{"id":11548,"date":"2011-11-08T11:43:17","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T19:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/momservations.wordpress.com\/?p=11548"},"modified":"2011-11-08T11:43:17","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T19:43:17","slug":"ode-to-just-another-mess-to-clean-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/08\/ode-to-just-another-mess-to-clean-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Ode to Just Another Mess to Clean Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Momservation: <\/strong>If a piece of Halloween candy falls in your mouth and no one sees it, do the calories still count?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\" align=\"center\"><em>Enjoy this Momservations classic while I&#8217;m busy still not putting Halloween away:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Twas the Monday after Halloween \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11549\" title=\"018\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/018.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And all through the house<\/p>\n<p>Half-eaten candy and wrappers<\/p>\n<p>Were scattered about<\/p>\n<p>Discarded costumes<\/p>\n<p>Once provoking dread<\/p>\n<p>Lay in heaps and piles<\/p>\n<p>From floor to bed<\/p>\n<p>Pumpkin seeds saved<\/p>\n<p>Still uncooked in a bowl<\/p>\n<p>Are now turning green\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/047.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11551\" title=\"047\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/047.jpg?w=200\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All covered with mold<\/p>\n<p>Jack-o-lantern smiles<\/p>\n<p>Now starting to droop<\/p>\n<p>Already rotting<\/p>\n<p>On my front entry stoop<\/p>\n<p>The festive d\u00e9cor<\/p>\n<p>Once strewn about in glee<\/p>\n<p>Just looks like another<\/p>\n<p>Job waiting for me<\/p>\n<p>They hang from knobs<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They are affixed on glass<\/p>\n<p>They are on tables<\/p>\n<p>What a pain in the a**<\/p>\n<p>So I grab another Snickers<\/p>\n<p>What-the-heck a Baby Ruth \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11550\" title=\"014\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/014.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All confiscated<\/p>\n<p>In the name of the tooth<\/p>\n<p>As I gnaw on the Twix<\/p>\n<p>Sugar Babies and Mounds<\/p>\n<p>I curse the beginning<\/p>\n<p>Of my holiday pounds<\/p>\n<p>And as I wrap up<\/p>\n<p>Each decoration put away<\/p>\n<p>Out comes another<\/p>\n<p>For Thanksgiving Day\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/295804_2513119798459_1567088339_2653053_325992333_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11552\" title=\"Darby Trick or Treat\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/295804_2513119798459_1567088339_2653053_325992333_n.jpg?w=224\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So I pop one more Smarties<\/p>\n<p>Ready to hurl<\/p>\n<p>I remind myself it\u2019s for<\/p>\n<p>A special boy and girl<\/p>\n<p>Then I self medicate<\/p>\n<p>With a Reese\u2019s peanut butter cup<\/p>\n<p>Only 52 days to Christmas<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m gonna throw up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9<strong>Kelli Wheeler 11\/08<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mom waxes poetic about the post-Halloween clean-up while medicating with left-over Halloween candy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[578,579,2,110,126,580,86,3,581,5,28],"class_list":["post-11548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parenting-humor-2","tag-after-halloween-mess","tag-decorating-for-the-holidays","tag-family","tag-halloween","tag-halloween-candy","tag-halloween-poem","tag-kelli-wheeler","tag-kids","tag-messes-kids-make","tag-momservations","tag-parenting-humor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ode to Just Another Mess to Clean Up - Kelli M. 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