Before & After Kids Giveaway!

My book comes out three weeks from today. Today I’m going to be giving away TEN rare and very limited edition, signed BLADs.

What the what?

A BLAD is a booklet thingy. It stands for “book layout and design” which publishers use to help sell the book to bookstores and stuff. It has a few sample snippets from the book. It has only 19 pages while the book has 224 pages.  So it is like a super secret sneak preview of the book. An appetizer. Plus, it will be signed. With a pen. (By me. Not by someone famous or anything. You probably can’t eBay it for much.) It will also be shipped directly to you from me. So my fingerprints and DNA will also be included. You know, if you are creepy like that.

Anyway.

The first chapter in the book is Before & After Kids. So that brings me to the theme of the giveaway.

You know what was in my couch before I had kids?

I don’t remember. (This post is riveting so far, isn’t it?)

But you know what is under my couch cushions now?

couch-before-after

A bowl worth of assorted cereal, four lego pieces, two cars, one pretzel, one book, one puzzle piece, a red Candyland guy, an infant sock and a dime.

I kept the dime.

To be eligible to win a signed, very limited preview booklet BLAD all you have to do is lift up your couch cushions and leave a comment, telling me what you found under there. You don’t even have to clean it out. I don’t care. I won’t judge.

(I’ll ship anywhere in the world. And you don’t have to be a parent of young kids. Or a parent at all. And if you have nothing at all under your cushions that is totally okay. And if you don’t have a couch you can just tell me why you don’t have a couch. Maybe you live on a boat? In a wagon as part of a gypsy caravan? In a yurt? It’s all good, people. Just leave a comment. One comment per person.)

Winners will be picked at random using random # generator on Thursday the 7th and notified by email and posted here.

Comments closed, thanks everyone!!

Winners have been emailed:  Amy, Sara, Erin, Tara, Wendy, Tiffany O, Jennifer Smith, Emily, Amber & Nikki

I’m mailing these out on Tuesday, March 12th so I’ll pick alternate winners if I don’t hear back. Thanks!

 

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1,822 Responses to Before & After Kids Giveaway!

  1. Stephanie D says:

    Goldfish, puzzle piece, 2 magnetic letters, crumbs. No money : (

  2. Chrystal Lowder says:

    I am fairly OCD so I’ve got just a few Cheerios and a sock. I vacuum it often. 🙂 can’t wait for the book!!

  3. Alyssa Lewis says:

    Just shortly before giving birth to my sixth child, we invested in a set of leather couches where the cushions are stitched together so nothing can hide in them. Parenting win!

    • libby quinn says:

      definite parenting win!

    • Brooke says:

      No fair my leather couch still hides a wide variety of scary gross things. Guess its all in the stitching.

    • Thalia says:

      Our couch is also constructed in this fashion yet there is enough space between those cushions for crumbly, crumbs and dog hair to survive. So much so, that once when we left the dog inside as we ran out for dinner (more crumbs to add to our collection), we returned to find that the dog had left scratch marks on either side of the cushion crack digging for said crumbly treasures. I should probably clean more often. lol

    • Stephanie says:

      We got a couch like that just before our first baby came, so everything ends up on the floor under the couch! There are a bunch of business cards for my husband’s business, a keychain, and a pen. Looks like hubby is messier than the baby 🙂

    • Kathi says:

      I have a couch like that, but my slob of a teenage son (whom I love dearly even though his super-messiness drives me up a wall!) will try to make it look as though he DID NOT eat in the family room by crinkling up his candy wrappers, pretzel bags, used napkins, etc and shoving them down into the cracks between the cushions. Under the sofa itself are the empty water and soda bottles. I don’t get it–the kitchen (with a BIG TRASH CAN) is mere feet away.

    • Sara says:

      I’ve got one of those too! So Lego pieces and dried sultanas hide under the couch itself, not under the cushions. Parenting win!
      We bought it 2 years before having kids. Clearly we weren’t planning on having kids yet, because the couch is white leather… Was white leather, currently a yucky shade of grey, big parenting fail 😉

  4. Olivia says:

    Hair, old dried rice, and a toy truck. Fun times!

  5. Courtney says:

    I’m ashamed to say that under my couch cushions is an ugly sight. There’s usually some cheerios, a remote, socks, pens, and random silverware.
    So excited to see your book on shelves soon!

  6. jenbloomer says:

    Crumbs and cat hair! Lots of both.

  7. ericka says:

    NOTHING is under my couch cushions because i just vacuumed it a few days ago! lucky me!

  8. Tomomi Shimomura says:

    Hair. Lots and lots of hair. My hair. I’m losing so much hair, I’m surprised I’m not bald yet!

  9. Sarah says:

    There’s cheerios galore; a random plastic frog that I didn’t even know we owned at any point, let alone lost; assorted pacifiers; two socks (mis-matched, of course, couldn’t possibly find a pair, sigh); and my husband’s lost moneyclip. Good times!

    • Tori says:

      Did you find money in the money clip? If it did and now it doesn’t, we won’t tell your secret. 😉

  10. Erika says:

    I found a snake (plastic, thank God!), three pennies, some nasty looking Cheerios and a long lost remote wedged in a crack in the side.

  11. Jean Davis says:

    I have your book pre-ordered. I am just waiting for it to arrive! Looking forward to it.

  12. Laura K says:

    Glitter, crumbs, and shards of the cat’s claws.

  13. Tina says:

    I don’t have to check because I cleaned one of our sofas out yesterday.

    1 dora the explorer puzzle piece
    1000 Cheerios
    1 half eaten cereal bar
    missing remote

  14. Michelle Glick says:

    I found a fork, a truck, a car, nuts, an unidentified chocolate(I think) and several ‘fruits’ from the HiHo Cherrio game.

  15. Tarah says:

    Lots of assorted crumbs!

  16. Under my chair cushion is a very scary place. There’s a dog sweater, several mismatched socks, a cat toy, hair bands, popcorn, candy wrappers, a hole the dog ate in the cushion despite the fact that he knows better, nail files, and an assortment of other paraphernalia. I figure someday I’ll have to throw the chair away. Why waste time cleaning?

  17. Joanne says:

    Under my couch cushions, I’ve get let’s of Cheerios (multigrain and Honey Nut), lego, crayons, and dust bunnies.

  18. Jennifer says:

    Random Lego pieces, a popsicle stick, quarters (thanks!), and a moldy PB&J.

  19. cathy says:

    My couch cushions don’t lift up! If it helps I did stay in a yurt last summer with the kids. There wasn’t a couch in there either, but there were raccoons under the floor.

  20. A hot wheel, cheese nips, and brown crud I can only hope is dried mud. Gross. Why did I even bother to look? Oh yeah, I want your BLAD BAD! (Ha! see what I did there?)

  21. Martha Kitler says:

    Love your blog! Under my couch cushions was some change, an earing and a magazine insert..

  22. Holly D says:

    Lets see – I found $1.86 in change, 2 dog bones, a plastic ball, 3 matchbox cars and (no judging) fingernails – EEEWWWW

  23. Nicole says:

    At the moment, I have nothing under my cushions. (Booooring.) My father is staying on my pull-out-couch to help me “prepare for” and “clean up” after my one-year-old’s first birthday. (Read: just live at my house and point out things I had forgotten or laugh when my son wouldn’t wear the felt crown I made him, etc.)

    Anyway, I’d still like the book. 🙂

  24. Janell says:

    A pen, a littlest pet shop animal, a dog toy, several tiny rubber bands and a few cheerios. Sadly, no money for me either.

  25. Natalie says:

    Cracker crumbs, a couple peanuts, a sock (so that’s where they go!!). None of the missing toys were found, drat.

  26. Sophie says:

    One sock, a pencil, yarn, 3 pieces of colored macaroni from a macaroni art picture, and THE REMOTE!!!! (I’ve been looking for that all week…..)

  27. Tara says:

    hotwheels car, 2 pens, a pencil, a fruit snack, crumbs galore, and an Entertainment Weekly

  28. Cassie Griffin says:

    Four crayons
    a hair brush
    3 hair ties
    some crunched up goldfish crackers
    a toy car

  29. lesley says:

    no way for stuff to go under our couch cushions, they are attached. but last night i found my son’s butterfly teether that he loves!

  30. Lauren M says:

    A cat toy with a bell in it, half of a cookie (yuck), and one sock

  31. Krista says:

    I can tell you that there *might* be a stray Hot Wheels car or Lego. I can tell you definitely that there are NO food particles in it…. we have been battling ants (IN THE COUCH TOO!) so I’ve been on a “no-food-or-drink-in-this-room-not even water-EVER!” kick.

  32. ArkEteKchic says:

    Thankfully I don’t have that problem because my couch cushions are all attached, there’s no way to get anything under them. Underneath the couch is another whole story though, I have no idea how the stuff I find under there gets under there. And no one ever seems to notice anything is missing, except the dog, he is frantic when a bone or toy of his gets stuck under the furniture.

  33. Jill says:

    Nothing because I just vacuumed it out on Sunday. What great timing, usually I’d have embarrassing things to report!

  34. Brianna Sledge says:

    3 bottles that have been missing for months, my daughters favorite blanket, some lost bills I’m not sure were payed, Cheerios, a sock, and $1.72 in change.

  35. Amber says:

    I think my hubby must’ve cleaned out under the couch recently because I only found one hair tie, two bobby pins, a paci, and a penny.

  36. anna says:

    a quarter, a missing sock (that’s where it went!), a goldfish (ew), magnet abcs, ABC flashcards

  37. Jen Peak says:

    I found the Roku remote! and a pen cap, handful of cheerios, 3 graham crackers, a wadded up issue of “Parents”, a used baby wipe, hair rubber bands, a capri sun straw and a baby sock. the scary thing is that we just vacuumed out the couch 2 weeks ago

  38. Beth says:

    dog toys and duplos.

  39. Elena says:

    We don’t have a couch. For the very reason of what could possibly be in a couch if we did have one. Just kidding, we just moved and will be getting one soon : )

  40. Angela says:

    Crumbs, a packet of wheat-free soy sauce, a half-chewed up dog bone, more crumbs, hair barrettes, and a barbie shoe. And some used tissues.

  41. stephanie says:

    Sand. so. much. sand.
    popcorn kernels.
    a very small princess crown.
    peanuts.
    i think (hope) this is a raisin.
    two nickels, one dime, four pennies and a quarter. (i’m keeping them, too.)

  42. Susie says:

    We have a corner sofa just like Alyssa’s where the cushions don’t lift up and the kids can’t hide anything.

    When we were getting rid of the old one though I emptied it out before we tossed it and found many colouring pens, a folded £20 note (which I had lost months before after my youngest was playing with my purse), a few coins and a handful of toy cars.

  43. Jenni Heiden says:

    A mini marshmallow, which is now as hard as a rock. A few raisins, goldfish, crumbs from assorted who knows what. And three clothespins.

  44. Tara says:

    – What must be an entire sleeve of crushed crackers.
    – 3 lint-covered gummy bears
    – 2 socks (mismatched)
    – approximately a dozen legos
    – the Wii remote I’ve been looking for!

  45. Jessica says:

    A broken toy car. 3-4 Cheez-It remnants. Socks (about 2 of my son’s, that did not match – and 1 of mine). $.83 in various coins. What looks to be dried cat vomit (sexy, right!). A Gatorade lid. One shoe string (??). Hair (I do believe between the cat and myself, we could knit a rug). A half used, half melted tube of chapstick….that looks like it came from 1984.

  46. Valerie says:

    A piece of dried string cheese, crackers, hair elasticity, crumbs, marbles, crayons

  47. Andrea says:

    One dime, one quarter, one train car, one pair of toddler underwear (??), and what seems to be a used tissue.

  48. Sarah says:

    A horrifying amount of dog hair, several coins, a remote, a few hedgehog quills, and a plastic dinosaur.

  49. Kristin says:

    I just cleaned my couch (yay OCD), but prior to that, there were goldfish crackers, a few coins, and a couple of dinosaur toys.

  50. Kellie says:

    crumbs, puzzle piece, a baby shoe, half chewed dog rawhide (hopefully chewed on by the dog) dead phone, batteries, toy train, crayons, nail file and a very stiff part of a banana peel

    ****hangs head in shame******

    • Joanna says:

      I found a banana peel last time I cleaned out the couch but it was not stiff, quite the opposite..

  51. Tiffany Worland says:

    Dirt and granola

  52. Yasmin says:

    Two nit combs, Who’s Tail? By Sam Lloyd, two normal combs, a shiney silver pencil, two hair bobbles, four Cards Against Humanity, four wrappers off gold coin chocolates, an iPod touch, my husbands football shorts, assorted cereals, and 5p. I kept the 5p.

  53. Cassie says:

    Used kleenex, ear plug, Visa gift card, $0.37, a spoon, 3 socks (all left ones), 8 Hot Wheels cars, Goldfish crackers, animal crackers, 2 hair ties (hey, I was looking for those), a cat toy, 4 bobby pins, and a mystery spot that I hope is melted chocolate…

    • Rebecca says:

      How do you have left socks? I thought socks could go on either feet (unless they have a design or something on them)…. Ohhh… I guess I just answered my own question.

  54. Julie Miller says:

    Cheerios, the remote and an M&M’S wrapper. The wrapper was shoved in there by me earlier today so the kids didn’t see the evidence of me sneaking chocolate while they weren’t looking.

  55. Misty says:

    A bunch of change, used tissues, crayons, remote control, and dog hair (from a dog who hasn’t lived with us in a long time).

  56. Shannon says:

    cherrios, popcorn, fridge magnets, a wooden spoon, crayons, chalk, and unopened fuit leather

  57. Kat says:

    I looked under mine on Sunday! Crumbs, crumbs, half of a pizza crust, a deflated balloon that was probably a part of a balloon animal at one point, the Lego batgirl mini-figure (That Santa brought last year. That I’ve been looking for since August) and crumbs. More crumbs. No money, though.

  58. mrs wormwood says:

    ha! I’m sensible, my sofa doesn’t have removeable cushions. Plus it’s chocolate coloured so most stains don’t show. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a slummy mummy, but these little things help right? Now… why am I sitting on a stuffed tiger covered in chocolate icing?

  59. Tamsin says:

    lego, marbles, a pen, a receipt, Asterix in Corsica and a giraffe … still no TV remote though, where can it be??

  60. Wendy says:

    I had to get off the couch to check….crumbs, some
    of which were suspiciously sticky. Lego pieces. Cat hair from our late cat.

  61. Ariel says:

    Well, I know what’s NOT under the sofa, my diamond earring that the baby stole. But the cat is, because he’s being chased by said earring stealing baby.

    • Linda Mechel says:

      When one of mine was little, they stole and ate something- it was 35 yrs ago so i am not sure what, but I do remember having to go for a treasure hunt in their diaper every time they went for a few days- NOT FUN!

  62. Joee Stephan says:

    Hmm, crumbs of unknown origin, a wallet that has money printed on the outside and a million dollar bill inside (not real, but there is a lovely invite to get to know Jesus,) 3 Hot Wheels, a small toy horse and that cat we thought ran away 3 months ago 😉

  63. helen says:

    A plate complete with rock solid hot cross bun ( I bite taken out of it). A tv remote ( hooray!), loads of hair bobbles, missing footy sock, bits of pasta and more crumbs than a crumb factory

  64. Amy says:

    We have a futon. Easier to clean and cheaper to replace when broken, smells too strongly of unidentified kid stuff or the snake gets stuck in it and WE have to break it to save said reptile (yes, it has happened before). Under our couch we have:
    cat food/water, first aid kit, seat to Little Tykes Cozy Coup car, stuffed lady bug key chain, plastic unicorn toy, 3 scraps of paper

  65. jaci says:

    So many pieces to various Lego hero factory that together they make up one total hero factory.

  66. Bryna says:

    Currently there is nothing under my couch cushions because it has a slip cover over it because the kids have totally ruined it and we can’t afford to recover it at the moment. However, I recently moved a different couch in another room and found a pacifier. My youngest child is 9 1/2. I love you.

  67. LizJane says:

    I’ve got a Goldfish (cracker, not an actual fish), some random change, a few small broken pieces of various cereals, a popcorn kernel & a couple broken pieces of popcorn. Gross 😉

  68. Dana says:

    nothing under the cushions but on top, tin foil to discourage our cat from urinating on the furniture! my friend’s son found her daughter’s phone the other day in her couch. it had been missing for a year. they thought she lost it on a field trip.

    • cassie says:

      Wait… tin foil on the couch, like where you sit?

      • Colleen Potvin says:

        We too have a cat that has suddenly decided that furniture makes a good littler box. Every thing is covered in painter’s plastic sheets and we have put tin foil on top of the seats since she found plastic works as substitute for the seat cushions. Apparently, according to the vet, animals dislike the feel and sound of aluminium foil. This seems to have done the trick (fingers crossed) so the answer to the above question is “yes tin foil on the seats).

  69. Erin says:

    Two pencils, assorted crumbs, Ramone from Cars, a piece of bread crust, and copious amounts of dog hair.

  70. Mindy K says:

    crumbs… lots and lots of crumbs…. and a sock

  71. Leslie says:

    cereal, crackers, chips, 3 Lego hands, a paper towel, a sock, and a pencil. And I just cleaned it out about a week ago 🙂

  72. Neha says:

    My kids are young, so while there are only 2-3 stray bristle blocks and a grape under my sofa cushions, there are soooo many milk stains on top of them! Milk gets absolutely everywhere. Darn the non-valve sippy cups!

  73. Jen says:

    I actually vacuumed recently, which is totally not like me (somehow I felt I needed to vacuum before my daughter’s third birthday party, which was clearly a rookie mistake). Anyway, all I found was a perfect line of unidentifiable crumbs at the junction of each cushion.

  74. Christina R. says:

    I am a single, childless 20 something. My couch has nothing under the cushions–at all. But when I lived at home with my mom and two little sisters, I found spoons, entire lollipops (licked once, shoved in couch), TV remotes we thought fallen into an abyss, a knife (what were they doing with a knife?!) and a pair of wadded up underwear. I can’t wait to have kids!

  75. Tori says:

    My cushions don’t lift, but in the ugly middle there is crumbs, cat hair, my hair? Man hair, mmm a pretzel! Cheerios :/

  76. Sandy says:

    A ton of crumbs & hair-eeeeuuuu

  77. Brooke says:

    My phone!! I was looking for that, thank you!

  78. Julie says:

    Some cereal, a few coins, and a pen.

  79. Kim says:

    Fun game. I found-crumbs from various foods, popcorn kernels, a rubber band, 2 pacifiers, a toy train, dog hair, a hamburger (game piece, not real food), and a smooshed raisin.

  80. Kacie says:

    Took us 20 months after our son was born to get a couch. He is 21 months. I thought it was totally clean until I lifted it up 5 minutes ago. I found a puddle of pee. 🙂

  81. libby quinn says:

    tositos, doritos, popcorn and a beautiful pink heart sticker. 🙂 Guess the kids wanted to show they loved me!

  82. Abbe PB says:

    Tons of dog and cat hair, dry cereal, goldfish crackers, crumbs from…I’m assuming crackers or chips, and a couple of hair ties. And I don’t even have kids yet.

    Future parent me is in trouble, isn’t she?

  83. Brea says:

    I vacuumed it out last week…and we’ve now got 2 duplos (no wonder it hurt to sit there!!), 5 peanut butter sandwich crackers, peanut butter licked out by my 2 year old, 3 action figures, a plastic saw, a plastic stethoscope, and some rice from our rice bin. I WISH I’d found money :/

  84. Fuchsia says:

    Cracker bits, a quarter, several socks of various states of laundry, a my little pony, a playmobile side table and a film of miscellaneous crumbs and dust.

    I am so glad we are not taking this couch with us when we move! The dump can have everything except the quarter, pony and playmobile bits. It can keep the socks.

  85. Kate says:

    Nothing. The cushions are stitched onto the chair. However, there is still a gap between the cushion and the arm of the chair, which falls into an unreachable void. An educated guess as to the content of this: at least 6 Connect 4 pieces, a couple of Top Trump cards, and the crumby remains of my daughter’s plate from the ritual upturning of said plate upon completion of her snacks.

  86. Julie P. says:

    crumbs, a pen and hair. Now under the couch is probably a more interesting hoard of toys and anything that can roll.

  87. Alex Lambert says:

    Dog bone, cheerios, glitter, those nail clippers I lost (yay- this was worth looking!) and more glitter. There’s something sticky too… not going to guess what that is/was.

  88. Jan says:

    I have a 4yo and a 2yo and so far I have found an Octonauts figurine (Shellington), 10 cents, one popcorn, part of an apple and lots of fluff.

    I just went and cleaned it all… now onto the vaccuming…

  89. KB says:

    I live in Austria, where pacifiers are called “schnuller.” The word is often shortened to “schnulli,” or for the really young ones, “lulli” (yes, my kid is old enough to talk & is still using a paci- I’m over it). So yeah, there are lullis under my cushions!

  90. Jenny mcd says:

    Umm.. Gross stuff.. We have stopped food in the livingroom for about 2 years but my 4 and 2 yr old have hidden..alot of cereal dust a spoon, a gewy section that im not souching again..(gross) a few cents..popcorn?? Oh and a 22 yr olds pair of pants

  91. Beth says:

    A small reindeer, a plastic orca whale, raisins ( or grapes from ages past?) 5 toddler hair clips, and a super ball. Lots of good finds in my 4 year olds eyes. Love your blog, have your book pre-ordered at my local bookstore -foreverbooks.net (also my employer, want to come to MI for a signing?)

  92. Mandy says:

    A bunch Cheerios, Fruit Loops, mashed up crackers, 2 raisins (please be raisins and not small pieces of cat poo), 6 pennies, couple pieces of dog or cat food, 10-12 pieces of lego, three mismatching socks, MY HEADPHONES!! (I’ve been looking for those!!) bits and pieces of torn off pleather, 2 very small t-shirts and a slipper… -___-

    Apparently I need to clean under my couch cushions more lol.

  93. Li says:

    Umm..this is embarrassing but I’m super glad I looked before someone else did! One old navy receipt. One pair of thong underwear (no idea how THAT got there), a dog bone, several small squeaker balls. A pen. And one pacifier. No judgement, right!?

  94. Clodia says:

    Lego Duplo blocks, Kix cereal, Goldfish crackers, tissue, cat hair and a Wii remote; all from within the last two days. 😛

  95. Amanda G says:

    An animal cracker with the head bit off, a sock, and Mr. Potato Head’s left arm. I cleaned the couch yesterday morning!

  96. Helen Kuczerska says:

    Two wooden pirates

  97. Andrea says:

    Popcorn hair and yarn. Looking forward to the new book

  98. MG Coffee says:

    ACK. WHY, WHY did I let you talk me into this?

    There is a three-quarters of a blueberry waffle, the Blu-Ray remote (score!), a ridiculous amount of dirt, a filthy sock (belonging to an adult male), three raisins, a copy of Minnie’s Rainbow Picnic, a green felt-tip pen, a plastic shark and Rusty (Handy Manny’s wrench).

  99. Allison says:

    Matchbox cars, socks, and my missing crochet hook! Hey, thanks for having this contest, I was wondering where that hook had gone!!

  100. Julie says:

    Our couch cushions are attached and so they don’t come off. Up side? Nothing is under them! Down side? No dimes for me 🙁

  101. Mercedes says:

    crumbs, a few pennies, plastic animals, baby teether, hot wheels

  102. Kristy says:

    Cat furr and a quarter.

  103. Kerry says:

    Crumbs, hair ties and clips, puzzle pieces, a spoon and more crumbs!

  104. Cate Witter says:

    My bra. Not because me and mine got lucky but because the minute the day ends, I sit on the couch with a g;ass of wine/bottle of spirits and rip that sucker off. Then a few months pass and you write a post like this and voila! I find that missing bra.

  105. Erica says:

    My couch cushions came sewn down to the base so I can’t lift them up. Great for not collecting junk, but a pain when trying to “re-fluff.”

  106. Lisa Robertson says:

    We were suprised to find just a few crumbs!

  107. Tiffany O says:

    guess i got lucky! just vacuumed on Friday so just a crumb 🙂 had you asked before Friday…let’s just say you don’t’ want to know.

  108. Leigh says:

    A USB drive and a few assorted crumbs.

  109. Rosalie says:

    My expired license from 6 years ago… yup 6 years, crayons, ooh there’s the wii nunchuck! An entire doll wardrobe, my nikon coolpix, $2.23 in change, bobbypin, eraser, kids’ homework that’s 12 weeks late now… and that’s only lifting ONE cushion… time to clean! FlyLady would not be impressed!

  110. Maria says:

    Dog hair, cat hair, crumbs, and a pen. Score on the pen!

  111. Caty says:

    Lot’s of crumbs, cat hair and human hair, 1 sock, 3 hairbands, and a cat toy.

  112. Rachel says:

    Too many crumbs for having only vacuumed last week, a puzzle piece, spoons from a plastic tea set and a magnet. All of which will be back under the cushions before the days out, I’m sure 😉

  113. Amanda says:

    Under the couch: you can see the sticky on the floor from where something spilled (I don’t what to know what or when), countless toy cars, a few random socks, the missing flip flop, a bottle of J&J lotion, and so many crumbs

  114. Tamara Turner says:

    M&M’s and the dog’s chew toys and various bits of lint.

  115. Coral says:

    3 balls of varying sizes, goldfish, furballs, 6 puzzle pieces, 1 strawberry shortcake doll, 2 pieces of dollhouse furniture, 1 belt, 4 socks and 3 Cherrios.

  116. Debby says:

    I’ve found the following:
    65 cents
    several legos
    pony tail holders
    hair clip
    Barbie shoes
    Bratz feet (their feet literally come off rather than shoes)
    Old crusty play-doh
    some crackers
    a water bottle cap
    soda tabs
    the remote
    leap pad 2
    cartridges for said leap pad 2
    and the finishing touch
    a couple of pairs of underwear (don’t ask cause I haven’t got a clue why they are in my sofa!)
    And that’s just the loveseat! My life is never a dull moment!

  117. Renee says:

    I have a baby boy infant sock…one. A pair of knee high socks. A hot wheels truck. A dried mango. And a back massager. And I left everything still in place.

  118. Kimberly says:

    3 pens, 2 colored pencils, 3 markers, 1 paperclip, 3 hairbands, 2 hair clips, lots of crumbs, lots of dog hair, and a nickel.

  119. Alicia says:

    Leather couches are amazing! Love them for oh so many reasons…
    Lucky me, today I found one green Angry Bird head, yep, just one!
    I am very excited for your book. 🙂

  120. warmfuzzyfeeling says:

    I have a large throw on the sofa to avoid this very scenario, and yet there are still a million billion crumbs 🙁

  121. Angela says:

    I was too scared to actually look since the bottom is grimy and . . . . well I’ll just leave it like that. But last time I checked there was scrambled egg bits, a toy, broken iPhone I thought was stolen -_- and a lot of dirt. 🙂

  122. Erin O'Brien says:

    Two pieces of Pirate’s Booty(score!), lots and lots of crumbs, one grown up sock and two toddler socks, not matching, and a library board book. Thanks, I’ve been searching all over for that!

  123. nopinkhere says:

    dog fur and food crumbs plus mulch and sand.

  124. Nikki says:

    some fruit loops, cracker crumbs, half eaten dog biscuit. several small legos. and a missing Spider-Man!

  125. Julie says:

    I took a photo of everything I found- it was astounding. I wish I could upload it for you. I have to clean when my husband’s not home- he wouldn’t let us use the couch any more if he knew what ended up in and under it!

    Anyway- the highlights include a baby shoe, a newspaper, a bottle, a remote control, lincoln log, a mini-piggy bank, a stacking ring, and a half dozen matchbox cars. (My middle one likes hoarding things out of sight.)

  126. Sharon says:

    Dog hair, a Mac and cheese noodle, a penny, a chocolate chip, and mouse poop.

  127. Jenifer says:

    Leather couch with cushions attached (1 of the reasons I got the furniture…the other being that you can clean them up with baby wipes…manufacturers recommendations be damned) 🙂 HOWEVER, a few crumbs have managed to work their way into the crevices…

  128. Erin says:

    Our couch is in a warehouse somewhere waiting for us to find a place to live! When we moved there was a lot of dog hair underneath, cereal, unidentifiable crumbs, and a lot of balled up tiny hair binders for little girls.

  129. Theresa says:

    We finally got the couches where the cushions don’t detach…….. Everything that falls besides gets stored and then the kids go along and open the back flap to reveal all the nasties … Dust bunnies, dog hair, hair clips, books, and lots of socks that some how got separated from their mate. The joys 🙂

  130. Jill Henderson says:

    I am currently not at home so, I am doing the imaginary cushion lift. I am Mommy to two 1 year olds and if I wait until after I leave work and go home, my mommy-brain will have eaten the memory of my need to look under the cushion. So here’s what I’m imagining will be there (I have past cushion lifting experience so I feel my assumptions are safe) – food bits of random origin (to be fair this is far more likely my husband’s fault as he loves to snack while watching t.v.), at least 3 kid socks (none matching), 2-3 of the missing pieces to our stacking toy train, at least one book that ran away to hide after being read for the 579th time last Friday (1 year olds are fond of repetion) and a couple of quarters (this is my imagining so I’m saying quarters but likely they’re actually pennies or raisins).

  131. Deni Hibbs says:

    assorted crumbs, a lego, a pen, a pony, dried up milk that dripped down from in between the cusions. yum.

  132. Kathy Damron says:

    My cushions don’t lift up so I looked under. Boy am I sorry I did *THAT*! Found two dirty pennies, 1.5 goldfish, 3 cheerios and a large handful of crumbs. Also found a tissue. Ew. I DID clean the mess! 😉

  133. Kara says:

    Only about half of a box worth of smashed Goldfish. And 43 cents. Oh, and my husbands sock… ew.

  134. nicole says:

    Four pieces of popcorn (the husband is responsible for these), two goldfish crackers, a monkey head from a japanese eraser that has been missing for months, one m&m, and a disgusting amount of d. And cat hair

  135. Lori says:

    Just cleaned mine out the other day…Barbie shoe, hair, hardened fruit snack, squinky head (my cats bite the heads off them!)

  136. Jlynn says:

    A torn page out a book, a glow in the dark bracelet, fruit snack wrapper, rubber band, dried out wipe, popcorn, and some cheerios(that was only one cushion I am too scared to life the others)

  137. May Paring says:

    There isn’t any foreign material under my couch cushions, thanks in large part to my whole sofa cover thing. The tops of my cushions are currently housing: A dog. A seven year old. The game Mousetrap, an Xbox controller, a throw blanket, a nursing pillow, and a guitar.

  138. Lauren says:

    We just got a new couch, and there are no cushions on the bottom – it’s all one piece. Just don’t ask me what is on the floor under the couch. That I cannot be responsible for! 😉

  139. Brandy says:

    My husbands worse nightmare is the constant state of “disgustingness” the couch has become. He cleans it weekly and had just done so yesterday. Here is what he claims he found: multiple assorted legos, a “sh** load” of cereal, two mismatched socks, a piece of cheese, five Hi-Ho cherry-oh game pieces, crackers, chips, four match box cars, two sandwich bags, and one pencil. All collected since his last clean-up just one week ago. Yuck! haha!

  140. Rebecca G says:

    Baby skirt, clear nail polish, pencil, set of earplugs from dh’s work, large glass bead, small bead, plastic ornament, cough drop and a baby Jesus. Am going to parenting Hell. At least the loveseat was clean.

  141. Stacy Hill says:

    PJs, socks, hot wheels, a remote (that’s where that went), lego guy, book, “poopy bear” (it’s what ds calls his vitamins)

  142. Michelle says:

    A sock, one cheez-it, 2 remotes, and an empty lunchables..

    Along with mysterious little pieces of paper my daughter puts in her mouth and I take out and shove under the couch cushions because I’m too lazy to get up and throw them in the garbage.

    Thank goodness for vacuums!!

  143. Carrie says:

    Crumbs from chips and popcorn – I wish I could say I have kids. I don’t. I’m just a messy eater…

  144. Lore says:

    A knight’s sword. Actually, 2 knight’s swords. He needed 2, because he has 2 hands.

  145. Sheena Bell says:

    Under my red couch cushions: white cat hair, white dog hair, a penny, crumbs from some cracker-type snack, and a lump of dried blue Play-doh.

  146. Joanna says:

    Under the cushions of our built in window seat: a purple sock, some stuffing from a broken stuffed animal, a kleenex (unsure if it is used or not), pink paper scraps, a feather, a star wars action figure of the emperor, an elastic, and several small stickers with a traffic sign theme. (Though I last time I cleaned it out I found a banana peel.. That was pretty gross.)

  147. Beth says:

    Crumbs from many sources (goldfish, Cheerios, and granola bars to make it sticky). A portable phone that had died and been lost for a while and a remote. A plastic tomatoe and a Thomas the train. The sad part of this is I cleaned under the couch a week ago. Very excited about your upcoming book.

  148. Beth says:

    There’s a five-year-old hiding behind the big cushion on the back of the couch. I’m not allowed to look under his secret hideout right now, but I’m pretty sure there’s a collection of Tinker Toys, a bunch of little plastic dinosaurs, and a truckload of Cheerios and cracker crumbs.

  149. Sherry says:

    Goldfish crackers, a DS stylus, a Thomas the Tank Engine brochure of other trains my son wants me to buy for him, two trains, one truck missing all the rubber wheels, and a partially gnawed on Baby Einstein DVD (Baby Beethoven to be exact) without it’s case… I’ve been looking for that. Thanks for making me check.

  150. Krista Oliveira says:

    I once found a hamster in my couch! It had gotten out and we thought it was in the walls or had left the house. A few days later we heard it scratching around in the couch. We had to cut the back open to get him out!

  151. Kimmy says:

    empty crushed juice box, remote control that I have been looking for for two days! (thanks for making me look there!) toddler socks, crumbs, ohh so many crumbs, unidentifiable as to what they might have been before they were crumbs, 2 intact very stale cheese doodles, the headphones for the DS that I’ve been asking where are the headphones so I don’t have to hear that damn thing (again thanks for making me look!) a hot wheels car, a scrunchy for my hair, spiderman and wolverine (hanging out together) a paper clip (I don’t remember owning a paperclip) and…and…wait for it… A WHOLE DOLLAR BILL!! Woo Hoo! Thanks, that was the most productive thing I’ve done all day 😉

  152. Bridget S. says:

    My husband is pretty anal about cleaning under the cushions, so all I found was a tag off of something. Under the couch is another story: 4 matchbox cars, a spider (Real! Eeek!), and lots of dust bunnies. Time to swiffer under there!

  153. Krystal says:

    Crumbs… oh my God, the crumbs… and a macaroni noodle? One single noodle.

  154. Jennifer Schulz says:

    2 paci’s, tv remote, undefinable sticky crap, 3 pencils, an assortment of toys and a handful of dominos!

  155. Molly says:

    A petrified pea, many many cracker crumbs, and some Cheerios.

  156. Jodi DeMay says:

    lots of cheerios (probably enough to fill a whole new box of cheerios), 3 legos, barbie shoe, granola bar wrappers and lots of crumbs and dust.

  157. Misty says:

    Under my couch, I have: 2 map pencils, 3 magnets, a holey pacifier, crumbled goldfish and a few broken naked crayons (their paper is missing; probably in the recliner somewhere). I’ve pre-ordered your book! Can’t wait 🙂

  158. Heather Leili says:

    dog fur….lots and lots of dog fur

  159. Mandy Leech says:

    Enough dog hair to make another dog, candy wrappers, three socks, and two dryer sheets.

  160. Meggan Musselman says:

    4 Legos, a Nerf dart, a hair elastic, discarded chicken teriyaki stick (thankfully, without chicken. Ew.), yarn clippings, yarn needle (I was looking for that one), green guitar pick and 327 feathers (ok, that’s an estimate). So pretty much what was there before kids. Except there are more feathers now because the couch cushions only started molting when our son turned 6.

    Thank you for all the laughs. Can’t wait for the book!!

  161. We have a leather couch where there’s no removable cushions. There are, however, gaps between the attached cushions, so things CAN slip between them but unless we’re lucky we can’t ever even see them again. Some such things may end up on the floor underneath the couch, in the carpet of dust.

  162. Melanie says:

    A sleeve from a box of ritz crackers with one cracker still in it (what?!), pretzel fragments, the cap to my purple pen (I’ve been looking for that!!) and the wrapper from a Hershey’s kiss.

  163. Laura says:

    The remote! Thank you!!! 🙂 (Oh, and crumbs, many many crumbs.)

  164. Leanne says:

    -one bright yellow ear plug
    -a “happy birthday” sticker
    -random crumbs

    not bad, I expected more!
    (congrats on the book, btw!!)

  165. Liz says:

    Dried up strand of spaghetti, various unidentified crumbs, dried up milk that leaked down between cushions when milk was spilled on couch, Hot Wheels car, several puffs (what my son calls those craft pompoms. oh, and he calls my boobs pompoms.)

  166. Lauren says:

    2 Hershey Kisses, Lip Gloss, Barbie Shoes, Assorted crackers such as cheezeits and goldfish, popcorn kernels and flecks of what appears to be fingernail polish my oldest must have peeled from her finger nails…eeekkkk….

  167. Deborah says:

    some random bits of escaped cereal, hair, LOTS of crumbs, a piece of a jigsaw puzzle….. but there is also a rip in the material under the cushions that goes into the vast cavity of the “lower couch”, truely I am far too scared to put my hand down there and feel around for what has fallen into the dark ibis!

  168. Sylvia Korver says:

    Dog fur, old popcorn, fingernails, sand, a rock, and an Angry Bird made out of construction paper.

  169. Nieves says:

    I thought I’d be cute and get to say “nothing” because we just bought new couches. Guess what. Dog hair and sand. How did it get there so fast? Meh.

  170. Annette says:

    Dust, hair, food.

  171. various assortment of crumbs, 1/2 a goldfish, random lego pieces, a pokemon card, a matchbox car, a random lone black sock and lots of various dog and cat hairs…beyond disgusting!

  172. Kami says:

    Chex cereal, 3 different socks (yes, one from each pair), a matchbox car, a bib, a paper towel, and no money. Grant (2 y.o.) likes to take things off on the couch and hide them. If I ever find a diaper, he is in such trouble! LOL!

  173. Kristin B says:

    Assorted crackers too crumbled into a mix to be able to sort out particulars. Probably a conglomerate of goldfish, Annie’s, and Cheez-Its. Half-crunched yogurt covered pretzel. Several yogurt smears. An applesauce stain. Enough popcorn to possibly make it through a movie. Part of a broken crayon — blue. Yesterday we had to dig Grandpa’s iPad out of there before he left for home (visiting across country.) I’m pretty sure my kids figured it was a perfect hiding spot where it would magically be “found” only after Grandpa was long gone. Hopefully the iPad didn’t ingest too many Annie’s bunnies while hiding there — could be a problem for its future performance.

  174. Andrea says:

    A scary prospect, let’s see:
    Thomas the tank engine and his friend Percy
    A grape
    Two soothers

    Okay, no too bad which is good considering I cleaned it out a few days go.
    Can’t wait for the book!

  175. lenore says:

    Seaweed. (Our son loves eating those little sheets of seaweed snacks). 4 kix cereal spheres. Some magnets from the fridge that I guess he tried to get to stick to the non-metallic couch. An expired metrocard. Some popcorn. And two small dinosaurs.

    And yes, I cleaned it all up before posting! 🙂 Cannot wait to read your book! 😀

  176. Adrienne says:

    My mother-in-law pays for us to have maid service once every two weeks, so I’m lucky that the couch is as clean as it is. I did find a screwdriver (flat head) and the plastic part of a princess tent that my daughters just put together and then crushed.

  177. Jen says:

    Goldfish crackers, petrified fruit snacks, hair, assorted crumbs, and a toy car.

  178. Yasmin says:

    And that’s just under the cushions, I’m not sure I’d want to look under the sofa…

  179. Tricia says:

    A twist tie, all sorts of different crumbs, glitter, a toy centipede, a sticker, iPod, pretzel, infant sock, littlest pet shop hamster, animal cracker, tiny babydoll, and a Popsicle stick

  180. Veronica says:

    Under my couch cushion (which is really just a large couch seat and goes all the way to floor) are several squished spiders. *shudder* And dust. Lots of dust.

  181. Kate says:

    Finger nail clippings, petrified crumbs, half a crayon, a barbie shoe, a straw, hair (both human and animal), 5 cent piece and a hair clip 🙂

  182. Emily says:

    OH MY GOSH! A crochet hook I have been looking all over for. Lots of dog hair, some ponytail holders, a pencil and a business card.

  183. Megan says:

    Cat hair! Lots of cat hair! And crumbs 🙂

  184. Joy says:

    One scrap of paper from clipping coupons. I’m in no way a neat freak; our couch cushions are just really tight to the new couch & held in place with velcro!

  185. a remote (that I had given up for lost, thanks for helping me find it!) enough crumbs to rival a highchair, and my hair bands

  186. Katja van der Sluijs says:

    A hairpin, some unidentifiable crumbs, a pen and my boyfriend’s sock. With his foot in it.
    (no, nothing creepy about that; he sits on one end of the couch and stuffs his feet underneath the other cushion so they stay warm)

  187. Emma says:

    Oh good lord i need to clean…
    14 hair bobbles
    2 Hair pin
    2 toy cars
    1 lollypop
    1 cracker
    Half a magazine
    Cheerios
    1 clip on earring
    6 crayons
    46 pence

    Please note i have 2 large sofas, 3 children and, believe it or not, i cleaned under my cushions last week :S

  188. tara says:

    My couch is weird and the cushions don’t come up, which is actually kind of annoying because then I can’t vacuum up the dog hair that manages to fit into the cracks but that I can’t dig out.

    So my couch cushions have dog hair underneath. And in the cracks. And probably some popcorn kernels. Definitely some popcorn kernels.

  189. Maggie says:

    Tortilla chip crumbs. And honestly, they’re all from me. My kids are forbidden to eat on the couch and they rarely do anything but watch TV there, while I am allowed to sit there and stuff nachos into my piehole all the livelong day (whenever they are sleeping). Thank you for the giveaway!

  190. kayk says:

    Apple core, tinker toy round, rocks, hotwheels, banana peel, long-lost shoe mate, Library dvd, pens, silverware, beads…
    this list continues, I’ve been searching and searching for some of that stuff, thanks for making me look! :p

  191. Elizabeth says:

    A cloth baby wipe, three plastic spoons, half a Graham cracker and enough crumbs to pull out the vacuum!

  192. Amanda L. says:

    Under my couch cushions as of this very moment, are 3 socks, 4 puzzle pieces, 2 hot wheels cars, 1 fridge magnet, one of the baby’s missing shirts, the front cover of a book, and some random bits of cheetos. >.<

  193. Becky F says:

    Fruit snack, some popcorn, and a colored pencil! Not too bad!

  194. Leona says:

    A spoon, a paperclip, dirt, and a chicken feather.

  195. Sarah says:

    A sofa bed!

  196. LaurenC says:

    Our couch cushions don’t detach but under the couch itself is…scary. If I really itemized that list…OMG. OK – here goes. An old pack of diaper wipes, cloth diaper wipes (unused – don’t worry), dirty nightgown of DD’s, pretzel, Kleenex, goldfish crackers, puppy toy, my shoe (ah-ha there it is), cat hair, and…I’ll just stop there. There’s a ton of toys and other things I can’t reach. A couple weeks ago the puppy went behind the couch and pooped. YES I cleaned it up. When I scooted the couch out did I clean under the couch? No. But I did get the puppy poop.

    Puppy poop requires cleaning up. Other couch junk can wait.

  197. DebbyD says:

    Wow, just found a tv controller we spent about 3 hours looking for over a year ago and replaced. Our sofa is one that has the cushions stitched on but noticed a hole in the stitching a few weeks ago, so your post prompted me to check and there it was haha!!!

  198. Susan says:

    Plenty of fuzz balls and a few crumbs- not too shabby! 🙂

  199. AmyH says:

    I think I do more contributing to the Under-Cushion than my girlie does: yarn scraps, a stitch marker, a crochet hook, a playing card (8 clubs), and a bouncy ball. The last two were courtesy of the 2 year old. 🙂

  200. Lydia says:

    Unfortunately, I just vacuumed my couch so there is nothing in there currently, but it did contain about a metric ton of toy cars and unidentifiable petrified food particles.

    However, the funniest thing that I have found inside a piece of furniture was a giant rubber dinosaur no smaller than a foot tall. He had been missing for a few weeks and I had searched every where for him. He wasn’t discovered until we moved the recliner out from the wall again in order to search for something else. My husband noticed a slight bulge in the back of the chair and upon investigation, produced the elusive dinosaur. I guess my son climbed behind the chair, stuffed the dinosaur under it and then shoved it up into the inner workings of the chair. The only remaining mystery is WHY?? Seriously, do they think we enjoy searching for their crap? “Oh, mommy will have sooooo much FUN looking for this here! I’ll hide it and then scream really, really loud so she’ll be forced to search for it. Yay!!”

    Sigh.

  201. Katherine says:

    4 single baby socks, one mama Berenstain Bear doll, one good luck bear doll, 2 strands of beads, something that was maybe a piece of banana or maybe dog barf and an unused (thank GOD) baby wipe.

  202. Lisa says:

    two infant socks (which dont match, darn!) lots of cat hair, a quarter (yesss!) and lots of unidentified crumbs….

  203. Denise Krieger says:

    Hair, hair from a build-a-bear wig, enough crumbs to make chicken cutlet, assorted change, guinea pig poop (they got loose one day!!) and partylite candles along with a formerly missing mouse (from my laptop) and a bra. WTH????

  204. Ally says:

    Crumbs…lots of crumbs. But that’s mostly my husband’s doing 🙂 Good luck with the book launch Amber!

    • Sanj says:

      Aha! We don’t have cheerios in our house because they are portals through which random objects enter this world. That is why our couch is clean. (If you don’t count cat vomit and dog hair. Those things have their own laws, I’m afraid.)
      So, um, our *clean* three-piece couch/love seat/chair is for sale. 🙂 But you’ll have to find me some other way, and probably also wait 20 years so you can be ready to live without cheerio portals. Oh, but then come grandkids…. They are portals too.

  205. Anne Bladon says:

    Our settee cushions are sewn down so I thought I’d tell you about my tumble drier filter instead. That had two tissues, a shimmery sticker, two Lego bricks, a 5p, £1 coin (yay, keeping that!) a stone, 11p in play money, and one of those plastic things that keep mends shirt collars stiff.

  206. Marilyn says:

    A loaf of bread’s worth of crumbs, about a dozen ponytail holders, a dvd case, a nintendo dsi game (THAT’S where it went! Do my kids not realize those games can be 30 bucks a whack??), and NO MONEY. Little misers must have snarfed it all into their piggy banks. Just kidding. We don’t have money left to fall into the cushions, now that we have kids.

  207. Riki W says:

    My husband, both kids, and I are all recovering from the stomach bug that’s going around. My children don’t really gag much before they vomit – it just suddenly starts spewing all over. So for several days, no matter how hard I tried, I had at least 6-7 spews all over the couch. We have scrubbed it so much this past week, there isn’t anything left under the cushions.

  208. Heidi says:

    Missing sock, lots of crumbs, toy grapes, gogurt sleeve, used bandaid. No judging, right? Pretty good, considering I have 14 kids!

  209. Nita says:

    I have a leather sofa with attached cushions just for this reason. 🙂 Although in the cracks there are Popeye’s biscuit crumbs because the my crappy fuzzlebutt toddler can’t eat the biscuit at the table, he has to leave a trail everywhere he goes. You’d think I had Hansel & Gretel up in this bitch.

  210. Amy says:

    A binky, 2 different baby socks, a board book, a pen, (no change:( ), and boogers!

  211. Candi says:

    We have a futon, so there are no cracks in the cushion for things to fall into. Under the cushion, there are metal bars, so everything would drop to the floor. However, underneath the futon, there is a secret horde of cat toys. And a giant dust bunny made up of cat hair. Dust kitty? That IS shameful. Guess I need to sweep under there a bit more often.

  212. Lauren Elysia says:

    Unidentifiable crumbs, dried up quinoa, popcorn kernels, pen and leaves from the ficus next to our couch. You’d think more baby stuff, right?

  213. Carol says:

    I was actually searching the couch for a missing toy the other day. Just lifting up the cushions yields a treasure trove of crumbs. Reaching down into the cracks (yikes!) got me lots and lots of pens/pencils/markers (son loves to play with them), cereal, crackers, and a flashlight, but alas, no missing toy.

  214. Andrea says:

    Goldfish crackers, hot wheel and a lift the flap book.

  215. Lucy farr says:

    Our cushions are stitched to the base, so really only crumbs, bogeys, dead skin and dog hairs between the cracks. Does it count that I once found a flat hamster under our couch as a child? He was missing for 2 weeks…we’d been sitting on him the whole time. RIP Hammy.

  216. Ivy Berres says:

    I found dog hair (who had to be put down last week), sparkles, a couple random beads from my daughter’s latest project, a purple Zooble and a piece of popcorn were in my couch cushions 🙂

  217. Alessa says:

    Don’t make me look. Its waaaay to scary under there. What, I don’t win anything if I don’t look? Ok going under the couch….ACCKK!! The IT clown is there. HEEEELLLLPPPP!

  218. Angela G says:

    lolipop sticks X3, popcorn, gummy fruit snack that was obviously wet at some point since it is stuck in place, of course crumbs, a pacifier, and 3 quarters!

  219. Christina Sholty says:

    key chain, cereal, my tweezers, some sort of red substance,a comb

  220. Vanessa says:

    10,000 cheez-its….2 random-non-matching socks….1 binky…too many go-gurt wrappers to count & $1bill (SCORE!!)

  221. Brittany says:

    Enough Corgi hair to construct a third dog, $1.13 in change, crushed pita chips, and 4 hair ties. Oh, and a tea bag (that’s pretty gross actually).

  222. Maria says:

    I found:

    a skittle, a spoon, a lego head, various coins, a chocolate wrapper, a barbie hair brush, a hair tie, lots of crumbs, a plastic bracelet, a used bandaid, some pretzels, a remote 3 different socks, an ice pack, and some popcorn kernals. Yummy…..

  223. Hahaha. Under our cushions, I often find my son who is seeking sensory input and space away from people:

    http://www.momintwocultures.com/2012/10/sky-and-art-of-diy.html

  224. Laurie Smith says:

    Cheerios, pretzels, goldfish crackers, THE missing cookie from our Melissa & Doug set…..that’s as far as I got….we’re still celebrating finding the cookie here!!!

  225. Melanie Forrest says:

    Believe it or not, nothing at the moment! Just last night my 2.5 year old crushed up an entire bowl of crackers on the couch so while I was vacuuming that up, I cleaned under too! But last night, it was crushed crackers, several Cheerios, a mitten and two dinkies.

  226. Cindy says:

    A purple stitch marker for knitting, a lot of fringe from one of the sofa pillows, and confetti from New Years – which is weird because I thought I vacuumed under the cushions in January, but I guess I didn’t!

  227. Allison says:

    A remote, a pacifier, and a sock!

  228. Karen says:

    My couch cushions don’t detach! But there’s a shameful amount of crumbs in the little trenches between them, ugh 🙁

  229. Lindsay A says:

    Two bibs (we have a thieving dog)
    Half a crayon
    Crumbs

    WTH is a yurt?

  230. Sara says:

    3 pieces of lego, a soft dorito, 3 pens, a felt tip pen lid, some crumbs, my missing cat sock!! (I wondered where that had gone! I thought the washing machine had eaten it!) the back off the t.v remote (also wondered where that was) a few beads a head off a lego man and what appears to be maybe juice, which is all sticky and ugh (yum) more crumbs.

    Now I’m gonna have to vacuum, haha. I wonder what’s UNDEr the couch, hmmm.. this should be interesting.

  231. Melissa says:

    Under my sofa cushions at the moment: crumbs, an overstretched hair band, more crumbs, a square from the shape sorter and a hole to another world… Oh and no loose change 🙁

  232. Darcy says:

    Um… the couch was empty. But the underside was not!
    20 envelopes
    4 books
    2 DVD cases
    1 cookbook
    1 ball
    1 truck
    length of TP the kid was playing with
    empty yogurt can, complete with spoon….

  233. Rachel says:

    Due to the snowstorm in MN, I’ve beening staying at my sister’s house to avoid bad roads. It was interesting to find her cordless phone (maybe that’s why she doesn’t answer my calls, or my calls could be the reason it’s there in the first place), her remote (okay…that one may be my fault), cat and dog hair, and a variety of crumbs.

  234. Kim says:

    I live in new zealand…do i get bonus points for being so far away?

    my couch cushions don’t come off..but down the back crack i found:
    chips, cracker crumbs, two pens, an ice cream stick and $5!!! SOOO keeping the fiver!

  235. Corinna says:

    The cushions on our couch don’t come off. But I have found rocks, cars and Cheerios under the couch all the time.

  236. Emily says:

    Dog hair. Lots and lots and lots of black, brown and white dog hair.

  237. Amity Jones says:

    Glowstick, flag football mouthguard (which we’ve been searching for), $1.47 in change, conversation hearts, BeyBlade launcher and eleventybillion pound of stale popcorn, cheese crackers and cereal.

  238. Rosie Lutherborrow says:

    Eeeeeeeek a spider!!!! And weirdly one solitary pea…..does that make me a princess??

  239. Sarah says:

    It’s gone 9pm here in the UK so getting off the couch to lift up the cushions was quite a feat! Boringly though it’s just lots of crumbs and muck. And a pen lid/choking hazard… probably good I looked then!

  240. kristen j. says:

    Our couch cushions are all connected but we still manage to lose stuff in them. The remote somehow gets lost in there about once a week and we have to go digging for it. Theres usually lots of crumbs and pet hair down there too. Gross! I cant wait for your book and would love an “appetizer” as you call it!

  241. Aimee says:

    Lots and lots of crumbs. Mini My Little Pony. Lego in various shapes and colours. Cat fur. A pen. A crayon. And scraps of ripped paper.

  242. DWigger says:

    Hair. Lots and lots of MY hair. Luckily, my 11 month old hasn’t started stashing things under the cushions….yet. 🙂

  243. Sheryl says:

    Plastic beads. Lots of plastic beads.

  244. Kathleen says:

    Everything you mentioned – PLUS….boogers.

  245. Mandy says:

    My cushions are attached, but that doesn’t stop the stuff from getting between my cushions! Lots of nasty crumbs and a dime. I thought for sure I’d find my missing tweezers.

  246. Libby H says:

    pretty much a whole box of Cheerios. A popular find, I know. We will call it an “emergency food stash.” Thanks for the chance!

  247. Sarah Z says:

    I found a baby toy hanger thing, a sock, and a piece of potato chip.

  248. Trisha W. says:

    Fortunately nothing gross was found — just some springs poking through the fabric of my 20+ year old couch.

    • Trisha W. says:

      P.S. I can’t wait until your book arrives in my mailbox. When I’m done reading it, I will pass onto other moms to read too.

  249. Sarah says:

    Dead cockroach, 10c, spinning top, kids golf club, kids claw grabber thing, tv remote

  250. Rachel says:

    Cheerios, assorted crumbs, veggie stick, brave pencil, remote (to hide from toddler), leg of play tool bench and tool from bench! Looking forward to the book!!

  251. Leslie T says:

    Thankfully I don’t have that problem because my couch cushions are all attached – but under the couch on the floor are potato chips, cheerios, and toy cars

  252. Jessica says:

    Assorted plastic baggies and wrappers. A corn dog stick, and the handle to my husbands razor that jelly stole like a month ago! I picked up the razor handle and just left everything else their 😮

  253. Jacqueline says:

    Oooh boy…

    2 batteries, a wee baseball cap for a lego person. 3 duplo blocks, a couple raisins, a pink sock, and a spatula(!?!?!)

  254. nikki says:

    A whole bag worth of mini pretzels, where the heck was I when that happened?… tinkerbell’s shoes, a little pet shop puppy, and two plastic wands (aka bibbidi bobbidi boo’s), also two dimes and 6 pennies…. jackpot!

  255. Tabitha says:

    peanuts, three bobby pins, two plastic horses, a gooey (ya know, the green slimey fake bugger from the horrible childrens game gooey Louie) a few shreds of cheese , and several small rocks.

  256. Melanie says:

    Fuzz and dust. My kid is too short to climb on couches yet!

  257. Andie's Mommy says:

    Hair, cat hair, cat whiskers and nails (gross, I know), fuzz, puzzle pieces, legos, puzzle pieces and cheerios! Man, I need to vacuum right now. 😉

  258. Kelly says:

    Three forks, lots of cereal, two mister potatohead features, a camera, an old paystub, two crayola markers and a few crumpled tissues. Yep, we are disgusting!

  259. Laura says:

    Stickers, cheerios, and that sock i’ve been looking for! Thanks!

  260. Claire says:

    Apple (half eaten) – unfortunately this happens more than I like to admit.
    Hair bands (red, blue, brown, pink, and a green one)
    Multiple bobby pins (this is from me – not the kids)
    a gray crayon
    a doll hair brush
    a human hair brush
    Crumbs – from multiple crumbly snacks… who knows what?!
    Preschool homework never turned in

    THIS IS REALLY SAD – seriously, I clean it out often, but I find this much or more all the time!

  261. Kristine says:

    I just cleaned under our couches/cushions over the weekend looking for a necklace I lost. I found lots of goldfish/cheerios, magnet letters, a Dora dvd that was missing, another Sesame Street dvd case that was also missing, & a pacifier but no necklace! Love your blog!

  262. Donna says:

    Well… I found 3 Loonies (Canadian $1 coins), 9 socks (carious colors/genders and sizes. 2 were hubby’s, and not a match), 4 broken crayons, several triscuits, a baby shoe (my kids are almost 5 and 3.5), a dustball the size of a small dog, and enough black dog fur to make another dog. Oh… also my curling iron that has been missing for 9 months, so thanks for this challenge…. I got my curling iron back!

    I think I need to clean better….

  263. Krista says:

    Lots of misc. crumbs, wheat thins, hair ties, barrettes, a baby sock, random small toys. Can you tell I seldom lift the cushions?
    Can’t wait for your book…I’ll still buy it if I don’t win 🙂

  264. Alicia says:

    Cheerios, Goldfish, Lucky Charms, pen cap, Kix, Cheerios, fruit snack wrapper, lone strawberry fruit snack, Cheerios, random Imaginex figure (which made my son squeal with glee, “It’s my lost toy!”). We may need to cut down on eating cereal on the couch.

  265. Kristen says:

    I had lots of hair, thread(I sew), a broken crayon and a quarter. There were unidentifiable crumbs so that might be kids choice of snack, granola bars. Upstairs in the loft sofa. Nothing. One piece washable microfiber slipcovers are glorious when you have kids- shake and vacuum. So so excited for your book!

  266. Michele says:

    Goldfish (cracker type, not real ones that escaped from the fish bowl), popcorn, cheerios and assorted crumbs that I am unable to distinguish.

    Can’t wait for the book!!

  267. Tricia says:

    My couch cushions don’t actually come up, but hidden between them a sock, train, and some crackers.

  268. Silly Me says:

    No cushions, but under my couch was some balled up socks, candy wrappers and paper plates w/crumbs on them.
    Always a treat to look under the couch!

  269. Justine Hutchinson says:

    Pencil, bobby pin , Ariel sticker, half a pretzel, barrettes (at least 3), Polly Pocket dress, .67 cents, empty package of Tinkerbell gummies, and an old Belle band-aid (probably not used for any real injury whatsoever but…you know how kids are with character band-aides)

  270. Sara says:

    HOLY SHIT I found a small dried up and completely flattened lizard. Why yes I have four boys, why do you ask?

  271. Emily says:

    pacifiers & pistachio shells…hopefully not from the same source.

  272. michelle white says:

    Too many lego pieces to count…lucky charms, froot loops, and goldfish….3 Lightning McQueens..2 socks…a light saber (no not a tiny one, don’t ask how that was missed in the couch!)…one of the remotes (normal lol)…4 pennies and 2 nickels…and SCORE!!!! Found the Starbucks gift card I had lost!!!

  273. Vani says:

    Crayons, Sketch pens, green toy car, straws, pieces of food(specifically rice, cereal crumbs), tiny princess shoes(of a toy princess), construction pieces of paper. Clearly shows I haven’t cleaned under the couch that much! 🙂

  274. Jessica says:

    I cannot BELIEVE THIS! I just vac’d under the couch cushions TWO DAYS AGO & still I find a crayon, a bunch of pretzel sticks, a spoon (sticky from applesauce), an entire roll of purple tape & an SD card. Glad I looked though, cuz I was all over the house yesterday looking for that SD card!

  275. Lilia Sawyer says:

    Inside my couch: coloring pencils, gluten-free pretzel crumbs, an orange peel, bits of paper confetti, and $0.03. No dolls or doll shoes this week.

    • Lilia Sawyer says:

      Oh, and a whole bunch of dog hair. I didn’t think I had to include that since it was implied. You walk in, you get dog hair. 😀

  276. Kirstie says:

    A load of crumbs (a variety of toast; sandwich; chips; and biscuit crumbs) which are really noticeable on black fabric!
    Today some grated cheese just slipped in there.
    One part of a pair of disposable sushi chopsticks (used as a drumstick).
    It’s really not too bad in there as my son likes to remove all the cushions and jump off the couch onto them. Tends to keep the mess down a bit!
    I love your blog! Have been following you for years (twitter, Facebook, email updates. Full electronic stalking!).

  277. Naomi says:

    A small red toy car, a piece of a tortilla chip and a couple of kamut puffs.

  278. Sarah says:

    Crumbs, 2 plastic bugs & one hot wheel – not too bad for us! 🙂

  279. Loni says:

    Nothing under there. However I used to have a friend who would randomly put quarters in our cushions when she visited to help us out with landromat money, especially when we fed her…

  280. Kim says:

    If I look under the couch cushions I see Legos, a battery, a nerf dart (the cat likes these), and an angry birds pencil topper. I decided to take this one further. Looking under my son’s bed I found a sock, two great books, baskets with legos and any other odds and ends that he decided belong in the baskets when he cleans his room, a reading light, and most importantly his long lost “blankie” that I’ve been looking for…..that he can’t sleep without…..thank you in advance for a great night’s sleep!

  281. Lisa Lutes says:

    We threw our couch out because of what was ON it (pee, snot, vomit, poop, peanut butter and a whole lot of popsicle drippings.) We’ll get another one when the kids are older.

  282. Lisa Martinez says:

    One snotty tissue, one dentist bill, one drum stick, one white toddler sock, one coaster, three craft puffs, one half eaten piece of cheese, one pen, one ball pit ball, various bits and pieces of yarn, and enough cereal, popcorn, and other assorted crumbs to feed a small mouse city for a whole year.

  283. Sarah says:

    A whole lot of crumbs, a few crayons, a computer cord, a toy car and the remote! (Oh wait, I took the remote out so the kids could watch a movie so it’s not there anymore!)

  284. Megan B says:

    Loads of glitter from my daughter wearing her Cinderella dress in her “fort”. There would be more things but I vacuumed everything else up so that she could play in there.

  285. Ashlee Jackson says:

    Under my couch is disgraceful… there are many things, some unidentifiable… I saw tissues, receipts, hair-ties, a chocolate wrapper (that I think I stashed when I saw the kids coming!), dirt and food crumbs, and I didn’t even dig down the sides for fear of what I’ll find!
    Think I’ll add vacumming my couch to my to-do list this week…!

  286. Gina says:

    Under my couch cushions, I found ( bare in mind this is a huge sectional couch) :
    6 hair ties
    1 cup popcorn
    1 cup goldfish crackers
    1.50 in quarters (woohoo work soda machine money for me!)
    1 ziplock full of Christmas and Halloween candy wrappers
    4 missing Littlest Petshops
    2 matchbox cars
    1 Missing TV remote
    1 missing DVD remote
    Enough dog and Cat hair to cover new animals
    2 mis matched socks
    Pittsburgh Steelers schedule magnet
    BeyBlade pieces
    DS games (3)
    6 inkkpens
    3 mechanical pencils
    And A Partridge in a Pear tree ( just wanted to see if anyone read my whole list)

  287. Jenny says:

    Surprisingly, only dust, lint and crumbs.

    My best couch cushion lottery experience over a year ago. I found:
    The purple crayon: MIA at least six months and dearly missed
    A green FJ Holden: MIA about a week
    A green jeep: MIA unknown – neither of us remember this vehicle
    A green bouncy ball: MIA a few months
    A green pump: MIA about a week
    A blue sock: MIA a few months
    A flip phone: MIA a few weeks
    $1.70: MIA unknown
    A picture of our housemate from a publication from his work: MIA unknown
    A toy pumpkin: MIA a few months

    I thought our son was on track to be some sort of colour blind Bowerbird with all those green things he’d stuffed down into the couch.

  288. Mellie says:

    We actually cleaned out under our cushions a week ago! (Hubby lost his iPod) But while looking for it under the cushions we found: Hubbys missing iPod, $20, 4 candy wrappers from Valentines day, a Valentines day lollipop, and an assortment of crumbs…which is odd because I distinctly remember telling the kids no eating on the couch! (The $20 is my sons from Christmas 2011 recently found in his second winter coat…apparently never put through the wash last year)

  289. Rosy says:

    Dry ramen noodle crumbs, unidentifiable dried up piece of fruit, 1 police hot wheel car, used paper napkin, 1 King of Hearts playing card with one corner chewed off, 1/2 broken panel from a plastic widow blind, random crumbs and a crayon.

  290. Shelley West says:

    Lots of crumbs, unused diaper, tissue and one of my husband’s socks.

  291. kelly g says:

    Popcorn, a pretzel and Nerd candy. Oh, and that is all from my husband and I. Late night snacks when the kids are sleeping.

  292. Jenn says:

    I found a bunch of German Shepherd hair, a purple mouse cat toy and a pen. Congrats on your book!

  293. Marina A. says:

    We have a futon couch, so we don’t collect much! But, you’ll always feel like you’re at the beach! (Because of all the sand and little rocks and stuff…) Now, out little couch is a different story…I found an old gummy bear, a bunny cracker, a lego samurai sword, a plastic thing that goes to the stair gate and a huge sewing needle (for yarn). We lost our phone for over a week in that couch once.

    • Marina A. says:

      Oh, and I forgot. Assorted crumbs and cat hair! And, I’m sure lots and lots of sand.

  294. Jessica says:

    A bunch of physics papers I need to grade, a magazine, a book, a goldfish, a chip, my missing nail clippers, twelve pens.

  295. Helen says:

    All the things we try and hide from our gorgeous girls… including a plastic toy hammer, a whistle, a recorder, shakers and a few other noisy toys… they love their uncle’s presents.. we don’t!!

  296. Laura says:

    A few raisins, tons of crumbs, two of those little screwdriver things that come with to-be-assembled purchases, a random assortment of my business cards (?), a puzzle piece, along with everyone else I found a sock, and TWO sharpies!!! Seriously, what on earth?!

  297. Meagan G. says:

    We.. don’t have a couch. Haha, we just moved and were planning on replacing it so we didn’t bring the old one with us as motivation!

  298. Melissa M. says:

    2 socks (non-matching), hair rubberband, pair of gold hoop earings, necklace, bracelet, chapstick, lego, smartie, pistacio, and half a pretzel. I did choose to vacuum it out after these discoveries. So gross. Thanks for the motivation… OR thanks for the extra chore… not sure yet how I see this. 🙂

  299. Michelle M. says:

    Crumbs, but only a few, I’m constantly cleaning the couch because i’ve been bitten too many times by bugs living in dirty couches back when i was in college.

  300. Jen says:

    One pretzel, one remote that when missing approximately 11 months ago when (coincidentally) my son began walking, and one random plastic accessory to a toy.

  301. Allison Atkinson says:

    Cat hair, Cheerios, Cheez-Its, a Lego and a penny! I guess I need to vacuum under the couch more often than 1x a month!

  302. Angela says:

    Two nerf darts, an eraser shaped like a car, a popped balloon, various crumbs and an old bandaid (eww).

  303. Bobbi Kilbarger says:

    There’s at least a bowl’s worth of Cheerios under there and popcorn…

  304. Anna says:

    Mystery crumbs, a Samoa cookie (I ate it), three pennies, my husband’s sock, coupon inserts, a sparkly pink star from a fairy wand.

  305. Terri says:

    OMG a million dollars! ok, not really. Just some expensive organic candies I give them, countless pieces of cereal, and some pretzels. Yum!

  306. Amy says:

    Wellll, see, we ditched the couch for a ginormous Foof Chair (essentially a bean bag). It gets rolled around the living room. It’s a great stunt cushion, wrestle mat, mountain, oh, and place to sit. I squooshed it over and found a crayon, 4 sheets of stickers and a hotwheels car.

  307. Susan C says:

    Cereal, Woody’s hat, two cars and a kazoo under the cushions. Under the couch = a cup of milk.. or what now appears to be homemade cheese.

    • Tori says:

      OMGosh! You found Woody’s Hat! When we are looking for something and can’t find it, we joke that we are looking for Woody’s hat, since we used to LOVE that movie and always seemed to find our Woody’s hat when we were looking for something else. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!!

  308. Heidi says:

    My couch cushions are attached but I can tell you what I found underneath my front car seats: 1 McDonalds toy, 8 bottles of water (that had rolled underneath the seat over time), 1 sippy cup, 1 toy car, 4 gummy fruit snacks, 2 pretzels, crumbs, 3 pennies.

  309. Marna says:

    Perfect timing, since I just vacuumed yesterday. Here was the total: 2 deflated balloons, 5 nerf bullets, an army man, some pieces of popcorn (I think), 3 Lego pieces, various broken parts of “stuff” (the kids had no idea what they went to), a part from a Diego toy set that we had given away 2 years ago.

    • Kimberly says:

      All that accumulated since yesterday? Or is that what you found before you vacuumed?

  310. Richie says:

    its a sectional, so get ready for inventory! 🙂
    2 headbands
    baby sock
    todller sock
    assorted cereal/cracker bits/unidentifiable
    feather
    pacifier
    hot wheel car
    pink marker (w/o cap of course)
    dirty tissue
    and of course, a couple boogers for good measure!

  311. Yooz says:

    My cat. He scared the crap out of me, didn’t look any farther than that.

  312. Kimberly says:

    What’s under my couch cushions most of the time is more cushions and the floor. Sometimes a dog, cat or child. Never a couch, because for some reason my children object to having cushions *ON* the couch and must remove them and pile them in various places and jump on them and build forts out of them. But for some reason, when it’s time to either clean the living room or look for a missing shoe, the couch cushions are suddenly far to heavy to be lifted by a child and placed back on the couch where they belong.

  313. Dianne says:

    Crumbs, a unicorn ponytail holder, a pen, cheerios, 1 or 2 regular ponytail holders. I’m not even home to look, but I know what’s there. Someday I’ll vacuum it out instead of cramming the cushions back down in shame!!

  314. Sue says:

    Oh…. I just found the long lost retainer….bonus $500 for that, except we already replaced it ): Also found a variety of snack foods & something sticky ( I don’t want to know what it is ). More items found…. One Wii remote, one TV remote, and last….only because I don’t want to dig anymore…is some Christmas decorations and candy canes.

  315. Monica says:

    It’s scary and frightening looking under our couch cushions… but for this i’ll venture there.

    Verdict: (clearing off swimming goggles, xbox remote, and garbage BEFORE i can then move cushion) cut up cardboard(no clue i’ll not ask questions), a lot of string, a tiny comb, a plastic egg that may be from LAST Easter, tiny M&Ms, crumbs, popcorn, Lego Hero Factory parts, and yes…yes that is dog food and again i’m not going to ask question that i’m scared of the answers.

    After this my kids will be cleaning said couch as they are old enough to do so.

  316. Angela says:

    There is no longer anything under my couch cushions. ONLY because I vacuumed them out less than a week ago and they have had limited child interaction since then. However, when I went to clean them out I found: a paper with song lyrics from when there was a band playing in our living room, a nerf gun dart (yellow), an outfit for an 18 month old, a green and white bouncy ball from the grocery store, and a random black plastic marble/ball thing…I don’t know where it came from or what it is exactly, but it was there.

  317. Karla says:

    An old cell phone charger (for a phone we no ,longer use)

  318. Woolies says:

    Now it is my turn to leave stuff under the cushions.
    I found
    a pin
    yarn. Various colors, various lengths. I think it might be from my knitting.
    cat har
    dog hair
    crumbs. Not sure what these are from. I am on a diet, so therefore I do not eat things that cause crumbs.
    No legos. Those days are over. TRAGIC

  319. Jenn Rodriguez says:

    Crumbs galore, hair ties, bobby pin, small Cinderella princess, and her plastic blue dress…no money 🙁

  320. Kamron says:

    Dog hair. Lot’s and lot’s of dog hair. My hair, cheerios, one of my husbands socks, 2 crayons, a pen, and an unnameable object that I am hoping was chocolate at some point…

  321. Linnea says:

    Just some crumbs. Sadly I know they are from me as I don’t let my kids eat on the couch. 🙂

  322. Emily J. says:

    Crushed goldfish crackers, the remote (been looking for that!) and ponytail holders.

  323. Angela Hamilton says:

    Cheerios. So many I think a Cheerio tree is likely to grow out of my couch! I have a 12 month old with one of those snack trap cups ;o)

  324. Liz S says:

    Lots of crumbs (especially considering we don’t eat on the couch!), baby socks, a book, several pencils and a couple of small “guys” that had gone missing. Oh, and a crayon and a paperclip. And a butt-load of dog hair (especially considering the dog is not allowed on the couch)…

  325. Robin J says:

    A plastic spoon, a kiss wrapper, a package of stickers, an almost empty sheet of stickers, a blank sticker strip (my daughter really likes stickers), a kooshie pig, a creepy little man holding balloons that I have no idea where it came from, and a lot of unidentifiable crumbs (which is weird because we don’t eat on the couch)! I don’t even care if I win, I just thought this was hilarious!

  326. Karin P says:

    Nothing because I just vacuumed it yesterday. There was a full bowl’s worth of popcorn, 2 tissues, 4 Lego pieces, a minifig ball cap (red), a Cheerio and a clear bouncy ball with stars.

  327. Amy A says:

    My daughter’s hair bows that I’ve been missing for a year. Thanks!

  328. akmom says:

    Our couch is a futon, so nothing under the cushions. However, the fold is full of nasty crumbs, and there are used tissues and pens and other random assorted junk underneath the whole assembly, at least until I get around to cleaning under there.

  329. Melissa Highman says:

    Nothing. Mine is too little to bother being sneaky or to sit still to eat. He eats on the run so the chip and goldfish crumbs are just all over the floor!
    –Love your blog. It often gets strange looks from my husband and I read it snickering or Laughing out loud. I have learned to try to explain what’s so funny but clearly guys dont get it 🙂

  330. Sarah says:

    Dog hair, two Hot Wheels and crumbs of unknown origin. To think I just had my couch cleaned. Why did I bother?

  331. Melinda says:

    hair (dog and human), crumbs, and more crumbs…

  332. Grace says:

    We have a leather couch too, but the seats recline so there is a little space for things to fall into the couch, but mostly the stuff falls onto the floor. I found a crap ton of cat hair and dust, a few pens, some crumbs, and a lighter.

  333. Ashley C. says:

    3 lbs of dog hair (now I know where the dog has been sleeping when we aren’t home) and Evil Dr. Porkchop from Toy Story

  334. Meg says:

    Tv/cable remotes

  335. Erin says:

    OMG — the REMOTE!!! Wheeeeee! Even if I don’t win, this contest was worth it just for that!

    Oh…and most of a potato chip, two Legos, a Batman figure, and a ton of dog hair.

  336. Robin says:

    A remote, two yellow socks, and a tissue!

  337. ChristineW says:

    Under our couch is lots of dust and hairballs, goldfish, cereal, sticky stuff (soda or juice that leaked all the way to the floor), napkins, rubber bands.

  338. wendy says:

    batteries, nail clippers, cereal, rubber bands, candy wrappers, a business card, the instruction book for the carseat, a sharpie, crumbs and a hair band

  339. Gretchen says:

    One hair brush, a few dirty tissues, an old bandage. Yum.

  340. Erica C. says:

    3 hotwheels cars, 2 empty fruit snack wrappers, 5 unmatched socks and about 10 barrettes (my girls never leave those things in!!). Sadly no money!

  341. Monique says:

    I have two kids under 2… and the beauty of a couch that doesn’t have cushions that lift up! It used to be a very stylish gorgeous couch… now it has rips, missing buttons, and smeared who-knows-what on it…

  342. hannah says:

    two raisins, a big pile of assorted crumbs, a decorative pink rock, and Lightning McQueen.

  343. Christina W. says:

    crumbs, various cereals, 2 plastic rings, a Tinkerbell shoe, a valentine card, and 3 barrettes. Not bad. Usually it’s more… and stickier.

  344. Mary Castro says:

    Let’s take a look…one sock, 5 hair bands, the remote, 3 candy wrappers, $1.27 in change, something that looks like cat poop (thankfully not), a chewed stick and a “science project (sticky, green and fuzzy)”. EWWWWW!!!

  345. Merritt says:

    Ewww, food, hair, enough dog hair to make a fur coat for a small child, graham cracker crumbs and the remotes that always get sucked into the black hole that is the space between my cushions. It’s all very scarey really…

  346. Candice says:

    a vicks nose inhaler
    missing cover to the batteries on our remote (thanks!!)
    enough crumbs to make a pie crust

  347. Laura says:

    handful of fruit loops, and popcorn, a hairtie, a toy car tire, game pieces, two non matching socks and a sticky stick from a sucker.
    yuck.

  348. steph green says:

    Blimey a lot of people want your book. Im one of them (not in the creapy way just in the sleep deprived you make me laugh on a crappy day kind of a way) so anyway use my sofa cushions theres muslei or sometimes shreddies if im lucky. Today there was also a small toy cat.
    Ps its my birthday tomorrow so I should totally win as a present! 🙂

  349. Anita says:

    Random crumbs and one of those red plastic lids off a spice bottle.

  350. Monster Meatball says:

    Cheerios of varying ages (I think one is about ready to enroll in Pre-K). Travel-size Aquaphor that I yelled at my husband for losing. Dog hair, lots of orange dog hair.

  351. Fern says:

    …an entire unopened (thank God) pepsi. SCORE!

  352. Brajee says:

    I just invested in a couch where the seats don’t lift up, and the couch is leather so no stains :). But before we got new couches we had to clean our old ones. We found two forks, child nail polish, plastic Easter egg (half of it), mascara tester brush, tons of food (I could have fed a small country, and some more crap (ok not literal crap though there might have been traces).

  353. Christina O says:

    Our couch cushions do not come up but under the actual couch is a different story. A LOT of crumbs, 3 matchbox cars, 2 missing tv remotes, a 3T PJ top, a comb, a dog chewy bone and a small plastic blues clues plate. I did not clean it all up. 🙁

  354. Nina O. says:

    Augh! What an assignment!
    Well, not too bad – crumbs, assorted Lego and pet hair! Not as scar as I thought!!
    Keeping my fingers crossed!

  355. Those damn infant socks are everywhere! I’m always finding them in purses I haven’t used for months, under the couch, in the bed, behind the toilet, wedged between the oven and the kitchen cabinets. We need an intervention.

  356. Summer R says:

    A quick glance at our sectional, which has attached cushions, showed a few candy wrappers the children tried to hide and our puppy. Yes, thats right, the puppy is wedged inbetween the couch cushions, napping.

  357. Cordelia says:

    I hate to say it but I’m that person who can honestly say that there is nothing under my couch cushions, with the possible exception of cat hair. But that’s only because there is cat hair all over the place in my house. My 3-year-old son regularly removes the cushions so he can jump on them, and he’s this total neatfreak who would remove anything he found in the process. Don’t get all excited though, neatfreaky toddlers have their drawbacks. The other day while I was scooping the litter boxes he poured an entire bottle of pet stain cleaner on the floor… and the new puppy. He was proudly mopping it up when I got upstairs. While I was giving the puppy a bath he mopped the entire house (I’m not kidding) with the Swiffer Wet Jet, so that was cool. But then when he was in the tub he used up all the rest of the puppy shampoo on himself. Ah, well. 🙂

  358. Mabel says:

    We have couches with cushions that are sewn in and I still found chip crumbs, cereal crumbs and misc. dust and dirt.

  359. jill says:

    i had kids. they got all grown up and know everything now, so they don’t live in my house any more.
    that will happen to you one day. it is simultaneuosly so long in the future it will take forever, and just around the corner and will take 5mins.

    under the cushions of my couch (although i live in ireland and i call it a sofa) i found:
    a nail clippers.
    2 cheap biros.
    1 pink marker pen.
    half a peanut.
    and the skein of embroidery thread i was actually looking for.

    i love your blog. you make me laugh. and i need that.

  360. Becky says:

    I found:
    brand-new orange pencil
    pencil with ghosts and “boo!” all over it
    old mechanical pencil,black and red
    see’s candy wrapper (probably mint)
    piece of old straw
    red pony tail holder
    pink scrap of cloth with flowers on it
    white lite-brite piece
    ancient peanut
    assorted crumbs
    And this is just the red couch– there are 3 others plus chairs!

  361. Sarah says:

    A pair of plastic kid scissors, a crayon, and a frog (stuffed;thankfully not a real frog)

  362. Christie P. says:

    Four candyland cards. Also several blocks from “Don’t Break the Ice,” which have made it unplayable, and of course I just got rid of in the last month (because I didn’t have enough pieces to play it).

  363. Kathy says:

    Hair (dog, cat and human) peanuts, socks, a barbie, 2 library books, and my cell phone. Seriously just lucky I didn’t lose a kid in there!

  364. Angie says:

    Enough dog hair for a six week old puppy, fruit snack wrappers, a Gatorade lid and loads of crumbs. I just cleaned under here a few weeks ago, so this is all pretty new trash.

  365. Jocelyn says:

    A tiny lego duplo shovel, 2 hot wheels cars, a random piece of foam choking hazard, and a smattering of crumbs

  366. Kirsten says:

    Used tissues, chocolate wrapping paper, a drumstick and a Euro – which is weird, considering I live in Canada…

  367. Sylvie says:

    3 peanuts, unknown number (but greater than 3) all crushed up popcorn pieces, cat hairs, lego pieces.

  368. Alicia says:

    Being that we don’t actually use our couches much I’m afriad to lift them up lol. There might be a dead mouse or something *shudders*

  369. Mandy Eastin-Allen says:

    The cat! :O

  370. Dalene says:

    Lets see here, we have a few hair ties, a half chewed on pop bottle (thank you dog and toddler), cat toy, some hot wheels, a straw, lots of hair, and crumbs galore!

  371. Justine says:

    Confetti, the letter G, a yellow ear plug, and a plastic glow in the dark skeleton.

  372. Amanda says:

    I hope I win! I’m kind of embarrassed… I found an assortment of cereal, cracker crumbs. The usual stuff, a kids sock, an adult sock (my husbands) a nail file, a sippy cup, about 7$ in change (woohoo!) and the creme de la creme? A bottle of lube. Bahaha! We’ve been looking for that. Oops! 😀

  373. Deborah says:

    The cushions on my couch don’t actually come off, they’re leather and sewn on. Don’t get excited, the only reason we have a leather couch and not our crappy old hide-a-bed one is cause we had a house fire when the baby was 6 days old and we got all brand new stuff, and we chose leather cause you can spill anything you want on it, (except perhaps acid), and it just wipes off! Plus it was free!!

    Anyway….. that being said, I can certainly tell you what’s under our couch:
    Froot Loops, Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Corn Pops (at least 1 bowl worth)
    7 assorted Transformer toy pieces
    2 candy canes, half unwrapped and stuck to the floor
    cat hair
    dog hair
    bird feathers
    14 assorted pieces of lego
    4 hot wheels cars, 2 with at least 1 wheel missing
    2 nerf gun darts
    3 Christmas and 1 Birthday card (without envelopes or money)
    1 bouncy ball
    1 broken mini flashlight
    Some unidentified sticky substance that I think at one time was Coca-Cola and other unidentifiable things
    No cash 🙁
    2 socks (mismatched for an 8 year old girl)
    1 mitten

    Now that that’s out of the way, I’m going to clean….YUK!!!!

  374. Nicole says:

    Two pairs of socks (husbands, *sigh*) the letter A, a few goldfish, some cereal, and random crumbs.

  375. Brenda says:

    A few pennies, broken crackers, crumbs, little race cars, 1 pen, and a small action figure.

  376. Shauna says:

    Crayons, baby sock, a shocking amount of dog hair, a missing teacup from a tea set and very sad piece of doughnut…..with dog hair on it. Gross! Lol

  377. Brigitte says:

    Cheerios. Crumbs, so many crumbs. Goldfish. One… eggtimer? Must be from a game. Two puzzle pieces. A plastic coin.

  378. John says:

    3 Teenage mutant ninja turtles. I’m not sure why Raphael isn’t in there. A LOT of candy wrappers, I’m going to need to talk with my youngest now…

  379. Becky says:

    I just cleaned under the cushions last week looking for all my missing spoons. Sadly, they weren’t there, and I’m running out of ideas of where to look…

  380. Lori says:

    I have a futon, so whatever gets underneath falls between the slots. I don’t look under the futon so I have no idea what’s there. On futons it’s not under the cushions, but in the little crack where the mattress folds and all the mattress cover fabric bunches up. I will check tonight and report back. This will take some courage.

    (Hey, we found our red Candyland guy a few days ago. He’d been missing too!)

  381. Kelly Nelson says:

    Hair ties. Lots and lots of hair ties!

  382. Lisa says:

    I found some Cocoa Puffs and sunflower seeds. But from BEHIND the couch, I scored – found a wooden sword.

  383. Amy says:

    About 1/2 cup of oyster crackers (aka “octagon crackers”), crumbs, hair, a few headbands, 2 barrettes, a quarter, a penny, a mini plastic baby – naked, a few hair ties…but not the remote I was seeking.

  384. Talena says:

    My couch cushions are attached and don’t lift up. If they weren’t, I’m sure they would look very similar to yours.

  385. Elizabeth says:

    rice crispies, trix, deetdack (fruit snack), hubby’s sock, stereo remote, my bra

  386. Crystal says:

    about 11tybillion pens and pencils my couch eats them a couple of my little ponys Lots of chip crumbs some dried fruit and apple core, several pennies a necklace and a few random socks oh and a bra yeah my couch eats stuff

  387. Rachael says:

    Under my couch (curse you for making me look, I usually ignore it hoping everything will disappear on it’s own): a large amount of hair (mine, the dog’s, and the cat’s), many many Cheerios ground into dust, numerous toddler/baby socks (none of which match), a pen, a puzzle piece, a couple of receipts, and a dime.

    Can’t wait for your book!

  388. Chelsi paliczuk says:

    The cushions on my couch are attached but I have an assortment of crayons, some foam blocks, a domino, a packet of jelly like you find in restaurants, and some cat fur. 🙂 stain wise I have some light brownish stains from my daughter wiping her face on our couch.

  389. Jennifer says:

    Crumbs and my wedding band (my son was playing with it last night and I forgot to take it back from him) lol

  390. Erin says:

    From my living room couch I unearthed a mountain of crumbs, various Lego pieces, 4 hair clips, a few m&m’s, 2 books, 3 crackers and a pen. My family room couch was hiding markers and crayons, stencils, a book and 6 matchbox cars, oh and a Barbie shoe and dress ( the little minx!). I try not to look under the cushions very often….it’s a scary place!

  391. Jennifer Haislip says:

    Smashed popcorn pieces, smashed cracker pieces, smashed cereal pieces, a paper clip, a 1″ long pencil with eraser, 2 pennies, 6 Lego pieces, a pair of (still folded in half, so I’m hoping clean) underwear and enough hair to make another cat.
    Love your blog!

  392. Peta says:

    1 orange Crayola washable marker
    1 “pirate treasure” doubloon
    1 plastic Octonauts thermometer
    1 plastic spatula
    1 figure of a farmer holding a shotgun, a cane and smoking a pipe

  393. Jenele says:

    Well, I swept under there last week, but it doesn’t look like it. I found Kix, Cheerios, strings, stains, lint, a cup lid, the green Candyland guy (can he be friends with your red guy?) and a tiny Budda figurine someone gave us as a random housewarming gift that I swear I haven’t seen in years. Really wondering where he was and how he migrated there. Maybe it was the Kix that attracted him…

  394. Jo Sparkle says:

    This isn’t today’s couch cushion, but once after I had someone house/pet sit for a week I found a pair of not-my-undies under a couch cushion. hrmmm.

  395. Lori Scheffler says:

    Popcorn, always popcorn, and sometimes toy cars if my son hasn’t found them yet. It’s the first place he looks.

  396. Jennifer says:

    Thank you!!!!! I found my iPod Touch that has been missing for well over 6 months! Oh, and some goldfish, legos, and a my 2 year old’s pajama top that I couldn’t find.

  397. Sarah S. says:

    LOTS of dog hair… ( dog isnt even allowed on the couch!) Some Carrots that I thought MY CRappy kids where eating! Change, 3 different kinds of Cereal! Orange Peel, something that is kinda chewed up…To be determined! A fork, leggos, and a banana peel! NOTE**** I Just cleaned under there about a week ago :0( Just cleaned again! LOL

  398. Marianne says:

    I wish you hadn’t made me look…. soooo many crumbs and tiny rolled up pieces of paper. Its actually gross ( perhaps not enough to make me do something about it…) and on the side of the sofa, we have lots of mags rolled into half, and stuffed down the side! ( for later!)

  399. Andrea Kelly says:

    assorted cupcake crumbs/sprinkles (aka jimmies)
    One “Fast Track” disk
    One toy mouse (that’s the cat’s fault)
    One knock-off angry bird plush toy from cheap vending machine

    Fairly clean…we just moved.

  400. Marilize K says:

    Lemme see… A family of dog hairballs. A used handkerchief from my loving husband and a lego. We do not even have lego in the house, so that last one is a mystery item win.

    Oh – and no kids to explain the lego either.

    I’m confussled.

  401. Sarah S says:

    crumbs, cat hair, magazine, puzzle pieces

  402. Sarah says:

    Honey Nut Cheerios, 2 legos (one blue, one red), a Frosted Mini-Wheat, 1 adult men’s sock, 1 pink sock, a cordless phone (that’s where that went) and a Princess ring.

  403. Eric says:

    Let’s see…Puzzle pieces. Dried breakfast sausage that looked like poop. Socks. Loose change. Hair from our dog who ran away years ago. More dried breakfast sausage that looked like poop.

  404. Briana says:

    there’s some left over pop that i spilled last night, pens, baby socks, random pieces of paper, baby fingernail clippers (hey i was looking for those!)

  405. cori says:

    Under 1 of 5 couch cushions, I found 1 TV remote, 1 Wii remote, 5 lego pieces, a multitude of crumbs, and 1 feather.

  406. Krista C. says:

    a plastic Easter egg, a sock, two copies of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, a paper doll, popcorn, Cheezits, tissues, a plastic bracelet, a paper princess crown, and THE REMOTE FOR THE DVD PLAYER!!! I KNEW it was around here somewhere!

  407. Julie says:

    We have a couch with affixed cushions, but we did have to lift up the couch to rescue my hubby’s phone. I found about 7 hair clippies, 3 pairs of nail clippers, a plastic snake, a 2 inch square of purple fabric (which I was told was very important and NOT trash), a few crayons and markers, lots of popcorn, and about a dozen assorted beads.

  408. Sara H says:

    Wow! Considering we bought new couches less than 2 months ago I am shocked to find- The remote for TV we haven’t used since Christmas, 4 Mega Blocks, 2 socks (non-matching- of course), half of a graham cracker, and a mini board book. Also lots of cheerio (I think?) bits. Awesome.

  409. Bahia says:

    Crumbs, cat hair, shedded cat claws, tv remote I couldn’t find for ages.

  410. sarah says:

    nothing… we cleaned it last week in hunt for the remote (which was in the 7 year olds room go figure, no TVs in our bedrooms!!!)

  411. Susan says:

    Two books, a sock, a Lego brick, a pen, a broken crayon, and a used Kleenex.

  412. Felicity says:

    A whole lot of sand/small rocks (unsure of where it comes from since we’re in Montreal and it’s winter …), 4 popcorn kernels, 5 unpopped popcorn kernels, 2 pens, a cat toy, a plastic spider

  413. Jodie says:

    1 CapriSun straw
    1 lolipop stick
    1 hair tie
    1 used tissue
    3 puzzle pieces

  414. tana says:

    luckily we have leather sofas (wipe clean :D) and the cushions are all sewn in BUT we have a new (beautiful) fabric sofa with removable cushions due for delivery any day now and I’m not looking forward to finding food/bogies/toys/pets(?!) under the seats!

  415. Kristie says:

    Popcorn, popcorn kernels, hair, a peanut, hair, a card & half a toothpick… Kinda wondering where the other half is!!!!

  416. Jessy says:

    That was disturbing and informative. I found 12 spoons, 8 forks (which explains where all of my silverware went,) a lot of random toys (matchless Barbie shoes, toy cars, doll clothes, etc,) and a blob of I don’t want to know what…. Really. Don’t want to know what it was. All I know is it isn’t there anymore, and we will never discuss it again. *shudder*

  417. Marleen says:

    Nothing under the cushions as they are attached but since my son discovered the cushions have zippers and how to open them I’m suddenly short of change which normally lies around the place…

  418. Rebecca says:

    My sanity! I thought I had lost it! It was under the cushion all the time…

  419. Rebecca says:

    Crumbs, bobby pins and my girls’ teeny tiny hair rubber bands.

  420. NinaN says:

    Ha! I have a new couch! And the cushions don’t come off!!! (Which could be very bad if anything is slopped on it, so no food is allowed anywhere near my beloved Joshua {yes, he has a name}). Between the cushions you will probably find cracker crumbs. And they are probably from me.

    Now, the cushions on are old couch…..all of the above plus more. We have 3 kids after all.

  421. Kristin says:

    7 Cheerios, 2 dog bones, 1 pen, 1 popcorn kernel, 1 teething ring and a partridge in a pear tree.

  422. Kelly says:

    Tons of pens and crayons, toy cars, a few barbie shoes and a couple of books.

  423. Lindsay says:

    My couch cushions are boring right now as I just cleaned the couch the other day then pile it with laundry to keep it child free for a while. I do have a very funny story about the couch though. When I moved out of my Mom’s she gave me her love seat. So I took it, moved it across town (flipping it in all sorts of directions in the process). A few months after I had been living in my new house I cleaned out the couch cushions and found a viking broadsword replica. It had been missing for THREE YEARS!

  424. Aimee says:

    Cat hair, all my favorite purple grading pens (7), a red ping pong ball, a wine cork, the syllabus (from a class my one of my college age daughters took a year ago), a laminated mini Paris Metro map, a Metallica CD (thanks son), a number of hair bands, a crummy romance paper back, a Colorado hiking map, and a gift card from an electronics store that no longer exists. Just because the kids are gown up, and only come home now and again, doesn’t mean the thrill of the parent treasure hunts has to end. I will make them look under the cushions next time they come home. I plan on leaving things that will make them wonder what I’ve been up to!

  425. Christel says:

    Two little wooden tree figures, doll, 2 hairclips, a book, popcorn, “little people sunday school sing along” cd case, naked baby bear (from the goldilocks set… though someone removed his clothes), green pom pon, wooden spatula, and assorted pieces of felt. Wow… that’s bad. I haven’t looked under there in like 2 weeks though.

  426. Tara says:

    Pennies, cookie crumbs, lalaloppsy dolls…

  427. SD Murray says:

    The remote –it is ALWAYS sneaking into the crevices of the couch underworld! Along with that we had 2 quarters, a pretzel piece, the dog’s chew toy, and a spoon. (My son might be guilty of eating spoonfuls of Nutella, but I cannot imagine where he learned such a habit!)

  428. Kate Wilson says:

    I actually moved my whole couch today and found a tug-of-war rope’s worth of string, random pieces of felt, pieces of plastic, and an antler. Under the couch cushions is the remote (that’s where that went!) more rope and toy bits, and a random dog treat which will promptly rehidden now that it has been revealed. As you may be able to tell, my kid is my puppy 🙂

  429. Cassi says:

    So that’s where my red Candyland guy went. He’s vacationing at your house.

  430. Elizabeth says:

    Under the futon cushin? nothing but air. But in the fold of the cover in the dent of the seat? Ahh – there’s gold in them folds!!! Mostly crumbs, the occasional penny, OK, so really not actual gold, just gross crumbs. sorry. I wish it was gold…

  431. Tara says:

    We are pretty OCD about not eating messy things on the furniture so there’s never much under the cushions. Underneath the couch though I have my 3 boys’ baby books so they will be easy to access whenever I would want to write something in them. That happens about 2x a year though. 🙁

    BEFORE KIDS, a friend of mine dropped her two kids off for a couple of hours while she ran errands after work. Her boy turned his pockets inside out while sitting on our couch and emptied an entire sandbox onto it. I think that incident shaved a year off this ANAL couple’s life span – especially since we were still childless and were not used to those sort of occurrences! Ha!

  432. Bekah says:

    im currently sitting on my sofa and my partner is laying on it, we’re tired an unable to move, but the last time i checked i found :dog hair, crumbs, hair clips, a bra, a dvd case, and a chopstick. 😛

  433. Heather Fahey says:

    My cushions are sewn together also but my kids like to shove things down the cracks so that they end up under the couch. Under there is a large collection of dried up French fries, cranraisins, cracker parts, and other food. Also some play utensils, a couple of cars, and a disgusting amount of dog hair.

  434. Erin Mazzariello says:

    I think this was just a big trick to get us to all vacuum because that is exactly what I did! But to answer your question I found a bouncy ball, toy car, goldfish cracker, chex mix (whole and crushed) and tons of dog hair and dust.

  435. AudnZaxMom says:

    Crumbs, popcorn, and plastic bugs. (I ALWAYS THINK THEY ARE REAL!!)

  436. Michelle M says:

    Couch 1 has a reciept, my sons’ dirty sock and my husbands dirty sock. Just one of each, not sure what happened their mates.

    Couch 2 has a chewed up blue colored pencil, the wrapper fom a straw, and… the mate to my sons’ dirty sock!

  437. Sarah says:

    My couch cushions are directly attached to the couch. So the only thing under the cushions is, well, more couch.
    (Now on top of the cushions…there’s more stains than I would care to acknowledge.)

  438. Shaina says:

    I found : toy remote, snack trap lid, crumbs, a penny, some veggie straws, some bamba (Israeli peanut snack), and a bouncy ball that lights up.

  439. Melody says:

    1/4 of a cheese stick, binoculars, 3 sets of flash cards, one green sharpie (oops!), a plastic play knife, an animal balloon pump, a small ball of yellow yarn, one hot wheels car, one rhythm stick, one tube of chapstick, one chop stick, two barrettes–one with a flower and one with a crown, a brown marker, a black jumbo crayon, one toy dinosaur, a block, a brio car, the seven year old’s handmade journal, a necklace and the three year old’s “magic trick wand.”

    I really should clean more often.

  440. Karin says:

    856,000 unidentifiable crumbs of all shapes and sizes, colors and textures, couple beads, orange crayon, and fabric scraps from my serger that mysteriously disappeared the other day. One cushion I could not lift up because it was the support system to clean laundry mountain. 🙂 So many congrats on your book, how very very exciting!

  441. Amanda says:

    1/2 a piece of toast, penguin crackers, Ernie (from Sesame Street) and a car.

  442. megan says:

    My cushions don’t lift.

  443. Grace says:

    Cat hair. And more cat hair. Oh, and a chocolate wrapper.

  444. Miranda says:

    A glove, some change, a crunched up cracker, and a shiny sticker

  445. Angela Ross says:

    Well, I have reclining couches, so the cushions don’t lift off. Don’t be jealous though… it’s much worse. So things fall down this giant crack and onto the floor, which means I have to get on my hands and knees to find every little thing that always falls between the middle of the sofa crack. If they don’t hit the floor, then they fall into this pocket of fabric on the rear of the sofa, which involves me maneuvering around the back and trying to decide which recliner needs to be in the open position for me to reach dropped object while kid is screaming, “UH-OH, CARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!”
    Today I found seven HotWheels, the remote control that has been missing for about five days (yes, I would rather get up and change the channel than look for it in this contraption), a pen, a rubber alligator and a giant toenail (really husband???). Ugh.

  446. Kelly Snell says:

    Yikes, I found chex cereal, dog hair, lots of lint, and a little pink pony with long pink hair. I rescued only the pony before replacing the cushions. 🙂

  447. Heidi O says:

    We have a recliner couch, so the cushions don’t move, but everything falls through to the floor. I found lots of cereal, a few books, a pencil, some toys, two quarters, and lots of crumbs and dust. I guess it’s time to pull out the couch and sweep again. I thought I just did that the other day…

  448. Amy V says:

    Pens! Lots and lots of pens. Finally answering the question of where all of our pens go. Also, crumbs.

  449. Erin says:

    A small handful of dried cranberries and a shiny quarter 🙂

  450. Sarah says:

    Crumbs! Lots of them 🙂

  451. Kristie says:

    Hmm – the tennis ball and baby doll concern me most (ouch!)
    Crumbs (clearly, since kids aren’t allowed to have food on the couch…)
    Hairs of all sizes
    A blanket (whose home seems to be beneath those cushions due to forts)
    A princess ring
    A heart window cling (with crumbs and hair stuck to it)
    A sippy cup (thank god it’s just water!)
    And a penny (surprising because my one year old is on a find-money-for-my-piggy-bank kick lately…I have no spare change! I’m keeping the penny)

    And now my kids…and they won’t move…thanks Amber! Thanks a bunch!!! Guess we’ll build a fort

  452. Meg says:

    Under our cushions were:

    Wii controller backing
    AA battery
    pacifier
    hair tie
    drinking straw
    Pokemon card
    beads

  453. Amy says:

    Under my sofa bed cushions – nothing. I guess we’ve had visitors fairly recently that slept there. But under the cushions on the other sofa? Gold!

    OK, not gold.

    A 5 pence piece
    a purple sock
    two crayons (green and purple)
    a random black plastic thinger, no idea what it’s from
    the missing wheel off a red car, that I assumed the baby had swallowed
    The little wooden dog that has been missing from the dollshouse for ages
    a business card for Dragonfly one-of-a-kind baby items
    a flyer about wateraid
    a birthday card for my husband (whose birthday was in December) with VW camper vans on the front
    annnnd…a random, long (half the length of the sofa) hollow metal tube. Absolutely no idea what it is part of. Maybe it is part of the sofa?

  454. Robin M. says:

    The couch we currently have has cushions that are sewn down (brilliant!) but I will tell you that at one point with our old couch, we found so much under the cushions that we had to take a a photo. There were TWO remotes, three baby teething toys (we no longer had teething babies), a soother (that had been missing for a year), a pen, two bobby pins, two cheerios and a board book.

  455. Katie L. says:

    A tiny sock, a pen, a pink hair clip, and lots of crumbs. Time to clean, lol. But I’ll probably just go find some ice cream and forget about it…

  456. Corie says:

    $1.43 in assorted change
    2 tootsie roll wrappers
    A spoon
    6 bobbie pins
    A Monster High doll
    A giant Batman pen
    A yo-yo
    And enough lint and other grime to make a lint grime monster

    I want to know how my whole family was able to sit on all of that and not have giant butt pains?!

  457. Brooke says:

    Although I move the couch and vacuum at least once a month this is the current treasures of our couch: 5 Legos including an arm and a head, Goldfish crackers,half a crayon, 3 pennies, dried milk,a buffet of crumbs, the letter “K”,a marble, a piece of a cashew and a drawing pad crammed into the area by the arm of the couch.

  458. Sarah says:

    My couch cushions don’t lift up… which I think is worse, because I can’t get in between the cushions to clean properly. So probably a petri dish or three worth of bacteria! I hate to think…..

  459. Wyndee says:

    beads, string, used tissue (facial, not bathroom), legos, cheerios, crumbs.

  460. Jimin says:

    My sanity, first of all; peace and quiet, etc. etc. *sigh* But, really, what I found under my sofa were: broken crayons (metaphor for my sanity again), cheerios, goldfish, crumbs, puzzle pieces, teeny princess underwear, a sock, and more crumbs.

  461. Rebecca says:

    Puffs (the baby cereal kind), crumbs from a bagel, a board book, 2 old kleenex, a lego guy and a remote control.

  462. Meghan McRae says:

    Fire truck, sticky patches from kids juice, & a whole assortment of kid’s snacks crumbs! Yuck, out comes the vacuum!

  463. Claire says:

    I’m in my bedroom, so I’m doing my bed instead. Some sweet wrappers, a clean tampon in a wrapper that evaded my handbag, part of Saturday’s newspaper, a page of a t-mobile catalogue with the price plans on it, a bed sock, a spoon, a receipt, crisp crumbs and a coaster.

  464. Kathy says:

    Sock, pencil, marker cap, penny, play quarter, hair, candy wrappers, cracker and assorted crumbs.

  465. Carolynn Chamlee says:

    My hubby hates cat hair on the furniture, so our couch is covered with sheets. However, I found under the cushions:

    Kazoo, puzzle piece, and the bullseye and Jessie Lego piece. (I now know what “Jessie hiding under blanket” means.

  466. The step daughters recently made a totally rad fort from the couch cushions, so their dad used that opportunity to vacuum. So today’s measly haul brought in a just a piece of a cheese cracker (I personally tasted it to verify), a few crumbs, and a hair tie. Normally I could make soup with everything that lands in there. Oh well, better luck next time.

  467. Amy Cantwell says:

    2 matchbox cars, a hair bow, 5 goldfish crackers, 3 teddy grahams, a petrified piece of cheese, 1/2 of a cheep yo-yo

  468. Meleece says:

    My little boy’s whistle–I hid it there on purpose. My sister-in-law gave it to him cause she thought he’d like it. Of course he likes it! But seriously? I mean, she’s a mom, she knows what kids do with whistles. Does she hate me? I really wonder now… Anyway, that’s what’s in my couch. ; )

  469. Rachel says:

    I know this probably disqualifies me from winning, but at the moment there’s nothing in my couch cushions. I just vaccumed them. Last week. For the first time in over a year (that’s got to count for something right?)

    There were various crumbs, hairs and dust bunnies hiding under there though…

  470. Iris says:

    One cat toy. Many cat hairs.

  471. Caroline Webster says:

    I really didn’t want to look, but I really want to win this competition so I dared myself and found:

    2 pieces of Lego Duplo
    1 mouldy half eaten sausage roll
    3 chewed, sticky sweets
    A comb I thought I had lost months ago (yay!)
    One penny
    Old receipts
    Chocolate bar wrapper
    A sock
    Several crisps
    Half a biscuit

    I really must clean more often!

  472. Cassi says:

    Under my cushions–I’m kind of afraid to go there–are three books, a My Little Pony trading card (all boys in this house, btw), a Magic card, two pieces of mail, a tissue, a paper towel, two soda bottle lids, several assorted crayons (mostly broken), an empty applesauce pouch, a piece of pizza crust, a dead strawberry, a piece of popcorn, a jelly bean, an airplane, a transformer, a Beyblade and a half, and two of those things you peel off a band-aid. Also, a handful of couch stuffing, as my couch has been slowly bleeding out for the last couple of years. Yikes.

  473. Yoli says:

    Brownie crumbs, stained cushion, 2 barrettes, and a pencil. 🙂

  474. Melanie Rozwood says:

    A lot of Tinker Toys, some Angry Bird pieces, 2 cars and some ‘jewels’ that hurt more than legos if you find them feet first.

  475. Allison says:

    My dog started barking because there was so much fur in there ( I swept under as well). Crumbs and scraps of paper from when my oldest started to use scissors about 2 years ago… i stopped looking when I found a mushed up and melted fruit snack holding the cushion down.

  476. Sarah F says:

    I found raisens, 2 hot wheels cars, 1 pacifier, 2 mismatched baby socks, a dryer sheet, lots of crumbs, and 4 pennies.

  477. Bridgett says:

    Just a few crumbs… Nothing very exciting. It is the first place we look when something is missing, though.

  478. Elizabeth M. says:

    I have crumbs, a candy wrapper, fortune (from a fortune cookie, which, sadly, wasn’t still there), popcorn, a lost grocery list and a marker cap.

  479. Allison says:

    Toddler hair clips, hubby’s library book, dog hair, a few dried cranberries and pretzels.

  480. Lani says:

    crumbs, 2 quarters, 3 pennies, darning needle, pop tab from soda can, pencil, 3 k’nex straws, 1 k’nex sun, beads.

    OMG!!! I have to do this more often and with a vacuum LOL

  481. Kylee Rowden says:

    So our couch cushions do not lift off so I am going to tell you what was under my couch… also I don’t have human kids I have a 5lb Yorkie, a 17lb Pug and an 18lb Bug (Boston Terrier/Pug)…

    Under the couch: 5 mini tennis balls, 3 cheetos (this was the yorkie), 2 dog toys, my missing earring (also the yorkie she loves shiny objects and steals jewelry), 42 cents (most likely from falling between the cushions), a sock (the Bug), wrappers and recycling of all sorts (the Bug thinks the recycling bins are a toy box), stuffing from a toy (this would be the Pug as he hides and destuffs his toys)… oh and dust bunnies… and I just cleaned this out 2 weeks ago… sigh…

  482. Meredith says:

    Our couch cushions are very, very heavy – so my haul was not too fascinating…a couch tag. (Upside: my exercise for the day!) However, DD loves to smoosh her toys under the throw pillows to put them down for “naps”, and there I found: one articulated wooden Pinocchio, one Hello Kitty, one felted baby from the “B” pocket in our vintage alphabet wall hanging, one blankie, and an old cloth diaper she uses on her doll, who is nowhere to be found.

  483. Tasia says:

    Stickers (sparkly ones of course), creepy crawlers (rubber and previously living), hair accessories and my favorite find of all…fossilized grilled cheese bits!

  484. Dawn H. says:

    Wow! Thanks for making me finally clean the couch out! haha! I hate doing it because it’s just kinda ummmm YUCKY! Lol! Ok to start off lots of crumbs! Popcorn, some kind of cereal I think PB Crunch?!? A doll hair brush,a broken clothes pin (I use them as clips for cereal bags/chips etc.) But my 5 yr. old daughter likes to take them apart! Glad they are cheap! lol Several different wrappers KitKat, Granola Bar, Fruit Snack! At least it was just the wrappers! I would be kinda mad to find an actual KitKat melted to the cushions! Rubber band, part of a Ritz cracker, 2 craisin, and 2 wadded up grocery list! That’s is all! Haha now on to the love seat?!?! No way! I will just clean it! lol

  485. Erica says:

    a band aid, a plastic cookie, a few crumbs and about a lb of dog hair 😉

  486. Amber says:

    This wasn’t recently, but when we were in the process of moving, my husband removed the couch cushions to find about 2 pounds of dog food stashed under it. We had only lived in the place for about 6 months…so it was totally random and creepy. Haven’t found a piece of dog food since…so it must have been the place.

  487. So many crumbs….oh the horror!

  488. Jessica says:

    Thankfully this couch’s cushions are sewn to the couch so they don’t lift up. However, crumbs and baby socks have still found their way between the cushions, and beneath the couch is dog hair, a doggie diaper (pee band, really), and some stuffing from the dog bed. I’m pretty sure the baby has pushed some of that under there for me…

  489. Kyla Blythe says:

    A sock, a coaster, an M&M, crumbs

  490. Nicole says:

    Hot Wheels, Barbie accessories, a brush, a sock, food particles, and a forbidden marker. Now to not only look under the cushions but the couch itself…

  491. crumbs
    the TINY pieces that come with dolls/toys and get lost immediately (doll size hair clips, doll size brushes, toy horse sized carrots, etc.)
    And… mostly… dog fur 🙁

    — Dana
    http://lilfamily13.blogspot.com

  492. Janette says:

    Mostly hair ties and combs. I don’t let the kid eat on the couch as it is fairly new (less than 2 years) She has her own chair and tray on the floor.

    I never can keep track of those hair ties and combs, tho!

  493. beth s says:

    Couch cushions are attached but under the couch: dust bunnies, 3 puzzle pieces, food crumbs, an old TV remote (don’t have the TV anymore for it), hot wheel car

  494. Lorinda says:

    My sanity…. I have been looking for that since my second son was born! Knew it had to be around here somewhere!

  495. Emily says:

    Dog food, baby nail clippers, a quarter, and the RSA security token I needed to access my work’s VPN … oops.

  496. Lindsey says:

    Chips, a piece of a princess necklace and three pens! YESSS! I was looking for those. :). And that was only one couch cushion, on the side of the couch no one sits because you can’t see the tv.

  497. Sarah L. says:

    Not 1, not 2 but 3 dinosaur stencil rulers, an old princess bandage, a pair of underwear (my 3 year old pretty much strips naked as soon as we get home), panda puffs, crumbs and what I believe is sand…apparently we need to add vacuuming out the couch to our regular chores!

  498. Anu says:

    crumbs, a crayon, a sock ….

    OMG!!!! the back to my cell phone was way in the back corner (with a poop ton more crumbs O_o)!!!!! I’ve been missing it for like a week!

    I should probably clean out more often!

  499. Juli W. says:

    Our couch must be magical because I have three kids (ages 5, 4, 2 and another on the way), and all that’s under our couch cushions is a single white thread. I don’t know how that’s possible. I was shocked.

  500. Hilary says:

    Miraculously, there’s nothing under there – my son is obsessed with our new vacuum, so he cleaned it last night.

  501. Jenn says:

    Lots and lots and lots of dog hair (we have a corgi), a knitting needle, the couch’s warranty, and a very flat rag for quick access & panicked wiping-up of spills.

  502. Deirdre says:

    Popcorn, two legos, a pen, a gnawed pencil, and two hair ties. And about a gallon of crumbs.

  503. Kim G says:

    scissors (to hide from the kids), a wii remote, candy wrapper, rubber chair pad, fish-shaped crackers, crumbs, crumbs, and more crumbs

  504. Candy Gray says:

    2 dollar store ATV toys, blanket, Thomas train foldaway tent thing

  505. Michelle Taylor says:

    I don’t have a couch at the moment because we are crazy people and moved in with my in-laws. And nothing toy/food/kid-ish goes near the couch. BUT… under the bed in our room? Total goldmine! 🙂

  506. Lindsey says:

    Some ripped up stickers, part of a Netflix envelope and lots of crumbs!

  507. Mary says:

    Lots of candy wrappers, not any candy, but some loose cereal pieces. yum.

  508. Kim S says:

    Dozens of raisins. Oh, and look at that … ants.

  509. Susie says:

    So far I’ve only got breast milk between/on the cushions….yep, gross. I’ll blame it on having twins. That’s a valid excuse, right?

  510. Tracey says:

    I cheated and my couch has the cushions sewn on!! Under the couch though- that’s where it gets scary. I have underwear (kids), socks (everyones), crayons, pens, pencils, scissors, assorted chips and food items, dust bunnies from hell, a comb, and unidentifiable fuzzy things (barf).

  511. Heidi says:

    Pens!

  512. Bobbie M says:

    We clean our couch often so not much under there but some pet hair and a thing of chapstick that went missing yesterday.

  513. casie says:

    Cracker crumbs and coins!

  514. Jenny says:

    13 pieces of cinnamon toast crunch cereal
    4 nickels, 1 dime, 3 quarters, 11 pennies, a crumpled dollar bill
    A tiny miniature plastic goat (aye, treasure!)
    A thumb drive most likely with a work presentation on it
    A flashcard game toy from a Wendy’s fast food kids meal (their toys are the worst which means we never successfully lose them…)
    4 broken crayons
    Enough Bath & Body Works coupons to possibly start my own franchise
    Tiny Batman action figure (he and the goat are friends my three year old tells me,…and neither of them like naps either…)
    “granny candy” hard candy wrappers
    Bottle of glitter nail polish (admittedly mine but temping to blame on the 12 year old daughter)
    “Frencho Fralooulie” the italian race car from Cars 2

  515. Jennifer Bingaman says:

    We have a new couch right? Bought it just a few months ago. After reading your post and with twin three year olds and a hubby who still plays late night video games, I was intrigued to see what I could find. Popcorn, mini hairbrushes from some doll set, a car, yogurt raisins, candy wrappers (thanks hubby) and you guessed it, shoved way under the back cushion, a sippy cup full of nasty, moldy, have no idea how long its been there, milk. At least I think it was milk. Thank you for saving my family from some wierd disease cause you know if one of the kids found it they would have tasted it first. YUCK!!

  516. Rachel says:

    A purple Hot Wheel, lots of Cheerios, 2 1/2 pretzels, a sock, candy wrapper, dog hair and 47 cents. I need to clean under here… maybe later.

  517. Callie says:

    I discovered lint, two bobby pins, a coupon (expired), and an old pacifier! I was hoping for some serious coinage…no such luck.

  518. Tanya says:

    goldfish crumbs, a half chewed dog bone, legos and a sippy cup of milk – well it used to be milk, GROSS!

  519. Kathryn Carter says:

    Our couch is a recliner so you can’t reach under the cushions. However our puppy sometimes sneaks under there unnoticed until we start to click the recliner back down and he almost gets squashed by the machinery 😮

  520. My sofa seat is stitched together, so there’s nothing there that isn’t supposed to be. Under the sofa though there is dust…lots of dust! 🙂

  521. Jenn says:

    A Barbie shoe and skirt, Captain America’s shield and Iron Man missiles…hmmm, wonder what those toys are getting up to at night?! ;o)
    Also found a juice box straw and enough crumbs to rebuild the loaf bread they came from!

  522. Alison says:

    Haha I’m loving this…I just checked and got all excited as thought I’d found some money, however on closer inspection I have….a handful of PLAY money, a pair of my sons socks, 2 hair clips, a pen with no lid, sweetie wrapper, a ton of crumbs and a few cheese thingies and …I kid you not….a random plastic hook thing, of which I have no idea what it is (hubby thinks its from a happy meal) considering this is only one of my sofas I’ve looked under I think I need to hoover 🙂

  523. dragonintherain says:

    i am afraid to look. really. it’s been too long…. and i have disgusting children.

    a plate and corn husk from the play kitchen, a magenta crayon, 4 peat pots, 3 nickles, a dime, and a penny, grape stems from an entire bunch of grapes (i’m not even going to ask) and probably about a cup and a half to 2 cups of crushed goldfish and cereal.

    ew.

  524. Katy says:

    Nail clippings, catnip mouse, cheerios, half a slice of toast, some lettuce, cat fur, a grippy claw grabber thing, the extending pole sections of a swiffer and a sock.

  525. Leigh K says:

    A gallon of rice cake crumbs. Under the couch itself is probably much more interesting.

  526. Brandy P says:

    Our cushions don’t come out, but in between them there is lots of sand (we live in Florida), hair, dust, a candy wrapper (stolen no doubt), a DS stylus, a pink pen, a mini pretzel, broken pieces of popcorn, and a single orange apple jack.

    Kids are 8 and 11 🙂

  527. Shelly Ryan says:

    What isn’t under there? Toy trains, remotes, nail clippers, and all different assorted snacks. Money would be nice!

  528. Alicia says:

    I’m kind of afraid to lift mine up, but here goes…ok. Not so bad. In my couch I found a goldfish cracker, cheerio, pink headband, and some debris/crumbs trash. I’m not going near the couch the kiddos tend to sit on..

  529. Krissa says:

    One Cheerio, crumbs galore, and an orange 1961 Jaguar E-type coupe.

  530. Kate says:

    $1.22 and a working pen. Score!

  531. Jen says:

    What’s with all the popcorn kernels? I found a bunch of those, a matchbox car, some ninja turtle weaponry, 2 Legos and a fruit snack wrapper.

  532. peter says:

    So wait… this isn’t a kids giveaway? You’re not giving away any kids?

  533. Sharon says:

    I don’t have a couch. The cat peed on it, so I’m kind of hesitant to buy a new one. But for now, it looks like there is only cat hair, batteries, legos, & small cars under the dining room table chairs that “temporarily” live in the living room.

  534. Tracy says:

    Dog hair, a bottle cap, and half of a cheddar bunny. And some more dog hair.

  535. Meriel says:

    Half a banana! Just hope the other half got eaten…

  536. Melissa Wright says:

    Woohoo for this post!!! I found the long lost Wii remote! Thank you!

  537. Tori says:

    a rainbow miscellaneous crumbs
    2 washers
    1 mechanical pencil
    popped bubble wrap
    2 of my daughters hats
    my sock
    my daughters tshirt
    beenie baby
    rubberband
    misc wrappers

    Pretty tame this time!

  538. Jackie says:

    I found some pulverized cereal, a pair of Thomas the Tank underoos (Gordon, the one my son doesn’t like), our extra house key, and 15 half-chewed lollipop sticks. Gross!!!

  539. Angela B says:

    Found enough dog hair to make another dog, cereal, and a whole lot of crumbs.

  540. Josefine says:

    Nothing, to my surprise!

  541. Kathryn Carter says:

    Our couch is a recliner so we can’t hide things under the cushions. Our puppy sometimes sneaks under while we’re reclining and we don’t know until we almost squash him with the machinery putting the recliners down and he vocally protests…

  542. Carolina says:

    Goldfish crackers, assorted Hot Wheels cars, items I have to strategically hide from my daughter (such as a nail file, a back scratcher, and small choking hazard toys). There might also be a puzzle piece or two, but I’m too scared to actually look closely.

  543. Meghan Misenti says:

    I found:
    A half drunk water bottle, a disgusting amount of crumbs, the title page to Lady and the Tramp (little golden books version), pa
    Part of my earbuds, a bottle cap, one oenny

  544. Pumpkinette says:

    2pairs of scissors, a teaspoon, an empty raisin box, a roll of Sellotape, toy money (got excited when I saw it then realised they where plastic ), chocolate wrappers, an a4 notebook, an old lotto ticket (still need to check it isn’t a winner but I doubt it) , my spare glasses I lost last December, a magazine dated August 2011!, my kindle fire (been looking for it for 2 weeks now), a reindeer print sock, a plastic pony, a magnetic fairy wand with 1 penny stuck to it, some dog hair and a selection of miscellaneous crumbs. Phew! That was under the cushions of 1 couch. I haven’t checked the other one yet – or worse still under the couch itself! I tend to swipe under the couch every once in a while with a coat hanger. It always brings a good selection of toys, hair, empty wrappers, old food and missing stuff. You should all give it a go and see what’s under there. It’s always more exciting than under the cushions. Oh yeah and I would love to say that my couch was better pre children but it was pretty much the same minus the toys.

  545. Joanna Wynne says:

    a crunchy, an old shriveled up carrot, a plastic ball, and lots of crumbs

  546. Marie says:

    Two dog toys and a bunch of goldfish cracker crumbs.

  547. Caroline says:

    My cushions don’t lift – but between the cracks is cereal (mostly rice bubbles) 🙂

  548. Elena says:

    The couch cushions don’t lift up, but in between the cushions there’s plenty of room for stuff to hide. There were lollypop sticks, a lolly wrapper, iTV remote (that sucker is way too small!) and Geo Mag -magnetic metal sticks and balls (yes, nice visual).

  549. RaeAnne says:

    An orange peel, a silver fingerless dance glove, a butter knife, and a pharmacy reward card still in the envelope.

  550. Christine says:

    I don’t have kids, but I love reading your blog, and one day I look forward to having my own kids 🙂

    Under my cushions I found an unbelievable amount of cat hair, three hairties, a book I had long forgotten I even owned, a mouse (cat toy), and a chocolate bar wrapper! I have now cleaned under my cushions lol

  551. Allison L says:

    Popcorn kernels, a pacifier, a coupon for 20% off at toys-r-us, a tater tot and Lego Pieces, an insane amount of Lego pieces.

  552. Dina says:

    We also have the kind of couch where the cushions are sewn down. BUT, in between them we have some quarters (my two year old is really into money right now), some crayons. AND underneath sofa, we have several magnatiles, some mega blocks, a puzzle piece, some markers without tops, some marker tops (of course they don’t match up), and several assorted balls.

  553. A hair rubberband, Duplo person, measuring spoon, a large green leaf, toddler sock, and about 1/4 cup of crumbs.

  554. Morag says:

    A pink plastic star (from a bracelet), a plastic leaf, feathers, fluff and a few crumbs.

  555. Jennifer says:

    6 Legos, crushed up golfish crackers, 2 fruit snack wrappers, 4 marbles, and a hair scrunchie.

  556. Tatiana says:

    A TV remote and a bit of dust … I expected to find at least one toy or puzzle piece, but didn’t see them! I do have 2 young kids though 🙂

  557. Avrael says:

    Crumbs. Lots of crumbs

  558. Lynn says:

    Can’t lift my couch cushions 🙂 Leather sectional and the cushions are stitched to the rest of the couch…now under the couch is a whole other story…

  559. Erin St. Jean says:

    A colouring book, hairs (they’re mine I think?), popcorn kernels, a polka dot barrette, the remote…

  560. Jocelyn says:

    Crumbs. Lots of crumbs. Maybe should vacuum more often. Lol!

  561. Sarah says:

    Nothing! I don’t have a sofa. Strange, but true. If I look under the cushions of the armchairs its only dog hair and random dirt…

  562. Wendy says:

    Baby socks, yay!

  563. Stephanie says:

    My couch cushions are in nonstop action to build forts. So right now, under my couch cushion, is a three year old and about 12 of her stuffed animals. On my couch where the cushions were…well, it is pretty much what everyone else has posted along with some Hungry Hungry Hippo marbles.

  564. Jolene says:

    I don’t have a couch. It was falling apart and we got rid of it and bought 2 “cuddler” recliners instead. So I can’t lift the cushions, but I can tell you what’s under our recliners; 4 abc blocks, a batman figure, and a teenage mutant turtle figure under one and the other has Sophie the giraffe and 3 doll diapers underneath 🙂

  565. Jessie says:

    Crayon, mini dinosaur figure and lint!

  566. T. Johnson says:

    I laughed so hard at these responses! But I’m laughing because I can relate: Cheerios, human hair, dog hair, cat hair, dirt, fuzzies, crumbs, teething ring, paci, toy monkey, and several mismatched socks.

  567. Anne says:

    OK, in honor of this I will repost something I put on Facebook a while ago…
    12-24-10
    Today on “Things Found Under My Couch:”

    Several socks, some loose change, 3 bowls, 1 plate, 2 slippers (not matching), 1 hair clip, 1 purple hair ribbon, 1 pink toy thermometer, 1 glove, 1 Zhu Zhu pet (goes by “Chunk”), some goldfish, the TV channel guide, some dust bunnies, and 1 ukulele. Yes, that’s right…a ukulele. Oh, and …a Strawberry Shortcake doll.
    I also forgot about the acorns and the 2 wind-up ladybugs (one green, one blue).

  568. Heidi W says:

    Maine and a triangle block. More specifically, the Maine piece of the US puzzle 🙂

    Congrats on your new book!

  569. Beth-Anne says:

    A few books (bookshelf beside couch), popcorn, lego, magnetic letter L, hot wheels and unidentified crumbs. I should probably clean that today.

  570. Nicole says:

    Well I have one of those Ikea sofas where the cushions can’t be removed but I found a small dog worth of black Labrador hair in-between the seats! Yuk!

  571. kathy.eimerbrink@gmail.com says:

    My cushions are stuck together with spilled milk which subsequently dried…. yuck

  572. Ann says:

    3 pieces of Lego, 1 fluorescent orange plastic dinosaur, some dried rice, hair and broken-down foam from the cushions. Ick.

  573. Jenny says:

    3 Cheerios, 2 different socks, a fairie (to which my daughter exclaimed ‘Periwinkle!’), a bobbypin, my husbands long lost Transformer t-shirt, and enough dog hair to build an entire new one! All of which I left where they were (except for Periwinkle, my daughter is now flying her around the room. And yes, I left the Transformers t-shirt – it’s god-awful. It can stay ‘lost’ for a little longer 🙂 .

  574. Pumpkinette says:

    Update on the lotto ticket – not a single number. Oh well

  575. Liz says:

    To be perfectly honest, I refuse to look. I am just too scared to find out. It is just better to not know. 🙂

  576. Melissa Carle says:

    A whole bunch of crumbs, small rocks, a leaf, a fake toy cookie (too bad those aren’t fake, toy crumbs), and a single doubloon (fake coin from a Mardi Gras parade). Not even any REAL change. Boo. What’s the point of looking under couch cushions if there isn’t even any real change to be found?

  577. Anne Lu says:

    Just a couple chiweewee hairs (my kid is only 3 months old, I’m guessing this time next year the couch will yield more treasure).

  578. Mary R. says:

    A sippy cup (oh god, kill me now), indistinguishable cracker/chip/cereal crums, a variety of different adult socks (teenagers, ugh!), two mismatched toddler socks, a Fisher Price Little People goat (Sammie’s been looking for him for a while!), the remote to a TV we don’t have anymore, someone’s earbuds, a fork, a really scratched up Lion King DVD (RIP), and my husband’s watch.

  579. Karah says:

    Crumbs, dust, those baby “puffs”.. ha

  580. Ashley says:

    My couch cushions are actually attached to the couch, but between them I found cat hair and some fingernail clippings. Ick.

  581. Holly says:

    I’m embarrassed to say I did this last night, and found: a Go-Gurt wrapper (eew, not sure how old it is), 4 Legos, one Finn McMissile (for those of you without little Cars-obsessed boys, this is the spy car from the movie Cars 2), Berry Kix (assorted colors), a marker missing its cap, my son’s missing winter hat, and a hair tie (that one is mine!)

  582. Victoria says:

    We have a leather sofa that doesn’t have cushions but let me tell you what I found in the folds. Nerds (candy not people), ring pop ring with some melted sucker on it. Hair (I hope from someone I know). Plastic ponytail holder hot pink and green. Pen. I also found a dime which I kept and a bottle cap to a water bottle. Can’t remember last time I bought one. I now realize I need to clean more often.

  583. Sasha says:

    1 gold snow flake glitter piece, 1 pair of kids’ Ikea scissors (THAT’S where they got to!), 1 DVD remote (DITTO!), approx. 1 slice worth of breadcrumbs, 2 half-chewed apricots, a piece of orange peel, half an oatcake with butter, a small portion of an abandoned knitting project, and a mangled Christmas card. I think perhaps I should crack down on snacking outside of the kitchen, especially since this is a sofa bed!!

  584. Sarah says:

    I refuse to look because if the 18 month old realizes the couch cushions pull up my list will start looking like all those up there^. Currently probably just assorted food and change.

  585. toni adams says:

    I lifted…. i screamed in horror… i put the cushions down and backed away slowly

  586. danielle s says:

    2 pennies, a single kernel of popcorn, a bar towel, a fruit loop, a bib, two cheerios and a receipt.

  587. Andrea B says:

    Hair and some crumbs.

  588. Laurel says:

    One boardbook, two mismatched infant socks, the dvd remote, an assortment of unidentifiable crumbs and a lot of hair- my hair. I hope I’m not going bald.

  589. Margaret C says:

    Lots of crumbs, two plastic animals, cat hair and a toy spatula. Not bad, I was expecting worse.

  590. Nicole says:

    Lots and LOTS of dog hair, a paper clip, Polly Pocket’s skanky skirt and 2 hair clips.

  591. Sherri C says:

    Our missing sippy cup! Nice!

  592. Erinne says:

    I feel kinda bitchy even saying it, but we have one of those really small handheld vacuums and my 3 year old LOVES taking all the couch cushions off and vacuuming the couch. It’s not like my house is clean in general or anything, but the couch is probably about the cleanest part.

  593. Nicole Kennedy says:

    I have 2 little girls, Alexandra and Ginger. In my couch I found a nickel, 4 multigrain cheerios, 2 of those little plastic thingies companies use to package toys, a “Little People” lego doll, and a receipt. Lol.

  594. Alesia says:

    Tons of crumbs!!

  595. Macy says:

    I kept wondering why we never complete a puzzle, then I saw my 1.5 yr old son inserting puzzle pieces on the sides of the couch! When I lifted up the cushion, he was so excited to see the toys we have not seen for months. Next thing I saw was him shoving a cheerio inside his mouth!

  596. Jamie says:

    We’re in the middle of yet another military move and everything is kind of messed up, but the last time I cleaned out the couch it was something like this: a twisted up cardigan covered in cat hair, a ball of yarn, one size 9 knitting needle, a pair of infant socks that the devil cat has not yet found and hidden, three empty packets of fruit snacks (my husband’s, not my kid’s), a sippy cup, a receipt or two, and some change.

  597. Samantha P says:

    I haven’t cleaned under there in about a year. I got up and checked and there is absolutely nothing under there! We rarely sit on th couch anymore b/c our two year old uses us for a jungle gym when we make the mistake of sitting on it. He uses it all the time so I am surprised at how clean it is. Lol

    • Samantha P says:

      No if you had asked what was in my car good lord it was scary!!! I did find a missing sippy cup that I thought had fallen into the void never to be seen again and it wasn’t gross thankfully b/c it had water in it.

  598. Karen says:

    We have a couch, but the cushions don’t lift up……but I found the tv remote down the side…..awesome!

  599. Erika says:

    enough crumbs for a meatloaf (sigh)

  600. Charlene H. says:

    A ribbon, one and a half crayons, crumbs, and some kitty litter… i suppose it sticks to his fur or paws and gets distributed that way. 🙂

  601. Elizabeth G says:

    I have a single black ballpoint pen. I clearly do not have kids (yet!)

  602. Laura says:

    mostly just nasty crumbs. occasionally I find a train. I tried hiding books I hate there, but they found them!

  603. Nichole p says:

    2 little people people, 3 cars, 2 Legos, and lots and lots of popcorn. Sadly… The popcorn is from my husband and NOT my 1 or 4 year old lol they r much cleaner!
    Love your blog and cannot wait for the book!

  604. akorn says:

    So THAT’S where my kiddos went!

    Just kidding! Nothing but dust and the occasional bug under my folks’ couch cushions (sadly, I own no couch of my own just yet).

  605. Jenny says:

    All I can say is…I want to own a lot of stock in Cheerios. My God, if we eat half as much of them as we find, I’ll be a millionaire!

  606. Steve White says:

    Nothing under my couch cushions, but that is because every flat surface in my house is covered with bits of paper, string, googly eyes, stickers, markers, pipe cleaners, play-doh, glitter, and my little pony items. My daughter, the budding artist.

  607. Kia Castillo says:

    Crumbs, from myself…. He nurses and I eat snacks on the couch. LOL

  608. Len says:

    Lots and lots of crumbs. Must clean more often.

  609. Cameron says:

    We have a weird couch from Ikea. The cushions aren’t removable, so fun and/or gross stuff can’t collect under them. I often wonder what’s UNDER the couch, but it’s a huge heavy L and we haven’t moved it in the five years we’ve been in the house. There’s only about 1/2″ gap between the floor and the couch so I can’t see under there or vacuum or anything. It will be interesting when we eventually move!

  610. Veronica says:

    My couch cushions are sewn to the couch, but under. My couch I’d a lego man head, a homemade paper superhero (7 yr old selfmade boy paper doll), and a bakugan tightener.

  611. samantha b says:

    A toddler shirt
    A penny woop woop
    A lucky charm marshmallow
    And hopefully soon a crappy book 😉

  612. Lisa says:

    Under the cushions wasn’t as bad as I thought, a lot of dust, a couple pieces of popcorn, and a Ninja Turtle. Under the actual couch were a couple toy cars, and a Wii Fit and Mini trampoline that haven’t seen the light of day in longer than I care to admit!

  613. jodi says:

    I found cheese….. not a slice, not a little segment… a full 1kilo block. I have no idea where it’s come from….

    • Jade says:

      OMG- I’m dying over here! I guess someone felt the cheese needed to age a bit more! I can’t even imagine what your living room would have ended up smelling like if you hadn’t been inspired to lift up your sofa cushions just now!

  614. Rebecca says:

    hmm…pink pencil with hearts, granola bar crumbs, dog fur (even though they don’t lay on the couch), 3 pennies, and Hershey Kiss wrappers

  615. Karen says:

    A book, a fairy, and a few wooden blocks. The kids looked for me, and I’m almost certain that the cushions will be scattered throughout the house in a matter of seconds!

  616. Ashley says:

    some shopko magazines, cars, chips(a bag and crumbs) a pair of socks, car seat straps/buckle, tissue, and a bracelet.
    And that’s all under the smaller couch…the other has a cover and I’m sure MUCH worse under there XD

  617. Christina Eberhardt says:

    A glow stick, lot of crumbs, a glove and a random peice of fabrick that I am clueless as to where it came from

  618. BethH says:

    Oh my goodness it took me FOREVER to get to the reply spot!!! LOL, it took even longer to make the list of everything in my couch cushions…
    3 hair ties, a brush, wii remote, random AA batteries for the wii remote, crackers, cookie crumbs, string cheese wrappers, a fork (that’s where that last one went), chap stick, a sock, another sock, a couple of pennies and a dime (kept those too), a book, a sucker stick, and a pair of headphones…I think I need to clean my couch out a little more often :/

  619. Jenn says:

    Fruit Roll Up wrapper, one chewed rawhide bone, cat hair dust bunnies and a penny (keeper!!) Ill be putting that baby away for mommy’s day out fund! 😉

  620. Chris says:

    popcorn, explains why I found none one the floor…

  621. Robin says:

    I don’t actually have a couch at the moment, as I’m waiting for my new place to be built so I got rid of the ugly flowered hand-me-down from the grandparent in anticipation of something new we can coat with snot, juice and cheerio dust. However, not long ago I found a rock in my bed that my little one and I were sharing at the time. A big rock. A big rock that I didn’t even notice until I changed the bed.

    Ehrm, to clarify, we were sharing the bed, not the rock.

  622. Susan says:

    Goldfish cracker dust and Barbie shoes

  623. Alex Godfrey says:

    A pencil, 10p coin, 3 magnetic letters, cheerios, little plastic man with a leg cast (from my daughters toy ambulance!), baby sock and loads of dust!

  624. Lynny K says:

    2 hair combs, a McDonalds toy hairclip, lollipop stick and m&m’s.. whens the last time we had those in the house I wonder o_O

  625. Charlene H. says:

    A ribbon, one and a half crayons, crumbs, and some kitty litter… i suppose it sticks to his fur or paws and gets distributed that way. 🙂

    Someone must have the same things under their couch because I just got an error message saying, “duplicate comment detected” and I’m pretty sure I only pressed “post comment” once!

  626. Dirt, some popcorn and DUDE I found my keys! haha

  627. Kim Ellis says:

    goldfish, dog hair, and some change….i left it all there

  628. Kelli says:

    Oh boy. . . some Mardi Gras beads, a few socks. . . I think a Barbie leg and some sort of lego man. Thank goodness it was only one cushion!

  629. Cher says:

    Enough dog hair to make a new dog, and a piece of uneaten microwave popcorn (not sure how I missed that!).

    My cushions don’t really come up from the base of the couch, so doing this involved the level of courage reserved for reaching into the garbage disposal… so I just wanted you to know how cool I think the BLAD is, because I think if I ever drop something valuable in the garbage disposal, I will just stop using it. Forever.

  630. Sara says:

    Just lots of cat and dog hair and crumbs from who knows what!

  631. Owen's Mom says:

    Under my cushions? Nothing – but only because I had a home inspection today and vacuumed th yesterday while on a cleaning spree.

  632. Karen Hatch says:

    I have crumbs. But I am scared to look under the cushions because when I lived in Arizona I saw bugs on my couch, lifted up the cushion and there was a white “bubble” thing that had THOUSANDS of itty bitty spiders crawling out of. OMG it was the MOST DISGUSTING thing ever. I wanted to burn the couch. I am getting shivers goosebumps just thinking about it now. Who would have thought the couch cushions could be mentally scarring?

  633. Marielle says:

    My cushions don’t lift up but I checked the floor under the recliner parts and it’s just really dusty…eeek!

  634. Amber says:

    The cushions aren’t so bad…it’s under the couch itself that’s scary. We were in the middle of moving and the movers picked it up to haul out and low and behold!! Pretty much the entire fridge was under there. My then 4 year old, whether he finished his food or not would store the rest under the couch. I can remember if I was more upset at my lack of being clean or the fact that you could make dinner with what was under there.

  635. Amanda says:

    Cat toy and a bobby pin. Haven’t used a bobby pin since 1985 and bought the couch after that – go figure.

    Wait! Is the bobby pin a ‘lipstick around the collar?’ Has my husband been cheating with a bobby pin wearing tramp on our couch? Huh. Well, if he has that much energy, good for him, I certainly don’t 😛

  636. katie says:

    If I look,I’ll make myself clean it so I’m not going to look for a very long time.

  637. emily g says:

    I would have much rather just looked UNDER the couch (less scary) but… Since my cushions don’t come off, I had to reach down there. I found two handfuls of crumbs, a french fry and the remote. Terribly frightening and risky win.

  638. Nora says:

    Three crayons, a spoon, a bell and candy wrappers, no candy 🙁

  639. lucy johns says:

    Hubbys guitar pick, a pound, glittery hair band, lego man arm, fluff and some crumbs 🙂

  640. Rachel says:

    Crusts of toasts. So that’s where he hides them…

  641. Cathryn says:

    Lollipop, crumbs, Raisinets.

  642. Megan says:

    We just moved into a house and don’t have couches yet. But when we did, there were blocks, coins, and sippy cups/bottles. And usually one of the 4 remotes.

  643. Michelle says:

    Wow. I honestly thought when I lifted the cushion that nothing would be under there, but I found a cheerio, dog hair (from the dog that we have away last year!!!), a gobstopper, bobby pin and other random crumbs. Now I have the vacuum out LOL

  644. Rebecca says:

    Post kids – Hair, dust, food crumbs and a hair tie! Pre-kids was pretty much the same 🙂

  645. KL says:

    Baby sock, popcorn kernel from last nights popcorn, 1 cheerio (now eaten) 🙂 Not too bad:)

  646. Kimberly says:

    Oh, dear God. I just found like two boxes worth of q-tips. What the hell?! Why? Just…why?

  647. Claire says:

    Fruit Loops, cat fur, dog fur, dust bunnies, random dried up unidentifiable bits of food, smarties, little rocks, sadly no money.

  648. LeahM says:

    A sock, two matchbox cars, and smeared yogurt on the underside of the cushion.

  649. Allyson says:

    Half a bag’s worth of microwave popcorn, assorted coins, the missing remote to a dvd player we don’t own anymore, and about 27 juice box straw wrappers.

  650. Diane says:

    Popcorn pieces (yes I eat there too). Purple crayon, red lego piece. Yellow pencil stub – no eraser (it had been chewed off)
    A receipt from Walmar from 2011. No money – a baby bib (used).

  651. Jules says:

    Mainly what’s under my cushions is a random assortment of choking hazards meant to be hidden quickly from the always-hungry toddler….here we go…the dog’s ear medicine, half of a crayon, a memory card for my camera, a spool of ribbon, a phillips screw driver, a pen, another pen, box of kleenex, un-inflated balloons (she’s terrified of all balloons,) an individually wrapped piece of dark chocolate, a sharpie, paint swatches from Lowes, scissors and 3 socks, none of which match of course.

  652. Rachel says:

    Alright, I’m only going to lift one cushion, because we don’t have all day.. haha. But I’ll lift the one my 3yo likes to sit on most.

    Assorted cereal, cat food a pen, a pocket watch, a pom pom, a few playing cards, pony beads, a couple raisins, dried out pieces of cheese, sock, plum pit, rubberband, raisin box, wax from those damn babybel cheeses, popcorn.. umm, this is shameful, can I just stop?

  653. Bonnie says:

    Nothing. Can you believe it?! So anticlimactic. Husband had cleaned and tidied. He’s a keeper! (The couch is from Ikea and is OK.)

  654. mb says:

    Holy lot of comments!

    We have a futon, so things generally just get stuck in the crease where it folds: lots of candy wrappers (my husband’s, not the kid’s) and a few pens and bobbi-pins.

  655. Beth J says:

    We don’t have a couch! We were going to get this great, green sectional from craigslist but the guy never got back to us ): Instead we have a futon, so under that is the floor! The floor is covered in a few cloth diaper prefolds that don’t get used in our pocket diapers very often, three bowl/baskets for sorting play, a Strawberry Shortcake’s friend doll, 3 blocks, a Dr Seuss book, a pair of crocheted slippers, a password jewelry box, an Animals baby book, a Dr Pepper bottle filled with water, a pool noodle and a paper plate with some remains of food still clung to it, but I can’t tell what because I’m getting dizzy from leaning upside down to check xD Can you believe I only have one kid???

  656. Kimberly says:

    Goldfish cracker crumbs…but it is entirely possible they are from my husband and not my kids! :/

  657. Erin says:

    Lots of crumbs and dog hair, marbles, coins, little people (the plastic variety).

  658. Lisa says:

    Lots of crumbs, nail clippers, balloon, and paper.

  659. Alison says:

    I DREAD putting my hands under there, specially in the crack where the part under the cushion meets the back of the couch. We regularly use the cushions up to make forts etc but rarely do I venture a hand into that dark tight space, full of unpleasant surprises. I once wore gloves after touching something that made my skin crawl, just to find out it was a large piece of squashed banana, stored for a later snack perhaps? on my last venture into that abyss (about a week ago), the long lost remote was retrieved from the very depths of said crack, as well as magna tiles, a stray sock, a few marbles a dried up blueberry and of course lots of crumbs of unknown origin:)

  660. Pam says:

    Raisins, fruit snacks, and a toy car. Oh, and a few peas. Not sure how the peas got there 🙂

  661. Steph says:

    Reading everyone else’s makes me jealous lol. We just have some crumbs under there, as my husband likes to “snack” while lying down on the couch. So that’s all we have right now. Although we have, in the past, found cat toys, batteries, hair accessories, remotes, etc.

  662. Courtney R says:

    A q-tip (gross), 4 hair elastics, lots of dog hair, cat hair and popcorn.

  663. Amanda Reed says:

    A hairbrush, 2 pony tail holders, a few bobby pins, some cereal, crumbs of unknown origin, the remote control, pennies, and a pair of underpants… I hope they just fell out of the clean laundry basket.

  664. Becky says:

    Oh lord…cat hair, litter (long-haired cats kind of suck), fingernails, one penny, Lalaloopsie Mini pet dog, 8 raisins and 3 hair ties

  665. Andrea Cruz says:

    3 quarters, 6 pennies, cookie pieces, a dirty fork, 2 AA batteries (?), deflated balloon and scrap paper. 🙂

  666. Spencer Montlick says:

    cushions don’t lift up. in the crevices around the cushions I only found a loose staple (*ouch*) and lots of crumbs. I must have gone searching for something missing recently, b/c usually there’s tons more crap in there.

  667. Paula says:

    A spoon (and it isn’t clean, gross), 2 blocks, a book, a magazine, popcorn, a clean diaper, I am sure if I looked deeper, there may be a dirty one. A hair bow.

  668. Jennifer says:

    My couch cushions dont come out…but UNDER my couch…let’s just say it’s horrible. Even if I move it on Monday, sweep the dirt, cheerios, random toys, etc up…buy Wednesday it looks like a hobo has been living under there for a month!
    I’ve already pre-ordered my book on amazon! I can’t wait!

  669. Crunchy Cake says:

    goldfish crackers, rubberbands, comb, play food, and a flashcard.

  670. Michelle L says:

    I’ve got a type A husband who cleans a lot. Yes, he’s a dream! We’ve got NOTHING under our couch cushions!

  671. Yvonne Garnett says:

    No kids, three cats……..cat puke, hair balls, 7 plastic milk carton rings, 12 bottle caps, numerous rubber bands , a dead bug legs removed, popcorn kernels, hair tie, toilet paper roll, 40+ cat toys and last but certainly most important , my drivers license missing for 2 months. Wish you would of posted this sooner, then I would not have to of spent 2 hours THIS MORNING getting a new one!!!

  672. Kim says:

    Our missing cordless phone; LOTS of dog and cat hair, and random crumbs. And a sock that probably hasn’t fit my daughter for years. Maybe it’s the neighbor girls? I hope so! Oh, here’s a pen and a broken pencil! No money 🙁

  673. DeAnn says:

    A kid. (My 6-year-old thinks no one can see him under there and he’s waiting to scare his daddy when he comes home.)

  674. Beth says:

    My couch cushions are sewn to the couch iteself, but there is a huge gap between the cushions to the floor. There is juice or some sketchy liquid that was spilled from the top all the way to the floor. EW!

  675. Christa says:

    Lots of dog fur (enough to build another dog!), cereal, popcorn, pens, pencils, crayons, a library book, a few socks, puzzle pieces, a couple of toys, and a piece of a sandwich. And I just vacuumed them out a couple of weeks ago. :-/

  676. Debbie says:

    Crumbs and dog hair (and the crumbs wouldn’t be there if the dogs could get to them!). Our 2 year old won’t let a toy go missing for long, even the smallest ones!

  677. PattiJo says:

    A huge raisin (I hope) and the petrified crust of a sandwich from the days of yore…

    Looked under the arm chair cushion. I’m not in the right place mentally to check the couch right now… O_o

  678. Pip says:

    I found a headless $2 shop ‘barbie’, a small sock (yay!), crumbs, iceblock sticks and my daughters snotty tissues that she must think ‘disappear’ once she’s shoved them under the cushion. I also need to clean more often!

  679. Melissa Savitt says:

    Dog hair, crumbs (unidentifiable source), dog toy, key, scarf (lost since last winter?!?!?), sock

  680. Ailsa says:

    A ridiculous amount of toast crumbs, several beads and a lego head!

  681. Jaimee Gleisner says:

    2 pretzels, a toy car, the remote I was looking for, and a pinwheel.

  682. Genny H says:

    Cheerios, bobby pins, rubberband and a Valentine’s day sticker card.

  683. Kim H says:

    Dog fur, cereal, French fries (yes, my children do get to eat those occasionally – and occasionally on the couch too!), Barbie brush, mardi gras necklace, wrappers, toe nail clippings (EWW! Gross Daddy!), hair tie, THE REMOTE!!!! (Yes!!!! I found the remote!!! I’ve been looking for that!), Taiwan dollar (we just got back), that piece of that you we’ve been looking for (never fails – I go to put it back and now we’re missing a different piece too. Oy!), toy car, battery, dog fur, a book, a ball, 17 light bright pieces (that toy is annoying!), another wrapper, um, something else… I don’t know what it is, but I don’t wanna figure it out!, more dog fur. Oh, and with these discoveries the kid that I watch says “How did it get so dirty? That’s so messy!” Yup, definitely not my kid.

  684. Emily says:

    A sock, a dollar in change (cha-ching!) that missing shoe (yes!) and various trash items (cough drop wrapper, lint, cat fur).

  685. Kim says:

    Our couch cushions dont come off but there are lots of crumbs and cat hair in the cracks!

  686. Sandrea says:

    Let’s see…. Kix cereal, a sippy cup, 2 pens and a pencil, a butt load of change (thank you very much hubby!), a dog bone, fabric scraps, a dead bug, play food, plastic jewelry, a magic wand, the spare keys my husband lost last month, has already had replaced, but SWEARS he checked the couch already, and something else wedged in the corner that is sticky and smells kind of bad. I’ve removed the keys and the change, I’ll let the hubby take care of the rest since he need some practice looking under the couch!

  687. jenny says:

    Before kids I was what you would call a “clean freak” and I would dust vacuum scrub floors wash sheets, WASH my couch cushion covers just about weekly. YES OCD.. but once my lovely daughters arrived..I just had to let some of that go. Just the other day I decided to vacuum the couch so I lifted up the cusions and found a stash of barbie dolls (which Dear Hubby does not really allow) and empty Candy wrappers from my little hoarder, Lucy. Those “found” items made me smile. I felt it was my little happy secret that she got candy she didn’t have to ask for and joy for her carefree playing. Congrats on the book publishing! Thanks for giving us a chance to WIN!!!!

  688. Chelsey says:

    If you would have asked me over the weekend what was in my couch I would have said goldfish crackers and toy cars. My 15 month old found the goldfish crackers, though, so now we just have toy cars. Yay for having a human vacuum!

  689. Jason says:

    Lots and lots of puffs, puzzle pieces, socks. Who knows what else I’m afraid to dig too much.

  690. Davita says:

    Cheerios plus other assorted food bits, a car, two pens (dangerous in the hands of a three y/o-thank goodness he didn’t find it), and a plastic strawberry.

  691. Jessie says:

    Straw wrapper, Christmas ornament (wow!), Cookie Crisp, 4 pens, 2 crayons, 1 walkie talkie, toy wrench, popcorn, a seal shaped sponge, rubber band, schoolwork paper, 1 Go Fish card, and a spoon. This is embarrassing!

  692. Kelly says:

    You wanted honesty-I’m too scared to lift my cushions up!!! Have a feeling if I do I may need to burn my sofa and can’t afford a replacement – so in going to live in a bubble that they are clean!!! (And get hubby to Hoover them tomorrow!!)

  693. Tracie Osimanti says:

    Lots of unidentifiable crumbs, a green duplo block, a dried up blueberry, Pepperidge Farm goldfish (they almost don’t count because they’re EVERYWHERE), half a piece of turkey bacon and my husband’s wedding band.

  694. Corinne says:

    cheerios, legos, a small tank, marble, popcorn and a hot wheel.

  695. Nicole says:

    Bouncy Balls, Lots of cat fur (gross), French Fries, Socks 🙁

    BTW, I will buy your book. Your site has made me laugh too many times not to support the cause. I never feel alone thats to everyone that posts.

  696. Wanda B says:

    I cleaned on the weekend, but still found cheerios and a soother.

  697. melissa atchley says:

    feathers that have escaped from the cushions. wish there were more, but we recently cleaned. 🙂

  698. Sarah says:

    Baby sock, my watch (yay), teething necklace, crumbs from crackers (most likely goldfish and rocket ship cheedar crackers from Trader Joes)

  699. Kelsae says:

    Looks like a smattering of dog hair and a hairband thingy. I’m leaving it there.

  700. Nora N says:

    I found a million bobby pins…*ahem* Now I wonder who those belong too *blushes* haha

  701. Chelsea says:

    Dust, and dust, and dust, and toy cars……

  702. Sylvia says:

    I found two ink pens, a dryer sheet, one cheerio, a straw, and lots of crumbs!

  703. Katie says:

    I did this last night before you even told me to! No, I’m not psychic, I was searching for a lost kids DVD from the library that is costing us a dollar a day!! ACK! Anyway…under the cushions we found 10 (yes TEN!!) hair ties and approximately 348929834 lbs of crumbs. We did not find the lost DVD. Sigh.

  704. Chris B. says:

    Empty PopTart wrapper. 1/3 of a crushed PopTart. 3 pencils. An xBox 360 controller. A LOT of crumbs. 3 socks. And possibly Jimmy Hoffa.

  705. Natilie says:

    Goldfish, 2 ponytail holders and a Lego man.

  706. Boo says:

    A dinosaur (small toy, not real), a sock belonging to an adult male, many many crumbs and bits of Bombay mix, and some shrivelled dried peas…. Lovely.

  707. Jade says:

    Crumbs, a few bits of popcorn, and just one piece of a building kit. No, I’m not a clean-freak. It’s just that my little guy is constantly taking the couch apart to build forts. On almost a daily basis! I think I’ll actually miss this phase when he’s older. I enjoy playing in his forts too 🙂

  708. Cynthia says:

    A half chewed dog bone, a quarter, a pizza crust (seriously?), two remote controls, and loads of lint and bread crumbs!

  709. Christina F. says:

    There’s nothing under my couch cushions. We live with my parents, and they have those fancy, leather reclining couch things, the kind with built in vibrators. But we keep them unplugged because my toddler likes buttons too much!

  710. Lynnae says:

    my couch cushions don’t lift up because i am a genius who thought of these things ahead of time before buying the couch. of course, what i FAILED to realize is that without couch cushions to lift and clean, all the crap that *would* have been under there is now actually INSIDE my couch, where i can’t get to it to clean it out. did i mention i bought it 5 years ago? eeew.

  711. Nici says:

    Angry bird finger puppet, stickers from Sonic, 1 dime, 1 nickel, 5 pennies

  712. Jen b says:

    I found about a bowl worth of fruity pebbles, assorted goldfish, 3 wooden blocks from that evil wooden block set they sell at ikea, a fork, 2 chewed up straws and crumbs presumably from crackers or bread…. Yummy. I clogged my dirt devil sucking it all up

  713. Cristi Brown says:

    I just used 13 year old slave labor to vacuum out the couch just yesterday! I heard a lot of moans and sighs and saw a lot of eye rolling but was fortunate enough to not see all that was under there.

  714. Erica Pinedo says:

    Well I just cleaned it out the other day but I found a napkin, crumbs, my hair, a few Cheerios and goldfish crackers, my missing cell phone case and a marker. I am so excited for your book to come out! I can’t wait to read it!! 🙂

  715. emma sheppard says:

    My sofa (that’s UK for couch lol) cushions are sewn down so we only get stuff between them and at the back. I just checked and we seen to be stock piling cereal, raisins, crumbs and a pot of bubbles . Clearly u had to play with bubbles even though my little man is asleep in bed.

  716. MrsBeef says:

    Cracker, popcorn, hair bow, magnetic letter, straw, Captain America disc, toy screw, and a giant hole!

  717. hannah says:

    I have a futon, so no cushions. But moving the blankets around, I found 14 goldfish. Only the white ones. The yellow ones get eaten immediately. The white ones get hidden because they are not yellow and she doesn’t get more until her snack bowl is empty.

  718. Tracy Mailey says:

    Goldfish crackers, dish rags, fuzzy sock, medicine dropper, nose freida and my spare mail box key! I should look under here more often…

  719. kelly r. says:

    I found a bunch of crumbs, a chocolate chip, the tail piece to a toy airplane and a used Kleenex.

  720. Daniel James says:

    Just the usual cookie crumbs, lego, wifes sewing tape measure (the kids are attracted to this thing) AND FINALLY!!!! FOUND OUT REMOTE CONTROL!!!!

  721. S says:

    Ha! I specifically bought a couch that they cushions don’t detach for this very reason – although this has backfired as I can’t flip the cushions and they are sagging now. Can’t win.

  722. Sarah says:

    I don’t want to look!

  723. Laura says:

    Tons of crumbs, about half a dozen hair elastics, a nickel, my one year olds toy Giraffe, a pair of pajama pants, a dried out wipe, my eye make-up remover (I have been wondering where that went), a sharpie, a crayon, and my hair brush.

  724. Lisa Nuckols says:

    2 toddlers and a baby… a wii remote, a binky, a handful of goldfish and fruit loops, a breast pump storage bag, chapstick that appears to have been half eaten, fruit snacks, and half of a granola bar.

  725. Samantha says:

    Okay I looked under the one closest to me. Didn’t feel like putting them back together. Yeah I’m lazy like that 🙂 under this one I found, a sock I had seriously been looking for! lol a bottle cap, a pair of little boys underwear, a matchbox car, and the reload clip to my son’s toy gun lol.

  726. Kelly says:

    Luckily my couch cushions don’t come up… but don’t ask me to look under the actual couch.

    GL with the book!!

  727. Sarah says:

    Ummm lets see
    -A sassy with gross dust balls( pacifier in my own language, my native language is French so I speak my own English…don’t worry DH still doesn’t understand me!)
    – ripped pieces of papers that kids sneaked under the couch cuz they mess around with our mail again
    – a black sock
    – a few Legos from the princess castle
    – the stupid cat ( I’ve got nothing against cat I love them but not in my house) from the dollhouse set my daughter got from DH aunt when she was two and mistreat since she doesn’t realize how much it cost therefore she doesn’t care if it breaks
    – and surprising that’s it!!! Aside from tons of dust balls ( sometime I do think I have a cat in hiding with all these dust balls!!!)

  728. Gail says:

    4 Hot Wheel cars, 5 barettes, a comb, 2 quarters, 1 dime, 4 pennies, the TV remote, a DVD, half of a box of yogurt covered raisins, several kernals of pop corn, a car key, an ear ring.

  729. Jenn says:

    Peanuts. Lots of peanuts. We don’t have peanuts in the house, so where’d they come from?

  730. Sarah says:

    We recently got new couches so I’ve been really OCD about NOT letting anyone eat/drink/touch/breathe on the couches. The only thing are feathers from the down pillows…because I don’t feel like collecting them and throwing them out, so if one sticks out of the pillow, I pull it out and shove it down in the cushions. I’ll vacuum eventually…

  731. Meg says:

    lots of crumbs and a leaf of basil.

  732. KipT says:

    Before we had kids we bought a leather couch thinking it would be easy to clean. We had no idea that we had also bought something fr more valuable – a couch with cushions that are stitched on and stitched together, so *nothing* gets underneath! There is still a deep crease between the cushions and the back though. It’s filled with the most astonishingly crusty dust I have ever come across… no idea what it’s made of, but it feels like toast crumbs and looks like teeny tiny chips of road metal…

  733. Lauren A. says:

    Today, just a bit of lint and a few crumbs. But that’s only because I check it more frequently after FINALLY finding our portable phone that had been missing for two months! (Our couch has this odd black hole section that is actually part of the frame and it frightens me to stick my hand in it.)

  734. Sarah White says:

    So Funny that I read this today because I JUST got done cleaning my couch for the first time, in well…it’s be awhile. I found a TON of dog hair, a broken glass sand timer, a book, cereal, bottle cap, a pair of doll glasses and a sock.

  735. Jessica M says:

    Some candy wrappers!

  736. Rachel says:

    I almost gave up commenting when it took me 10 min to scroll through the comments on my tiny phone. But here goes hope i win…under big love seat only warranty papers. Under couch…wii remote we have been looking for so thanks for that 🙂 popcorn kernals dirt string tissue and hair. Yuck.

  737. Leonie says:

    Last night there was a mouse! – but the cat got him.
    Today there was a hair comb, a pencil, some orange peel, an activity playmat and lots of crumbs n cereals of various sizes and flavours!

  738. jen says:

    Crumbs under the cushion of the couch no one is supposed to eat on!!! Legos, 2 quarters….keeping those….and some Bendaroos, and a smelly sock, ugh!

  739. Rachel Shirron says:

    I have dog kibble in the corners of the couch, that and dog hair make up the contents under my couch cushion!

  740. Caren D. says:

    Today I was lucky enough to find cat barf in between the cushion besides a teething toy. At least the baby didn’t do the barfing.

  741. Michelle C says:

    Under my couch right now are various game pieces that I could probably put together in some way to create a whole new kind of FeedTheWildcraftCandyLandSquirrel game, about 93¢ in small change, lots of fuzzballs, a dusty sock, a doll’s shoe, 6 broken crayons, and some fuzzy raisins (I think).

  742. Ana says:

    Unidentified crumbs, quite a few pens, and a ton of broken hairbinders (my boy cat loves them more than any toy I’ve paid money for!).

  743. Melissa says:

    Nothing, sadly, nothing…

  744. Ann says:

    ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

    It’s not because I’m a clean freak (*snort*), but because we just got new couches 2 weeks ago. And because I’m freaking brilliant, I purposely got couches that have the cushions attached so nothing can get lost in them. I mean, what’s the point of that anyway? Oh wait, that’s right. To lose every piece of your Fridge Farm. Because that’s exactly what happened with our last couch. GOOD RIDDANCE!

  745. Melissa K. in Nebraska says:

    I have a fairly new couch and as I go to see what’s under the cushions, I learn that the cushions don’t actually remove. They are firmly attached. So who knows what’s under there!

  746. Deirdre says:

    I’m excited about your book, but I’m not sure it’s worth looking under my couch cushions. Ok, I’m an adult, I can do this: One small animal worth of assorted dog and cat hair; many, many hair bands–both teeny tiny elastics for braids and larger ponytail holders; 2 knit headbands; an entire pack’s worth of gum wrappers and several pieces of hardened, chewed gum; a variety of cereal, popcorn, raisins, and crackers (trail mix, anyone?); 3 Legos, a library book that I probably already paid for; crumpled homework pages; 2 pencils; 1 pen; and disgusting used tissues, because apparently my children all have broken legs and cannot hobble to the garbage can. In my defense, we have 3 children and 2 sofas. Now excuse me while I go get the vacuum cleaner!

  747. Christy says:

    One day way back when, we found a condom wrapper. Must not have worked too well since we have 2 kids 🙂 These days, we have the cushions that can’t be removed. And hubby had THE surgery, so no need to find any condom wrappers 😉

  748. Sharon says:

    Lots of dog hair. I only get money out of the washer. and I keep it.

  749. Karime says:

    A crayon and crumbs

  750. FannyCH says:

    Nothing under the couch cussions but under the couch itself an empty vanilla yogurt cup with spoon, two chocolate wraps and a half eaten banana in the skin.
    When we are at someone’s house the kids behave normally like crazy people because they empty all chips and nuts in record time. The running gag for the adults is that they are probably not well fed at home, so they have to see what they can get elsewhere. Now I see that there might be some truth behind all this…

  751. kara says:

    ooh a French fry! they say 99% of Americans have a lost french fry in their homes or cars. take a look, I betcha find one. ever notice fries don’t mold? theyre OVERLOADED with preservatives… so maybe it’s ok that my dog just ate that fry I found in the couch?

  752. Samantha F. says:

    We custom built our own couch a couple of months ago where we also can have nothing under the cushions! Currently on top of them though are two of my three children, tons of play food, 3 blankets, and something white is smeared all over one pillow but I don’t know what it is. : )

  753. Traci Easton says:

    Love, love, love your blog, but not loving what’s under my couch cushions…and I don’t even have children! So, what’s my excuse for the following: a pen, a marble, 2 dice (yes, not one but 2), enough dog hair to create a “soon-to-be-wildly popular miniature dog you can carry in your trendy purse”, random strands of yarn and a squeezy ball dog toy. Based on my couch, my hubby and I are obviously dog people with gambling problems… :/ hmmmm….. Might want to work on that after my hubby is done vacuuming and cleaning the couch since he literally dry-heaved when we lifted the cushions. Don’t judge. 🙂

  754. Cheryl says:

    Sadly, nothing funny. I actually had the vacuum cleaner out a short while ago and cleaned under my couch cushions.

    Another great contest idea: Contents of your purse before and after children. My sister-in-laws is pretty funny at both stages.

  755. Krissy Mosqueda says:

    Sand, sand, & MORE SAND! Also, there was a throw blanket, a T-shirt, 3 pencils, countless Cheerios, & A DVD.

  756. Lisa says:

    A raisin box with three raisins and a cat claw (what!) inside it, a flash card with a picture of a giraffe on acid (I think it’s just meant to look happy but, I’m telling ya, that animal is high as a flipping kite), some token crumbs and a few pens. And a spoon.

  757. Jordan says:

    The cushions don’t come off my couch. Everything goes into the bottom and I let it out by opening a zipper. I found DVDs, a baby sock, books, hair elastics, toys galore, enough cereal to feed a third world country, pens, jewelry…pretty much anything you can think of.

  758. Emily says:

    I found an old, crumpled streamer, a letter my 6-year-old wrote of all the people in her life she wants to make friendship bracelets for, an old dog fingernail, a spider sticker, and about 13.2 million crumbs. I threw up in my mouth a little at the last 3.

  759. Victoria says:

    Couple of legos, crumbs and lots of cat hair

  760. Kim says:

    Crumbs, legos, matchbox cars, wii remote, ds pen

  761. Jenn says:

    14 Cheerios, 3 Annie’s Cheddar Bunnies (that I haven’t served to my kids in at least a month), 1 animal cracker (that my 22 month old happily picked up and ate – I shudder because I honestly do not know how long it had been there- popcorn remnants, pee stains (on the under side of cushions), spilled milk stains (some near the pee stains, some on top of the cushions)…. oh and an envelope attached to the couch that says “Important Warranty Information”. Which we have totally blown by now.

  762. Jess says:

    Let’s see…Cheerios (seems to be the trend), a few hair ties, some Lucky Charms, LOTS of crumbs, and some nail clippings…which only means hubby has been picking his toe nails and sticking them in the couch AGAIN! Yuck!

  763. Jill says:

    Chips, cheezies, popcorn and silly putty. That’s going to be a bitch to get off.

    • Rachell says:

      Try rubbing alcohol! (I went to bed once with glow-in-the-dark Silly Putty in my hand. I was 28.)

  764. LALewis says:

    We just vacuumed under the cushions last weekend, and it is something we do every few weeks. It didn’t look too bad – the required random Cheerios (I’m pretty sure the state can take your children away if you don’t have Cheerios under the cushions), a sock with no mate, what appeared to have previously been string cheese, one AAA battery, and the assorted dog hair, cat hair, and general debris that accumulates. But then I found THE HOLE.

    Right between the cushions, where little fingers love to poke, was a hole big enough for a tiny hand. I turned the sofa over to inspect underneath, and discovered that there is a cloth bottom as well, so no access to the “sofa guts.” Fearing the worst, I pried the little hole open a bit more. Inside was a toddler’s paradise. I found the missing pacifier, random pens, and puzzle pieces (I can’t remember the last time I did a puzzle). Further exploration uncovered her snack stash – cereal, popcorn, crackers, and bits of almost anything she has ever eaten. I ended up having to open up a very large hole to clear it all out (though just replacing the sofa was discussed).

    The best part was the indignation on the face of the toddler when she discovered me deep cleaning her treasure trove. There was yelling, there were tears, and finally she just laid on the floor – face in the carpet – and screamed. It was many hours before I was forgiven. The tantrum started all over again when she discovered that the hole had been taped shut (the fabric was too weak for stitching).

    She eventually got over it and now I know to carefully check every time I clean under ANY cushions. Lesson learned.

  765. Katie K says:

    Well… we have a 6 month old, two dogs and two cats (who are all allowed on the furniture). So I can safely say under my couch cushions have never been clean! Oh ya and I am also married to a farmer so please keep all this in mind as I leave you my list:

    4 bottle caps (beer – Keiths. The best kind.)
    two quarters
    a screw
    a drillbit
    chips crumbs
    some gravel
    3 pieces of straw
    various other food particles
    … and enough sand to one day fill our LO’s sandbox.

    Hmmmmm… now I need to go find my vacuum and maybe hire a maid!!

  766. ashley says:

    kix, lots of kix… oh, and cheerios too..

  767. Brian E says:

    lots of unidentifiable crumbs (some connected by lint), a barrette, 3 hair rubber bands, and a blanket (that’s there on purpose to make the saggy spot not so obvious). now I wish I hadn’t looked since I don’t have time to vacuum it out (too busy typing this).

  768. Sam M says:

    I actually just cleaned it out last night after my 2 year old spilled her drink between the cushions. I found an assortment of cereal pieces, a couple pretzels, two bracelets, a piece of orange yarn, a pink sparkly pen, a plastic balloon stem, four barrettes, a penny, and way more crumbs than I really care to admit. Congratulations on the book!

  769. Tammy1409 says:

    We have a sectional so although the cushions don’t come off I did find remnants of popcorn kernels hiding in the cracks between the sections.

  770. Dani says:

    Under the legs of the couch, if I’m lucky, I find a sippy cup with cottage cheese milk inside…yay!

  771. Rachell says:

    I had to choose what’s under my futon, because the futon has slats and there’s nothing under the cushion: 3 socks, 4 Korean floor pillows, 3 pairs of slippers, one pair of flip flops, a catalog, the empty box for a transcribing foot peddle, an atlas, and a cashew. (No kids here, but I still love your stories!)

  772. Amy S. says:

    Congrats on the book! Wow, I just found a yogurt raisin, several regular raisins, a tiny rubber band, a phone charger, a penny and goldfish cracker. What is it with goldfish and couch cushions? 🙂

  773. Melissa says:

    Under the cushions of my two couches combined: two pennies, grapes, stacking cup, pot holder glove (?!), bottle of corn oil, one sock, a knitting tool, two pencils, a toy fork, two pieces of pizza toppings, a hamburger patty, a toy car, crumbs, a sticker, a Fruit by the Foot paper, and a Wii game my son thought he’d lost. Oh, did I forget to mention that all the food is play food? 😉

  774. Flint says:

    The cushion monster’s mouth revealed,
    An unpleasant surprise.
    A sock, a shoe, a remote or two,
    A stale pile of fries.

    Some lost Legos, a bit of hair,
    Some pennies, a nickel, a key
    Lint, an earring, um, underwear?
    (They didn’t belong to me)

    All that stuff, lost ‘forever’,
    This list I am not fakin’.
    Just wish I hadn’t found the book,
    With a bookmark that was bacon:-/

  775. Ashley says:

    My cushions don’t lift up either. If my couch could store all our lost possessions, I’m sure we’d find at least 10 binkies (where on earth do they go?!), socks, Mega Bloks, diabetes test strips, cat fur, and crumbs.

  776. KristiP says:

    one sock, one ponytail holder, and a lot of crumbs/dirt

  777. Krista says:

    Cereal, Legos, cars, cat hair. Pretty standard.

  778. Caroline says:

    We have a 9 month old and last weekend got rid of our couch. so we could have more room. it was a perfectly good couch. Our living room has slowly become just a rug and toys and a chair.
    It began by pushing the coffee table out of the way…then getting rid of a hazardous end table…then shoving the couch to the side to have a visual of the baby while i was in the kitchen…now it is all gone. it’s embarassing. we always said before baby that we were going to be sure she would adjust to our life, ha yea right. she is super in charge and we both cant stop.

  779. Asha says:

    I’m actually surprised, there was only a few crumbs, bits of fluff and a fifty dollar note(to my misfortune it was only play money). I was expecting to see a few bits of lego, cereal and skylander cards as per usual but no, not today. Somethings not right.

  780. Cheri says:

    A half munched on section of a cutie, a laser pointer, pistachio shells, a stylus for our iPad, a leaf of spinach, a doll shoe & hair brush.

  781. Amanda says:

    Wow, I should really check down there more often! I found a whopping 23 pennies, plastic boat, misc crumbs, 2 pieces of hard stuck on candies I had to scrape off ewww, a sock, the missing lens from my 3 year olds glasses, and a pair of scissors accompanied by the missing gas bill cut into teeny tiny pieces (the 7 year old has some explainin to do when he gets home) AND while seeing how entirely gross it all was I decided to clean it and went overboard digging down into the sides of the couch and found my favorite camera I replaced 3 months ago! yay me!! HAHA

  782. Anne says:

    The rest of my couch..??

  783. Lee-Anne says:

    Crumbs, Cheerios, raisins, a pen, ear plugs and a toy mouse (we also have a cat)

  784. Miranda says:

    We have an awesome couch. It has no removable cushions, but it does have a pull-out pop-up section under it, which was meant to be practical and convert it to a full-size bed. But it really transforms the couch into a magical cave for hiding children! My 6-year-old boy and 3-year-old girl play under there with their stuffed animals, pillows, blankets, and whatever toys are en vogue at the moment.

    So, under my couch you will find a delightful hideout that I do not clean out ever 😀

  785. Julie says:

    We just purchased our couch so it is not as bad as it usually is. I found two hair ties, a Cheez-It, baby sock, and an old cell phone works as a toy now.

  786. Molly Burkholder says:

    I found raisins, goldfish crackers, Cheerios, the little people sheep that’s been missing for days, and a mitten.

  787. lauren says:

    i still find baby socks in the couch after leaning it out like a million times! i dont know how they keep regenerating!! my kids don’t wear baby socks anymore.

  788. Faith says:

    Our couch cushions don’t lift up, but underneath the loveseat there lies: a sock, an envelope, a massive cat hair/dust bunny blob (it may run the entire length of the loveseat!), and a few airsoft bbs.

  789. Jenny M says:

    Remote to the DVD player, 8 assorted hair elastics with lots of hair still attached, the plunger to a play doctors syringe, a bouncy ball, & a drum stick.

  790. Delia says:

    Can I just say…gross! I guess I’ve avoided looking in there for quite a while…you only had 4 legos? I scored 6, plus candy wrappers (from Halloween?), fruit snack plastic bits (multiple), a strip of plastic from the top of a gogurt tube, popcorn bits (lots), part of an oreo cookie, a toothpick, 2 pencils, rubber bands (presumably from the shooter my son made with legos), a spoon, a jelly-belly bean (tempted to eat but did not), and the only thing of value, a pocketknife that my 12 yr old son will be happy to see again! Plan on buying your book regardless if I win this…

  791. JTL says:

    One tennis ball (it was down the side), two dog bones, one battery, 3 chunk of lint/dog fur, a beer bottle cap, and a clean, folded tissue. The last one’s the weirdest.

  792. Kristy says:

    Amazingly enough, all we found was one lost racecar! It was the Japanese car from Cars 2 and he’s been missing for months now… my 4-year-old is SO excited!

    I think we lucked out because our couch just has one big cushion that goes across the whole length of it, so it’s harder for stuff to get lost under there.

  793. Kim says:

    Enough crumbs to feed a colony of mice for a year. I will never buy this design of couch again, because it is almost impossible to get the cushions out. I thought that meant there would be fewer crumbs to clean, but I WAS WRONG.

  794. Hooray! I love giveaways! I don’t have a couch, I have a lay-z-boy! And I found three pieces of crochet work inside. LOL

  795. Kayren Mosurinjohn says:

    a tiny domino, popcorn, the letter “y” and enough dog hair to make another dog.

  796. Susie says:

    3 pens, 1 pencil, 2 quarters, hair, 1 lego piece, a matchbox car, 2 hair thingies, and crumbs

  797. victoria says:

    A few leapster game cartridges & a Star Wars guy….. usually worse, but hubby got disgusted and annoyed last week & cleaned it all – including washing the slipcover…..and sending me a not so nice text at work 🙂

  798. Sara Grubb says:

    There’s a lot, considering its a big couch and we have 5 kids…

    There’s a clean, unused cloth diaper insert, at least a who,e packages worth of saltine cracker crumbs, $2.58 in change, 7 business cards (?), 13 die cast cars, 2 mini Barbies, an assortment of mini Barbie clothes (all of which are more stylish than mine), the empty case to Tangled DVD, the empty case to How to Train Your Dragon DVD, an old phone the kids play with, cat treats, a squished juice box, various alphabet letter magnets, lots of trash. No I didn’t clean it.

  799. Lindsay Lyman says:

    This was a frightening experience. 3 crayons (one partially melted…not sure how that happened…), 4.5 goldfish crackers, 2 socks stuffed waaaay into the couch, and one toddler fork. Apparently I need to look in here more often. Yuck.

  800. Steph says:

    as loath as I am to look ….. a red lollipop opened and stuck to the bottom cushion, plus a petrified seahorse. I was too scared to look under the other cushion…

  801. Evelyne says:

    Crumbs crumbs crumbs and the remote control I have been looking for for days. Thank you!

  802. Savannah says:

    Under my couch cushions… Well… In between reall because my cushions are attached… I have found enough Cheerios to sink the Bismarck, crushed up mum mums, bits of the last 6 months supper and a toy car… Oh look the remote!

  803. Rochelle says:

    The cushions don’t come off but under the couch I found: two matchbox cars, two girly hairties, one puzzle piece, two butterfly stickers stuck to the carpet, one game piece and a dead click beetle. Now the kids are trying to jam more stuff under there…

  804. Aubrey says:

    I am now married to a neat freak who doesn’t allow food out of the kitchen or toys in the living room (though we frequently break that last one). However, before I married him and the kids and I gave up our chaotic lifestyle of folly and indiscretion, I had a couch. It was so nasty from three kids and two dogs, that I kept slipcovers on it that were washed the night before he’d come to visit. When I moved, he helped me though it in a dumpster. I hated for him to see it, but we were married then, too late to run! BWAHAHAHA… Anyway, I cut out the bottom cloth to make sure I hadn’t lost a twenty in there or something. I found a LOT of cereal, ponytail holders, cat hair, Barbie shoes, a pair of Tweezerman tweezers I’d been pissed about losing, some change, and a petrified hot dog piece and chunk of string cheese which had turned to plastic.

  805. Angie Dowland says:

    A nerf dart, polly pocket plus high heel polly pocket shoe, disgusting used ice cream treat stick, goldfish cracker (this one seems to be popular) and approx. 3 lbs of dust/dirt. Who has time to vacuum now that we have kids?
    Congrats on the book 🙂

  806. Anna says:

    A quarter of a cats worth of cat fur… And no I didn’t clean it out!

  807. Christine says:

    1 Cheerio
    3 frosted flakes
    1 jelly bean
    1 pistachio
    (I ate the jellybean …. sigh)

  808. Allie Wiley says:

    Half eaten goldfish, legos, a matchbox car and lots of dog hair-gag

  809. Crystal says:

    There’s my missing knitting needle! LOL. A dirty sock and a wad of tootsie roll papers.

  810. Paula says:

    Ugh, lots of dog hair, crumbs and a dried blueberry.

  811. Skye says:

    I am almost embarrassed to divulge the contents of my couch, but … many, many countless Annie’s Cheddar Bunnies carcasses in various states of dismemberment, Finn McMissile, one men’s adult sock, several men’s toenail clippings, and some candy cane.

  812. MICHELLE IANTORNO says:

    I don’t have kids but I sometimes keep my 3 young cousins. We go in the car a lot. So before I started taking the kids on little road trips my car was spotless…maybe some change under the back seat. Now however there is melted candy, melted crayons, 3 Matchbox cars, plastic jewelry, about 15 tiny action figures, a My Little Pony hair brush, a mirror, lipstick, lip gloss, 2 plastic bags, a cereal and peanut mixture, food wrapper from McDonald’s, a smooshed happy meal box, press on fingernails, 1 Popsicle stick and probably enough change to fill a soup can…I would get the change, but it’s stuck in all the melted stuff. Don’t get me started on the seat cushion…it has been puked on, had slushy monkey spilled on it, peed on…not to mention all the dog hair. Ugh! I need to hire someone to clean this out!

  813. KB says:

    Crumbs. Lots of Crumbs.

  814. Michele says:

    Tennis ball guts and a single triangular piece of dog food. I vacuumed it recently when I was searching for my lost wedding ring that I thought my 19 month old hid.

  815. Sara says:

    Dirt, dog hair, popcorn, shredded bits of paper and a hole in the couch liner to the floor; which is a whole nuther story!

  816. Ashley Brown says:

    3 pens, 2 pennies, one ping pong ball, a spring, and a farm animal baby book. Plus crumbs.

  817. Cheryl says:

    Guaranteed there will be Lego bricks and marbles. I’m not even going to look. Legos and marbles have parties together in every room of my home.

  818. Mel says:

    SPOONS!!!!! Normal spoons, tea spoons, baby spoons, disposable coffee spoons, toy spoons. And hair (feline, and mine), jigsaw pieces, sandwich crusts, hair elastics, straws, parts of McDonald toys…

    Will your book be available in Australia, or will I have to get it from amazon? Can’t wait!

  819. Lisa says:

    CAT HAIR.

  820. Michele H says:

    We just got these sofas a week ago and amazingly nothing has found it’s way under our cushions yet.

    But funny story about our old sofa… One day last week we hadn’t seen our cat in a few hours and my son heard some meowing. However, every time he got up off the couch, the meowing stopped and he couldn’t find her. But whenever he sat down again she started up again. After a half hour of this, he lifted up the cushions and found her sticking her paw up through a hole in the couch. She was actually INSIDE the couch! Somehow she got in there and could wiggle her way back out.

    Anyway, hope this makes up for not currently having anything under the cushions.

  821. Lisa says:

    A penny, crumbs, wrappers, gum, ponytail holder, and a piece of plastic.

  822. Lisa says:

    Our couch is leather (cheap from Craigslist) and the cushions are sewn on so nothing gets stuck in our couch:)

  823. Christine says:

    1 ice-block stick, 1 marble, 1 ballpoint pen and a Bakugan. 4,565 crumbs.

  824. Karleen says:

    Yay! The lost remote! (Actually, not quite under, but sort of squished so far down the side it still counts as under.)

  825. Lisa says:

    A plate, sippy cup, fork, squished yogurt tube, crumbs, , a pair of kid underpants and a pencil.

  826. Joy G says:

    Our couch cushions don’t come off, so I just reached down in the cracks (panic inducing activity) to see what I could find. It mostly felt like the crumbs of a thousand toddler snacks gone wrong and I found one empty ziploc bag.

  827. Mai says:

    just had a look. a box of new shoes tried on last night, Plants versus Zombies — cherry bomb, dr. zombus, and the sunflower –, pieces of building blocks, slippers, toy car, and Power Rangers robots with no arms, arms of the Power Ranger robots at the other end of the couch.

    • Mai says:

      oh, these are not under the cushions but under the couch. we have a wooden couch with cushions on it but there’s a lot of space underneath, so anything goes.

  828. Heather Mohr says:

    Crumbs, crumbs, and more crumbs…and I don’t eat on it!

  829. Glynnis says:

    Nothing!…but my little buy is only 6 weeks old so that won’t last I’m sure…

  830. Amy says:

    A pocket knife, goldfish crackers, crumbs from other unidentifiable foods, dust, and (ew) hair.

    An odd assortment…

  831. jane says:

    a dried something that appears to be a fetticine noodle, one raisen, one metallic bead–suitable for choking.

  832. Kirsten Glinke says:

    Two socks, an undershirt and the nail clippers I had been looking for everywhere. But I was only brave enough to lift one cushion so I’m sure there’s some food or colony of mice under the other one.

  833. Gen says:

    Butterfingers and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup wrappers because I’m a slob and that’s where I hide them when I’m trying to be sneaky about eating candy, a ball of yarn with a half crocheted sock attached (oh, that’s right, I took up crocheting for two seconds, didn’t I?), a pretzel, Lightning McQueen (thank god, the world ended when he went missing and now I can be Super Mom and return the idol to those that worship him), crumbs crumbs CRUMBS, and an assortment of Duplo blocks.

    *hangs head and gets the vacuum*

  834. Lea says:

    Hmm, some cheerios, a fortune cookie wrapper (we had Chinese last night), a missing remote, a toy cell phone, cat hair, several socks, a toy car, and other various types of dirt that I am sure a CSI lab would have a field day with.

  835. Kim McCarthy says:

    Crumbs 🙁

  836. Megan says:

    A handful of Cheerios, a bookmark, my missing spare key to my car, cat hair, three pens, and the remote control.

  837. Kathryn says:

    A raisin and lots of crumbs. However, after moving across the country a few months ago, several cats toys came out from three years ago! And I had vacuumed numerous times prior. ….makes me wonder what else is still hiding in there!

  838. Amy says:

    dog hair matted with crumbs of randomness, hard peices of dropped mac and cheese, fingernail polish stains, and a barrett.

  839. Charlene says:

    I don’t let my kids eat on the couch but it is somehow still full of cheerios, plus a sock, a pen, my digital camera (it’s always in there), a tiny cupie doll and her unattached head, a book, a spoon, a hello kitty hairbrush, and the sword from a tennage mutan ninga turtle. My couch has a huge collection area in it and is therefore a neverending a sinkhole for stuff.

  840. Heather says:

    Nothing! Our house is on the market to sell, and we’re trying desperately to keep it somewhat picked up with 4 kids trying their hardest to live in it “normally.” So the couch got a cleaning…

  841. Amy Verplaetse says:

    Crumbs, dime, sticky hand thing toy and lot of cat hair

  842. Sara says:

    Surprisingly only 1 marker! And a bunch of dog hair…

  843. Heather C says:

    Fortune from a fortune cookie, receipt, battery to my digital camera that I have been looking for forever and finally gave up and bought a new one, crumbs, dog hair, people hair. Thank you for making me look. Now I have a spare battery.

  844. Evgenia Athanasiou says:

    Tobacco (even though I don’t smoke) and cat hairs (even though they’re not allowed on the couch). I think my husband and my pets disobey the rules of this house when I’m away…
    🙂

  845. Angela Butherus says:

    Crumbs, dime, penny & 4 matchbox cars

  846. Heather H. says:

    I found a Twizzler wrapper from Halloween, a wad of foil from some type of chocolate, tape with the letter D on it, a piece of popcorn, carpet fuzz, bright pink lint, and mint green fuzz. And a penny! This is a pre-kids house, btw.

  847. Krystal says:

    Dog hair and crumbs 🙁 Yuck.

  848. Renée says:

    Just some sunflower seeds and some crumbs.

  849. Andrea says:

    Cheerios. Not a shocker; they are indigenous to any home with kids.

  850. Lindsey says:

    A hole with a big spring popping through it! Who knows what has fallen into it…
    No more jumping on the couch!

  851. Lindsay C. says:

    Hair elastic, Maisy Goes Swimming book, a rattle, and a clear need for a vacuum

  852. Alison says:

    I DREAD putting my hands under there, specially in the crack where the
    part under the cushion meets the back of the couch. We regularly use
    the cushions up to make forts etc but rarely do I venture a hand into
    that dark tight space, full of unpleasant surprises. I once wore
    gloves after touching something that made my skin crawl, just to find
    out it was a large piece of squashed banana, stored for a later snack
    perhaps? on my last venture into that abyss (about a week ago), the
    long lost remote was retrieved from the very depths of said crack, as
    well as magna tiles, a stray sock, a few marbles a dried up blueberry
    and of course lots of crumbs of unknown origin:)

  853. Krisi says:

    So, I have the cushions that are attached to the couch, but that doesn’t stop the crap from getting between the cushions. Out of pure laziness and let’s be honest, sometimes it is better not to know, I decided to just glance down to my right. There, I see a piece of cheese (we haven’t had cheese in like 4 months), a broken red crayon, 4 cheerios and my husbands cell phone that he has been looking for ALL day. WTF??

  854. krystal whana says:

    I have a my little pony, 3 biros, fluff, cat fur and crumbs from ?various toddler snacks (chips, crackers, toast) ooooh and a dollar 🙂 pretty boring here

  855. Grace says:

    A used breast pad, the letter R from an alphabet puzzle, a yellow crayon and a remote control!

  856. carolyn says:

    Legos, 3 socks (all different of course), a puzzle piece, an envelope, 2 hotwheels cars, and a few hair ties.

  857. Amy Krajewski says:

    3 Legos, 2 cars, A dried Ramen noodle (or a worm…I hope a ramen), a battery, and a piece of one of those orange crackers with peanut butter.

  858. Christine says:

    NOTHING!!! My cushions are attached. However between the cushions…again nothing. I just vacuumed yesterday. Before that, a barrette and some not too nasty crumbs.

  859. nina says:

    oh i’d love a free book. i’d put it on my clean sofa. Today I only found remains of last week’s dinner: hard boiled egg whites (a teething favourite) and crusty rice.

  860. Reanne Burgess says:

    Plastic cow, infant sock, rice, the fortune from a fortune cookie, frosted flakes, a clothing tag, dog fur, dog toy, & three pennies.

  861. Ami NS says:

    I have a 5 year old so I have the usual tidbits of missing legos, veggie bootie, popsicle sticks, etc. However, I also have a 10 year old Jack Russell/Beagle and I came home from work one day after leaving 3 bags of frozen mullet fish on the counter out to thaw. As you can imagine the fish were no longer on the counter so I panicked that my dog ate 3 entire fish! I ended up finding one of the fish (still in it’s zip lock bag) buried under our sofa cushion. Whew, he only ate 2 fish! (I still called the vet and was told if your dog is consume bones, mullet fish is one of the safer ones because the bones are so frail and thin).

  862. Andrea says:

    Pencils, erasers, a halloween treat, a couple of playing cards and a hairbrush!

  863. Brittany says:

    goldfish crackers, a hair tie, a disney movie rewards insert from dvd, kleenex (hate to say it used), crumbs, fruit loop and a hotwheels car

  864. Helen says:

    Nothing under mine as we’ve just moved into a new place so it’s been cleaned! I will however share with you what the last tenants had left:
    half chewed dog toys, half chewed dog biscuits, crumbs, about €3 worth of change (woo!), and a half chewed subbuteo man. Oh, and lots of dog hair. If there was a business in making dog wigs I would have made a fortune selling it to someone, there was that much!

  865. Kadi Mahoney says:

    Oh jeez, what ISN’T under my couch? Let’s see, under my couch right now is a cat, pixi sticks, a spoon, baby bottle cap, a few pencils and a crayon.

  866. Aussiemum says:

    I bought a couch that doesn’t have “cushion” seats…its all attached!!! I haven’t moved them in a while though……god knows what’s *under* under them….it could have evolved into some small amorphous life form by now…I don’t want to know…

  867. Amber says:

    Nine matchbox cars, a sad, emtpy, flat applesauce pouch, a Starbucks giftcard (that has been missing since Christmas, woo!) and three mismatched toddler socks.

  868. Sarah says:

    Our couch doesn’t have removable cushions, its awesome. (Its an “antique”…” It also has the awesome feature of under couch storage space…where you will find Elmo, a dinosaur with a piece of yarn wrapped around its neck, dust bunnies, dirt, an unknown number of matchbox cars, a pink crochet purse, DVDs, and a sensory bin.

  869. Linda says:

    Assorted cereal, chip crumbs, hotwheels, a magazine from Christmas. Missing bill, costume jewelry, candy, anf socks of varying sizes

  870. Deidre says:

    5 mini Ritz crackers, 6 cheerios, 1 Goldfish cracker, 1 blue barrette, 1 tiny orange Playmobil squirrel, 1 penny and dust. Yup, dust. Oh, and did I mention the rips on the top and bottom of one of the cushions? No rips pre-kids…but then again, no real couch pre-kids either 🙂

  871. Scott hewitt says:

    Just got new couches. Removed handfuls of stuff from ones. Legos, batman, joker, crumbs and finaly found wife’s wedding ring.

  872. Man. I pulled back the cushion excited to see what funny things I would find. One toy fire engine! That’s it! I admit to briefly being temped to lie.

  873. Jenni says:

    Legos, playground sand, a broken stick from a Rapunzel flag 🙂

  874. AmyL says:

    alphabet magnets, storage bin lid (because our couch is sagging), and the cable remote.

  875. Chantel says:

    Under my couch cushions there is: marker, pen, penny, bag clip, piece of blank paper, part of a hot pepper, twist tie, a ton of crumbs, and hair. Now I need to go and get the vacuum.

  876. Sarah says:

    Crumbs and grit

  877. LisaS says:

    Boogers not stuck to any other surface that have fallen below cushion grade.

  878. Candice Moser says:

    lots of goldfish, some cereal, a few toy cars. its only 2 weeks old.. oh well

  879. Tina Pierini says:

    Hair, crumbs, pieces of thread,a penny,bobby pin..how boring!i used to have a couch that ate scissors and remote controls.

  880. Alex says:

    a toy car, a book, rice cake crumbs, one sock

  881. Faith says:

    I’m envious of all you who found a missing remote. Mine is still gone and there are DVDs I cannot watch without it.
    YES, That IS the reason why I’m not doing Jillian’s 30 Day Shred! ; )

    I’m afraid it may be in the old couch that we gave to the neighbors. Would it be too weird/creepy to go ask if I can scrounge for it in their couch?

  882. Lee says:

    No seperate cushions so under the couch is pop corn, hair ties (three girls long hair many many hair ties) balls from the magnet game and pens because my Husband often does paper work sitting on the couch (not productive but comfortable) and is always loosing the pens.

  883. christa stumpf says:

    my hair…dog hair…a quarter….possibly a dried booger and a baby doll hat

  884. Vaiva Turner says:

    We’re currently living in a temporary housing/hotel on a Naval base where my husband is going to school. It’s a small two bedroom hotel apartment (very small for us and three kids), and the couch cushions are sewn to the base of the couch, so we can’t lift them 🙁 Thus, no couch treasures here. There’s nothing under the couch either cause we have housekeeping come every day, and kids are pretty good about picking up their stuff.

  885. Brenda T says:

    Humm my mom was over helping watch my guy so I could get a bit done. Under the cushion there was dried noodles, popcorn, crackers? Popped Dora balloon, safe keeping I guess. And all the crayons of the rainbow!

  886. Priscilla Valero says:

    Under my couch cushions is my fiances sock (1 sock always happens to end up underneath the cushions), cat hair, dog hair, crumbs, coins, a remote (i dont even know if we have the device it goes to), a hair tie and my hair (which is all over the house).

  887. April Duncan says:

    Lego guy, my son’s wallet with $6 in it (now he can stop bugging me about it), dog food (?), cat hair, crumbs, nutella spoon (you know when you take a big spoon of nutella, walk around and eat it and leave it on the couch?!?, dried up orange peels, fox finger puppet, one sock, pen, bobby pin, and an expired Land’s End cupon. Not too bad really for my couch!

  888. Teresa says:

    Nothing, my husband cleans our couches fairly often. Underneath the couch is another story (with lots of mystery and treasures).

  889. Sonja Kos says:

    My couch: pen, necklace (plastic, not diamonds, but my kid thinks it rocks), coupon (expired)

    Husband’s couch: popcorn kernels, dirt, sand, unidentified gunk.

  890. Ashley says:

    Currently nothing. I cleaned both out longer ago than I care to remember and then promptly dumped miss-matched clothes on one and outgrown clothes that need packed away on another. No one has seen those couches since…

  891. Emily says:

    6 crayons
    A week’s worth of outfits for Polly Pocket
    A playing card
    Unidentified crumbs

  892. Catherine says:

    I’m not a mom. I’m a 14 yr old who found your blog and I love it!! My couch has no removable cushions but underneath there is some of my homework (oops), Popsicle sticks, the remote (yes!), a stuffed animal from about 12 years ago, my sister’s iPad, my phone (that’s where that went), a pointe shoe, and about five of our hair brushes.

  893. Melissa Mason says:

    Crumbs, cat hair and lint 🙂

  894. Toni says:

    Piece of candy cane, band aide wrapper, 3 cheerios and a valentine from my preschooler’s classmate :).

  895. Meggin D says:

    My couch cushions don’t come off, but things DO get stuck in the back between the back and the cushion. I’m too afraid to put my hand in there, but I DO vacuum there and then sift though the bits!

  896. Robyn says:

    Well, most of the time, food crumbs of various descriptions, and an assortment of TV remotes. For about 2 weeks, my husband’s keys were added to the collection. I can’t blame my 10mo daughter though, it has always been this way..

    The TV remotes are often actually kept out from under the cushions now thanks to my daughter. Now we find them hidden under the TV cabinet, in different rooms, in her walker and even in the dogs bowls!

  897. Sonja says:

    My couch: pen, necklace (plastic, not diamonds, but my kid thinks it rocks), coupon (expired)

    Husband’s couch: popcorn kernels, dirt, sand, unidentified gunk…

  898. Gillian says:

    3 crayons, a dried baby wipe (used?), gold fish (of course) and a hot wheels car!

  899. sara says:

    Candys from Halloween. Cereal. Used tissues (gross!) Couple spoons. A pen. And now that the cushion is up, my two year old! (now that’s where I left him…)

  900. Melissa says:

    Crumbs…. lots and lots of crumbs.

  901. Paula says:

    Lots of sand due to sandbox, dog hair, rice cracker crumbs, a sticker and a couple rhinestones. My girl is crafty.

  902. Linda Yeary says:

    I moved three months ago and it got vacuumed real good at that time (there was all kinds of stuff, lent, cat hair, dog hair, buttons, change…). Now in my new house we have a family and living room, and the couch is in the living room, so no one but the cat sits on it…nothing under the cushions that I could see, but I did look 😉

  903. Rachel says:

    Popcorn, a domino, barrettes.

  904. Crumbs, crumbs, and more crumbs. Two buttons. Ten perler beads. A cat toy.

  905. Brittany says:

    15 wadded up tissues
    One hotwheels
    One tiny green monkey toy
    One nail
    One memory card case
    Two golden candy wrappers
    One smashed phase 10 box
    One flashlight cover thingie
    One penny
    Something that looks like a small fuse?
    Two pieces of popcorn
    One sock (mine)
    One hair tie
    One blue pen
    Two pieces of dog food (we don’t have a dog)

  906. Melanie Hauer says:

    Luckily , they are attached! I’m sure the couch ate a plastic Easter egg, but I can’t prove it.

  907. amye says:

    Cereal, playdough bits, raisins, and lots of dirt!!

  908. tammy Gnagy says:

    Matchbox cars, marbles, and popcorn

  909. Megan says:

    baby goldfish (whole), baby goldfish (crushed almost beyond recognition. the bright orange sorta gives it away.), sunflower seed, cheerio, kleenex (unused. hopefully.), and a quarter (score!)

  910. Heather says:

    A couple pennies, legos, some cheerios, a few markers and a hair scrunchie.

  911. Alejandra says:

    I found a headband, Honey Bunches of Oats cereal flakes, a 3″ tinkerbell toy, a smiley face button, a granola bar wrapper, a tissue, and misc. crumbs.

  912. Erin says:

    Crumbs, the tv remote, a pacifier, crusty kleenex (yuck!), baby hair clips, and, the most disgusting, a discarded sippy cup half-full of congealed milk.

  913. Lauren says:

    6 crayons, 1 used tissue, a few tortilla chips, and the only oreo I have ever in my life NOT wanted to eat!

  914. Jennie says:

    NOTHING! … but only because I took the (disgusting) covers off to wash about five days ago and hoovered under the cushions (typical contents = flat popcorn, other assorted food stuffs, felt tips, hair slides, coins, pens, grit) and since then there’s been a blanket over the naked cushions until I put the covers back on again. The blanket means nothing can get under the cushions but the blanket is now covered in a thick layer of crumbs and assorted gubbins – ack!

  915. paddy says:

    Chocolate wrapper (no choco!), sand (from preschooled pockets!).. seed of a peach.

  916. Jessica says:

    Popcorn bits, a marble, a bead, a hair elastic, and a toy butterfly. It was cleaner then I was fearing. I still didn’t clean it.

  917. Vivian Bouza says:

    This is embarrassing… Bunch of unidentified crumbs, 26 cents (1 penny and 1 quarter), 1 piece of magnetic puzzle, crackers, a tissue, a toy phone, a broken hair scrunchy, and a necklace bead. :/

  918. Erika Imhoff says:

    Since we just moved into our new home due to a military move, I found crushed goldfish and a few Legos in the couch before we packed up.

  919. Casey says:

    various crumbs, matchbox car, pen, plastic necklace, dried playdoh

  920. Kristin says:

    Haha, so many posts!

    One of our couches has sewn in cushions, but down the sides are heaps of cracker and miscellaneous crumbs, a peg, and a broken curtain runner. The other couch the kids take the cushions off all the time, so there was only a beer bottle cap! LOL.

  921. Amber Gates says:

    A quilt, folded up many many times, to prop up the sadly dead cushions that have been faded, torn, and recovered with random green fabric that does not match the rest of the couch. And some dog food kibbles. My papillon gets wild with it when I’m not home. Hey… it is functional. For at least another year.

  922. Debbie says:

    a pen, a hair clip, and some crackers.

  923. Sarah J Smith says:

    Ashamed of the amount of crumbs, goldfish and coco puffs that currently reside under the cushions. A mechanical pencil, blue green crayon, maroon color pencil, 2 Bobby pins and a penny (I’m rich!!!) LOVE the blog!

  924. Michelle says:

    2 Books, a nerf shooter ring, a sock, a car, a piece of plastic play lettuce… My son calls it “treasure hunting” lol

    Would love a signed BLAT? by the one and only author of my favorite blog!! 🙂

  925. katie murphy says:

    3 honeynut cheerios from grand daughters’ visit (6 months ago…oooops), 1 cheeto, 1 used Christmas gift tag, one penny and assorted pieces of leftover beadboard panelling to keep us from sinking into an abyss of worn out springs.

  926. Callee S. says:

    Hmmm…well I have couches with no cushions, but everything does fall under them…dust, goldfish crackers, socks, quarters, blocks…grosses me out! Have to move them to clean under them and they are heavy!

  927. Lynden says:

    Woohoo!!! I’m rich! $2.60 was found! Other than that, crumbs, crumbs and more crumbs… I’m sure I told them not to eat on the lounge!? Off to get the vacuum…

  928. Nickol says:

    I actually have a sectional with attached cushions so I’ll tell you without looking what is between and under the couch parts instead (without even looking, it’s a guesstimate and I don’t care to clean it out for at least a week or three, im too tired) at least one baby shoe, about 7 non matching socks, at least 2 dozen legos of varying sizes, one remote for a wii, lint, dust, carpet stains, less than fifty cents, a mini camera or camcorder, at least one baby wipe package, at keast 3 matchbox or hotwheels cars, a playing card, a couple of pieces from different board games, a guitar book and or piano sheet music, lost homework, a book I meant to read… that sounds like a lot but it’s a 7 piece sectional. I’ll get to it when the baby starts crawling!!!

  929. Holly Romano says:

    We bought cheap couches from IKEA where the cushions are attached to the couch. Not a single Cheerio can sneak itself down there! Now…. Under the couch… That is a dark wasteland!! 😉

  930. Ginger says:

    I have a leather reclining sofa that the kids do not normally sit on because they rather sit on the chairs that actually get dirty. And if anything falls on the couch, it will just go straight to the floor. However, I have found my remote control under there many nights.

  931. Lindsay H says:

    As the mother of there girls it’s always hair clips and hair ties.

  932. Jerry Fortner says:

    My couch cushions are attached, so I couldn’t find anything under them.. However my dog child has three chicken raw hide bones, two walmart sacks with who knows what inside, three pairs of flip flops that she has stole from my closet, various sizes and colors of tennis balls / squishy balls / glow in the dark balls, an assortment of dog collars / clothes / bandanas… A healthy family of dust bunnies.. And a few things I couldn’t see.. I need to clean under my couch more often. : )

  933. Sheindal says:

    Under our once cream settee’s cushions this evening one can find matzo meal (what wasn’t successfully vaccuumed up of the 4 boxes they strewed across floor, settee and into Daddy’s slippers a couple of weeks ago), gaffer tape unsuccessfully holding together the lining fabric ripped-by-inquisitive-27-month-old, half a scarlet wax crayon and, ah, there’s my mobile ‘phone, a coupon for 15% off at a shoe shop, a pair of red merino wool leggings and a piece of tissue paper (the wrapping sort, not the nose wiping sort) whilst the underside of cushions shows evidence of toddlers artistic endeavours and partner’s “oops, a pen leaked in the back pocket of my jeans” episode…(Just as well I did a semi-in depth vaccuum after the matzo meal episode, who knows what had accumulated before that). And why don’t we have visitors with unreliable trouser pockets…I don’t think I’ve ever found any cash.

  934. Chrissy says:

    Assorted hair ties, 7 pennies, 11 crayons, and a TON of dog hair!

  935. lisa says:

    Crumbs and dust and a piece of tape. Considering i have 2 boys (2 and 6), I’m kind of amazed that was it.

  936. Kristin says:

    Dog hair, Cheerios, A fruit snack, 2 cars, a cat toy and a crochet hook I’ve been looking for. Yay on the crochet hook.

  937. Beth says:

    Under my couch cushions I found a sock, a ninja turtle (the small action figure variety of course), two pieces of lego, and a ritz cracker.

  938. Stephanie says:

    Unbeknownst to me, we bought our couches pre-kids…leather with stitched cushions so nothing can sneak underneath. This proves to be quite a brilliant design. Now if you were to ever ask what is underneath the car seat, well that is a different picture entirely. Looking forward to the book!

  939. AngieG says:

    My son crumbled a muffin on the couch this weekend, so I just vacuumed it all up….squeaky clean now!

  940. katie murphy says:

    3 honeynut cheerios from granddaughters’ visit (6 months ago…oooops), 1 cheeto, 1 used Christmas gift tag, one penny and assorted pieces of leftover beadboard paneling to keep us from sinking into an abyss of worn out springs.

  941. Bethany says:

    Several dead squirrels. Actually, those may be cat hairballs.

  942. Krista says:

    I win, because I bought an IKEA couch where the cushions are sewn to the bottom part of the couch, meaning absolutely nothing can get under the cushions! (I lose, too, because this also means that the cushion upholstery cannot be removed to wash, which means the ink stains from my daughter going wild with a pen the other day are probably permanent).

  943. Leslie says:

    A pack of smarties, 3 pencils, a comb and hairties. I left the smarties in case I get hungry later and the comb and hairties so i dont have to look for any before my girls go to school tomorrow.

  944. Mallory says:

    My cell phone, the tv remote, yarn, a nintendo ds charger, and assorted crumbs.

  945. LMFerg says:

    You can’t lift up my cushions, but the amount of crumbs inbetween the cushions would be enough for Hansel and Gretel!

  946. Melissa says:

    One cockatiel tail feather, a sock, bank statement (unopened), four receipts, and a Chinese fortune (“you will go on many travels”).

  947. Melissa Reeves says:

    3 raisins, part of a wine cork, glitter, and enough dog hair to create some sort of tea cup puppy!

  948. Jen says:

    Multiple socks (none of which match eachother) a book, a cheez-its wrapper and my cell phone!!! Thanks for the challenge, it saved me from a lot of frantic searching later on when I realized my phone was missing.

  949. Julia C K says:

    Crumbs and lots of dog fur. I’m actually surprised there’s no Lego.

  950. Crystal says:

    I have slipcovers on my couch and loveseat right now, but was still surprised to find nothing under the cushions! No cat litter, hair, mysterious unidentifiable crumbs/foodstuffs, Cheerios, toys, junk mail….nothing!

    Unfortunately, the things that usually end up under the cushions are on top of the slipcover and need to be vacuumed….again. I am fighting a losing battle with cat hair and cat litter on my couches :/

  951. Phaea says:

    Just dog hair. SO MUCH DOG HAIR.

  952. Cassi O. says:

    The couch cushions actually do not come off, ack! But underneath the couch there is a nerf bullet 😉

  953. Erin says:

    Ok, here it goes… Pet hair from a dog we don’t even have anymore, a mushed and very sticky old fruit snack, cereal droppings and a popsicle stick that is decorated as a book mark. Also, yesterday I found my missing telephone shoved down in there.

  954. Kris H says:

    My cushions don’t lift of the base, so I have to stick my hand in the crack in the bag and feel around. Right now it just feels like sand (my 3yo loves the sandbox), but that’s also where the remote goes to hide.

  955. Sandra says:

    I can’t lift up my sofa cushions, as it is two double recliners. I did look under the sofa, and found a pigma marker, three dog toys and a bunch of dust, which I did clean up. I’m past the kid era. I have dog and cat and granddog messes.

  956. Adrianna S says:

    Sweet potato puffs, yogi drops, variety of dried fruit, cat toys, princess puzzle pieces, and balls that go to ballapoolza toy.

  957. Carmen Chapman says:

    I found a grape, cookie crumbs, puzzle piece, remote control (that is where it is!) and a left sock… 🙂

  958. Kahu says:

    supermarket receipt, 2 crayons..wow abysmal loot. I did however find 4 bucks under a couch in a public place recently, slipping your hand surreptitiously under public couches may just be worth the risk!

  959. Leigh Choueke says:

    The cushions are attached, but I looked under and behind the couch. I found 2 raisins, one toddler shoe, tissue paper pieces leftover from when my toddler had a field day pulling them all out of the box and one marker top…now if I could just find the marker that goes with it I wouldn’t be so worried!

  960. Juliana says:

    It was surprisingly clean under there. Only found a small flying disc from one of my son’s toy airplanes. 🙂

  961. kelly says:

    Sunflower seeds (that’s the MIL), baby fingernails, more crumbs than I really wanted to ponder the age or origins of. And I’m leaving the preposition at the end of that sentence. 🙂

  962. Nadia says:

    crumbs, dust, and lots of cat fur.

  963. Donna says:

    I just found used Kleenex (gross, I know) dog and cat hair and a couple of crayons. My kids are grown up and when my only granddaughter stays over, she is almost obsessively clean, therefore she only lost a few crayons in there. I would love to go back to the days of cereal, legos, light bright pieces, little socks, etc. but I know life goes on, children grow up and then they not only rudely get married, but they go live with their spouses!!!! Ungrateful children!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just kidding, though I do miss having little ones around all the time.

  964. TRACY says:

    two batteries, dog hair, old remote, bouncy ball and one lego.

  965. Kali says:

    Glitter from my daughter’s many art projects.

  966. Carrie says:

    Vomit. The dog vomited down the side of the couch and I cleaned off the cushion but was too lazy to pick it up and clean underneath where the vomit pooled. I know the vomit is there but by now it’s dry and it doesn’t smell so I still haven’t cleaned it.

  967. Deb says:

    Tonight, my couch is pretty clean. Cleaned earlier today. Normally there would be crumbs, coins, crumbs, assorted tiny toys, crumbs, and a kids book that just disappeared magically around the time Mommy was going to read it a forty-seventh time that day.

  968. Nancy Suddreth says:

    under ghe cushions, i found a dog’s toy and pretzels!

  969. Elise says:

    recently got a new couch! so it’s clean under those cushions!! but if you ask me in a couple weeks that answer will definitely change.

  970. Brooke says:

    Kix, chex mix, coins, dust bunnies, crayons, lollipop stick, matchbox car, tissue, mismatched socks, magazine

  971. Brynne says:

    Cheerios, hair ties, and tissues.

  972. Liz says:

    I cleaned the house through and through last week because one of my daughter’s friends was coming over for the first time so, it isn’t too bad just: one Lego, some fruit loops (even though they aren’t allowed to eat in there) and a hair clip.

    Underneath is a little scarier, lots more Legos a bunch of marbles, dust bunny colony, and I don’t want to know what else…

  973. Sandra says:

    We just moved to a new place with new sofa — so NOTHING for now! Our plan B for cleaning is revealed — abandon ship and move!

  974. XY says:

    Diaper, wet wipes, 7 lego pieces, story book.
    And Ang Pao (red packets with money given by married adults to kids as token of blessings during Chinese new year)

  975. ELIZABETH! says:

    3 Barbie shoes, lots of crushed popcorn, a binky, 2 broken crayons, and a chicken drumstick (pretend food from our toy kitchen).

  976. Jen says:

    3 puzzle pieces, some toy cars, one sock, a *lot* of crumbs, and a sheet of half-used stickers.

  977. Christie says:

    Sand, pony tail holders, pretzel-chip pieces, lego mini-figure sword (son says its for Darth and was overjoyed at me finding it), dried up apple slice (ew!!!) and more sand. Yes, we live by the beach. 🙂

  978. Katie says:

    A toothpick, crumbs, and dog hair.

  979. CSmith says:

    I play this game all the time, but only with myself, which isn’t nearly as much fun. I found a hairbrush, 3 hair ribbons, a paci, 2 batteries, a pack of crayons, go-gurt packs, goldfish and popcorn. No food is allowed in the living room, so not only are my children filthy, they are disobedient.

  980. A. Ocampo says:

    hair clips, couch, keys

  981. Michelle janssen says:

    Tangled DVD, a pair of baby sunglasses, puzzle piece, and LOTS of Crumbs (looks like cheddar bunnies, Cheerios and chex)

  982. Sarah says:

    I cleaned mine on Friday, and found 18 socks from my husband. Yes, 9 pairs. And he thought I was throwing them away…

    Today:
    fruit loops
    yellow crayon
    red crayon tip
    roku remote (the reason I was just looking)
    sippy cup
    various toys

  983. Lisa says:

    My cushions are sewn down-leather couch. I looked under the whole couch-yikes! Enough dog hair for another dog, and about 2 boxes of crayons.

  984. Kate says:

    My cushions don’t lift up. BUT one of the dogs likes to hide under the middle segment of the couch (the other 2 segments are recliners and no room for a little white dog under them). ANYWAY, when I took a peek in his “lair,” I found some chewed up kids bath toys that went missing months ago, a board book, lots of fuzz, and a few Cheerios so old and nasty that even the dog wouldn’t touch them! Ick.

  985. Melissa G. says:

    We just cleaned underneath ours but there was a collection of snack crackers, ouch less hair ties, various hair clips and hair balls. I had a baby 3.5 months ago and I’m shedding enough hair to knit a sweater.

  986. Heather says:

    I found an empty capri sun, doll clothes, 2 socks that don’t match, a few megabloks, several crayons and 1.83 in change. Score!

  987. Julia K says:

    lots of crumbs (looks like the remains of goldfish crackers, pretzels, cheerios ~ all the good snacks!!)
    Also found a hair elastic, stickers (some stuck to the couch, and some still on the paper), couple crayons (broken of course ~ and once they are broken they are no good to use ~ so pretty sure those were put in there on purpose by my son…), and a knitting needle (that one is mine…)

  988. Megan says:

    I’m honestly too scared to look!! Ignorance is bliss …

  989. Chaya says:

    Every time I lose anything (phone, ipod, pen, jewelery…) I find it smushed under the couch cushions! Also crumbs, crumbs, crumbs…and loose change.

  990. Claudia says:

    Dog hair, crumbs, a ball, a crayon, and a bunch of dust… yuck!

  991. Linda says:

    Crumbs, fur, headless Lego dude, cat toy, and unidentifiable petrified food (I think) item……

  992. Let’s see… I have three Hot Wheels, a puzzle piece and a broken tortilla chip. :0)

  993. Hannah says:

    I don’t have any couch cushions to look under right now, but as a private nanny my best find to date has been a sad, shriveled old corn-on-the-cob, complete with those little corn-shaped handles still stuck on both ends. I don’t think I’ll ever top that one.

  994. Aliya says:

    For some strange reason there is nothing but a bed under our couch cushions.

  995. MaryBeth says:

    Crumbs, a sock, a few hair ties and clips. Better than usual!

  996. Alley says:

    3 goldfish, winnie the pooh sippy cup, 1 sock, 3 balls, an ampty box of Mike & Ikes.

  997. Sarah says:

    Crumbs, of course.
    Cat litter, yuck.
    Rocks, nerf darts, several small shells, fuzzy craft pompoms, wood chips, captain crunch cereal pieces, and stray feathers. Jeez. Maybe I should clean under there nore often.

  998. Minka says:

    Assorted crumbs (lots and lots of them), four legos, two toy cars, two toy car tires (there would be more, but I just removed 7 the other day when I was looking for coins… so there are no coins this time either), one knife, three magnets, one plastic tube, probably originally from the washing machine, and two pieces of salmiakki, the salty liquorice candy we eat in Finland. And glitter, so much glitter – but that’s all from my own projects. Our kids are 2 and 10.

  999. Janelle says:

    My goodness are there a lot of comments!

    Alas, only crumby crumbs are under my couch cushions: I regularly account for every toy in her toy boxes/bookshelf and so, as a last resort, I end up looking under the cushions. So even if the toy isn’t there, whatever else is is usually replaced to its “home” thereafter.

    Not OCD as much as anal-rententive Virgo. Ahem. 🙂

  1000. Natasha says:

    Okay, here goes….. two pens (a green and a purple one – I use them to grade tests), my missing favorite hair tie, a dog treat, A LOT OF CRUMBS, what I think are melted chocolate chips, scrunched up paper and a pack of sticker.
    Not very exciting and no money…. 🙁

  1001. Veronica says:

    sigh….I really oughta clean more often
    I found a scrunchi, a half chewed rawhide, the back cover off of a paperback 101 Dalmations, a leaf, dog food (definitely the toddler’s doing), 46 cents! Yay! Not to mention tons of dirt, dog hair, etc.

  1002. penny says:

    string, a blue marker, glitter droppings, some paper that has a very cryptic phonetically spelled message on it (hun hos da gost avntrs srt hr…..my guess is, haunted house the ghost’s adventures start here? maybe?) crumbs, a little spyglass, and a receipt.

  1003. Jeanette says:

    Just found some crumbs of indecipherable origin. Boring! Guess I should vacuum under there at some point.

  1004. We are one of those families that has a couch with attached cushions. BUT! When I vacuumed under my couch this morning there was popcorn pieces, 3 blocks and 1 Lego. Nothing too exciting, I am pretty OCD and clean often, plus we are moving and had been showing our house a lot last month. I never find any money.

  1005. Jennifer N. says:

    Goldfish crackers & crumbs, a Gerber fruit-leather strip wrapper, a penny, and a crochet hook – been looking for that! 🙂

  1006. Shannon says:

    Too many crumbs to count and a used bandaid (my daughter uses bandaids as accessories, so it wasn’t bloody or anything).

  1007. Laurie Levy says:

    crumbs, a marble, lego and some ferret poop. damn weasels.

  1008. Kaci F says:

    5 1/2 goldfish, 3 ponytails, 9 bobby pins (which my husband HATES) 3 duplos, a stacking block, 1 lost remote and a bottle cap!

  1009. ashley antos says:

    crumbs… lots of crumbs… a sock… and a plastic sandwich. Literally a sandwich made of plastic, not just one that has been there so long that it has since turned to plastic.

  1010. Enza Reale says:

    I found a comb, 1/2 stale peanut butter sandwich (eeeew!), heaps of crumbs and a spaceman figurine.

  1011. Leoni G says:

    Nothing, but that’s because my sofa cushions don’t lift up. They’re leather & are sewn to the base – handy? However I dread to think of all the spilt fluids that have moisturised my sofa & the amount of random games, food & clothing under my sofa will be enough to keep a family going for a month at least 😉

  1012. Katie says:

    Princess wand, crown, bead necklaces. Can you tell I have girls?

  1013. Beth says:

    Crumbs. Lots and lots of crumbs.

  1014. Natalie says:

    Decapitated Polly Pocket, cocoa puffs, one small portion of a cheese stick, a guitar pick, a rubber band, and a whole lotta crumbs!

  1015. Lisa says:

    Psh, I’ve got you beat. Enough crumbs to fill a sleeve of crackers, cereal, an apple core that must be fairly new as it hasn’t started stinking yet, a handful of shapes from the Melissa & Doug shape puzzle thingy, a phone charger, enough change to run a load of laundry if the laundry machine took anything but quarters, a DS stylus, an Elmo spoon, a few socks but none match, and one goldfish. The cracker, not an actual fish. I should really clean up under here more often.

  1016. Jenn says:

    I’m glad you’re not judging because I have hamster poop under my couch cushions. I’m just glad the hamster isn’t under there.

  1017. heather says:

    Dog hair and a lot of goddamed squinkies.

  1018. Jessica Mills says:

    too many things to list here but mostly A LOT of dog hair, ewwwww. Can’t wait for your book! We pre-ordered on Amazon!

  1019. Lacy says:

    Lego guys, crayons, glitter and chocolate chips. And glittery chocolate chips. Yum.

  1020. Angela says:

    Two chips (of the greasy potato variety). Surprised they got away from my daughter.

  1021. Estey says:

    I have a weird couch where the cushions can’t be lifted up – so nothing is in there! Sometimes the remotes get wedged in the cracks, though.

  1022. Jenny says:

    I don’t need to look, I know there is sick under there, we’re on day 6 of what our doctor says is a 10 day virus. 2-3 vomit episodes per day, I’ve been covered in sick but OH only once…

  1023. Genipher says:

    Found:
    crumbs
    2 nerfgun “bullets”
    2 hairbands
    Legos
    and one blue crayon

    Our couch is fairly new so all this “stuff” surprised me!

  1024. connie says:

    Remote control (that I have been looking for!), hair, cereal!

  1025. Sylvia says:

    Hmmm. Nothing! That’s weird.

  1026. imamann says:

    nothing-only because we got a new couch not so long ago, and the cushions are velcroed down. i’m semi-excited about that, unless there is a stain, because then you can’t just flip it.

  1027. Melissa says:

    Popcorn. Always popcorn. Plus dog fur, a dryer ball, two chapsticks, seven crayons, and the cordless phone that has been missing all week.

  1028. Pallavi says:

    Can’t believe I’m admitting this, but I found a white dried frothy-looking substance that I can only imagine is from my two yo’s milk bottle–after she finishes, she yells “all done!” and flings the milk bottle, usually violently. Perhaps she chose to stuff it in the couch during a calmer moment.

  1029. Christina h says:

    So nothing under the cushions cause they are not removable … But under the couch ….
    One moldy strawberry and about 1000 Cheerios … Which answers the question of why we go through a box of cereal for just one toddler a week! I’m going to just move the couch when he goes to bed and let the dogs eat the Cheerios …. Remember you said no judging!!!!

  1030. Nicole MacRae says:

    5 popcorn kernals, a purple barbie shoe, my chequebook, and 3 crayons, (burnt sienna, violet and blue), also 37 cents.

  1031. SallyD says:

    One comb, cereal crumbs, a random key (I have no idea what it opens) & a remote. Not bad considering I don’t look often!

  1032. Judy says:

    I think Cheerios should be proud at how well represented they are in the coments! I found:
    2 mini car toys
    1 grizzly bear (toy)
    crumbs
    a quarter

  1033. Lee Tancredi says:

    My husband recently cleaned our couch, so the list is a bit shorter than it would usually be. I found a broken christmas decoration, 55c in change, a bouncy ball and half a brown rice cracker.

  1034. Murphy says:

    My cushions and couch are all one piece, but under the couch I found 2 Legos, a broken crayon, a Tostitos tortilla chip, and a cat toy that the cat hates.

  1035. Angelica says:

    I don’t have any kids or a couch. In its space though, there is an air mattress; which I also sleep on.

  1036. Meredith says:

    Pug fur, cat hair, a toddler sock, hair tie, 3 puffs, and a sippy cup straw.

  1037. csa says:

    phew! at first i thought you had to be a parent to enter.
    let’s see…
    a clothespin, some elastics, a few pennies (which is good, seeing they don’t make them anymore!) paper scraps, a paperclip, a golf pencil, dust and crumbs, and a double-pointed knitting needle. i was looking for that knitting needle, actually.
    this is so exciting! the book, not garbage in furniture.

  1038. Fenny says:

    My couch is a futon, so you can’t really lose stuff under the cushions. But I use a duvet as a cover and this usually collects all the bits that would normally get under the cushions. I counted 3 pens, the remote for the DVD player I’ve been looking for for a week, 2 part packs of painkillers, a pea (probably escaped from dinner last week), a packet of tissues and a USB memory stick (under the arm cushion).

    I took the crumbs as read!

  1039. Elizabeth Paine says:

    Cat hair, dog hair, $2.53 in assorted change, a DS game, yellow marker, broken blue crayon, broken dog toy, candy wrapper and sucker stick, corner of a pop tart, and a pile of sand dumped from shoes.

  1040. Rhonda says:

    I just vacuumed it on Saturday, but I’ll tell you some things that did fall to the floor between parts of our sectional before then! Many, many cheerios, crackers, pretzels, cheese cubes, bits of bacon, goldfish, dog hair, mcdonald’s toys, paper clip, 2 pencils, wooden cake toppings, a surprise Hawaiian Punch stain, mini frisbee, play food, crayons, and a bracelet is all remember right now.

  1041. Kelly says:

    a pretzel, a trio block, and, of course, a ninja disc.

  1042. Olivia L says:

    A couple of Duplo blocks, chip crumbs, a pink sock, a plastic donut, and dog hair.

  1043. Alicia says:

    bits of fruit snack wrappers, stray fruit snacks, 2 balls, a little people chair, a spoon, a dvd case, a toy screw, colored pencil, crayon, marker cap from a marker I’m sure is gone, the back battery cover from an old watch and 51 cents. (plus more crumbs than I’d like to admit).

  1044. Dawn Rosiello says:

    Jimmy Hoffa!

  1045. Samantha Gilmour says:

    Random toys and sneaky lolly (candy) wrappers!

  1046. Ashley Newberg says:

    My couch doesn’t have cushions that come out. Well, the cushioning itself comes out, because we have two cats, who had a total of ten kittens last year… And apparently our couch is the best place to hide… And scratch.

  1047. Tanya says:

    We also have leather so not much under the cushions, just some crumbs in the cracks. Last time I moved them though there was a good amount of cat hair, numerous dinky cars, dried mixed veggies, cereal, pencils, magazines pages….and I only have one child.

  1048. Erica says:

    Lollipop stick and mysterious, copious crumbs. I didn’t touch them, just backed away and typed this comment.

  1049. Victoria H. says:

    undermine… dog hair, cherrios, lego, sock, and a piece of the blinds… yuck! would love to win your book!

  1050. Laura Todd says:

    ugh..this is disgusting
    5 different kinds of cereal
    a fork
    a spoon
    stickers
    legos
    oh…batteries…and they work! score!

  1051. Nora says:

    A few pieces of popcorn and a little Thor figure…

  1052. Hayley says:

    Well I do have a couch, but it’s kinda all one piece, the cushions don’t lift up. But I can tell you there’s a whole pile of toys and books ON the couch itself. And there is usually a bunch of stuff behind the couch, but my husband must have cleaned it up recently cause right now there’s only a torn scrap of paper and a massage roller thingy.

  1053. Melanie says:

    An orange racecar, a hairtie, a bobby pin, part of a toy from McDonalds and the TV remote

  1054. kh says:

    A red lentil, two puffs, lots of crumbs, some tiny red and black balls (?). I know exactly why the red lentil is there.

  1055. Fiona says:

    Just a few crumbs under the cushions, phew! But that got me thinking to check under the couch…wish I hadn’t. Yuk, yuk and double YUK! A fork, a medicine dispenser, a sultana, a jigsaw piece and lots of disgusting stuff holding it all together :\

  1056. Brandi says:

    lol. I no longer have a couch. I have a futon, for this very reason. What wasn’t in the couch. Yes an assortment of crumbs, toys, bottles, soothers, dog toys, crayons, socks, soo many socks have been lost to the couch wth?. Not usually money, although before I started cleaning out my pockets so my itty bittys wouldn’t swallow pennies, yes, money. And bugs, couches are breeding grounds for bugs. you can’t properly clean it. (my hubby is ocd but seriously, he’s right :P) But i loathe the futon too, it has it’s own issues.

  1057. Nerissa says:

    Crumbs from…something 😛 A few Cheerios. Some bits of yarn (guilty!). Nothing too exciting.

  1058. Meg says:

    goldfish, a cheese stick wrapper, $1.65 in change, and a breast pad.

  1059. Fiona says:

    Does every home have cheerios???

  1060. Munaba says:

    The couch cushions are attached to the couch (thank God). Under the couch is a family of dust bunnies.

  1061. Theresa D says:

    coins, crumbs, pencils, hair bands and clips!

  1062. Tracey says:

    My cushions don’t lift up. I prefer not to look between them, I stick the vacuum hose in there and listen to the crackling sounds! I’m really good at guessing which cushion crack will have the most treasure! Sometimes there is a mysterious white substance on the cushions that has to be scubbed. I try to pretend it was recently spilled…whatever it is…

  1063. Elizabeth says:

    I’m sitting on the couch as I’m reading this post…and I think it’s the first time I’ve sat to relax today. Should I peer under the cushions of my couch, I’ll feel the need to get out the vacuum and clean. So I’ll just let you know that under our couch cushions is our remote’s vacation home. It goes there quite often – and even though we know this, sometimes we’ll go a day or two before we go searching beneath the mountain of cushions & pillows on our sofa to find it. Not sure if it’s because we forget or because we’re too lazy to look there. 🙂

  1064. Sacha Hammerer says:

    A bunch of Gorilla munch cereal, two crayons, one felt, some pumpkin seeds, one dollar(woot) and a crocheted piece of burger meat. My daughter thought this was an awesome treasure hunt – thanks for the idea! 😉

  1065. Caroline says:

    CRUMBS, My Little Pony hair exension piece, popcorn kernels, jewelry beads

  1066. Kelsie says:

    Our couch has cushions that are sewn to it, so nothing gets under them. Under the couch itself is another matter entirely, and frankly, I’m afraid to look!

  1067. Michelle says:

    A kookaburra toy. It makes a sound when you press it’s tummy

  1068. SummerRay says:

    Hair band, lint, missing remote we replaced last month, used tissue (umm ew!!) more lint

  1069. Nancy M says:

    We just got a new couch with the cushions stitched down, but when we were removing the old couch we found popcorn, Skittles (my husband’s doing), a AA battery, and a penny. Now we don’t have stuff under the cushions, it all ends up under the couch being cuddled by dust bunnies instead!

  1070. Amy b says:

    Crumbs, crumbs, crumbs… About 30 colorful paper clips, a Disney ad insert from a DVD… A pipe cleaner bracelet with one rhino bead, and as in every inch of my home, I found beads, beads, sequence, and more beads. Why did the craft store have to sell them in such large quantities so cheaply? Maine cabin fever craft store stockpiling will live with me forever!

    Can’t wait for the book, will be psyched if I get a sneak preview! Thanks for the chance!

  1071. jo kelso says:

    I now hate you…it took me over an hour to clean under there after i stripped the cushions thru them in the wash to get off what ever was stuck to them and the forks, and crumbs and a banana peel ..that was horrible

  1072. meredith says:

    well i don’t have kids yet … but i found some crumbs and a ponytail holder!

  1073. shannon synclare says:

    i vacuumed between the couch cushions without checking what was in there first. #rebelmom

  1074. Stephanie says:

    Hair ties, hair ties, hair ties and some springs poking through 😉

  1075. Jill says:

    I found several snack foods (including a very melted gummy something), enough legos to build a small lego car, string, a cat toy, a penny, an adult sock (explain that one dad!), and a baby bib… my youngest hasn’t used bibs for two years. I did not clean anything out because it was not on my chore list for the day. =)

  1076. Ashley S. says:

    We actually just bought new couch so for Once we don’t have anything under our couch. 🙂

  1077. Kim says:

    Just some popcorn, crumbs, and cat hair. Not very exciting!

  1078. Mrs. P says:

    a doggy chew, a fork, 2 dinky cars a lego man and my pen

  1079. Amanda says:

    A wooden animal, a 50 cent piece, a piece of jigsaw and loads of crumbs. Yuck.

  1080. Erin says:

    You mean you can look under the couch cushions….Oh Lawd….okay….

    three cat toy balls

    one cat mouse

    two erasers.

    five pennies

    two nonmatching socks

    a pair of kids underwear(hello kitty to be exact)

    two chocolate granola bar wrappers

    like at least seven reciepts

    two nickels

    eight pennies

    a polly pocket head

    two dog bones

    a half eaten rawhide

    enough cat and dog hair to complete at least two more animals

    whew…now wonder I never look there

  1081. Jesse Reid says:

    A car, a measuring spoon, a pen(from me studying for my masters on the couch while lil watches Elmo), a crayon, a goldfish (or as my son calls them, fefe’s), a block to the Melissa and Doug train, and crumbs. His second birthday is this weekend, so I will be vacuuming it before our family arrives…hopefully. 🙂

  1082. Lindsay says:

    Cheez-it crackers & a racecar toy! 🙂

  1083. Rachael says:

    I already preordered the book, but I would love the BLAD too. My couch is a very scary place for me. My kids have decorated parts of the couch with very beautiful drawings, in sharpie. Under the cushions I found one of my spare sets of keys(I have 4 spare sets), many goldfish crackers, Swedish fish, and the net for our fish, we also have an ugly beta.
    I give up after 1 cushion, I’m sure there is no money hiding in my couch.

  1084. Amanda Maher says:

    I found crumbs, a toddler toothebrush, a piece of scrap paper with toddler scribbles on it. I was pretty impressed because I have not looked under the cushions in a long time, and I really thought something could be living under there 🙂

  1085. Sarah says:

    Our cushions don’t lift up, but in between them was a paper towel (our napkin of choice) and our 2 month old’s comb. I’d been looking for that. She has a ton of hair!

  1086. Korie says:

    A crumb covered pacifier (my youngest is now 4 — eeewwwww), Littlest Pet Shop critters, Legos, Ritz crackers, and $1.12!

  1087. Josie says:

    A lollipop stick, our old remote (AHA!), about a dozen cheerios and a beef jerky wrapper.

  1088. Shari says:

    I don’t want to look under my couch cushions. How about I just buy the book when it comes out? 🙂

  1089. Jen Sawyer says:

    Let’s see, some goldfish crumbs, a pencil, a 3 red BINGO chips, a card from our Dora Memory game, a princess wand, some Cheerios, and an unsettling amount of other random unidentifiable crumbs.

  1090. Sarah says:

    I cleaned a few days ago, but we have:
    3 check mark magnets
    a brown crayon (no wrapper)
    an orange crayon (no wrapper)
    a blue crayon (no wrapper)
    7 star wars themed playing cards (4, 9 and 3 of spades; 3 and ace of diamonds, 7 of diamonds and a joker)
    one of Mr. Potato Head’s pink ears
    About 3 oz. of corn cob kitty litter (gets everywhere!)
    The letter “n”

    Funny, as I only have 1 child. lol.

  1091. Julie S. says:

    Hair and more hair, but I’m not quite to the toddler years yet!

  1092. Chloe says:

    Lately, nothing. This is because almost everyday my two boys take the cushions off and build “super cool awesome forts” out of them and in doing so manage to dump all the crumbs onto the floor. Or possibly eat some of them lol

  1093. Jennifer says:

    Pieces of dog food, a baby sock, crumbs of who knows what, blocks & my daughters hairbrush.

  1094. marleybeans says:

    lots and lots of crumbs 🙁

  1095. Jen Sawyer says:

    Let’s see, some goldfish crumbs, 3 red BINGO chips, a card from our Dora Memory game, a Polly Pocket purse, a few Cheerios, a magic wand, and an unsettling amount of random unidentifiable crumbs.

  1096. Jody P. says:

    A bunch of Cheerios, a puzzle piece, a Lego man, and a bouncy ball.:)

  1097. Megan says:

    In laws……shhhhh nobody has to know!

  1098. Jackie says:

    Since I have covers on my couches we don’t collect interesting things in the cushions. But, my daughter used to the take the baby spoons with the soft coating on them and put them all under the cushion of the rocker/glider. I figured it was fun for her and forgot they were there until my hubs sat down in the chair and felt something weird. 🙂

  1099. Correen says:

    Crumbs, a pen, chocolate chip,& paper scraps. The sad thing is the kids aren’t allowed to eat in the living room so I can’t even blame it on them!

  1100. Amy says:

    Let’s see….train tracks, a gazillion crumbs…four cars, 3 puzzle pieces (from different puzzles of course!) and an unused nappy, lol.
    and that was only one section of lounge….lol.

  1101. Kelsey says:

    My kid is only 7 months old, so my couch is still blessedly empty. I know it’s only a matter of time, though…

  1102. Rachel says:

    We don’t have a couch, just my crappy futon from college. Under it is crumbs, dog hair, a sticker page and some stuff we are storing.

  1103. Shenanana says:

    I vacuumed recently! So just some crumbs and a notepad my daughter destroyed (anything left ON the couch ends up under the cushions…)

  1104. Juliana Doxey says:

    I’m way too nervous to even look…..

  1105. Sara R. says:

    Hey! The remote!!!

  1106. Lynn says:

    Lots of assorted cereal, two different socks, broken veggie bacon, and lots of crumbs.

  1107. April J says:

    Thomas the train
    Paci
    Popcorn

  1108. Minh-An says:

    dog hair, many hair bands, and a marble

  1109. Colleen says:

    A kid! My girls like to turn the couch cushions into a fort, so there is currently a child under the cushion. Also, some dog fur, matchbox cars, four socks, and a green crayon.

  1110. Pat says:

    newspaper bag, 3 sandwich baggies, 2 magazines, flashlight, muffin wrapper, 10 candy wrappers, trash bag, mesh laundry bag, Christmas ornament, sticker, 3 prize tickets, picture of nephew, 19 Legos, 1 Lego guy, 2 Nerf darts, green crayon, post-it note, library receipt, Lucky Charms, and pet hair (we’re assuming it’s pet hair)

  1111. Natalie says:

    There are like a billion replies! All for the love of one soon to be spectular book!

    Read along as I find stuff:

    Pencil,
    Another pencil!
    Lego man torso. No head, no legs…
    A straight pretzel,
    A pen,
    Granola bar wrapper,
    Kindersurprise insert,
    A playing card,
    A sticker sheet,
    A disc for “Cars Bingo”
    And a remarkably intact cracker!

    No money…rats!

  1112. Samantha Herrmann says:

    Let me first say that I love your Crappy Pictures. They are always so honest, and usually very close to what I’m experiencing here!

    Well, my couch…..scary is what it is, with 4 kids and 2 dogs. I found 3 pencils (erasers eaten off of them), assorted cereal, batteries, wii remote, half eaten dog bone, half eaten pop tart, legos, and dominoes. There is also something else there but I can not identify it…..

    Congrats on your book!

  1113. Bethany says:

    Our couch cushions don’t lift up – so nothing! I don’t want to talk about what’s underneath my couch though…

  1114. Melanie Austin says:

    Smart enough to buy couch with fixed cushions.

  1115. Jen says:

    Wow that took forever just to scroll down to comment! Everyone wants a piece of you! This might be worth more on eBay than u first thought! (Not that I’d sell mine).
    Anyways. I wasn’t the one to clean under the couch, my husband, 3 kids and I live with my parents. And surprise surprise my kids took over the living room. But last weekend my family was gone, leaving my mom with a quiet house. So ofcourse she decided to clean the living room. I left it tidy, but the floors needed done. And apparently the couch needed some clean out… When I got back there was a pile of toys for me to take downstairs. All from under various furniture pieces. Our couch is leather so the cushions don’t come up. But lots goes underneath. Included in the pile was 2 Lego pieces, 1 nurf bullet, 2 action figures, 5 socks, 1 bakugan, and a macoroni knecklace. Plus she kinda mentioned a whole lot of popcorn and crumbs….

  1116. Allison A. Hutira says:

    I have dog cookie crumbs, some dry dog food, dog hair, rabbit hair, and human hair. I guess everything in the house is shedding at the moment. 🙂

  1117. Christine says:

    I was actually kindof excited to look! Maybe there would be money, or some candy! But, no, only a few crumbs. Must get out the vacuum. Later. Maybe.

  1118. Rachel S says:

    Dog hair in vast amounts from a deceased dog( tan pug hair is freakishly hard to get rid of), lots of crumbs and a toy train. Not too bad I just vacuumed it a week ago.

  1119. Beth says:

    Pretzel crumbs, a small Thomas engine, dog rope, three pennies

  1120. Rachel Owen says:

    The cusions on my couch don’t lift up, it’s leather on purpose as we knew kids are messy 🙂 But there is a sandpit’s worth of sand stuck in all the crevices as the boy likes to drag his trucks from the sandpit and drive them on the couch…he’s helpful like that 🙂

  1121. Mary says:

    I don’t have kids, but I have a crazy cat. Crazy cat left me 8 assorted pens, 3 Christmas ornaments, 1 lip balm, and 1 crumpled paper ball under my couch. (and a partridge in a pear tree)

  1122. Nicole says:

    -4 marbles
    -1 nickel
    -1 napkin
    -2 crushed goldfish crackers
    -1/2 a mickey mouse sticker
    -the back of an old remote control

    Ugh. Nothing exciting.

  1123. rachaek says:

    2 party poppers
    1 blanket
    millions of crumbs
    2 crayons
    1 puzzle piece
    1 shoe from a doll

  1124. Skye says:

    the TV remote!! so that’s where it went!! Victory Is Mine!! 😀

  1125. Sarah J says:

    A single sock belonging to my 11 year old son. I’m actually surprised there weren’t an endless supply of socks as he tends to take them off his feet and stuff them in the corner between the cushion and frame for safe keeping until I remove them. Maybe all of my preaching is now finally paying off! My other child is only an infant, so I’m sure I have more interesting couch cushion treasures in my future. 🙂

  1126. groovyfirechick says:

    We have a futon as our couch. Because we have a ferret. His name is Teddy and he liked to hide things IN the couch. So we got rid of our couch and got the futon. Now he just hides things UNDER the couch. A sock, his ball on a stick, his stuffed pig and stuffed seal are under there right now. Oh yeah, and a plastic grocery bag….because he likes to play in it. I’m glad I don’t have kids yet…one ferret and one fiance is plenty to deal with! 🙂

  1127. ABW says:

    Doc McStuffins stethoscope, a bouncy ball, 5 goldfish, 11 cheerios, dust of course, A Flynn Ryder doll, and a tennis ball.

  1128. Emily says:

    My current couch has an attached cushion so nothing underneath. However, my greatest under couch find has been a perfectly dried and preserved lizard body! My cat is a killer but not an eater. The anolis lizard was a good 5-6 inches across. My students loved it!

  1129. Jenna says:

    A toy car, a rock, a toy knife, a bubble wand, a toy barbeque fork, a real spoon, and quite a bit of dog hair.

  1130. Jamie McMillan says:

    The couch we bought hasn’t arrived yet, but last week I found some spare change, a toddler sock, a picture book, a tee shirt, a pair of yoga pants, a few receipts and a red pen in my bed (and crumbs)

  1131. Rachel says:

    Found a missing infant sock! Been wondering where that was…
    Also some assorted crumbs (I don’t even want to guess what they used to be).

  1132. Yessenia says:

    Sand, lint, assorted bobby pins, and baby socks! Not too bad!

  1133. melissa ann says:

    Well, this is seriously embarrassing since our son is only 9 months old and not yet crawling so we really can’t blame any of this mess on him. 🙁 Under our cushions I found: one ballpoint pen, a quarter, three pieces of popcorn, an assortment of unidentifiable crumbs, and a ponytail holder.

  1134. Emerald says:

    A pair of headphones, a sock, a kinder surprise toy, a deflated balloon, a handful of dry Mr. Noodles and a broken pink crayon. All courtesy of my two kids, aged 3 and 10.

  1135. Ashley says:

    Fortunatly for me my couch coushins dont lift up…the negative of this is that everything that would normally be found under them gets placed between the coushins and along the back. Right now theres crayons, goldfish, cherrios, 3 little containers of playdough, 2 polly pocket dolls and some dog hair… I have to clean out my couch in the morning. Thanks.

  1136. Amy Lynn says:

    Nothing! My little guy isn’t mobile enough to invade our couch yet!

  1137. Daniella says:

    Not today, but yesterday I was looking for our DVD player and found it behind a couch cushion. That’s where we hide things from our toddler.

  1138. Beth F says:

    Cheerios, raisins, and a play fork

  1139. Cdnkaro says:

    Oh good god, please help me! A sippy cup from 3 weeks ago…filled with chocolate milk!

  1140. Sarah says:

    Crumbs, a long black straight hair (my husband has some explaining to do, I have curly brown hair); a piece of newspaper, an Apple TV remote (in my defense, they are really thin), a pacifier and a package of congealed crab stick we got as a freebie from the local convenience store at Christmas (we live in Korea).

  1141. Dianna says:

    Dirty crumbs…and potholder loops…and more crumby stuff…ick!

  1142. Nicole Grace says:

    Sand, lots of sand. Which is weird because we have two feet of snow. Also, two ink pens, a ponytail, and three different dog toys. Which probably explains the sand.

  1143. Jenn Stark says:

    Oh my gosh. Amber, I think you’re the only person that could ever motivate me to look under my couch cushions AND publicly share what I found there. I’ve got 2 ripple chips, a novelty button, and… oh so THAT is where the silly putty went that Santa put in the stockings…
    On a side note, does anybody have tips on how to take the residual red putty stain off the bottom of the cushion?? Thanks.

  1144. Carlene says:

    I have a plastic ruler, a pencil, two tissues, various crumbs and a Target catalogue. 🙂

  1145. Thornacious says:

    A cereal-bowl’s worth of semi-crushed Cheezits, a handful of Cheerios, three uncapped markers, eight Legos, my good pen, a pair of scissors, two remote controls, several empty packages of Monsters, Inc fruit snacks, and two DVDs.

  1146. Laura Seiler says:

    Wow, miraculous, hardly anything…and I was scared to run my fingers under those cushions (they don’t pull off)…usually I just let my hand vacuum assume the risk, then when emptying the filter I scan and try to rescue any items of value (earrings, dimes,etc) before (or sometimes after) they go into the toilet.

  1147. Joanna says:

    Oooh we just cleaned ours out last week looking for my flash drive. We have a big U shaped couch and an 18 month old little boy. We found several pop bottle rings (former cat toys) A good handful of cheerios and puffs, a spoon, a bandana, a small board book, a pack of flashcards, a hotwheels car. Actually that wasn’t that bad. It was under the couch that was really scary…

  1148. Leesa says:

    Dog hair, dog toys, stuffing from dog toys. Random crumbs from whatever my husband has eaten while sitting on the couch that now has, you guessed it, dog hair stuck to it!

  1149. Kelly says:

    The DVD remote (yay!), cereal, fruit snacks, pet hair, a sippy cup top, hot tamales, barbie clothes, lollipop wrappers, dog chewy remnants, BBQ chips, various coins…
    I hope you’re worth it, cuz I’ve been avoiding doing this for a LONG time…;)
    Well, even if youre not, at least I got our DVD player remote back 🙂

  1150. Morgan says:

    I found a Cat in the Hat book, a peanut, a spider man mask, a binky, a prefold for diapers and a “Saint Cupcake Love You” pin.

  1151. mindy m says:

    Luigi from Cars, a sock, crumbs, various types of cereal, a paper of a toy that came in a McDonald’s happy meal, a toy hammer and screwdriver, a cracker wrapper & a flip flop.

  1152. Mary Cleveland says:

    Food, random toys, a weird scrappy thing that is part of the couch or part of a sex game from the previous owners, hair from my brush (kids pull it out), tissues, etc.

  1153. Tara M says:

    The cleaning fairy must have came because all I found was a cheerio and a few crumbs.

  1154. Candi DeGroff says:

    We have some crushed-up cereal and granola bars, potato chips, and cookies, two tiny Hershey bars–in their wrappers–(score!), a few silly bands, a sippy cup with month-old juice (maybe longer), a Mickey Mouse figurine, and some old batteries form the Wii controllers! Yikes!

  1155. Jessica R says:

    Sticker sheet, crayons, French fry, puzzle piece, and other assorted crumbs lol

  1156. Nicole says:

    Crushed goldfish, fruit snack wrappers, baby doll diapers, DVD remote, batting(ripped cushion) and my husband iPhone.

  1157. Melsie says:

    The half digested breastmilk my no.2 just threw out!

  1158. Jess says:

    Lots and lots of dog hair… and I have found someone’s booger collection. yuck.

  1159. Julie says:

    Well, our couch cushions don’t lift up. But between the top and bottom cushions I found a sock and a usb drive.

  1160. Anna says:

    In mine there are some cheerios, various crumbs, and old dried up yogurt stains. Yum!

  1161. Allison says:

    Glitter, tiny beads, a gum wrapper, and lots of lint.

  1162. Marion says:

    Ours cushions are stitched together but underneath the couch is another story!! We have a lot of fluff (tiled floors), 5 lego pieces, an arm to a Power Ranger Samurai, the Blue Wiggle and a dummy.

  1163. Heather A says:

    Lots of crumbs, which is weird because no one eats anything in that room.

  1164. Amanda says:

    Nope, no money … but I did find a bunch of cereal, an innotab game, enough legos to build a mini death star (albeit an assorted color one), a laser pointer / flash light thing (that could possibly be a death ray for my death star?), some undies (possibly from laundry day, but they went straight to the hamper, lol!), and a lot of dust bunnies (hey, they could pilot the death star!). 🙂 Totally can’t wait to grab a copy of the book!

  1165. Michelle says:

    I just cleaned mine this weekend! I found some pretzels, pencils, a highlighter, hair bands, a lot of crumbs, Lego’s, and a permission slip my son was supposed to turn in quite a while ago.

  1166. Tracy says:

    Cheerios, Cheerios, Cheerios! The missing remote. Looking forward to yhe book!

  1167. Sarah Carroll says:

    Nothing under the cushions, but I just moved – LAST WEEK, so I know I took a shop vac to it before the movers came. 🙂

  1168. Erin says:

    A truck. Too many puffs to count. A hair tie. A fruit snack.

  1169. Heather says:

    More crumbs than I care to admit – clearly I need to vacuum…

  1170. Laurie says:

    just popcorn. Hubby must have vacuumed this week. God knows I don’t.

  1171. Kurt Killberg says:

    Crumbs, cat claws, cat fur, pretzel, peanuts, Wii game instructions and a Lorax mustache.

  1172. Wendy says:

    Our cushions don’t lift – they are sewed down!

  1173. Sara says:

    I always find at least one pen, bobby pins and often something I’ve temporarily hidden from the toddler, like my camera.

  1174. Nikki H says:

    Two rawhide chews and a grape tomato that the dog hid there, and 2 pens and 1 pencil that I lost when I used to grade papers last school year.

  1175. Elizabeth says:

    We have a futon so nothing between the mattress and bars, but under that we have storage boxes full of toys. Behind the futon we have only dust and a bit of tissue (normally we have assorted bits of toys back there too but not today).

  1176. Marie says:

    Lots and lots of cheerio crumbs. And a couple puzzle pieces.

  1177. Melly says:

    The T.V remote! Even if I don’t win this comp, it’s worth it because I ound the frikkin TV remote!!

    oh and a whole lot of crumbs.

  1178. Carrie says:

    Currently, there’s nothing under my couch cushions. But that’s only because we moved to a new house last month and I vacuumed them. Also, I initiated a ‘no eating anywhere but the kitchen’ rule that is, so far, working. Yay me!

  1179. Krys says:

    Oh gross! I’m wishing I hadn’t of looked! Now I know where hubby puts his nail clippings. Blah!

  1180. Brittany Drape says:

    Under my couch I found a Dorito, some tortilla chips, an assortment of cereal, a Polly pocket, a McDonald’s toy, hair, some Legos, a penny, a pen, and a sock.

  1181. Fernanda says:

    My couch doesn’t have cushions. I mean, it does. But I can’t lift them because they are sewed to the wooden thingy. But on top of them there is some spilt orange juice, a few chewed doll parts (that was the dog, not my son) and a few chewed cookies (that, I’m afraid, was both of them. sharing is caring.)

  1182. Marie-Claude says:

    My cushions don’t lift but what I found under the sofa is some megablocks, 2 socks not of the same pair! and a playmobil little person.

  1183. Heather says:

    I found the remote for the DVD player, popcorn from our 12 year old, two of our nine month old’s pacifiers, dog hair and a sock. Vacuuming under the sofa cushions is one of my 12 year old’s monthly chores. 🙂

  1184. Ashley Duncan says:

    Under my couch cushions? Not sure, probably crumbs, pet hair, sticky candy that will take forever to get off etc. On top of my couch cushions? For the past 5 months? My. Mother. In. Law. >:|

  1185. ann says:

    My couch seriously eats things. I actually have to dig stuff out. Today I found: a flip flop, brush, sissors, cereal, 3 shirts, a sock, dog treat, chewed up dog collar, baby bottle, the entire sheet I used to cover the cushions, the lube, a pizza crust, and dirt. This was in the couch not under it, honest to god!

  1186. Michelle says:

    Ours too, Wendy!!! No cushions to lift, but plenty of baby toys and a couple socks (both infant and adult) with tons of dust bunnies under the couch itself…

  1187. Carly says:

    Just some sand, very boring 🙂

  1188. Holly says:

    Our living room sofa has attached cushions but if I peek in the cracks I can see Cheerios, matchbox cars, and socks. The playroom sofa cushions are never on the sofa – you (if you are a 2 and 4 year old boy) can jump much higher on the springs!

  1189. Brianne Birman says:

    Goldfish cracker crumbs, what I hope are raisins ;), a hot wheel and a marble

  1190. Julie says:

    crumbs, lots of crumbs.

  1191. Michelle says:

    A pen, a pencil and piece from a game, fluff, nuts, and a tear in the fabric on the base of the lounge :/

  1192. Caley says:

    Lots of crumbs and dog hair… yuck!

  1193. Danielle Russell says:

    Because my kids make a game out of throwing toys between the cushions and making mommy retrieve them because I am a sucker and all, all the stuff I find is under my husbands seat (as in Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory). Tons of food-all from the same day-various electronic gee-jaws, remotes, reading glasses, etc 🙂

  1194. Karen says:

    Just crumbs and a little dog hair. Boring…

  1195. Lizz says:

    Last we checked and cleaned it out was about two weeks ago. We found a coaster, change – from when my sons piggy bank tipped over and beer caps that my son collects but had dropped behind the couch. Not too bad! The couch is only a year old, maybe that explains it!

  1196. Samantha says:

    I found a pen, a sock, gum (yuck), chocolate chips, crackers and a penny for good luck 🙂

  1197. Marianna says:

    Nothing under the cushions, but i’m 100% sure that if i lift the whole sofa i will finally find all the missing puzzle pieces, crayons, marbles, balls, markers caps that we have lost in the last three years. Lucky for me the sofa is far too heavy to be lifted 😉

  1198. Jane says:

    Crumbs, bits of cracker, assorted hair accessories, a book, a toothbrush… so that’s where it went!

  1199. Bobbi says:

    I have a 10 month old girl so it’s a bit early for gross things however, I remember life with my younger brother growing up. I once found a chicken bone in the couch cushions and a full slice of pizza (plate and all) behind the entertainment center.

  1200. Katie says:

    A couple handfuls of cheerios, 3 toddler socks, the tv remote, 2 crayons, loooots of crumbs…

  1201. Jennifer W says:

    Cherrios, Crispex, thomas the train toys, popcorn and various other dirt. Yuck! Why did I look?

  1202. Bridgit says:

    Husband just vacuumed last week – – so we are empty and clean! But there were a ton of crumbs, which is odd since we don’t allow food in the family room…

  1203. Monica Brown says:

    One piece of hippy cereal! And a star wars dude.

  1204. Alicia Jay says:

    Who wouldn’t want your BLAD?! Weird sentence, huh? Under the cushions I found cereal crumbs (a variety), a Matchbox car, the stylus to my son’s LeapPad game thingie that’s been missing for a while and a wadded up papertowel.

  1205. Crumbs, cat fur, and the missing remote!

  1206. Laura says:

    Crumbs- that may be from the last house
    Hot wheels
    Legos, legos, legos
    Cat fur.

  1207. Debbie says:

    I have attached couch cushions because it reclines. However, I did stick my hand down the side and pulled up a thin plastic sleeve to one of my son’s remote control cars to make the antenna straight. Oh, and plenty of hair.

  1208. Laura says:

    I guess this is one time I’m glad my husband bought a cheap couch with attached cushions. I actually hate not being able to remove them to wash them, but nothing gross is under there!

  1209. Jill says:

    A red m&m, a red bread bag tie, and a lot of dirt.

  1210. Renee says:

    A mini hot glue stick. Pre-melted, thank goodness.

  1211. Megan says:

    Oh jeez, right now we have 2 couches because we just got a new one. So one is a designated toddler couch and right now cornbread crumbs, pretzels, pencil, shark book, rock hard dried oatmeal and a spoon is what can be found inhabiting it right now. Mind you we only got our new couch a few days ago so that has what accumulated in that time lol

  1212. Shelley Katz says:

    There seem to be so many socks, matchbox cars, legos and crumbs.

    1 hair clip
    1CD
    a key
    1 polly pocket
    broken watch

  1213. Jane Steinback says:

    Under our cushions we found my 16 yr old daughters retainers for her braces. Yay that was $700 saved. Always various crumbs and empty snack food packets. Hair ties, coins and lots of dog hair.

  1214. Bridgette S. says:

    Dog bone, toys and some spoons. Not too bad 😉

  1215. Sarah G says:

    One weird stringy thing in knots and crumbs from Cheerios and cheese crackers. This couch doesn’t have separate cushions so its not as bad… I think we lost our baby in that couch for a week.

  1216. Nicole R. says:

    We got nothing under our cushions…they are sewn to the couch. But between them there are lots of dog hairs, a CD, cheerios and some nasty gunk.

  1217. Alex Koncewicz says:

    Crumbs, so many crumbs, a toy car, a paci, a few nuts, and a pen.

  1218. Amy says:

    Lots and lots of cat hair and….the remote! That’s where it has been hiding. Yeah!!

  1219. Tracy says:

    An easter egg (we HAD an Easter egg tree, until the cats decided they wanted the eggs for play), popcorn, 2 quarters, chips and a juice bag straw.

  1220. Marie Bishop says:

    We have an Ikea Futon as a couch (guest bed) since the second bedroom is used for storage instead of for guest or even for our children to sleep in. (The master bedroom has several beds in it.)

    Under the futon/on the floor is:

    Dried playdoh
    Chips
    My laptop
    Mailer tubes with video game posters my husband refuses to part with
    Several toy cars
    dirty socks from various family members
    A toy hammer (that I am happy is “lost”)
    boogers

  1221. Aleah says:

    DOG HAIR. It’s everywhere…

  1222. Somer says:

    Zip, nada, nothing, zilch, zero, naught, empty.
    I have four kids and an OCD…..husband.

  1223. Christine says:

    More than I expected in there: of course dirt and crumbs, two goldfish crackers, part of a saltine, a smashed raisinet, a still round raisinet, a quarter, laminated name card, and Parenting magazine September 2012.

  1224. Mel says:

    Pet fur. A raisen. A missing sock (score). Candy wrapper. A staple (yikes). And my phone (Yee Ha)! Thanks for making me look. 🙂

  1225. Jenny Ramsey says:

    With a large section, six kids, a dog, a cat and a husband…I’m too afraid to look. Plus it might make me want to clean it and we can’t have that sort of thing now can we?

  1226. KimCS says:

    Cheerios, Apple TV remote, a pen, purple binky and random garbage. What I didn’t find was two missing small cat figurines and a wooden “toast” that my daughter has misplaced.

  1227. Julie says:

    crumbs and markers

  1228. Erin says:

    We have a leather couch without cushions too, but oh what falls through the couch and onto the floor! gross dust of disintegrated cheerios & chex, a ring toy, and a remote.

  1229. Rebecca Hoop says:

    Dust bunnies, 2 beads, 1 jump ring, and an old grocery list.

  1230. Melissa Reish says:

    2 hair ties and several crumbs of dried food of all sorts. Actually not that bad… I was afraid it would be worse.

  1231. Louisa says:

    Down Under my couch is lots of dog hair, crums, toy screwdriver, toy helicopter, bouncy ball, pencil and of course the TV remote. My couch os over 12 years old and falling to pieces. We just went couch browsing on the weekend, now I definitely want leather and the kind with the cushions stitched together 🙂

  1232. Erin Wood says:

    He-he.. love this! I found crumbs, legos, a binky (pacifier), and a yet-to-be-opened Star Wars figure! It will be like Christmas all over again! Must have been lost in the chaos of the holidays!

  1233. Stephanie says:

    Every Cars car we own, save three.

  1234. Justine says:

    something sticky that I care not to investigate, half-broken crayons, cheerios, a nickel, and a TON of hair clips. That’s where they were! Phew.

  1235. Christie Sansom says:

    Curently nothing, my husband just cleaned it today and I think he told me what he found and I was too busy watching the DVR’d Luke Bryan on Ellen…

  1236. Heather Pyle says:

    AFTER Kids: Rocks, grass, two Lego Pieces, Lego Gun, Baseball, Cereal, cracker crumbs, string.

  1237. Usually, one of my Darling Son’s two back scratchers, which serve as lasers, swords, lances, and rifles in his vivid imagination. Also, a lot of dog hair, as Her Puppiness is shedding early this year (it’s been mild in Seattle). My purse is more interesting. I once wrote a check with a green crayon because that was the only writing implement I could find.

  1238. Nicole says:

    Finally found the baby nail clipper I had lost and a keyboard letter that had mysteriously disappeared. Treasures are hiding under these cushions!

  1239. PeJu's Mum says:

    Enough dog hair to create a second full size black Labrador, a few cough lolly wrappers and an USB cable I didn’t know I’d lost. Having seen how filthy it gets under my/the dog’s couch cushions, I was forced to vacuum under there, thanks Crappy Mum! 🙁

  1240. Karin S says:

    Highly undefinable crumbs, hair (human & dog. gag.), several Hot Wheels and socks. Lots of socks.

    No cash.

    Figures.

  1241. jenna says:

    Nothing, cough cushions are not removable. I am so prepared for kids. Ha

  1242. Tracy DiStefano says:

    Along with coming up with my nails full of crumbs…how gross…a Ken doll leg. Poor Ken.

  1243. Laura says:

    The hulls of sunflowers that the birds outside ate (gathered by the 3yr old), old staple, soft elastic hair thingie, random crumbs, dried play dough crumbs, popcorn, something glittery red and a used tissue–that is just the list of things under the cushions–under the couch itself is another whole drama!

  1244. Susan says:

    A receipt, a chocolate wrapper, and crumbs…lots of crumbs. There could be more lurking under the other cushion, but it’s piled high with cloth diapers I’m in the process of stuffing.

  1245. Katy Chase says:

    Hmmm….I think what I found used to be a rolo

  1246. Amanda says:

    A dread bead, a baby book, a roll a round ball, some cat hair, a cap off a fruit pouch, a stacking cup and a half eaton girl scout cookie. Lol this is under the couch, as ours is a recliner couch and doesnt have actual cushions.

  1247. Julie C. says:

    65 cents, a Barbie shoe, a sock (found it!), 12 cherios, and chip crumbs. I must talk to the husband again about eating in the den.

  1248. April says:

    I just got a bitchin’ new red couch an if anyone so much as IMAGINES themselves sitting on it they will be hanged without trial. So there’s nothing in the cushions yet.

    But I will share what was in my last couch:

    A dead mouse.

    Hence the impetus for a new couch. 😉

  1249. Stefanie says:

    Cheerios, matchbox car, popcorn, popcorn kernels, used Kleenex, granola bar wrapper, banana peel, and dehydrated clementine. Hmm, hmm, hmm! Tasty! Thanks for the prompting.

  1250. Jessica says:

    Let’s see… a t-shirt, a baby jacket, 3 toy cars, several marbles, a crayon, a fork, a sock, a straw, and enough cheerios and crumbs to feed a small African village. *hangs head in shame*

  1251. Dawn says:

    I found dog hair (so much that I’m surprised there’s any left on the dog), pretzel sticks, popcorn (popped and kernels), one of the cordless phones and a sock. Worst part…we don’t have kids so I’m blaming the hubby.

  1252. Shannon Alvarez says:

    I’m feeling proud of myself because a cat just snuck in our house (that’s another story!) and I’m allergic so I had to remove all couch slipcovers and wash them all. So under my couch cushions is completely empty! On any other given day, you might find opened markers, dirty socks, tons of crumbs and even half eaten PB&J’s! So for now, I’ll take my clean couch!

  1253. Maggie Mayle says:

    I also have one of those nifty sofas with they cushions stitched together so nothing can get under them. I do collect a fair amount of crumbs and pieces of cereal in the little cracks though. Under my sofa is a different story, there’s 4 cars, a rattle, Cheerios, hair ties, a cat toy, a book, 3 balls and a bunch of dust bunnies.

  1254. Laura says:

    These posts remind me of an I Spy book. I can’t believe how many people you got to look under their cushions! When you start passing out the kool-aid I may start laughing!

  1255. Christine says:

    Tons of crumbs and several string cheese wrappers 🙂

  1256. Susan says:

    Ummm, yeah. I am kind of glad I do not have to take a picture because I don’t know what it is, that is in the couch. BUT, what I do know is now i need to find the carpet cleaner and hope it comes out. AND now I have to figure out which one put THAT in there.

    I thought I was such a smarty pants when I bought this couch. It has a stain gaurd service!! HA! Like I have time to take the cushions off that couch and send them out to get clean! Silly prechildren thoughts….

  1257. Joanna says:

    Er. Gross. I’m vacuuming under there tomorrow. I found an ungodly amount of crumbs, an empty ziploc bag, a G.I. Joe, a marker, a pencil, a Matchbox car, a mitten, a foam block and a clothing tag. I think my couch secretly wants to be an I Spy book.

  1258. kate l says:

    1 billion multi-colored crumbs, a small pile of tiny bits of paper and 1/2 a dog treat (which was fought over and eventually given to the dog)

  1259. Maggie says:

    A pen, crayons, crumbs, cheddar bunnies, my sons missing sock.

  1260. Frances says:

    Red toy car, pair of adult socks, cat hair, crumbs

  1261. sandie brown says:

    about 1/2 of a Ritz cracker, long lost baby sock, and a hotwheels car

  1262. Macie Ingram says:

    In my couch, in my house…no boat, other than crumbs there was a nursing pad. I haven’t used a nursing pad in almost a year. :/

  1263. Kim says:

    Shitload of crumbs, a piece of chex mix, 2 hair elastics and some green bits from our Christmas tree…

  1264. Kristin says:

    A few fruit snacks, iPod nano (yay), rubber bands, penny, fruit by the foot wrapper.

  1265. JulieVK says:

    Just crumbs; the kids are older. But I would still love a sneak preview!

  1266. Emily S. says:

    Hey, we’re missing our red Candyland guy! I’m not gonna look under the cushions. Too scary. 🙂

  1267. Melissa says:

    Clearly someone has dumped both the toaster contents and a pail of sand under my couch cushions. Gross.

  1268. wendyS says:

    Cat hair, cat hair & more cat hair…plus a penny.

  1269. jane says:

    paper, crumbs, a crayon, a hot wheels car, my phone (I stuff it between the cushions for safekeeping).

  1270. Katrina says:

    Kookies cereal, a penny, and a Thomas train. How we didn’t feel that, I couldn’t tell you…

  1271. Lena says:

    Crumbs & dog hair. Sadly, I vacuumed under there 2 days ago and the crumbs & dog hair magically reappeared. Lame.

  1272. Roxanne says:

    4 corn chex, chocolate graham cracker crumbs, dried yellow playdoh (not sure how we got play doh in the living room, muh less in the couch), a broken red crayon (which explains the red streaks on top of the cushion), barbie Cinderella’s glass slipper.
    Good times!

  1273. KaleaJoy says:

    A dinosaur, underwear (interesting?), a few crisps, sunglasses (I was looking for them!!!)

  1274. Laura says:

    Lots and LOTS of crumbs, plus a lone Goldfish and one of my daughter’s hair clips. Looks like I need to vacuum…

  1275. amy says:

    I found a train, a tiara, a sock, scrunched up shirt, a sippy cup with water, and a lot of dust bunnies. I could build a new cat.

  1276. Kara says:

    There were some crumbs and a hair bow 🙂

  1277. The Conner Clan says:

    Unfortunately, under my couch cushions are rather clean because my 3 year old threw up on the couch the other day and i had to take the cushion cover off to wash it. i figured i might as well clean up the crumbs while it was staring me in the face. do i get extra points for the throw up? 😀

  1278. Andy M says:

    Wow… I lifted one of the couch cushions and proceeded to put it back down in both horror and shame. Then I handed my son off to his father and got my vacuum and carpet shampooer to clean the mess in that black hole. What was in there? Two missing pacifiers, TONS of dog hair (ew!), batteries, some change, flashlight, laser pointer (in our house it’s a dog toy), several burp rags (that solves THAT mystery), and Cheerios. The cushions had milk stains, which explains the carpet cleaner. :/

  1279. Samantha says:

    Thankfully, my couch cushions are sewn down, so there is nothing actually under them :). In between where it is sewn, however, is a different story. I think there’s enough crumbs in there to keep the local starling population alive for a year!

  1280. Mary Ann says:

    Sadly, found in the cracks of the pseudo-leather couch are the following: dead human hair & skin cells vs food crumbs and my husbands’ errant toenails. Yup, sad I say.
    What the what…love that expression.
    By the way, am I the only person who feels a seizure coming on due to all the freakin’ scrolling necessary to get to the bottom of fan response in order to post.
    Love You Crappypictures family and good luck to all.

  1281. kristin says:

    Toy cars, garbage and a colored pencil .

  1282. Brooke Brandt says:

    mike n ikes and cat hair

  1283. Celeste says:

    I lifted the cushions while my husband looked on with curiosity. Nothing. Not a crumb, not a car, nothing. Thanks, kid.

  1284. Faith Couvillon says:

    lots of dust, some tiny lego people hats and accessories and a really old raisin. That looked like a turd. Someone turded in the couch cushions.

  1285. Amanda says:

    Yes! I DO have a yurt! And I don’t have a couch. Currently DH, 10-mo daughter, a cat and I are all living in a one-room, 192 sq ft cabin, no room for couches. Hopefully by summer we will be moved into the yurt (450 round sq ft!!), so maybe a small couch then??

  1286. ranedae says:

    We moved and our huge couch wouldn’t fit in our tiny 1920’s rowhouse. We do, however, have an Ikea Poang chair that’s about 20 years old and even though it is velcro’d *very well*, they still manage to hide things in there. I just found several of the pieces from our brand new Battleship, about 40 marbles from the Chinese Checkers game and a half eaten, dried up peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I cleaned it out a week ago.

  1287. April says:

    My almost five year old, upon being asked this question, sighed heavily and said, “broken dreams.” He was bummed about bedtime, though, so he may not be a reliable narrator. In fact, it’s just cat hair.

  1288. Susan says:

    A light saber, cereal, a broken cookie, lots of money, 3 of my hair ties, a plastic fork, an old remote, an AAA battery, and a pez dispenser.

  1289. Sarah says:

    Socks, dog hair, a gift bag from Christmas, and at least 15 ball pit balls.

  1290. Terri says:

    I actually don’t have anything under my couch cushions. I have teenagers who sit in front of their computer when they get home from school and don’t move much. But I still read your blog, cause memories.

  1291. Lauren says:

    Lots of dog hair! We don’t actually use our couch because the living room is easily accessed by my in-law’s dog.

  1292. Holly S says:

    I have a futon, and it’s one of those cheap futons from Wal-Mart where the mattress is attached to the frame, so there’s nothing under the cushion. However, underneath the futon itself, I found raisins, assorted pieces of cereal, a hat that went missing months ago, two pens, an empty kleenix box, and a cloth diaper (which is clean, thank goodness).

  1293. Grace Elton says:

    We also have a leather couch over here with cushions sewed down, so nothing to hide in our cushions! Though I am glad this post wasn’t about what is lurking under the bed… :/

  1294. Michelle says:

    Lifting up the cushions of couch 1 – I found.. 2 catnip mice, one half-eaten dried up strawberry (from when the sugar glider let himself out of his cage and spent the night partying in the living room) six cents (yay!) and exactly one sock. Couch 2 revealed something interesting – a collection of cat toys that have been missing FOREVER. All in one pile. Apparently the glider spent half of his evening shoving them into the couch cushions. I would have loved to have a camera up and running. I bet that was one killer party.

  1295. Kara G. says:

    Disclaimer, we have a huge sectional and 4 kids that are 4, 3, 3 & 17mo, plus I have 2 daycare boys that are 3 & 2!
    I found…
    -socks
    -pants
    -2 spoons
    – a fork
    -3 books
    -a hairbrush and accessories
    -a clean diaper
    -tons of tissue
    -candy wrappers
    -enough cheerios to feed a small army of 2 year old’s
    -random toys, puzzle pieces & magnets
    -and finally the camera cable
    -a wooden sword, knights shield, play cell phone, play jewelry & sea shells in a bag, that I was informed needed to go back because that was buried treasure & the sisters can’t find his treasure!
    I swear, I just cleaned under the cushions a week or 2 ago! How we didn’t feel all this crap is beside me!

  1296. Danielle says:

    Our couch has reclining seats, so no removable cushions. However, between the arm rests and the seats I found popcorn, cat hair, cereal and an old grocery list.

  1297. Laura says:

    lets see –
    enough sand to make my own beach outside, a handful of chocolate cheerios, 5 marbles, a comb, a plastic ice cream cone, 2 rings, 2 beads, a plate from #2’s tea set, crayon wrappers, my son’s dry erase board for kindergarten,and a dehydrated apple peel. That’s just the love seat.

  1298. Dannielle says:

    *shudders from the horror*
    I am not exactly sure what everything was in its original state. There was tons of food scraps, 15 pencils, 4 crayons, 1 pen, 5 hair ties of various styles and a black blob. Everything is now gone and the goo has a Clorox wipe still sitting on it. Hubbs can clean that up tomorrow!

  1299. tricia says:

    Crumbs, toys, dog bones? Do I even want to know?

  1300. Callie says:

    My cushions aren’t removable so in the cracks are crumbs and dog hair and possibly dried vomit from a toddler who had a stomach bug. However, under the couch I found a small doll, an alphabet block and a toy ring along with most of the dogs’ winter coat.

  1301. Robyn says:

    Both my couch and loveseat are recliners. There is no “cushion” that you can get under. There are cracks between the armrest and the seat and between the seats. I honestly couldn’t tell you what all is in there, but it sure made a lot of noise when I took the crevice tool in there last week.

  1302. Clara says:

    Fisher-Price Little People baby, ball, Fisher-Price stacking rings, wooden block, no money 🙁

  1303. Kirsten says:

    Crumbs, dust, hair, a dog-chewed plastic fork, a tea towel and 5cents.

  1304. Elizabeth says:

    crumbs, cat hair, a twist tie, a rose petal and lots of glitter

  1305. Juls says:

    A couch? Who has couches anymore? Thats so 2012.
    But seriously…A board – this is my poor attempt at fixing the sag. Gobs of dog fur, pieces of pretzels, a dried out baby wipe, the lost remote!!! (thanks Amber!) and not one goddam penny.

  1306. Diana says:

    I found a sock! I always seem to lose socks… I guess it’s good to know that my couch eats them. I will make the couch pay for my next set. I’m sure that’ll work.

  1307. Kerstyn says:

    Recently vacuumed, so only a few bits of corn tortilla chips, costume jewelry, and a pink colored pencil.

  1308. Lyn says:

    Well…I found a lego, barbie doll clothes, checkers, a quarter, and popcorn….fun.

  1309. Becky says:

    – 1 size 4 diaper (that neither of my kids wear)
    – 1 dried up pen
    – 2 broken crayons
    – a crumpled up napkin
    and a kid sock.

    Very exciting stuff. No money, bummer. I can’t wait for the book!

  1310. Adele says:

    I’m offering a home to all the lost Lego and Duplo pieces. Lego is SUPER expensive in South Africa.
    I’m too scared to stick my hand under my couch cushions – it’s been know to bite.

    • Kara G. says:

      I don’t know how much they are there, but they’re pretty pricey here too 🙁 It blows my mind that something small can cost so much! And of course you have to get the special edition sets, not just a bucket-o-legos!

  1311. Dianna says:

    I found…..CAT HAIR! lol K is still too young to really mess up my couches…..FOR NOW 🙂

  1312. Ben says:

    crumbs….lots of it

  1313. Aussie Mama says:

    A fairy princess wand (which spends more time bopping people than granting actual wishes), the remote control, and dust

  1314. christie says:

    So my couch is 1 week old and has been sat on a total of about 5 times, so it is clean underneath.

    However, the best thing I found under my couch back when I lived with roommates in one sitting was; $2.45 in change (in Canada we have a 2 dollar coin), a small blue plastic childrens bat with the end cut off, so that it could be filled with beer. random food crumbs, enough to make a great stock if I had kept them, two beer caps, and the kicker : 2/3rds of a mashed cheeseburger…….no idea how long it was there or why. No one ever fessed up to hiding it there.

    Can’t wait till I get to find new strange and unexplainable collections when I have my own kids.

  1315. Laurie says:

    Our cushions don’t come off, but there is still that void under the arm if the couch equivalent to a big black hole where things go to never be seen again. I started to put my hand down there to see what could be retrieved but then I remembered that we got our couch used from my inlaws who used it in their daycare playroom and the horrible thoughts of what could be congealing down there made me restrain myself.

  1316. Nuttara says:

    Our couch has no liftable part so nothing but fine dust in it. Most of the things on top belong to my DD anyway 🙂

  1317. Carolyn says:

    Our couch cushions are sewn down, so I can’t look under them, but in the creases there are lots and lots of misc. crumbs (and something that looks kind of like a raisin but is totally cemented to the fabric, so who KNOWS what it actually is!)

  1318. Larissa says:

    Crappers! I just found the stereo remote.

  1319. Brenda says:

    hairbands, toddler hair clips, four nickels, doll shoe, baby spoon and the equivalent to nearly half a box of cheerios.

  1320. Kara says:

    a heart bracelet and a few pieces of raw spaghetti, cuz the kids like to eat it raw.

  1321. Laura says:

    A partial piece of petrified cheese stick (actually took me a couple of minutes to figure out what it was), 3 goldfish crackers, a Mrs/ Potato Head earring, a dryer sheet, and two pennies. I left the pennies, in case anyone ever asks me for my two cents worth, I’ll know where to find it.

  1322. Brittany says:

    I have to hand it to you, Crappy Mama, you just got over a thousand women to go look under their couch cushions. What else would we do for you? The sky’s the limit! My couch treasures: $10,000 for building a better mousetrap (card from the game of LIFE), an electrical outlet cover, a plastic baby spoon, pens, a Subway napkin, and the number one. (A plastic 1 from my daughter’s shapes toy) …Best part is, these treasures are going to stay there because I’m going to bed! Well, except for the 1… we’ve been looking for that since it’s essential for teaching her to count.

  1323. Carol says:

    I discovered…nothing, because the cushions are attached to the couch since parts of it recline. However, my daughter has yet to eat the ethernet cord that runs underneath it, so that is good!

  1324. Lisa Roberts says:

    Solid moldy chocolate milk, spoons, playing cards and poker chips, lol

  1325. Andrea says:

    We don’t have a couch. My family just moved from Washington state down to Oregon. Our living room consists of a pile of boxes overflowing with toys and a Step2 slide. Looking forward to getting a couch again!

  1326. Mandy says:

    Just dog hair!

  1327. HJK says:

    hmmm… entirely clean under the cushions (my husband must have cleaned it out recently… he’s a bit narotic like that). I did find one dog biscuit under the couch. The pooch was very pleased with my finding/his treasure.

  1328. Mercy says:

    I was cackling through all the comments of the weird stuff found, and then saw the list was so long I’d be here all day.
    I found:
    a pen
    small wooden block
    wooden car
    2 wooden puzzle pieces
    hair clip that I thought went missing in another city
    LOADS of crumbs
    but no money. Hubby only keeps it in his wallet. I go there for cash. 🙂

    Tip: if your remote is missing, always check the couch first.

  1329. Leah says:

    Couch cushions are attached but under the couch itself is another story!!! Raisins (youngest will consume these non-stop if allowed), toy car, multiple pieces of lego (that stuff goes everywhere), 2 crayons, 1 marble and 2 empty museli bar wrappers. And then I felt guilty so made hubby vacuum 🙂

  1330. Holly says:

    Many pens, guitar pick, baby socks, a pacifier, tissues, a tweezer, crochet hook, yogurt melts, goldfish crackers, dvd remote, some pennies, cat hair, and a cat toy mouse. Our couch is apparently a storage locker!

  1331. Elaine says:

    I’m too scared to look. I’m guessing it’s gross.

  1332. April says:

    We have a large sectional and two boys. I found LOTS of things.

    pretzels, goldfish, a couple socks (none of them match), a few cars, a roll of toilet paper? I don’t know how that got there. A whole zip lock bag of chex mix that my oldest swore the dog ate. A few cars. Some pennies. candy wrappers. and I found out that my kids have a whole stash of dum dum sucker sticks in there. Instead of throwing them away, i guess hiding them in the couch is easier.

  1333. K says:

    An m&m or two, several random crumbs and cat fur.

  1334. Tamara says:

    Mega blocks, a felt pen, crumbs, a soft toy, a half eaten lollypop, a fork, a sock. Eww.

  1335. Amanda says:

    Graham cracker crumbs and a slice of red pepper, not notable. What is notable, and rather unfortunate, is someone spilled juice down the gap between the seat and the back. It’s dried now, discolored, sticky and doesn’t smell particularly good. I put the cushion back and will take care of it tomorrow.

  1336. Doreen says:

    Oooh… the missing blocks!!!

  1337. Lizbeth says:

    Hate cleaning it!! uggg found Cracker crumbs, my hair, lots of my hair, pens, change, and several dried up gummy bears. Yuckk

  1338. HannahBee says:

    Peanuts, assorted food crumbs, K’nex, pens and markers, a cherio or two, and a book or three.

  1339. adieza says:

    My 2-year old daughter’s bottle. Which went missing last week.

  1340. Kimberly F says:

    Unidentified cereal, yogurt raisins, an XBox controller, some Hello Kitty stickers, several crayons, and a pretzel.

  1341. Lou says:

    Fluff and hair and cack

  1342. mumzie says:

    my kids are not allowd on the couch…so nothin in there!!

  1343. Alayne Floyd says:

    My mom made a big deal about the goldfish my toddler was hiding under mine. The big deal was a look. “THAT” look, you know the one. The look where after she leaves I still feel like I got caught doing something wrong. Blah.

    • Alayne Floyd says:

      Oh, and my son’s watch that we got him for his birthday. Seems he really appreciated that one.

  1344. melissa says:

    I have nothing. Not a crumb.

    I have no kids but have read crappy pictures since before the beginning. I promise I will be a better parent because of your blog.

  1345. Yvonne says:

    crumbs, dust, eraser…..tv remote control !!

  1346. Meghan says:

    Nothing in the cushions (Unless you count the ridiculous amount of crumbs), but there is at least one book, a raisin, too many blocks to count, half a crayon, and so much dirt UNDER the couch.

  1347. Marlen Jimenez says:

    Let’s see, I found a pen, a baby nail file, a broken crayon, a monkey sticker, and that stick that they attach to balloons to hold them up right. I only checked one cushion, I was too tired to lift the other ones 🙂

  1348. Jen says:

    Tissues, crumbs, library book (oops), pencils, giraffe.

    Behind the couch? Erm, been avoiding that one… Musical instruments, dried seed pods, a few playing cards, toy cars, random fluff and bits of cardboard (I collect the cardboard, he collects the fluff, first announcing “it’s dusty” then taking it somewhere… Now I know where)

  1349. Alessandra says:

    First things first… I love your blog it reminds me about my babysitting and Au Pair experiences.

    Under my couch…
    Since I don’t have a child but I do have cats it is most likely that under my cushion are things like cat hair, a ball or other toy and well once I even found a dead mouse.
    You see it is quite similar.

  1350. Kristen says:

    A whole sand pit of sand. We don’t have a sandpit. Perhaps I should leave the cushions off, throw in a spade and bucket and be done with it.

    After digging in the sand for treasure I also found 2 ribbon twirling wands, some old stickers, a sultana and a small bendy doll…

  1351. sone says:

    gold fish crackers, fruit loops, a puzzle piece and a spoon

  1352. JeanBean says:

    Nothing. We no longer have a couch! My boys jumped on it so much, the spring broke. We don’t plan to replace it until they leave for college.

  1353. Carey says:

    I got nothing…just the regular old mystery food lumps and some puzzle pieces. My baby is 5 months and her brother is 2 1/2. Your crappy pictures are eerily familiar. They always cheer me up, can’t wait for the book.

  1354. Keren says:

    Funny enough, I just cleaned under the couch cushions last week (after a veeerrrryyyy long period of neglect) and I found an insane amount of indecipherable crumbs, a few pieces of popcorn, some hair clips, a few Playmobil miniature figurine weapons, an assortment of coins, a couple of small pieces of Lego, and two lone (and fairly dirty) socks.

  1355. Gracie says:

    the ‘secret storage’ in the couch is the bane of my life….!
    i didn’t PAY for this extra storage when i purchased this couch… i also didn’t know it was there until i had kids…!
    under my cushions:
    7 cheerios, 1 green toy car, 3 barbie shoes, a remnant of a clix biscuit (totally smooshed but still in a round shape-ish), a ribbon..WTF we don’t even wear ribbions, 1 olive perfectly preserved and 11 french fries…! and some dog hair… but i am NOT counting that…! 😛

  1356. J. Haven says:

    The new couch already has an empty plastic tube, 2 used envelopes, crumbs, and plenty of cat fur in the cavernous space under it. No mousies (cat toys) because now the cats can finally recover them without help.
    This couch was such a good idea.

  1357. Raizy says:

    Colored pencils with the tips bitten off, countless mega bloks, an old cell phone, LOTS of dust 🙂 OH just found a baseball mitt

  1358. I cleaned it out yesterday (shock!!) and remember what I found…
    1 1/2 plastic easter eggs, a baby doll diaper, a chapstick, a “play money” coin, a hot wheels car, and snacks (3 cherrios, 2 goldfish & 4 really hard fruit snacks). Nothing was between the cushions it was all against the back of the couch & the cushions 🙂

  1359. Emily says:

    A disgusting amount of cat hair…. That’s all we store under our cushions. When you have 4 cats that’s all you find anywhere in your house, especially when two are long haired Maine Coons…

  1360. Heather Garcia says:

    We do not allow eating in the livingroom and our couch cushions are sewn so not funk can get down in there. But a few months ago I traded in my car and when I took the car seats out, I was mortified by what I found. Old crusty french fries, a chicken nugget, cheetos, a piece of ham? candy, cereal, straws, toys, crayons, stickers, hair clips, a mitten, a lens for a pair of kids sunglasses, paper, an Oreo cookie, a princess magic wand, the lid to my chapstick, a toothbrush?, and then there was some kind of gummy substance that was stuck to the seat.

  1361. Beth says:

    I am neither motivated enough nor emotionally ready to look under/ in my couch. This is usually done on an emergency basis when the remote goes missing.

  1362. Jo says:

    1 little dog, 1 wodden apple, 1 little book, 1 toy car, several scraps of paper

  1363. Genevieve says:

    Tupperware, pinto beans, a plastic Easter egg, a party invitation, Barbie clothes, a wire hanger, a birthday card, and an obnoxious colony of dust bunnies. Is it sad that I left it all there?

    And just today, I found sand in my dishwasher. Sand. Like from the beach. Eew.

  1364. Veronika Smilak says:

    I can’t believe it! There is nothing. With 2 boys aged 2 and 5 and not looking for a long time, I was expecting tons of dirt and bits of broken toys…but came up with a clean couch. My mother was here for a week, so that might explain it. You know they get everywhere.

  1365. Natalia says:

    Leftovers of balloons from my daughter’s 2nd birthday.

  1366. Crystal Henson says:

    I am lucky to have a couch where the cushions are attached so there is nothing under then but the crevices are full of gross crumbs from my almost 2 year old son messes.

  1367. Sarah C. says:

    1/2 medicine syringe (tube part) caked in dried play dough, an empty pen, ‘In A People House’ first page, an m&m’s light saber and a triceratops costume hat. Fun. (Twin two year olds)

  1368. Bharvi says:

    I am a little scared to look under the couch for now.. we just had a bed -bug scare, and I don’t want to confirm it 🙁

  1369. Cory says:

    I don’t have a couch 🙁 I’m a poor student and just have chairs with no cushions 🙁

  1370. Liv says:

    a corn chip, reusable breast pad and a pen

  1371. Adeline T says:

    Crumbs, dried blueberry, play food, dust, and a water stain. Or at least, I hope it’s water…

  1372. Beatrix says:

    I found some crumbs, a broken sea shell and a hanger of a christmas ornament. And you may question this but yes, I did clean since Christmas. 🙂

  1373. Albie says:

    A lot of crumbs…and a popcorn kernal or two. I have weekly cleaning help..and she has a kid too…so it gets vacuumed pretty regularly. But last week I was sick so we had a movie (and popcorn) afternoon! Some times there are pirates under there. And my children tell me the crocodiles live under the sofa (not under the cushions, but under the whole thing). Be careful where you step…the crocodiles might get you!

  1374. Devan says:

    I usually read all your comments but no can do this time – that’s alot of comments!!

    My couch…does not have cushions, but cracks through which everything falls to the floor (both sides recline and there is no middle….) ANYWAYS. Under my couch… many dust bunnies, mermaid arms (long story), sunflower seed shells (damn hubby), socks and cat toy balls. And our newest addition….ORBEEZ! OMG, I hate these things!! (I bought them :\) Can’t wait for the book! <3 Devan

  1375. Mellissa Doyle says:

    Crumbs, dust, cat hair (our cat died last July), and a sticker. I’m as surprised as you! Just don’t ask what’s under or behind the couch though, okay?

  1376. Inma Enriquez says:

    Nearly one kilo of crumbs, several pieces of crayons, a car, one chocolate cookie, fingerprints of yogurt and other semiliquid foods…Not very original as I could read…;)

  1377. Karen says:

    A soldier doll, three Reese’s peanut butter egg wrappers, a penny, six socks (including one actual pair), the package from a hot patch, a teddy bear’s dog tags, a Hunger Games t-shirt, an empty beef jerky package, a pair of pliers, a pair of toddler underwear, a wash cloth, popcorn, assorted crumbs, enough fur to knit another cat and a half-eaten Nutri-grain bar. I am afraid to look under the other two cushions.

  1378. Katri says:

    I don’t even have to check to know that there are multiple lego pieces in my sofa. There are lego pieces everywhere in my house. In the shower? Yes. In the kitchen? Yes? In every bed? Yes, although I try to remove those that are in mine, but I have successfully slept on top of them as well. Other findings include socks, t-shirts, crumbs, toy cars and puzzle pieces, books, remote controls, candy, coins… Pretty basic stuff.

    I have also mastered the “storage area underneath the sofa” philosophy and keep my Wii Fit balance board and a collapsible IKEA tunnel thingy there – alongside many many lego pieces.

  1379. lore says:

    Oups I found a bra under the cushions! I was about to say that I cleaned this weekend and that there wasn’t anything under there because the children are away for a week… (Hum that may explain the bra )
    I’d love to read your book but not sure it will be available in old Europe!!
    Well hope it will be a success!

  1380. Carmen says:

    Despite the covers I’ve put on both couchs, crumbs. Enough to make a whole bread, I think. And under them, well, it’s a republic itself. XD

  1381. Kim G says:

    Ok, so our boring couch is leather and has stitched on cushions BUT behind the couch I found a few of my husband’s odd socks and his toe clippings!!!! Ewwhhh! And a dead spider.

  1382. Joanna says:

    just some sand (?). but I’m looking forward to my four month old’s future creativity in this area! no, not really.

  1383. Rose Crash says:

    One gecko, two candy wrappers, a match box car and one pregnancy due date calculator wheel. (I am a midwife)

  1384. JL says:

    Cat hair, plenty of it. Go figure

  1385. Kylie says:

    I wish I could say the missing remote control, but alas, no…
    Just cereal, crumbs, toy ring, toy magnifying glass, bottle tops, corks, pencils, crayons, bits of paper, post it notes, hair & tissues…

  1386. Nicole says:

    We just bought a new sofa last week. Our old one was saturated in vomit (thanks to a sick 4 year old) and we couldn’t get rid of the smell! So far our new one had not yet been christened.

  1387. Jo says:

    Omg, I can’t believe that when I checked last night there were a few hundred replies and this morning it’s over 1000!!!

    Anyway, have just checked under my sofa cushions and found (please don’t judge!)…

    Melted chocolate buttons, a sock, a pencil, about 7 hair clip, a ring (the kids dress-up sort), a Wii remote!!!!!!!!! Loads of crumbs and a tissue.

    Yuck! Well, at least thanks to your blog it’s now clean! 😛

  1388. Sarah says:

    A lego man, she doesn’t even have any lego yet! What is it with lego? No idea where it came from. Mystery man

  1389. Lorraine Heath-Milton says:

    My sofa cushions do not lift up so the crap ends up down the crack between them which is impossible to retrive without a vacuum. You do not want to stick your hands down the crack in my sofa…

    My sisters sofa is a different story – you could eat out for a week under her cushions

  1390. Lauren T says:

    Under my couch cushions? Some nail clippings. My future couch is likely more like yours, as I’m pregnant and due in June!

  1391. joy says:

    The obligatory sock, a squashed paper plane, a tiny rocket, a nectarine seed?, 3 gum nuts, 20c, and 3 marbles.

    Now, thanks to you, I can correctly tell you where I lost my marbles. Just no so much when.

  1392. Pam Hulse says:

    Popcorn, m&m’s, dirt, crumbs. We make our 3yr old granddaughter eat in the kitchen. And she’s so active she barely gets near the couch. This would be couch with a husband.

  1393. Charlie says:

    Nothing, thankfully my baby isn’t yet old enough to stuff things under the cushion yet… Cherios seem extremely common though! 🙂

  1394. Charlie says:

    Nothing, thankfully. My baby isn’t old enough to stuff things under the cushions…yet… Cherrios seem extremely common though! 🙂

  1395. Aimee says:

    m&m, tinker toy piece, pencil, hair tie, sock

  1396. susanne says:

    found some lego (my daugther is 18 month and we have lego only for a few days now, but somehow they found their way into this natural habitat of theirs…), a lot of crumbs and a few hairclips. unfortunately no money…

    found your blog not under the cushions, but only a few days ago though. and i love it:-)

  1397. Louisa says:

    Even though my wonderful husband vacuumed under there at the weekend, I still found 3 blocks, Stomp! (children’s book) and a couple of stacking cups.

  1398. M-Noelle J Baxter says:

    When i sprung out the leather sofa leg rest I found Shrek 2, lid of baby custard, baby brush, two glitter streamers,hair bobble, 4 raisins, 2 peanuts , plastic cover ,pink feather,silver star and organix crisp…wee bit glitter Farkles was there obviously -dear lord no wonder i have stress ;-/leave from work, nothing stuck in sides or cushions they just work their way down…

  1399. Karen McLauchlan says:

    Cushions don’t come off but under the couch itself…. my 2 year olds fingernail clippings from this morning 🙂 Gross 🙂

  1400. Mandi says:

    I am too scared to look under the cushions on my couch but I have no doubt that there is at least a loaf’s worth of crumbs, several toys and a couple of odd socks.

  1401. Karelle says:

    Wow! Can’t believe the amount of responses!

    I only lifted one cushion because to lift them all would send me int a cleaning frenzy that I don’t have time for given it is about 10.30pm in Australia right now.

    I found 3 hair clips (I have 2 girls) a USB drive (husband is an IT teacher), bit human and animal hair, enough cracker crumbs, bit large and small to make a cake, long lost texta lids and pencils, a barbie shoe and a hair band.

    That spun like an awful lot but it was 3 edges around a couch cushion. I’m not a filthy slattern of a housekeeper I swear!!!

  1402. Abby says:

    My children and cat have ruined my couch, but being stubborn as I am I will not replace it so as to have the new one ruined too. So I MADE a couch cover, yes, all by myself. It covers the entire couch so nothing can get under the cushions, yay! But soon it will be full of holes and then I’ll let you know what I find…

  1403. Jewel C says:

    Nothing, I cleaned after the granddaughter’s last visit. It wasn’t pleasant, lol

  1404. Kristen says:

    Hair, lots of it. Cat, dog, human… a lot of hair! How are we not all bald yet? I promise I actually clean my house… guess the couch is last on the list. Surprised not to find any toys left under there by the children. They must hide them somewhere else.

  1405. joannezipan says:

    4 odd infant socks, a duplo brick with bees on it, a pen with no top (grrrrrrr), a wrapper from a chocolate bar (i’m looking at my husband for that one), dust and grunge as well as what looks like a massive boggy (YUCK!)

  1406. Mary Yarwood says:

    Small sausage, pasta shapes, a watch, and a chip.

  1407. Kelly Kondrat says:

    Nada. My kid likes to vacuum. He’s weird, I know.

  1408. Anna Collins says:

    DOG HAIR!!!! And a random burp cloth that I was sure we left at a store last month…SCORE!

  1409. Natalie says:

    The husband talked me into a Dyson last weekend. There is nothing under my couch cushions. However before the Dyson there was enough dog hair to make a coat, a bowl’s worth of cheerios, and a mega block {blue}.

  1410. DOROTHY A says:

    I found crumbs, half eaten cookies, toys, remote control batteries and lots of other stuff I couldn’t quite figure out. Please pick me and send me an autographed BLAD to Kenya! I’m sure it’ll be a first for you.

  1411. Kristin says:

    Crumbs, cat hair, flattened penny from the zoo with a giraffe on it (1 of probably 10 that my children always insist on wasting .50 cents on when we go there – then completely forget about them the instant we leave), an angry bird eraser top, and a piece of an Angry bird game, crumbs, cat hair… oh I said those already.

  1412. Shelley Locker says:

    Broken off head from awful ‘Cat’ ornament (now wondering where the rest of it is), an envelope marked ‘Colorado Beetle’ with paperclip and rubber band inside (my Dad’s trick), assorted broken bits of wax crayons, 8 x dried mung beans (LO plays with Mung Beans in measuring cups), tissues (pouch – unused), cat hair (gathering in the corner – like it’s trying to create another cat) and crumbs (unidentified).

    Oh dear ………….

  1413. Matthew says:

    Surprisingly tidy although some odd things have been found;
    A bunch of dog hair (we don’t have any animals…)
    A lego person hand (no other part of the lego man/woman found)
    3 Pens (all blue biro)
    A shopping list (even though it is old, it is still valid Milk:Bread:Chocolate the essentials)

    And I can assure you that within a couple of months time there will also be a signed BLAD in there too!

  1414. Max says:

    Currently renting a room and the couches are covered by blanket things because the owner´s obsessive like that… So nothing is under couch cushions. At my mom´s house, however, I imagine there´s various cereal droppings, sticks and toys “buried” by dogs, and probably a lost phone charger.

  1415. Heather says:

    Dried breastmilk in the corners of the black leather sofa.

    Took me a while to figure out why it smelled like an old dairy barn. Not sure if it was fresh milk once, or just blurps from the twins who we prop in the corners to keep them safe from older siblings. Even after we figured it out I couldn’t keep it from returning.

  1416. Mrs. Jenny K says:

    When my first two were little, we were so poor that we didn’t have a couch. We had a hammock that we hung in the living room. That and a coffee table that doubled as a dinner table and/or bench constituted the entirety of our formal furniture. No couch cushions to worry about! This time around (20 years later) we have a very nice couch. There is mostly dried up milk under there. I don’t know why. I don’t know how it got there. I don’t want to know.

  1417. Laura Marrier says:

    a large piece of lint. wow. super boring. i guess my “no eating in the living room rule” is working…and having no choking hazard toys for my 1 year old to eat also limits small items to be lost. woo hoo!

  1418. Laurabele says:

    Wooooow, i almost fell asleep while scrolling down-
    There are so many comments- i still hope to be one of 10 lucky couch confessionist/as
    My confession- bunch of dust and not much more
    My kid doesnt really play much on our couch
    Lucky couch!

  1419. Meaghan says:

    My cat and a bunch of socks, cereal, and crumbs.

    I can’t wait to for your book to come out!

  1420. Rebekah says:

    books, my son’s essay, my husband’s cell phone…

  1421. Courtney says:

    lots of change (I am rich now!), crumbs, 4 pencils (no wonder my kids can never find them at homework time), barbie shoes, a nail file and some fake plastic pickles. Not too shabby! 🙂

  1422. Catharina says:

    We have white (!) sofas in our living room. BUT, the cover is possible to take off and wash. It’s good in a way, because you can’t ignore it when it’s dirty… We washed them this weekend, which included vacuuming under the cushions. So today – only some glitter (?) and a few bread crumbs!

  1423. The Mommy says:

    Pretty much an entire box of Goldfish, two pair of kids underwear, a colorful sock, 47 cents and a Smurf (Brainy, I think). I kept the money too.

  1424. Carolyn F. says:

    Cheerios, puffs, and dog hair. That’s after vacuuming a few days ago.

  1425. jessi says:

    cheerios, popcorn (courtesy of my husband) and various odds and ends from pockets. oh and maybe a pair of earbuds ;~)

  1426. Jax says:

    Our couch cushions are, right now, miraculously clean. Last week, I took the cushions off to engage my 13-month old in a game of “let’s slam our bodies against the couch cushions until we want to fall asleep.” While we were playing, my wife was horrified to discover the lint petri dish that had silently accumulated right under our noses (or our butts, to be more accurate). She then spent our playtime meticulously lint rolling the underside of the couch. Hence, clean couch underbelly. Congrats on the book! We can’t wait to see it in print 🙂

  1427. Keena says:

    Tinkerbell brush, so freakin much change, trio block connectors, The Little Red Hen(book, not an actual chicken) and enough la la loopsy accesories to open a teeny tiny boutique

  1428. Hope says:

    3 hot wheels cars, a marker with cap on (miracle), various crumbs, hello kitty hair clip, sock.

  1429. Amber says:

    My couch cushions are attached, but there’s always lots of crumbs in the crevices between the cushions. Under my recliner cushion, you can find stuff we hide from my 2 yr old. The other day I found his “lost” drum stick and a ball that he constantly throws at us.

  1430. Amy H says:

    Couch manifest:
    Toothbrush
    Pistachio shells
    My husband’s video game cd (I may just keep that there)
    Toothpick
    Beer bottle caps
    and a…kitty litter pooper scooper!
    In my own defense this was the couch in the playroom/man cave. Pick me, pick me!!

  1431. Monica says:

    I can’t live my cushions, it’s not the liftable type 😉 We did however when we opened the bottom, to see how we can fix the one side that sorta buckled in, we did find some popcorn kernels and crumbs, 2 toy cars and some coins..

  1432. Jodi says:

    There better not be a damned thing – just bought the couch 2 months ago…

  1433. Michelle C says:

    2 hair scrunchies (which, as the only human female living in the house now, I’m convinced one of my cats stole them and is hiding them for future play), a star wars lego guy (poor Vader), assorted pennies and cheerios, cat and dog hair. Not bad for a household where the humans are 45, 43 and 21 years old. 🙂

  1434. dilsia says:

    Found 3 plastic golden coins, 2 markers lids, 2 ladybugs eraser, a paint brush and some crumbs. And I just cleaned this week that’s why there is not much more.

  1435. Carmen says:

    I lift my couch cushions and I found some feathers and a small ball. Lucky me I cleaned a couple of days ago 🙂
    By the way, I love your blog… It made me laugh to the tears many times.

  1436. Joanne says:

    Lots and lots of popcorn and a few stray m& ms…the result of movie night + 4 kids crammed on one couch

  1437. bekky says:

    I’m nearly too ashamed to say…….

    …but a few months ago I bought a multipack of Haribo gummy sweets, which vanished. I assumed I’d accidentally thrown them out (everyone else denied all knowledge). Under MY sofa cushions and behind my sofa? All the tiny little (empty) Haribo wrappers, and then some. The wool was pulled over my eyes well and truly!

    Yes I’m a terrible mother and an even worse housewife, clearly!

  1438. Jennifer says:

    Hot Wheels, a drum stick, and Lego Duplos. Oh the Hot Wheels…I am amazed at the Hot Wheel nuances my two year old is onto. And most kids take a stuffed animal to bed – not mine! He cuddles up with his 10 favorite Hot Wheels…

  1439. Cindy G says:

    A bunch of cereal and chip crumbs, 4 hair ties, 3 bobby pins, random playing cards, 2 pencils, 4 crayons, a dog bone (what? he’s not even supposed to be on the couch) doll shoes, a sock, 35 cents that my daughter promptly claimed as hers. All that even though we vacuumed it last week.

  1440. Stephanie says:

    Cheerios, Goldfish crackers, one perfectly shaped pretzel, 2 broken crayons (blue and yellow), little bits of pink hardened playdoh, a mini princess notepad with scribbless throughout, Little Brownie Bites wrapper, 2 water bottle caps, about 10 stickers (smiley faces, Princess Ariel, kitty cats and doggies) and random cut pieces of colored paper. Thanks for having me look under there I needed to clean evidently 🙂

  1441. bekky says:

    ps…..I’d love to know if anyone else has problems with their kids stealing food. I thought my son was over this. The second I’m on the loo, replying to emails blah blah blah, I hear the fridge door open. He eats like a horse!!! x

  1442. Emily380 says:

    Right now, there is only dog hair & the occasional crumb under my couch cushions. However, given that I’m due with my first baby in 5 days, I’m sure that’s going to change drastically soon! 🙂

  1443. Carol says:

    My couch is weird; it has three cushions, and reclines on either side, but not in the middle, and the cushions are not removable. It was given to us recently by friends, so it hasn’t had time to accumulate a ton of junk. Digging between the sections, though, I came up with a bunch of lint, the top part of a tiny doll, and a single eye from a toy. No dimes, though. Not even a penny.

  1444. Kristi says:

    battery, crayon, flashlight, cereal. lego swords, crumbs, battleship pegs, plastic seal from an orange juice container

  1445. Janet Smith says:

    Hey thanks for making me look under the couch!! I just found my cell phone that I spent two days looking for last week and recently paid $100 to replace. Why couldn’t you have posted this last week!!! 🙂 LOL!!! I also found a half eaten graham cracker, two puzzle pieces, a random sock, and a nickel.

  1446. Kerry says:

    What appears to be about a half of a glass of red wine (how did it get under there but not on the cushions on top?), a steak knife (!), a stale pizza crust (the baby is given the crust during pizza night), a frightening rubber cock roach (thank goodness it was bright red).

  1447. Megan says:

    Something sticky. Undefined and sticky. Not sure what – but it’s more of a puddle than a lump (it was probably juice at some point). And some cat hair.

  1448. Shannon Redden says:

    Lots of cat hair and dust bunnies (cat bunnies?)…a pair of nail clippers, a pencil, crumbs of all shapes and sizes and a wadded up kleenex (ick!)

  1449. Eyre Becker says:

    Oh the shock and horrors!
    Under my couch cushions are:
    Dead Sea Monkey Spawn from the Great Sea Monkey Catastrophe of 2013, a drum stick, glitter and assorted food flotsam.

  1450. Cathy says:

    Some teddy grahams, a hair tie, a crochet hook, a few used tissue (eww), and 3 raisins. I swear, I really do clean… sometimes.

  1451. Angela H. says:

    A baby sock, a burp cloth, and hair.

  1452. Marcy BK says:

    Under my cushions…
    One smelly sock because the kids take them off and shove them places to avoid carrying them to the hamper which is ALL the way up stairs–the horror (who knows where the other ended up). A pencil and a scrunched up piece of paper from the daughter who is always doodling something. A kernel of popcorn that the dog didn’t manage to find. And half a crayon.

  1453. Ellen says:

    Some fruit snacks, fruit snack packages, pop tart packages, candy wrappers, and other things I don’t want to think about! I have 3 boys…what do you expect?

  1454. I found what I now refer to as a ‘Couch Cornucopia’. Contents included: rock hard Cheetos, Cheerios, potato chip shards, unidentifiable large food particles, pennies (thanks for the generous tips, family), a petrified dead lady bug and a rolled up issue of The New Yorker, which, I would be willing to bet was the cause of the lady bugs demise. Fin.

  1455. Rae says:

    Crumbs, cat hair, and half a crayon 🙁

    No money for me, boo!

  1456. Charlotte says:

    I found nasty popcorn pieces and enough dog hair to create another one.

  1457. Dana says:

    I just found a slew of crumbs, two quarters, a plastic bread loaf from a bakery game, and stains.

  1458. Jackie says:

    I don’t know because I’m at work right now, but generally we keep it pretty clean under there. Although usually there are a couple small toys in there.

  1459. Emily says:

    Dental floss picks. The guilty party is my husband not the kids

  1460. Kimberly Gaw says:

    Under our couch cushions we generally have dog hair, crumbs and popcorn! We eat a lot of popcorn!

  1461. Kim Q says:

    7 colored pencils, crumbs, 4 pieces of Lucky Charms cereal, and a jelly bracelet

  1462. Brandi says:

    We have a big old sectional… the kind with two recliners, a built in side table and a hide-away. Along with the everyday assortment of crumbs, small toys and bits of paper… I found our kitten. Seriously. The kids (6 and 4) had let out the foot rest to the recliner section and then shoved it closed with the kitten underneath! My poor pure white kitty came out all dusty and traumatized!! lol

  1463. Kelly says:

    I don’t have any kids yet of my own, but I’d love to win!

  1464. Jennifer says:

    A BLAD is exactly what I need to cheer me up after so many sleepless nights with my 3 month old!

  1465. Tucker says:

    A magnet shaped like a tree, a pen, and crumbs. Lots and lots of crumbs. Eew. Pardon me, I have to dust off the dust buster.

  1466. Leah says:

    We just moved a couple weeks ago, so it got swept and cleaned thoroughly. As of right now, it’s crumbless!

  1467. S.L. says:

    I’m glad you suggested this. I found the domino that’s been missing from our set.

  1468. Devon says:

    I don’t have kids, however I babysit my niece and nephew, only twice since I got these couches. I found a child’s sock, mushed up arrowroot cookies which have now dried to the couch, and a piece of Lego. They didn’t bring Lego, I really can’t explain that one.

  1469. Melanie says:

    crumbs, lots of hair from our darling dogs and lionhead bunny and believe it or not, baby underwear and a baby sock!! my daughter likes dressing up her baby with her own baby clothes lol (i’m not that gross)

  1470. Kinzie says:

    Let’s see… a few twistable crayons. Used tissues. A matchbox car. Some very old m&m’s. A cat toy. And tons and TONS of dog hair.

  1471. nicole r. says:

    I’m single. And have no kids. Well, a furbaby kind of counts. Consequently, there isn’t much under the cushion aside from dog hair and a couple crumbs.

    Had a blast reading all the comments!

  1472. Alan says:

    Large amount of rice (baked, thankfully). Breast pads. Several books. Some very sad looking chocolate. 🙁

  1473. Becky says:

    Chapstick. Multiple Chapsticks.

  1474. Sharon says:

    Thank god you inspired me to look! I have no idea how long the baby was under there, but glad to have her back now. Anyone else have trouble keeping track of their youngest? Doh!

  1475. Kay says:

    Hair, crumbles of god knows what, my lost remote. Thanks for helping me find it.

  1476. Kristin says:

    The last time I pulled up the couch cushions, I found a kazoo. #truestory.

  1477. Reed says:

    I cannot look under my couch – It is my son’s hiding place for things he does not want me to find!

  1478. Samantha says:

    Baby spoon, puzzle pieces, medicine syringe (we just bought a new one), Halloween candy wrappers, and my spare iphone charger YAYYY!!!

  1479. Audrey says:

    Ooooo, an adventure! I found dog & cat hair (probably enough to make another of each), a handful of cheerios, an unopened snack-size bag of gold-fish crackers (it must have managed to make a successful escape), a Little People Wheelies car (not sure how we didn’t feel that…), and two dollars (I’m rich!).

  1480. Christina says:

    After our 2nd child was born, I swore off fabric couches because I tired of cleaning out baby puke from the fabric, removing the cushion, cleaning that out, leaving it in the sun to dry, blah blah…I remember the VERY first week we got our leather couch, our 2nd child puked on it and I called my husband all giddy with excitement. “E just puked ALL OVER me and the couch and it’s SOOOO easy to clean!!!”LOL

    Had to add my tidbit about our couch after reading about someone else’s leather couch. I found a REMOTE!! WOOHOOOO!!! In addition to 5 lego pieces, a penny and some indistinguishable crumbs. Ewww…I need to vacuum it out.

  1481. Debi says:

    I have enough dog hair under the cushions to form a whole other dog…lots of hair ties and some Doritos.

  1482. Danielle A says:

    Our current couch has sewn on cushions. So nothing under there. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or bad thing. But I remember when we moved across the country when I was pregnant, and my mother gave us the love seat and ottoman out of her basement. We had lived in our new place for nearly 6 months when I decided to look under the cushions for the first time. To my surprise, I found a white stirring spoon. What’s funnier about the how ordeal? My mother lost the spoon nearly 5 years before. It now sits in our drawer in our kitchen and is a great conversation starter. My one and only child is 8 months old. So I’m sure ill have plenty more stories of ridiculous things found in my couch

  1483. Aubrey says:

    Assorted cereal, chocolate chips, a used tissue (gross), a plastic spoon, a car or two, and three pennies!

  1484. KJH says:

    I’m not as clever or funny as everyone else, I just found lots of very old popcorn, lego people, and a Thomas the Train.

  1485. Emily says:

    Tissues, assorted play food, Hello Kitty figures and 15 cents.

  1486. Caley says:

    We use a couch cover…we pull it off and always find crunchy tissues and those tiny alphabet magnets. Oh and glow in the dark rubber duckies!

  1487. Polly Holthaus says:

    My couch cushions are designed to never be removed! (Read thank you baby Jesus and all his wise women) LOL
    However, under the couch or chairs in my livingroom we found a half eaten graham cracker, 1 piece of a mini oreo cookie, remote (read flipper), dust bunnies, 3 socks, a bra, and a board book that has strange teeth marks on it. Don’t judge. 🙂

  1488. Marrlee says:

    Right now we have a couch outline made of flattened cardboard boxes. It is littered (ha!) with cat toys, but there’s nothing under the “cushions” but bare floor. We’re expecting our first child by the end of the month (though it’s increasingly feeling like any day now), and being the gluttons for punishment we are, we moved into a new house a few weeks ago, only to find that my husband’s enormous sectional couch (bought in his bachelorhood for gaming and movie nights with buddies who immediately started getting married and moving away) wouldn’t fit in the living room. So this weekend we ordered a family-scale couch. It should be here about a month or so after the baby.

    • Marrlee says:

      I should probably have clarified – the cardboard couch footprint was constructed by my husband to make certain that the new couch would definitely fit.

  1489. Laura Brown says:

    NOTHING at the moment, because yesterday I had a perfect storm of kid grossness on the couch: 1 kid puked on 1 cushion & the arm of the couch (removed cushion to wash), 1 kid peed while sleeping on another cushion (removed cushion to wash), and then ANOTHER kid got a bloody nose and bled all over the only remaining cushion…at least it all happened in the same day! So out of necessity, I cleaned out the kids’ stash of cheerios, goldfish crackers, pieces of girl scout cookies (all well-seasoned with lint, sand, and stray grains of cat litter…), legos, cars, barbie clothes and shoes, pony beads, a couple books, 2 pens, but sadly, NO MONEY. 🙁 On the bright side, my couch now smells spring-time fresh!

  1490. Mariya says:

    Prior to the installation of our new couch:

    Dog fur
    The head of a lego guy
    Cards for Alphie
    Inhaler
    Leg from a stool
    Dog bone
    Dog treats
    Socks
    Chewed up toys (i’m assuming the dogs are culprits)
    Popsicle wapper (that one is the 4 yr old)
    Toddler shoe.

    There is nothing under the new couch’s cushions because the dogs aren’t allowed up there – so it remains continually barricaded to prevent my large brown dog from sneaking up there and growling at me when I try to unseat her. This means that my beautiful new couch will probably not be sat on for the next 5-7 years .

  1491. Lani says:

    Lots of crumbs and pug fur, a Lego minifigure.

  1492. Jackie says:

    Not bad, popcorn pieces

  1493. Allison H. says:

    There is popcorn under my cushions…always!

    And I must say, I just started reading your blog on this week, and in the three days since, I have read every. single. post.

    Creepy? I don’t think so. I’m also 25, single, with no kids. But you are just too funny!

  1494. Danielle says:

    There is no under my couch cushions (it’s one solid leather cushion that doesn’t lift up), but there is a deep chasm at the back and on either side that is usually full of crap. Currently: several rice cakes worth of crumbs, copious amounts of dust, hair and feathers, a penny, a hair clip, a pony tail holder, an almond, a small flower covered in purple sequins that came off of a child’s purse, a pink plastic magnetic equals sign and a small plastic Lord of the Rings figurine that looks like a cross between a turtle and a cockroach (sadly, this belongs to my husband, and not the children…).

  1495. HerSelf says:

    Honey nut cheerios and potato chips. I’m not a mom (yet… there’s a bun in the oven as we speak), I’m just a messy adult.

  1496. Shawna says:

    3 baby toys, on bottle (tucked into the corner) and a puzzle piece. Okay, there were one or two things under there too that I was not sure about in regard to identification, but whatever.

  1497. Amy says:

    Goldfish crackers, Fruit Loops, crumbs, a cat toy, a magnetic alphabet letter, and a small toy police car. I think I found my son’s secret hiding space!

  1498. Sarah says:

    Popcorn pieces, tissue shreds, and the lost board book (thank you!)

  1499. Christina Bollinger says:

    Okay I found two cars, a Thomas the train, some old Apple jacks, lots of dog and cat hair, goldfish, an old Capri Sun pouch, change, and here’s the kicker my earring I’ve been looking for for two months

  1500. Jennifer says:

    Some dog hair and a few crumbs, and the missing Vtech Innotab stylus.

  1501. Rachel says:

    Looking for my phone the other day, found: cheerios, hair ties, megabloks (how did we not feel that?) board book, pacifier, crayon, and yay phone!

  1502. Ingrid Johanns says:

    metal x-mas ornament hanger thingy and a plastic wrapper/cover to a diced peaches fruit cup… oh and about 10 different colored stains on the cream colored fabric beneath the cushion. <>
    If only I could throw the entire couch in the washing machine…

  1503. Cyndi R says:

    We have a slip cover so I find things in the folds of it rather than under the cushions. I have found several bits and pieces of various cereals and crackers, 3 small toys, a remote control, a few tissues and napkins, and the cat’s brush.

  1504. Maria Fernanda Wetzel says:

    Crumbs, dog food, potato chip, dog hair 🙂

  1505. Scarlett Bracey says:

    We actually moved our couch out of the living room to make room for more toys. . . but even still, it’s mostly crayons in there and some play dough and probably a bunch of boogers.

  1506. Beth says:

    Lots of crumbs, goldfish crackers, a petrified fruit snack and a peanut. Would probably be a lot worse, but we moved the couch back after taking down the Christmas tree not too long ago!

  1507. Emma says:

    wow… only a pencil and a comb. I am very impressed!

  1508. A toy car, 3 books, a few gold doubloons, a crumpled piece of “artwork”, and a bunch of random unidentifiable crumbs – lovely!

  1509. Rosa says:

    I don’t have a couch. I give rid of it. It smelled like pee and I hated to cleane it EVERY DAY. I even had extra cushions so we could seat on it wile I have the other one cleaned. But our kids kept peen on them. So I place it outside and the thrash truck tuck it. Oh what a happy day!!! No more cushions to clean!
    But no comfy please to seat. Bummer.

  1510. Heather H says:

    We just moved so nothing is under our couch but before we moved we found a secret treasure trove IN our couch. Where the couch opened up in the back when the end seat was reclined our daughter had hidden a million different toys, baby dolls, shapes, etc.

  1511. Old stale raisins and popcorn. Our cushions don’t really lift up so it’s whatever slides between the cracks. Lol

  1512. Randi says:

    I hope it still counts if I cleaned out the couches last weekend while the kids were at grandmas. LOL. I found Pirate’s Booty (snacks), a railraode spike (don’t ask), a binkie (although no one has used one in almost 6 months), and my old cell phone that kids use as a toy.

  1513. mama on vacation (sort of) says:

    I’m in a hotel, so, I was intrigued to see what I could find. A quarter maybe? Nope, this hotel is clean, all there was was some hooks on elastic to keep the cushions in place that seem to do just fine staying in place as the hooks were not used. (Maybe I should hook it up as a surprise to the cleaning people who I am sure DO clean underneath cushions.. no, that would be mean, I won’t do that.)

    In real life at home? a squished (M&M?), candy wrappers, and crumbs.

  1514. Wendy says:

    No fair!!!! I bought both my sofa sets pre-kids and they all have stitched in cushions.
    We bought them like that because we hate when sofa cushions slide.

    🙁

    *sulk*

    … now, wanna see something? Come and look in my car, or under OUR bed…. 🙂

  1515. Tash says:

    A soother (that I’ve been looking for), sand, a sucker stick, a used kleenex (eww).

  1516. Jennie says:

    Our couch has stitched in cushions, too, so I wasn’t expecting much… I did find a missing coaster, though (and cat hair.)

  1517. Shelli says:

    I cleaned them out the other day hoping to find my keys. Found two pens and lots of cat fur, but no keys. 🙁

  1518. Ruth says:

    In my couch cushions were a bunch of toy links, a Lincoln Log, a tissue, a toy airplane, 2 markers (grey & pink), & a ton of crumbs. Can’t wait for your book!

  1519. Andrea says:

    Holy crap the remote i swear i have been looking for for like 2 months and I have looked under there. Lots of crumbs, some toys a guy I have no idea who he is.

  1520. Tanya says:

    My sofa cushions don’t lift up but in between the sides and in the back I found 1 red sock, 1 toy car and A LOT of crumbs. I need to vacuum!

  1521. Megan B says:

    Corn Pops, raisins, cookie crumbs, and a bread tag.

  1522. Lauren says:

    First of all, I’ve learned two things from this experiement. 1) We are gross. 2) Time to cut back on the cheerios, and jack up the cleaning of the couch cushions. I found, what appears to have once been a thousand million zillion crushed cheerios. Somebody should really clean that crap up…….

  1523. nina sapir says:

    cornflakes in various sizes ranging from almost whole to crumbled to oblivion, assorted playmobil pieces, pencil lead for mechanical pencils, pretzels, sunflower seed shells, dirty socks, a purple mitten, the missing cherries from hi-ho cherry-o, and probably a lot of boogers thanks to the booger bandit.

  1524. Jen says:

    There is a pillow. My couch is old and something wooden in it snapped recently. The pillow is providing the support the wood no longer does.

  1525. SueB says:

    I once allowed husband to have a bachelor party at our home….I know, I know…what the hell was I thinking. Well, 3 months later and after some searching to figure out where that faint, ghostly odor was coming from…I found a ZUCHINNI in my sofa….. yes a ZUCHINNI….

  1526. Jen says:

    A plastic animal, various crumbs, and kleenex.

  1527. Elizabeth says:

    I found a handful of mystery crumbs, a broken pen, and a toy cup. I was surprised that was all I found, but I didn’t go digging down into the inner depths of the couch. Who knows what’s down there! 🙂

  1528. Kelly Hall says:

    Assorted change, cheez-its, dolls’ clothes, computer mouse, odd socks, Fancy Nancy book, popcorn, pajama bottoms

  1529. VB says:

    An infant sock, a toy trashcan, and a ball. AFTER I just vacuumed it a couple of hours ago. (How does he do it? He can’t even walk yet!!)

  1530. Amber says:

    lots of crumbs, a hair pretty, and a penny

  1531. Angelene says:

    Goldfish, cereal, poptart crumbs, crumbs from various snacks, hairties, and Little People.

  1532. Erika Schmid says:

    No couch because our apartment is too small. I did recently peak in the backseat of the car and under my 2 year old’s carseat. I am now haunted and disturbed.

    2 sippy cups (with horrid old CHEESE – can’t even be called milk anymore)
    a school of goldfish
    one baby sock – the tiny ones
    elmo
    and a very tiny cow

    🙂

  1533. Annette says:

    goldfish, puzzle pieces, and cheerios
    Fun!

  1534. van Boven says:

    my couch cushions are supposed to be attached (we already had a kid when we bought it)… however I recently discovered there is a space in one of the seccions in the back… it is not small: my hand fits, I put it in for a moment, I could feel some sand and something harder.. but then I thought about all that could be there and took my hand back and NEVER tried it again. We have lost some things misteriously.. I guess we will never know.

  1535. Jenifer W says:

    Sadly my couch cushions are sewn onto the couch (it’s a sectional) so it’s the cracks that get all the goodies.

    Currently the cracks have a box of Old Maid cards and an empty bag of Cheetohs. Oh, and a Valentine card to Mike. ;0)

  1536. Meg says:

    Just dog hair for now. Our baby is almost here though, and im sure things will change.

  1537. Kristina says:

    Crumbs, coins, one blue sock.

  1538. Melissa says:

    Goldfish (the crackers not an actual fish) and I didn’t clean them up.

  1539. Michelle says:

    Ever since we got a new couch, kiddo is not allowed to eat on or near it, so it’s mostly just lint and a few crumbs (we still get to eat snacks on the couch since we’re unfair like that).

  1540. Tracy F. says:

    Nothing. My toddler will not leave the couch cushions on the couch long enough for things to gather there.

  1541. Andrea Arsaga says:

    My cushions don’t come off but crap slides in the sides next to the armrests. So I had to cut the bottom of the sofa to be able to retrieve anything that falls in. Today I found goldfish crackers, fruit loops, plastic dinosaurs, some rocks, and one of those gummy window clings- a Christmas tree actually.

  1542. My cushions are attached (thank God). However…in the cracks there is the equivalent of one “injury ball” (energy balls – healthy snack and oh-so crumbly), a dragon figurine, five raisins, and flake upon flake of our once pristine leather couches that we believed were a smart idea to buy before we had children.

  1543. Heather says:

    Under my couch cushions we have:
    Lego connector piece thingy
    Pencil
    Press on tattoo
    note cards
    skittles
    kit kat wrapper
    balloon string
    crumbs
    tissue
    I think I win for having the messiest couch 😉

  1544. Mindi Limbaugh says:

    Mine are attached as well. But underneath: torn out pages from “…No Good, Very Bad Day,” reward magnets for a reward system that I tried to use and failed miserably at (I guess it’s MUCH more fun to play with them rather than use them..who wouldda thought?!?!), cars…Cars…CARS!!!, plastic crap that the kids consider toys, and TONS of our recycling (papers/plastic lids/etc–best things to play with in the house)

  1545. petra says:

    We don’t have a sofa.

    Every night it’s very interesting to go to sleep, you pick out two dolls, a teddybear, some toyfood and some lego figures. After the kids say they cleaned it all up. And when you lay down, you find a toy whisk and put it away. Then you take the blanket to put it over you and a spiky massage ball is in your feet. In the morning you find out there was a lego figure under you all night.

    And no, they actually should not play in our bed, but they do. They love to.

  1546. Brianna says:

    Just a few pieces of popcorn. There’s some cat hair on top of the couch. Nothing exciting.

  1547. Laura says:

    Popcorn (loads of it),barbie shoe,dove chocolate wrapper and a pink hair tie….good stuff! Sadly, no money!

  1548. Jamie says:

    1 remote control
    1 sock
    Handful of cheeze its
    1/2 pretzel
    Several flash cards
    And lots of crumbs.

  1549. Carol says:

    Today there was a hair brush, some dried up peas, little shreds of paper (DD likes to rip paper into teeny tiny pieces… sigh), a weeble-wobble person, an old cell phone case, a pair of DD’s pj pants, and an empty pack of gum. And of course, the usual amount of crumbs from whatever got squished on the couch.

    Maybe I should clean the couch today… 🙂

  1550. Kelly says:

    Oooooo, there’s the pug!!! He’s been hiding from our crazy kids and surviving on all the food bits that are under the cushions…he’s been missing for over a month.

  1551. Abby O! says:

    Popcorn (which, when cushion was lifted, my one year old said, “POP!” and ate all 5 pieces in quick succession), un-popped popcorn, gum wrapper, goldfish crackers and a hole… which apparently leads into the couch and, I’m sure, a ton of other stuff. But you can’t make me stick my hand in there. Not happening. No way.

  1552. Charlotte says:

    Is it ok if I don’t lift it up? I’m too tired. But it was lifted up 3 days ago or so, when my kids decided to redecorate my livingroom. And I saw all the dirt under the pillows. I just put it back, without vacuuming. Nothing exciting there though, apart from a missing sock.

  1553. Noey says:

    My couch is actually a crappy futon. Underneath it is about 15 pens/pencils/markers/colored pencils, assorted homework, Idon’tevenknowhowmany dirty socks, candy wrappers, and a whole butt ton of stored CRAP. Oh, and a DIRTY PLATE, GLASS AND FORK. Thank you, gross 13 year old girlchild.

    Someone remind me to make the 13 year old girlchild clean out under there later.

  1554. sildelane says:

    NOTHING is under my couch cushions because i’m the only younger in this house and I’m already big !!! :}

  1555. Jessi Quinn says:

    A toy phone, handful of cheerios and a dried babywipe, used to wipe hands, not butts.

  1556. Julie says:

    A toenail from a big toe (yuck!), a remote control, 2 hairbands, some raisins and a bunch of baby wipes that are all dried up from my son who stashes them in the couch cushions.

  1557. Kathleen says:

    Coins, markers, and a book

  1558. sheilah says:

    A few Cheetos with lint on them; a few Lego pieces; some kind of (food?? cardboard?? ???). You don’t want to look there.

  1559. Sarah says:

    Got all excited when I read this as I became convinced this would be where my car keys are (last seen in the hands of a toddler), but no, magnets, puzzles peices and toast, ugh. Love your blog!

  1560. Bonnie says:

    I found hair, lots of crumbs, an orangish crayon, and magnetic pirate pants.

  1561. Kayla Burras says:

    a cloth diaper, fork, toy car, half a cookie, and a bottle.

  1562. Monica says:

    sooooooooooooooooo much snack detritus

  1563. Joni says:

    Let’s see here…a couple crayons, a receipt and some plastic thing that I can’t identify!

  1564. Lydia says:

    Cheerios and lint..thankfully the couch isn’t used often. Under the recliner…well we are currently covering a black hole created by our 2 year old.

  1565. Afshan says:

    pen, a remote control (so that’s where it’s been), some paper, crumbs, and a half used tube of hydrocortisone cream (ugh…can’t stand baby eczema)

  1566. Anna says:

    Just some dust and hair… yep, no kids here, just a messy 27-year old!

  1567. Linda S. says:

    OK, so I found much less than I expected, actually: LOTS of crumbs, a Lego, a piece of cereal, AND a necklace that I’ve been looking for all week! Thanks Amber!

  1568. Dee says:

    sand, lots and lots of sand. Just like my laundry floor when I shake out my son’s pants

  1569. Katie D says:

    Yak! I was afraid, no, I was mortified to see what creatures were living under the couch cushions. Once I had the nerve to check, this is what I found: disturbing amounds of my husband’s fingernail/toenail clippings (oh Lord, how and why?) 3 ants (WHATTTTTT?!) half a smashed granola bar and a ton of crumbs (maybe this is why the ants are there?) Also found a missing earring. Overall a child protective services inspection would have been an epic fail. GULP!

  1570. Breenah says:

    Nothing under the cushions because they’re attached and I just vacuumed under the couch a couple days ago, but due to some Cheerio rain earlier, I’m sure there’s a few of them under there.

  1571. Gretchen says:

    Over the years since my son was born, I’ve found puzzle pieces, super hero action figures, cups, forks, socks, the remotes, my cell phone and a magnifying glass to name a few 🙂

  1572. Sarah says:

    My couch cushions are attatched, so I popped up the recliner, I found a cookie, a yummy homemade cookie, from yesterday sitting in a pile of crumbs, dog hair, and hair ties surrounded by lost half eaten toys

  1573. Nikki says:

    My couch cushions don’t lift so I am blissfully unaware for most of the year about what has fallen behind and underneath the couch itself. We have to move it to put up our christmas tree and last year I found a bunch of books that I had hidden cause I hate reading them, some general toys and snacks, a pair of tongs that had presumably been used to get something that had fallen behind, and the very expensive Movado watch that my father had insisted on buying me even though I told him it would end up getting lost in the two boy toddler tornado that is my house. Can’t wait to see what this christmas brings!

  1574. Rebecca Lopez says:

    Hmm… Interesting conversation. Wonder what’s under my cushions? So I go look. Wanna know what I found? One of our cats, I shit you not! Now, I’m not a crazy cat lady with 500 cats running around. We have three. Our couch is a sectional and apparently the 2 inch gap between two of the sections is more than enough space for our cat, Creeper (ironic, isn’t it??) to hide down inside. The cushions completely conceal the gap. Had no idea it was there until I lifted them! Too funny! Won’t show the kids that gap, who knows what will end up in there!!!

  1575. Tashina says:

    GI Joe, amber necklace and assorted crumbs.

  1576. Kai says:

    Half a banana peel (where is the other half?!), a paper Thanksgiving turkey hat and lots of dog hair.

  1577. AmandaP says:

    a hairball larger than my cat, 2 legos, 4 paintbrushes, some unidentifiable moldy food, a sippy cup complete with fermented juice, 3 barbie shoes, a thomas engine, and a bra Ive been looking for. Thanks for inspiring me to clean under the couch.

  1578. rainbowdeer says:

    An absolute goldmine of kitty glitter. :-/

  1579. Stephanie A says:

    Crayons, a pacifier, graham cracker crumbs and a sock.

  1580. Sarah C. says:

    Our cushions don’t lift up, but the tops are covered in cat hair and one food stain that my husband swears is not from him. Sure…

  1581. Brandy says:

    Holy Jeebus…. A LOT of cereal, several hair ties (no wonder I can never find one), FIVE of my husband’s socks, several crayons, a remote battery, a couple of tissues (eewww), four pirate eyepatches (our toddler had a pirate themed birthday last week), two of the newborn’s hair bows, random snack wrappers, and a popped balloon.

  1582. Lisa says:

    dust, bubbles, my son’s sock, cat hair, unidentifiable food crumbs, beer bottle cap.

  1583. Tanja says:

    Under the cushions? The couch! But, and there’s the “rub…” When the cushion gets nasty with food stains and sand, I turn it upside down. So right now, it is crazy dirty under there!

  1584. Ellie says:

    I don’t have children. I have a Husband, and I personally think that is worse (I’m sure my opinion will change once I spawn). Husbands are ‘responsible adults’ they know when they are being filthy, lazy assholes, they know their mess is going to fuck you off, they know sex is going to be withheld for making ridiculous mess, yet they still do it. Under my couch seats there is a Guitar Hero drum stick, a pen, crumbly crumbs, assorted wrappers for I don’t want to know what, an array of bogies, a toy car (he’s been whining about this car being lost for the past 3 weeks) a £1 coin (yoink) and a crusty sock. I hate that guy

  1585. Tara A. says:

    About an entire cat worth of cat hair.

  1586. Amanda V. says:

    Two wood blocks, a purple non-magical crayon, and a hair tie.

  1587. Natalie says:

    Ugh. Why do you make me look??

    remote, crumbs from various food items, an ink pen, a sharpie, two colored pencils, FIVE SOCKS, .50 cents (in change, not the Rapper, although I wouldn’t be shocked at this point) Taylor Swift Red cd liner notes, and two Crush bottle caps.

  1588. Cassandra says:

    We’re lucky. We have a couch cover that stretches over our cushions making the three cushions into one long one, and it fits tight. Nothing escapes down there, nothing but a few barely discernible crumbs. I love my couch sooo much.

  1589. Erica Hall says:

    The residues of whatever the previous owners left (we bought it from the neighbors, plus crumbs. And a sock.

  1590. Julia V says:

    Under my couch cusion I found cheerios, my daughters rubber bands, a bunch of random choking chazzards, and a quarter (to be used for laundry 🙂

  1591. Teri says:

    My couch cushions don’t lift. But this makes under my couch the landing spot for shit that falls off the couch. I found a plastic scoop of ice cream, 3 of my hair ties(cats are obsessed with them), a puzzle piece, a pen, a lot of dust bunnies, a glove, and two mismatched socks.

  1592. Marléne says:

    About 50 cents, two legos, one barbiedoll-leg, one barbiedoll-head, a half-eaten sandwich and the remote to our previous tv.

  1593. Rachel Gies says:

    Dog hair… lots of it. Tag from My Little Pony Stuffed Animal. Penny. Baby Sock.

  1594. Ellen says:

    A pen, Fruit Loops, a hi-bounce ball, lint, a kleenex and a penny.

  1595. kate cellar says:

    Hidabeds hide the most:

    1 hairbrush
    1gigapet orange
    1compiter mouse
    2 pizza crusts
    2 hair ties
    6 lego peices
    1 land of the lost cd overdue to thr library like by six months
    1 catnip mouse
    56 cents
    1 pen
    3 crayons
    Variois scraps of yarn amd wire
    Dried pasta shells
    Dirt assorted shapes anf sizes
    Alo vera plant leaf

  1596. Sarah says:

    Crumbs, a mini marshmallow and a dinosaur.

  1597. Laura says:

    lots of crumbs, a few feathers, a potato chip and a marble. not too bad!

  1598. Benjamina says:

    Lots if crumbs; which is weird because my kids are always telling how they never eat on the couch, ever.

  1599. Emma says:

    some wood blocks, a pair of grandpa’s reading glasses, plenty of various crumbs, dog hair, cat hair (we don’t have a cat anymore), a small board book, scraps of paper.

  1600. Meg says:

    crumbs, hair, and the fabric liner that came with a basket.

  1601. Nicole says:

    We have dirt, sand, dog hair, more dirt, some chip crumbs and a single Cheeto in our couch cushions. We are from the land of no children. Our dog likes to race around on the couch, so he gets all his grime in there. It’s pretty gross. We know it’s there, but it’s not THERE if we don’t move the cushions
    My email address is nicole at knitnicoleknit dot com
    -Nicole
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  1602. STEPHANIE says:

    3 rubber bands, a red bow, crackers, a pen, 36 cents

  1603. Lucie says:

    I’m a college student and I really love your blog. No kids, not married, 21yo… probably representing a minority demographic who reads your blog 🙂

    I’m excited for your book! Can’t wait to read it in bed with the boyfriend (he likes Crappy Boy because he shares Crappy Boy’s love for butts and poop).

    Anyways, our couch cushions just have dirt and lint stuff, however I did find one tampon.

  1604. Sue says:

    Sebastian the little plastic crab from Arielle the Mermaid who was nearly eaten by my son today and searched for by my girl b4 she went to bed…there u are!xxx

  1605. Sand, rocks (WTF it’s WINTER!), Dorito (one, small), socks, Thing 1 and Thing 2 sticker from 3D Cat in the Hat book

  1606. Becky says:

    crumbs, Playmobile squirrel, pencil with chewed-off eraser, used Kleenex, rarely used gym membership card.

  1607. Jennifer & Steve says:

    So THAT’S where his Superman cape has been all this time!

  1608. Debbie says:

    I don’t have a couch. But I have a two year old. And under my two year old are always things like animal crackers (half eaten), pieces of smushed strawberries, used wipes (Momeeee! I vant a vipe! – she LOVES using wipes on her legs – “all clean now”….as if that were possible after playing in the park for an hour), and other various items.

  1609. Doreen Guilfoyle says:

    LOVE your blog! Found it thru a link from a friend on FB. Wow! And, my couch? Not nearly as exciting as one that I won’t mention by name for fear of being ostracized for life… I accidentally stuck my hand in between the “vintage” cushions to find .72 cents (including actual copper pennies – yay!), 2 butts (just cigarettes, although no one’s smoked in the house in more than 10 years), 3 half-chewed legos, a Barbie shoe from the 80’s (cool find!), a cute hair barrette and… voila! The ever missing TV remote, which is the only reason I was actually in between the cushions in the first place! yay! In her defense, the couch sits in a never-used room… or at least it hasn’t been used that often in the last 10 years or so. LOL I can certainly remember that “back in the day” (i.e., pre-parenthood), we would *always* check the cushions before company just to make sure my panties or his boxers weren’t somehow hiding underneath to surprise our guests. LOL 😉 My, how our life has changed… and I love it! 🙂 Couch cushion surprises and all! (P.S. Our couch has non-removable “cushions” so there’s never anything beneath the cushions! haha)

  1610. Amy C says:

    I’ve forgotten now that I’ve taken all that time to scroll past all the other comments. OH yes…cheerios, ponytail holders, candy wrappers, an empty medicine bottle, a Sugar Daddy candy bar, a Little Mermaid pencil topper, no money, lots of crumbs, a whole cookie that the baby tried to get before I could throw it away, a spoon, some hard-as-a-rock marshmallows, and a battery. Ewww. Just…ewww.

  1611. Tabitha says:

    I cleaned it out the day before you posted this…so now, it’s completely clean. (But I think all I found in it was a few hair ties and some headphones, disappointing, I know.)

  1612. Michelle says:

    the remote, my son’s wadded up dirty sock and bread crumbs. Not too bad. But the best part was that I didn’t even have to lift up the cushions to find out. they were right where they always are after my kids use the couch….on the floor.

  1613. Hope says:

    popcorn, sprinkles, kix, batman, and some legos.

  1614. DMTabery says:

    My couch cushions cannot be removed. BINGO!

  1615. Cori says:

    I once removed the velcro flap from my hand me down couch and found the head of my sister’s vacuum. I had to romove the velcro for the first time because my cat was stuck in the couch. So after the cat fell out, the vacuum piece fell out.

  1616. Janine says:

    Remotes, always. A marble, a staple, a goldfish, a few tissues and a shed load of crumbs. (It was a goldfish cracker, not an actual fish. Though that wouldn’t surprise me either.)

  1617. Michelle says:

    tons of crumbs, 6 pens/pencils, granola bar wrapper, brachs mix bag candy wrapper, unidentified shiny plastic piece to something, 2 hair bands, and 2 Thomas and friends magnets – Percy and Mavis, to be specific. also a drum stick and the drum head – son is 19 mo so I can see why I hid those. 🙂

  1618. Jocelyn says:

    Unidentified crumbs. And considering how long ago I vacuumed under there, they will remain unidentified.

  1619. eileenerb says:

    Popcorn. A furry Skittle. A tiny Lego sword. (Note: my youngest son is 14 and hasn’t played with Legos in several years.)

  1620. Rachel L. says:

    We recently sold our pull out couch and invested in new couches. I was mortified when we pulled out the bed part of the sofa to show the potential buyers and found an entire bag full of cheese it’s, a juice box, and a piece of slightly disgusting pizza. Apparently the babysitter didn’t inspect the sofa to closely before she cleaned up after movie night.

  1621. Denise Pasieka says:

    Crumbs, one blue sock, hair tie, little one’s spiderman underwear (that’s where its been hiding!), a spoon, and a pizza crust.

  1622. Luanna Larusson says:

    My 31-year-old childless daughter sent me your I Quit article, giving me a really good laugh. She knows I would appreciate it as I’m 56 years old and ten years ago I adopted a baby in Africa (I think the heat must have fried my brain). That baby is now almost 11, and full of shit and all sorts of other stuff that makes me want to pull my now grey hair out. She’s also quite astute sometimes, like when I was shouting at her the other day… I don’t know what it was about, get to bed, brush your teeth, pick up your clothes, GET TO BED. She grabbed me by the front of my shirt and pulled me in real close and shouted at me, “Would you stop acting as if you still get your period!” Well, that shut me up, and then we laughed hysterically. She still had to pick up her clothes, brush her teeth and go to bed, but we were both in a better mood. Anyway, in my couch I found:
    Two popsicle sticks
    One silver star Christmas ornament
    One emergency whistle
    Numerous wrappers from Halloween candy
    A spoon
    51 cents
    A golf ball (none of us golf so I don’t know where that came from)
    A clothing tag off a men’s shirt bought at a thrift store
    and a quarter of a pound of popcorn.
    PS: I quit almost every night.

  1623. Katie says:

    it’s a futon. underneath right now — a stacking cup and a ball.

  1624. Sinead says:

    besides the usual crumbs, coins & empty sweet wrappers there were three odd socks, a hat from a lego minifigure & a letter my husband swears blind he posted weeks ago…

  1625. Becky K says:

    A handful of Cheerios, a raisin, a doll shoe and an assortment of bracelets.

  1626. April says:

    Checking under the cushions would require moving all the laundry (it’s folded, so close enough) and the sheet I’m using as a slipcover. But I’m certain there is popcorn in there from pre-sheet and -laundry days. I’m incapable of eating popcorn without dropping at least 7 pieces.

  1627. Kimberly Harris says:

    Cereal, dirty clothes, silverware, misc. crumbs….

  1628. Tammy Harrison says:

    now we know where all the socks go when I tell him he needs to sort them and put them away.

  1629. Sapphyre says:

    Wow, you got a lot of comments!

    I am lying in bed, sick, so I will just list things I have found before:
    Wii remote, DVD remote, wrappers, straws, lego pieces, socks, keys, crumbs & other debris, pet hair, bangles, Barbie clothes & shoes, iPods, DSis… you get the picture 🙂

  1630. Melanie Brooks says:

    I just vacuumed under them last week, found a bunch of crumbs, a book and a plastic bracelet (we have 3 girls). I looked just now and found more crumbs- already?!! Despite the no eating in the family room rule that we try to enforce… The husband and I both do it, but the crumbs couldn’t possibly be from us, right? 😉

  1631. julie says:

    crumbs, a smarties wrapper, a small notepad… and… a dollar bill! Score! (although I’m just taking the dollar and leaving the rest!)

  1632. Amy says:

    Well, not much. Just a highlighted and a colored pencil. Our collection is low at the moment, because we keep having to search the cushions or missing legos…

  1633. c says:

    I don’t have kids. Yet. But I do have two cats and under the cushions, I find shredded pieces of tissues and papers, and under the couch, more shredded pieces of tissues and papers, dish washing sponge, crinkly cat toys, straws, and sometimes, my spectacles.

  1634. Serena says:

    Crumbs, popcorn kernels and a pen. My son hasn’t figured out the couch cushions yet. Only a matter of time though…

  1635. Christina says:

    My cushions don’t detach, but there are cracks in between them, so under the couch we go…

    A water bottle cap, 2 Army men, Mini tennis ball dog toy, grocery store receipt, Popsicle stick, a spoon, lip gloss (Hey, I was looking for that!), Hot Wheels, Cars 2 DVD (This will need to be pushed deep into the trash before my son sees it and throws a fit because it’s now unwatchable thanks to the abundance of scratches), Butt Paste (in the tube, not spread about), 2 socks, a pencil, some kind of unidentifiable, petrified food substance, crayon bits, a Chucke Cheese medal from my son’s 2nd birthday party a year and a half ago (no, it hasn’t been there THAT long, he was just playing with it last week), a nail clipper, an empty M&M’s (snack size) wrapper, an already-been-used Best Buy gift card (Darn!), and last, but not least (and certainly my favorite), $4.64 in change!

  1636. Lawschoolmommy says:

    Well, I may have missed the drawing, but what I found under the cushions of my $35 thrift store couch had to shared: Crumbs of course, plenty of glitter (which can actually be found on any randomly selected item in the apartment), and a dirty sock. My sock. I am not proud. Preschooler-debris covers every room, but apparently I am the one who loses things in the couch.

  1637. Lawschoolmommy says:

    Well, I probably missed the drawing, but I had to share what I found under the cushions of my $35 thrift store couch: Crumbs of course, plenty of glitter (which doesn’t really count, since it’s also on any randomly selected item in the apartment), and a dirty sock. My sock. Preschooler-debris covers every room, but apparently I am the only one leaving yucky things in the couch. Thanks for the reality check. 🙂

  1638. Crystal says:

    Almost a meal’s worth of assorted chip and cracker crumbs, a gun(of the Lego variety) a Lego guy with a pirate hat on, twelve cents(mostly pennies), a Nintendo DS stylus pen, a fingernails. It goes without saying that I promptly vacuumed after rescuing the pirate Lego(he says the gun’s not his)

  1639. Valerie says:

    All I found was a candy wrapper and some crumbs and lint. 🙁 I was hoping for money or our missing butterknife…seriously, how does one lose silverware?

    • Christina says:

      I’m missing numerous bowls. I discovered that they’re being thrown out by my children in the midst of a brain fart. I’ve even discovered some in the trash before it got taken out *sigh*

  1640. Ashlee says:

    We don’t have any kids. Just two kittens. I was going to just put that it’s clean under there but I thought I better check since my husband can be quite scatterbrained (ok, I can too). So I lifted up the cushion to check, and nothing but a few tiny crumbs 🙂 and then as I was putting the cushion back down a kitten jumped in the way. So I now have a kitten in my couch lol

  1641. stephanie says:

    My little ponies

  1642. melia whyte says:

    an old apple with 3 bites out of it, a bouncy ball, dads rolled up sock ball, crumbs, a hair elastic, and a loonie yay!

  1643. Katie says:

    Our couch cushions are sewn on, but we did find a bunch of distraction gimmicks under the changing table- 3 month old chips, hair ties, cortisone ointment, a baby sock, hair clips, and my husband’s keys (which was the only reason we went under there in the first place).

  1644. David Loberg says:

    Popcorn. Like half a bushel. And a matchbox car. Oh! the blu-ray player remote!!!

  1645. Amber says:

    I was scared to look, but I did it just for you 🙂 we have a necklace, the dogs missing rope toy, Goldfish (for the love of all the Goldfish!! Geez…) and assorted socks who’s mates have missed them. Ugh my house is toddler disaster! Haha

    Oh and I’m an “Amber” too, so I feel like this should give me a leg up on the competition 😉

  1646. I am a mom of a 1-year-old little princess, and we live in the Philippines. She is bright and bubbly, and a beautiful pain in the butt. We do not have a couch. We live in a small room with a sink and a bath. You open the door and that’s it. We sleep on the floor on a worn-out cushion. We don’t have a TV, or even a fridge. But we are a happy little family. I would love to have your book, it would make me feel really special.
    If we did have a couch, I’d say it would be hiding treasures like my bra, a pen, crumbs of various cookies and biscuits, my husband’s watch, some squeaky toys, and a few bucks.
    Love your blog, 🙂

  1647. RobinELF says:

    Lots of crumbs, mostly pretzel/goldfish/ritz crackers variety…. And I have to clean when my son is not around as he would try to eat the bits that he had apparently been keeping in a safe place!

  1648. Considering I vacuumed and shampooed our couch two weeks ago, it’s contents are shameful.
    Crumbs galore (what on earth are these kids eating?)
    Half (the butt end) of a battery operated penguin that is supposed to swim in the bathtub.
    I’m estimating here, but approximately 27 bobby pins (my contribution).
    A flannel wipe.
    A shim. Seriously. Where did they find that..?
    A length of track from the Thomas the Train track.
    There’s probably more, but my 15 month old is sacked out on part of the couch.

  1649. DebbieKL says:

    Ha! I still have a futon – I’d love a comfier couch, but I’m scared of what the kids will do to it!

  1650. Julia says:

    just cleaned a couple weeks ago but today: 12 Cheerios, 2 duplo blocks and a duplo cow, a Halloween candy wrapper ( oh Henry) that I have no Idea we still had in the house, thinking papa has a stash somewhere I don’t know about which is totally not cool and the kicker, what might be a kappa roll from sushi diner last week…

  1651. Meghan Breitzmann says:

    A whisk, a fly swatter, umpteen books, assorted crayons, blocks, toy cars, toy trains, a baby wooly mammoth, a small bouncy ball, a remote control, a battery, Duplos, dinosaurs, 1 camel, 1 Uno card, and a library-owned DVD case that has been missing so long that I paid the library for it several months ago.

  1652. jessica says:

    A stegosaurus, a digital camera, a toenail, countless boogers, a sock, a pair of shorts, a crochet hook, a cell phone, a chip clip,and a shot glass.

    And, yep, its all staying there. Except maybe the shot glass.

  1653. Alice Rudin says:

    Superstruct piece, popcorn bits, dust, dog hair. Not the stitch counter that one of the rugrats took off my knitting and is now missing.

  1654. Justine says:

    Popcorn crumbs, used tissues stuck between the cracks, and lint balls with hair and crumbs of I don’t want to know. Btw, I have no kids. I hope this doesnt mean I’m dubbed messy eater.
    I love your blog, cracks me up!

  1655. Becky says:

    Two long whiskers and too much freaking cat litter.

  1656. Soo Ping Ng-Bronson says:

    A sock, a half wooden apple, a strand of hair and a cheerio.

  1657. Kate Pruyn says:

    Hair, various crumbs (those recognizable from corn chips), and one cheap plastic pink size 7 dpn (double-pointed knitting needle). Hey, I was kinda looking for that ….thanks.

  1658. Jen says:

    Socks, pencils, raisins, crumbs, dust, used tissues, hair.

  1659. Joy says:

    Toy screw driver from “I’ve been working on the railroad” tool box.

  1660. Devon says:

    Too tired and lazy to pick up the cushions. I’m guessing lots of crumbs, some duplos, and a random assortment of puzzle pieces.

  1661. ACsMama says:

    I’ve got 5 crayons, a pencil, a bunch of crumpled up papers (the 3yo is going through a serious “got to do my homework” phase – I hope it sticks around when she actually does have homework she has to do! Yeah right.), a puzzle piece, and a lot of sand. Like enough to fill half the sandbox. Maybe I should go get the Dustbuster?

  1662. Stephanie says:

    I’m too tired to get off the couch to look under the cushions. I promise it ain’t pretty. Some stones are better left unturned. Pick me, oh great random picker!

  1663. Kim says:

    A marker, a cap to something, snack bag worth of crumbs, random piece to a wood train and two game pieces.

  1664. Kayla says:

    Quarter, crumbs, pen, hair band!

  1665. Tara says:

    Cereal, lots of crumbs, sand!!! and miscellaneous lego heads and small toys!

  1666. Adam C says:

    A knit hat, an infant shoe and lots of hair and crumbs.

  1667. Lori says:

    My couch cushions don’t lift up.. So I looked under the couch and found– a dog toy, several buttons from an art project a dish towel and assorted food items which were not identifiable..

  1668. mijjones says:

    a bunch of lollie wrappers and the odd biscuit snack probably hidden by my daughter when she is supposed to be doing her homework. she is twelve.

  1669. Chelsie says:

    We don’t have a couch, just a double recliner, but today I was helping a friend move and I lifted the top head cushion up on her recliner and a cascade of crayons came falling out lol

  1670. Lisa abejja says:

    Whyyyyyy did I look !!!

    What looks like sultanas but with 5 boys you can’t be sure o_0
    A red and blue crayon
    Sandwich crust and 3 matchbox cars
    Half of the school sandpit

  1671. Jill says:

    Nothing! My couch cushions don’t come off the couch. But between them there is a lot of cheerios and dog hair 🙂

  1672. Janice says:

    Lots of crumbs!

  1673. Aysha White says:

    Cheerios galore!

  1674. Tia says:

    I don’t have kids, but I do have a niece & nephews that come to visit….however, they aren’t the reason for the random food (popcorn, corn chips, wrappers, etc) that’s under my couch cushions. That honor goes to my boyfriend (the stuff is on ‘his’ end of the couch)! Unsure how guys can be so oblivious to how much food isn’t actually making it into their mouths, it’s kind of like having a kid around without the excuse of one for the reason for the dirty floors & everything!

  1675. dreamyowl says:

    Well I’m probably too late for this, but I found several socks, my missing nursing tank, a prefold (clean, happily), a newborn onesie (my youngest is 18 months), bamboobies – just one, and almost all the lost toys – you know, like the two blocks that didn’t make it back to the cart, the purple peg from the pegboard, and one of the gears from that noisy light up spinning playskool thingy. Sheesh, obviously I’m not a princess, since I can stand to sit on all that crap in our cushy, PITA-to-get-between-the-cushions couch! LOL I’d never feel a pea 😉

  1676. Jennifer Lewis says:

    Crumbs…lot’s and lot’s of crumbs. Assorted flavors.

  1677. Emily says:

    Nothing. Seriously. I don’t know how that’s possible… Now, what’s *under* the couch? Shudder.

  1678. Kaitlyn says:

    Apparently I have more cat hair than I care to admit and a loonie. Wow, a whole dollar.

  1679. Michelle says:

    I had crumbs, crumbs and more crumbs….and a quarter and a penny.

  1680. Olivia says:

    I only have futon like sofas so no cushions per se. I looked under the sofa and found a tennis ball at least 🙂 and dust, lots of dust…

  1681. Melanie lee says:

    Baby puffs, crumbs, 3 pens, 2 socks, a dress shirt, a remote, 2paper clips a small dog…. Okay maybe not a dog but I wouldn’t be surprised!

  1682. Amanda says:

    Crumbs, sand, dog hair, toy dinosaur, toy cow, small wooden car. No money.

  1683. Amber Musselman says:

    I have two of those lovely, full size couches, that have a long floating cushion. Queen Ann’s I think they are called. They are horrible for collecting items under the cushion because the back of the couch doesn’t go over the top of the cushion, and EVERYTHING falls under there!! I am convinced that that is the reason we got them so cheaply :(. My sons love to wiggle under them and “hide”, which can be a frightening experience for those visitors who think the cushion is just lumpy… So, yes, I can even find children under my couch cushions…
    I have do a daily clean out otherwise the cushions get lumpy from things other than my children and this is what I found tonight:
    mini shark
    5 marbles
    3 plastic fruits
    3 hot wheels
    Unopened bag of gummy bears – some little boy thought they were clever, but couldn’t get the bag open Wahahah!
    Floppy sun hat
    Legos, legos, legos!
    Straw
    Stuffed kitty toy
    1/2 of the magnetic ball and stick set
    🙂

  1684. Lydia Davis says:

    Currently there is nothing in the cushions. Why? Because my wonderful sister moved in with me to help out while my husband is deployed, and when she can’t sleep she cleans my house! So, what I have is freshly cleaned couch cushions and the most wonderful sister in the world!

  1685. Fuzzy says:

    a whole lot of lint, one wooden massage thingy, one push toy

  1686. sandra says:

    Fishy crackers are a staple item under my couch cushions (even though there is a “no eating in the living room ” rule)….keeping the fish company are multiple kids socks, a dress belonging to Tinkerbell, play food from my daughter’s kitchen and a couple of Matchbox cars.

  1687. Lisa M says:

    train, domino, crackers, and more crumbs then I care to count!

  1688. SDtG says:

    multiple cheerios, 3 pencils, a leaking texta, lego pieces, more lego pieces, apple piece (incidently dessicated), multiple pen lids from pens thrown away because the lids were missing and ten cents (so a profit was kind of made from the exercise).

  1689. Ashley K says:

    Crumbs, dog hair, & the Apple TV remote! Thanks Crappy Mom – we’ve been looking for that for weeks!

  1690. M says:

    My couch looks almost like your couch, except it is red instead of blue. Complete with yogurt hand-prints. My hubby vacuumed it out tonight and flipped cushions when he was done. We haven’t flipped the cushions since my son was born, so now the couch looks brand new!

  1691. Leyna says:

    Four strawberry stems, a mini marshmallow, superman figurine, Kix, remote, plastic steak, and a potato head arm.

  1692. Weronika says:

    My couch doesn’t have cushions, ha! 🙂

  1693. katja says:

    A used tissue (yikes) and crumbs.
    Ya for book release time!

  1694. MK says:

    There’s nothing under my couch cushions — for now. My son is only 7,5 months old. On the other hand, there are quite a few spit up stains on the cushions themselves. I cannot imagine what possessed me to buy a sofa with non-machine washable covers 🙂 As if I’m going to pay for dry cleaning when it’s going to get stained the next day anyway… Thank goodness I went for dark brown instead of beige!

  1695. Jason says:

    Well I too have kids, four to be exact, and under the couch cushions I found: crushed pretzel crums; a handful of hony nut cheerios; popcorn; 4 puzzle pieces; parts of the remote control (thankfully this time no batteries). If you’d like to know about stains (on both sides of the cushion by now) you’ll find: poop, puke, and pee.

  1696. Karoline says:

    Thank goodness my couch doesn’t have cushions. There would be a ton of stuff underneath. This way, it’s just visible on top of the couch. Because the couch is where i usually just throw everything i’m holding when i’m hurrying to get the baby (6 months). if i want to sit down i just move it from one couch to the other. yay for having no time whatsoever to clean up.

  1697. Another Melissa says:

    97 Capri Sun straw wrappers
    Plastic coins with some real coins someone theived for the toy cash register
    1 domino
    1 balloon
    1 dirty sock
    A screw from a toy work bench I sold on craigslist months ago (mistakenly “with all pieces”)
    Amazingly no food- must be the dogs?!

  1698. Nia says:

    A plastic wrench, a missing sock, a wheel from a Hot Wheels car. Sadly no money 🙁

  1699. Christine Jacobsen says:

    We regularly have to look under our couch cushions for remotes (this is due to my husband, not my child) so there is not much there, currently except for a branch from a tiny plastic palm tree and two quarters.

  1700. julia says:

    no money, no bad food, luckily, 5 lego duplo pieces, 3 cars and 2 small books.

  1701. Alison M says:

    A wooden block, two toy butterflies, a lot of crumbs, and yay! money (wait, it’s play money, never mind.)

    Actually way cleaner than I expected.

  1702. mi mi guo says:

    I have dust and loads of hair from my pp hairloss.

  1703. Jay says:

    Sand… still not sure how that got there. Usually 1 or both of the remote controls – not just under the cushions, but stuck down the sides so they’re nice and hidden during searches. And random pieces of paper my 5-year-old has cut up.

  1704. Kelly McNamara says:

    Angry Birds pig, Little People brand cat, Nerf bullets, cat hair, and crumbs!

  1705. Melissa says:

    Broken crayons, Cheerios, pretzels, dog food, a pink sequin

  1706. Mel G says:

    Crumbs, random food wrappers….alas, no money this time 🙁

  1707. Carla Morais says:

    Disapointment. With 2 boys, 6 and 3 yrs, all I found was a big plastic yellow coin. And I don’t even vaccum there! Dull.

  1708. Jennifer says:

    Enough dog hair to make another dog…

  1709. Rachael says:

    two (mismatched) baby socks, one grown up sock, hair brush, nail clippers, LOTS of crumbs and cat hair

  1710. Cristin says:

    Nail clippers, 2 of my daughter’s hair clips, a Hello Kitty pencil, unidentified crumbs, and lots of dog hair.

  1711. Di says:

    We have a sofa bed that was just used a few days ago, so there’s nothing under the cushions right now.

  1712. Julie C. says:

    My sofa cushions don’t lift up, but here’s what I’ve found underneath the couch (which I apparently haven’t moved in waaaay too long!) Amongst the food wrappers, cheerios and pistachio shells, I found a snowman Pez dispenser, one Tinkerbell slipper, the 3 of diamonds, last month’s school lunch menu, an empty change purse and dental floss.

  1713. Lauriesl says:

    I didn’t find much, some crumbs, which I would gladl take toys over! Thanks for the opportunity to win your book!

  1714. stephanie says:

    Seven socks (none matching), two binkies, about 4,000 Cheerios, a princess wand, two hairbows and the top of a snack trap. And that was just the loveseat.

  1715. Jennifer R says:

    Lots of unidentifiable crumbs, pretzels, hair rubber bands, polly pocket accessories, and random board game pieces.

  1716. Jane H says:

    Lately my two-year old has been saying, “Couch, maybe?” whenever I’m looking for something and can’t find it. Funny enough, today there are only crumbs under my cushions! I guess he must have excavated everything else recently!

  1717. Kristen Harrison says:

    dog hair, crumbs, and one baby sock

  1718. A piece of a crayon, a plethora of undistinguishable crumbs and a sock (THERE IT IS!!!)!

  1719. Christal says:

    an orange colored pencil. A regular pencil. A flourescent green pop bead. And a bed…it’s a fold out. haha. And now a newspaper because when I tipped the cushion up, it fell under there.

  1720. Mary says:

    You can’t lift the cushions on my leather couch. But between the cushions I found 2 cheerios, a helicopter blade, a dime and a penny.

  1721. Arialvetica says:

    The underside of stained cushions. There’s nothing in there because I recently frantically cleaned before I had houseguests (hence the flipped cushions). I found a broken safety pin and more Cheerios than my child has actually eaten.

  1722. Vicki says:

    Goldfish crackers, unidentified crumbs, empty (but sticky) bowl, plastic dolphin, kindle (I was looking for that!), several mismatched socks, lollipop stick.

  1723. Claudia says:

    Cant lift the cushions of our couch but theres every kind of body liquid on it (and i mean EVERY kind of liquid or nearliquid substance a human body can produce) maybe theres even some catsick on it I dont know and I dont care anymore. We hide the couch under big blankets, which ist something I should have done before it looked so crappy. The blankets are far easier to wash.
    There is also a good amount of milk – breastmilk and this chemical stuff you can buy (dont know the english word for it and I am to lazy to look it up), fizzy drinks, some alcohol, lots of water and juice…its all dry now it just looks like a camouflage couch now. Between the cushions is a great variety of crumbled cereal, cookies, bread and stuff I cant identify anymore. Some marbles, wooden puzzle pieces, matchbox cars, some lego and a fork o.O.
    There is more under the couch…I dont recommend a “high legged” couch if you have kids, nearly half of their toys are hidden under it.

  1724. I sold my couch…we now have a beanbag. I’m sure there is stuff under the beanbag, but it’s one of those giant super heavy ones and I couldn’t move it to check.

  1725. My parents found a cheeseburger under the couch cushion after my brother threw a party when he was in high school. Bet you can’t wait till yours are teenagers.

  1726. Jamie says:

    I’ve got one of those nifty microfiber couch cover thingies that tucks all around everything.. So there is NO WAY anything can get under the cushions.. My 13 year old SLEEPS on the couch.. like it’s his bed or something, so maybe there is teenage boy drool or sweat or something neat like that seeping its way under the cushions.

  1727. Kimberly says:

    Dog hair, fruit snacks, fake money, a rosary, an Avengers action figure and sponge-bullets. No real money, dang-it.

  1728. Sara Dalton says:

    Fortunately, we reupholstered our sofa fairly recently so there isn’t too much under the cushions. Today I found: unpopped popcorn kernels, a Lego guy, a plastic tomato slice, a clothspin, two pillows that act as cushion reinforcement (I need new foam), a remote for some electronic thing, a dried up wildflower, some dehyradted rice and cheese (ew!), and a cupcake wrapper.

  1729. Sarah H says:

    3 zinc lozenge wrappers, lots of stale cheerios, a pencil, a foam dart, a baby sock and tons of suspicious crumbs.

  1730. amanda w says:

    2 hair bandies, 1 and a half pairs of socks, chip crumbs and mari gras beads (pink)

  1731. Jenifer says:

    My couch cushions are attached to the couch, so I don’t have anything under them! Yay! But what I do have… is the crack. It’s scary in there. Lots of change, crumbs of all shapes and sizes, a puzzle piece, crayons, more change, more crumbs, more crayons. Oh and a pen! Yay!

  1732. Nina says:

    Crumbs… LOTS of crumbs…, chocolate chips? At least I think they’re chocolate chips, they don’t smell like cat turds :), 3 legos, 6 hot wheels, and a pen.

    No wonder my couch has been so uncomfortable…

  1733. Mandy V says:

    Crumbs, more crumbs, crayons, hair tie, beer bottle cap, baby socks, and a used tissue. :-/

  1734. Elizabeth James says:

    there was nothing but dog hair, i bought my couch in December so it’s still pretty new.

  1735. NeuroNerd says:

    Cat hair, two pencils, one peppermint, and a snickers wrapper.

  1736. Jessiejack says:

    a mummified geiko, a pen , 2 paperclips and a feather from the cat toy

  1737. Jessica says:

    Some cracker crumbs, a couple of m&m’s and loads of dirt and pet fur. I should really clean under here more often and make the dogs (and kids) stay off the furniture.

  1738. Tara says:

    27 Cheerios, 2 hot wheels cars, lots of crumbs, and a Sesame Street board book.

  1739. I don’t currently own a couch. We’re living at my sister’s house for 6 months after moving across the country. Her couch cushions are attached to the couch – they don’t come off. Weird.