Everyone, I have a little secret for you. Well, actually it is Ryan's secret and we can't know about it. He has had a mysterious brown grocery sack in the art room closet for going on two years now. Mind you, that means that he moved the sack from our old art room to the one in our new house. Apparently he is working on something for me because I'm not allowed to look in it, let alone pick it up. I wonder if it is really heavy? Or maybe it's crazy light and he's working on a pillow?
It's been in the works for a long time and he never ever has time to work on it. I wonder if he will even still be interested in it by the time he gets around to completing the project.
I really hate ruining surprises. In fact, I think the act of the surprise itself is usually the best part of the deal. This is why it is easy for me, while home from work with a sore throat today, to not even be tempted to take a peek.
We have one other secret box in our house as well. My mom made us a time capsule from our wedding and we can't open it until 2025. What could be in there??? I guess we'll all have to tune in 2025 to find out!
The last time Ryan had a secret project for me it ended up being this incredible earring rack. He snuck a piece of wood from Dunsmuir, California (home of the best drinking water in the world!) on an anniversary trip through California last year and turned it into an earring rack for me.
I think he hid the wood into his pant leg or something so I didn't see it. Then he was walking funny and he told me he had twisted his ankle or something. The sneaky story was very elaborate in its detail. It must have been because usually I'm onto suspect activity in a millisecond. None of his pants are terribly baggy, either, so he is obviously a very good sneak. I can't wait to find out the mystery contents of the brown grocery sack (even if I have to wait another year)!
Interesting story! I can't imagine hiding that particular twig in ones pants without being caught... it looks a little painful!
Posted by: GirlieGirl | August 18, 2008 at 01:34 PM
This is Dave, from Dunsmuir. We've been looking for that piece of wood. Please return it. You can send it to the post office, marked general deliver, 96025.
Posted by: Dave | August 18, 2008 at 02:10 PM
We were eating lunch by a creek, and I told her I'd meet her at the car because I wanted to scope out a lower section of the creek, but secretly I wanted to find a nice earring rack branch because Lucy alwatys said she needed something to hold her ever-growing earring collection.
When I found the branch I actually crammed it in the waistband of the back of my pants, so it was sticking out like a wild, multi-pronged tail.
As I was walking to the car, it was so weird having that stick back there, I think I came across as inured looking.
I approached the car from behind, and Lucy was waiting in the driver's seat. She must have noticed me walking funny from the rear view mirror. I opened the trunk and put it in while the trunk door obscured my trickery. Then I got in and told her I had a charlie horse or something.
Posted by: Berkleyillustration | August 18, 2008 at 02:56 PM
Wow, you must have some good self-restraint. I would have peeked into that bag/ripped open that box within 24 hours of discovering/being given it. (Seriously, my husband has to hide presents for me at my sister's house.) I love secrets/surprises, I just can't wait for them for very long :)
Posted by: Suzanne | August 26, 2008 at 12:20 PM