Silent Recycling

What do you notice about this picture?

• There are 5 Coke products and 1 Pepsi?
  —No, but you are very observant.

• All the cans are facing the same direction?
  —Your getting warmer.

• If you said the cans are organized, you are correct.
  —But why blog about it?

The story behind the picture: I had just come home from work and was mulling around the kitchen looking for something to eat. When I looked down to see what was in the bag I was tip-toeing around, this is what I saw. Six empty pop cans, all facing the same direction, ready to be taken out to recycling.

Did Erin get bored and decide to have fun with recycling?

When I asked her about it, she said Brevin had fallen asleep in his swing and she wanted to get some house cleaning done. But because our son had just fallen asleep, she knew it wouldn't take much for him to wake up. So cleaning became a chore. (Ha! I bet you didn't see that pun coming.) ;) When she got to putting away the pop cans, she couldn't just throw them in the bag. And if she were to just gently put them in without any order, they would rattle and it wouldn't make any difference how gently she put them in the bag. Her only solution, creating a base for the bag so when she picked it up, the cans would remain silent and sturdy.

Funny, yet ingenious. Ah the things we do accommodate a sleeping baby.

Enjoy your weekend!

—b