There is officially a SOLD sign at the the front of our house. We signed on the dotted line Friday evening. We are excited about this new adventure we are about to embark on. But with all of this excitement comes a lot of hard work. We have to sort, pitch, and pack. Deciding what to part with is very difficult and will no doubt test the bonds of marriage.

Hubby and I started sorting, pitching, and packing the kitchen over the weekend. And we experienced a lovers quarrel. Now this wasn't a fight. There was no shouting or throwing of Denby dishes in the discontinued Energy pattern. There was a disagreement of sorts. A debate. And I lost. But not really. I have plans. Hubby thinks he has had the last word with this one.

We argued over whether or not to keep the Tupperware that I have known and lived with my entire life. The same Tupperware containers I grew up with and then stole/borrowed/took from my mom. This is good quality stuff. It never dies. It lives on forever. And this was Hubby's point. To him, it is scary that it looks like brand new after so many decades.

I had to drop EvieG off at a birthday party. Upon my return home, I noticed Hubby had already sorted, pitched, and packed some of the storage container cupboard. I pulled the old, "There's nothing left! You got rid of.....lots of.....well, everything!" This was a slight over-exaggeration.

He then said all smug like, "Do you even know what is missing? Do you even realize what I pitched?"

I stared into the cupboard. And then I looked at him with wide, sad eyes. A tear may have even welled, or a piece of dust got stuck under my lid.

I gasped in horror. I said, "How could you assume I don't know what you tossed? Tell me you didn't. Please. Tell me your heart isn't that empty. That you found it inside yourself to go ahead, without my consent, and pitch the good stuff. The classic, decent, hearty, no-fail, lifetime warrantied Tupperware! I am hurt. Give me a minute to digest this- I have had that stuff in my family forever! We have used that stuff lots! It is great stuff and really expensive to replace! I want it back! And to answer your question, yes! Yes! I know what you stole from me! First, the green lettuce container.

And-just a second, let me look- oh, and the orange container is missing!"


He was looking at me with a look of impatience and tilted his head like he wanted me to get out of the way because I was wasting good, solid packing time with this folly.

He shot back with, "We are not taking it. You know why it is so intact after all these years? Because it probably has all the bad chemicals in it that we are not supposed to be ingesting or exposing our children to! We don't need it anymore! It scares me how old and.....how old it is!"

I couldn't move. I sat on the floor in front of an empty cupboard staring at him and waiting. Waiting for him to march out into the garage to rescue and return my Tupperware containers.

He didn't move either. He stood his ground.

I kept mumbling to myself under my breath, trying to cope with this loss.

I had a plan. A plan he still does not know about. I am going to be all stealth and go into the bags and take back what he stole from me. I am going to rescue my Tupperware. I am going to pack them and take them with us to our new house.

One day, he will open the cupboard to get a container for his leftovers and see them sitting in there, all shiny and glimmering at him as if to say, "Ha, ha, Buddy. We're still here!"

He will get mad and then say, "What? What the heck is this?"

And I will retort with, "Well, I knew we would use it! It is saving us money so we don't have to go and buy more storage containers. And I thought that container there beside the orange one would be beneficial to our Tupperware collection. We can take it on picnics and to BBQ's! My mom said we could have it!"

He will close the cupboard and walk away. And eventually he will realize everyone needs to have one.

Everyone needs to have a Tupperware condiment container.


All's I'm sayin's all.

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