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The Beanbag Chair Debacle
By Laura | December 14, 2008
Yesterday, I bought a beanbag chair. I’ve wanted one for ages and because of the limited amount of space in my dayhome area, I thought that it was the perfect portable sitting product since I could easily remove it from the room when not in use. Also, with only a love seat and two children’s chairs, I needed more sitting-space for the children.
What I didn’t plan on however, was the mess that it would cause trying to fill it! It’s one of those chairs you buy at Walmart where you choose and buy the liner separately, and the package tells you how many bags of beans you need (in this case, 2 100-litre bags of TINY polyethylene balls). Did I mention that I forgot how much static these little suckers have?
I thought that it would be simple and straightforward. Cut an opening into the bag of beans and pour into liner. There were several problems to that theory. First of all, the liner has two one-way zippers that once you close, can’t be opened again. I had closed it up a few inches before realizing this, thus cutting back on the available space with which to pour through. Secondly, these beans are so light that they cling to everything and fly-about at ANY opportunity!
My husband picked up the bag to pour while I held the liner. The liner fell once because I wasn’t holding it well-enough and well..this is the result of out endeavor:
This is AFTER sweeping up a few litres-worth!
Kinda looks neat, doesn't it?
The girls had a blast taking a container and attempting to pick up the pieces, though more ended up outside of the container than inside. Still, we had more fun doing this than we’ve had in a long time!
Addendum:
Though we spend an hour trying to hunt down every little bean, as of this morning (Dec 15th), there are literally dozens floating around the living room and kitchen…time to start a pool on how long it will take to be rid of them all!
Topics: homeschooling, off-topic, our journey | 6 Comments »
December 16th, 2008 at 12:53 am
Oh, that is hilarious! I’m organizing the next Carnival of Cool Homeschoolers (now Homeschool Showcase) and I can’t wait to include this! I bet you’ll be finding those little beans for months. Reminds me of the birdseed in my car after I got married.
December 16th, 2008 at 1:15 am
…Gosh, I’m still picking out white dog hairs out of my old laptop…10 years later!
The fact that my husband joined in with the kids to have fun though was a rare occurrence. The Western culture is new to him and there are many facets of “fun” that he’s learning to understand.
December 29th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
[...] Come and visit Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers as theyshare their Homeschool Showcase. Dawn and Emily are featured front and centre as we share our story about the Beanbag Chair Debacle! [...]
December 30th, 2008 at 3:56 am
This is great! What an honest story. Heh heh your blog background even looks like it\’s coated with those buggers!
December 30th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
These sound worse than the packing peanuts that my inlaws incleded in their huge box of gifts this year and last. I feel for you!
January 28th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
[...] in my desk drawer and my abcense made the temptation too strong. For those of you who remember the beanbag chair incident, well this one was worse! Unfortunately, as good as my new camera is, it wasn’t good enough [...]