for someone else and then to take for yourself, any items you need that someone else had placed there. Are you still with me?
Well in the parking lot of VONS on Durango and Warm Springs (Las Vegas) I FOUND MY RIVER! There were 2 small storage sheds placed in the parking lot for clothes and small household items (to be donated to people in need...it had a mail box door. I was constantly gathering bags of unused baby clothes and toys and knick knacks and sometimes DI was just too far to travel to drop them off (they would sit in our garage for months). So on my way to anywhere, I could drop items off at this location, where others did the same. It was way too often though that people would drop other items OUTSIDE of the shed "in the flowing waters" and very frequently there were items that I was in need of....(size 5 clothes (I washed them), box of polly pockets (I sanitized them), old furniture that I wasn't allowed to bring home) I didn't know if these items left was a way of tempting me or if it was a blessing...I took it as a blessing and received several items from my "Universal Flowing River of Feng Shui". ;) I hope that a family is getting good use out of our gently used things as well!

Present:
I have not found another since moving to New York...all of the streets are filled with unwanted items for people to take, but this "river" is more like... the Ganges maybe? What do you think Jen? (drinking and bathing in its waters carries a high risk of infection)....not that we have the space for anything anyway.

So, just as Tausha from the BACKYARDIGANS sings, I too am singing "I want my river back."





Ella gave this letter to Scott...LOL...it says "Bad Dad" She said that it reads, "I love you Dad." He is so the opposite of Bad Dad. :) He is like amazing, super fun, carries Ella, Paisley, Stroller and Groceries up 5 flights of stairs at once so the girls don't have to do it, kind of dad. Hey, doesn't their mom carry anything up? Lazy.





The proof. They are getting to an age where motivational tools help!! All of the links to their chains are gone so they got to go Toys R Us, in the pouring rain, and ride the ferris wheel, thanks Scotty. We have been using a chart as well for stickers. I am willing to try anything!! Any ideas?



Ella- "This is what your hands look like when you don't wash them. These are the germs and these are the bad cells." I personally love the new swirly handwriting.