What a day it’s been Chez Soup! First, I had the shocking discovery of a guest reptile lounging about my bedroom. After helping it find the woods, I packed up my laptop and hightailed it to the public library, thinking I could push the critter from my mind while using their Wifi. That worked GREAT until… the Wifi crapped out. Fortunately, this turn of events coincided with lunchtime. I packed up again and headed over to Five Guys (Damn them!), thinking that a juicy burger and some fresh-cut fries might help mitigate my mental anguish over the aforementioned serpent. Then, I headed to the nearby hundred-dollar store Target to pick up some stuff I didn’t know I needed hair color. Because? You know – Retail Therapy.
I was feeling better as I loaded my ten bags purchases into the car and drove away, but then I noticed that the World Market had closed! Sign off the front, store completely empty. WTF? I didn’t even know this was happening! Why didn’t anyone tell me?? I’m in mourning!
Meanwhile, Chrysler’s gone into Chapter 11 and Swine Flu is spreading and Senators are switching teams. Is there nothing we can count on any longer?
Fortunately, there is one thing: If it’s Thursday, I’m gonna be here begging and pleading asking for your assistance with Peezer’s show and tell this week. This week’s letter is:
You remember the rules: It has to be kid-friendly and fit into a repurposed shoebox. I’m sure I will think of something right after I get the image of that damn snake out of my head.
Ready? GO! (And thanks.)
Soup Is Not A Finger Food 
let’s see, H is for…
herpitile (a pic of the snake)
hat
handkerchief
hello kitty
hair brush
ham
honey (maybe too sticky)
hyacinth (grape or regular, mine are blooming right now)
honey suckle
hedgehog (it would totally fit in the box!)
hockey puck (i’m sure you have one of those)
this is good practice for me when julia starts day care in the fall.
HOCKEY PUCK! Game on, Sarah!
HMMMMMMMMM……………I like Hockey puck . But on the off chance that doesn’t fly with the kid…..
Hug (cut out arms and put them in the shoebox), Hoisin sauce (chinese food for lunch, yum:)), hairball (in honor of National hairball awareness day!) harmonica, hazelnut, helicopter, harley, hoop earring (pirates rock!), harp (from a lamp, not the instrument!), hairbrush, hairnet, halloween mask, hat, hamburger (gum), harness, hops, hoagie, hunting spoon (knife is too dangerous), hanger (wonder hanger fits in a shoe box, brought to you by your local Bed Bath & Beyond).
hairball LOL!!
All great ideas Randi! We stopped at Hockey Puck. After all the critters yesterday, we decided to keep show & tell simple.
hay
heart
headphone
harmonica
hairbrush
hair (piece of)
hardball
hardwood
hanger (coat hanger?)
hammer
haiku
yes, i used the dictionary for this one because all i could think of wa hamburgers and hot dogs. and i’m not even hungry .
Hamster, so after its duty as Show and Tell you can see if it will keep your house snake free…or wait, that’s the other way around, isn’t it? Snake would keep your house hamster-free.
I like how you think!
Half dollar (money is always cool)
Handprint
Happy face
Hat
Hay
Hexagon
Highlighter
Hiking boot
Hinge
Picture of Home
I have successfully delivered the hibachi for the Eli. Thanks again for your help, readers(s).
I knew a kid who had scars on his belly from having fallen onto a hot hibachi when he was little.
Hair color and why Mommy’s don’t go gray.
Hand grenade and why they’re bad or cut a hole in the bottom of the box and stick his hand up it :)
HAND IN THE BOX! BRILLIANT! Wish I’d thought of that. Hilarious!
Heinken and why drinking is bad :-)
If next week is going to be I, how about….Iguana
That seems to be the trend… but I’ll check and post as soon as I know.
No offense, but after this week’s run-in with the snake, I’m not so keen on reptiles yet.
Follow-up post: I learned from friends via Facebook that my World Market has been going out of business for, like, a couple of months. Despite my frequent visits to the nearby Target, I missed it. However, even better, it looks like a Wegman’s grocery store may be opening up in or near that location! So stay tuned because if that happens, I will be extremely pumped.
What does that mean “Senators are switching teams?”
I hear ya about things changing. Our “World Market” closed too :(
I’m glad you solved for H. All I could come up with was
hummina-hummina-hummina
which would have been problematic on many levels.