Monday, November 6, 2006

Where's all the burp cloths?

I am in deep shit.

Fa has this burp cloth that she can NOT live breathe without. She sleeps with it, eats with it, takes it every-fuckin'-where. She adores this thing. We used to have two of them. Then my bestest buddie K gave me her daughter's final (and not needed) pink gingham burp cloth as a backup. We had three. I was confident and secure. Then, I lost one a few months back in the mall. But I was all, "Ah, what's the big deal? That was the spare anyway! We have two more!"

Now, I can't seem to find the farkin' second pink gingham backup burp. I am in deep shit.

Don't get me wrong. I do try to offer up others as substitution. We have at least 30 different colored burp cloths. Purple, Green gingham, flowered burps, teddy covered burp cloths, plain white-with-spit-up-stained burp cloths, "Super Pink Burp cloths"...But I only have ONE, single, solitary pink burp cloth. The Queen of all the burps. "Pink Lady", the love of her life. The one and only.

It is filthy.

We take it everywhere, she sleeps with it. It has been dragged on the floor of home depot while we look for doors and doorbells to ring. It has been lost in Whole Foods where we had to backtrack down the aisles to find her. It/she has been stepped on, peed on, fed and wrapped around our heads. It is a mess. Fa won't let me wash it/her.

So, last night was the final straw that broke the burp cloths back. I stole it. I washed it. I dried it. Fa was not privy to my deceit. She looked all over the house for it though. We played "hide and seek" with it and pretended not to know where it/she was. We kept looking for it. All the while, I kept checking the load of laundry to see if it was ready yet. I sped up the spin cycle in the wash to quicken up the process and shorten her anxiety. I dried it with lightening quick speed and let it cool off for a millisecond before handing it back to her. She is smart, she knows the feel of 'just-dried burp cloth' and she doesn't like it. As she was watching Oswald on the couch, her before bed ritual, I handed it to her with a smile. She was none the wiser. I won that battle, but I surely didn't win the war.

What about next time?

Needless to say, I have a bid on "that wonderful online superstore" for the only pink gingham burps I can find in creation. Apparently, they are not being made anymore. I can't find them anywhere. I better win this bid. If anyone out there overbids me for these burps, I'll hunt you down, and chew your head off and piss down your neck. That, my friend is a warning.

I am desperate. I am in deep shit. I'll do anything for a pinkie. Hell, almost anything.

**Updated**
Some motherfucker just outbid me by 50 fucking cents. I'm going to find this prick sucking bitch and slap her with a burp cloth.
**Updated again**
Hmmm....very interesting coincidence.
**Updated and Overrated**
I am currently the highest bidder on the burpies. Seems to be a 'very familiar' name bidding against me in "Burpgate". I investigated and it seems with "friends like these, who needs enemies?'...stay tuned.

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not good.

How do you think she'd take to cutting it in half so you have two again?

Anonymous said...

Oh Jenny, I wish. I'd cut it up into small pieces to make 10 burpies. But she only wants it whole.

Good idea though.

Anonymous said...

OOOOOOH NO! I hope you find something. FAST! I've never let Haddie take her blankie anywhere with us besides the house so she's only attached to it when she goes to sleep.

However, Jamie and I went away to a B&B last winter without children and unfortunately, another couple staying there with their son forgot his blankie. And we were all privileged to stay up with him alllll night long as he screamed. Funny, I thought we went on that trip to GET AWAY from that!

Anonymous said...

EBAY!!! Good luck!

Anonymous said...

Oh gosh! I hope you can find one! I know how that goes!

Anonymous said...

Okay I am laughing like mad in my office. Just saw your update.

"Prick-sucking bitch." Such perfect phrasing from a mommy searching for a pink gingham burpie for her sweet little girl.

Hee!

Anonymous said...

So, did you win the damned thing? Before Aidan was born my mom made him a blankie out of lightweight flannel. He LOVES that thing, so I had her make a backup. Luckily I don't think he's SO attached to it yet that he doesn't accept others. Which is good, because I just got a piece of blue with green frogs on it to make a blankie!

Anonymous said...

OMG! You had better check that amazing online bidding site everyday to find more pink gingham burpies or you are screwed.

Ain't motherhood grand? :)

Anonymous said...

That "wonderful online superstore" and all that bidding for your life is enough to drive someone crazy! I hope you win!!!!

Anonymous said...

I am totally on the floor laughing! Nothing says, "I love my kid," like fighting a prick sucking bitch for the last burpie...you go, mom!

Anonymous said...

hehe ok shared your post with my husband and friend.

I feel for you, Becca has a Pooh Bear with his nose hanging off but cannot part with it, my MIL has a back up but we would have to drag the sucker through the dirt, chew off his nose and run it over half a dozen times to get it right!

What was the interesting coincidence?~!

Anonymous said...

I am no help. I was going to choose cutting it up. That's what we had to do! There is one piece left, but Had is almost nine, so she doesn't use it anymore. It makes me cry when I think about how attached she used to be.

Hope you find a new burpie!! Good Luck!

Anonymous said...

My sister used to have a "dogie" -a nasty little pink blankie she took everywhere. One day while we were driving down the highway, the dogie flew out the window. Baaaaaaad scene.

I feel for you.

Anonymous said...

Thank you everybody for your support.
Just a little FYI: Don't ever tell people you 'think you know' that you are looking for something special on ebay. It may backfire.

Anonymous said...

I used to have a pillow that i loved very much too.. It was with me till i was 5! It smells best when it's not washed for ages! But due to my mum's constant complaining i finally threw it away into the dustbin one fine day when i was 5. Till this day i still have no idea wat i was trying to prove! I want my pillow back! =(

Anonymous said...

Did you find one?

Anonymous said...

Well, I hope you get it! If I could find pink gingham flannel, I could make you some!

Anonymous said...

Aw man, I hope you find a few replacements and QUICK! *fingers crossed*

Anonymous said...

"I'll hunt you down, and chew your head off and piss down your neck."

I think we may have to pinky swear that we will be friends 4-evah. I so admire your moxy!

Anonymous said...

The saga is not quite over...I will update again.

Princess Shin~her burpie smells rank, but she does adore it.

Denise~Not yet, but I'm closer!

Alicia~Hold that thought, I might take you up on it!

cece~Thank you!!!

lotta~ Pinky swear, blood sisters, all that...I adore you too.