Never Again

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That’s what I said some 20 or so years ago after the first time I allowed my small children to complete a craft involving glitter. For those of you who haven’t had the joy of working with glitter, it has a tendency to stick to unintended surfaces. When combined with the childish tendency to sprinkle liberally it can quickly become a homemaking nightmare. One glitter craft. In the days that followed, I found glitter in the carpet, glitter on the walls, glitter in the sink, glitter in the two-year-old’s belly button. I continued to find glitter almost every time I cleaned the house for a year. We moved to another house and a few random bits of glitter moved with us. I stated clearly on multiple occasions that I would NEVER do anything with glitter ever again. Then last week I was handed a costume that needed some alteration for our community theatre’s current production (A Christmas Carol if you’re interested--the same show that about half the community theatre’s in the country put on this time of year). The costume has a tulle skirt that has a liberal dusting (I can’t think of a better term since glitter is not something that can be attached by sewing) of tiny bits of sparkly glitter. All I did was bring the gown into my home and the glitter nightmare began. Glitter in the carpet, glitter on my work table, glitter on my pants, glitter, glitter, glitter. Fortunately, I don’t have any really small children around so I don’t think it has gotten stuck in any navels. If I had ANY sense I would have said no. But I’m a sucker and if the right person asks nicely enough I don’t seem to be capable of standing my ground Have you done anything lately that you didn’t intend to ever do EVER again?