mission possible.

nate plays guitar...

and with that comes the discovery of guitar picks in random locations of the loft.

starting january 1st, i began a confidential mission to confiscate...uhh...collect guitar picks

 that met the following criteria:

1. it had to be found somewhere other than on top of his amp, guitar stand or any other equipment.

2. it had to be in that location for at least 24 hours.

you have no idea how often i find picks just abandoned on the floor

or dizzy from a spin in the dryer.

i was fed up!
 and although this mission made me laugh,
 it was initially a rather mischevious plan to punish nate in some way.
i wondered if nate had noticed them missing. he didn't appear to.

last week, i couldn't keep it a secret anymore. i finally told him of the secret jar

of orphaned guitar picks hidden under my bed...

total count: 29 in just under 6 weeks time. that's an average of 4.8 found each week.

 just sayin'...

he cracked up and pleaded for his favorite red ones, but i wouldn't budge.

(if anyone else is confused about the motive of my mission, you're not alone.

 it's four parts:

1. to punish

2. to rescue
3. to make a point.
4. to hold hostage?)

today, i decided to use my power for the good and give these guitar picks new life with a simple (emphasis on simple) project...

the guitar picks are no longer abandoned orphans, but joyful, rounded, triangular pieces of plastic happily residing in our frame collage above our bed...

i think they're happy.

i am.

i think nate secretly likes it, too.

in a funny way, i feel like they represent how i feel there should be a place for everything...

unfortunately, it's also a reminder to me that nate doesn't agree. sigh.

( in case you care:

these frames have been above our bed for almost 2 years and i still have 4 frames to fill so don't look too close!

the other frames are filled with

a picture of mykenzie,

a picture of the three of us,

a picture of nate playing guitar {all of these are in my sidebar and taken by our friend, Pasha},

a maternity picture of me holding an "M" taken by our friend, Matt at Blueflash,

an image of a "Z",

zachary's footprints (which a nurse misspelled "november" on...grrr...)

mykenzie's footprints at 4 months old,

and a printed art that i bought off of etsy that says "our love rocks" with an acoustic guitar head that has hearts instead of tuning knobs  (that's where i got my blog name from!)