To anyone who might ever see a jewelry-making kit with something like 10,000 little beads and think, "Elena would like this!",

Please keep in mind the following:
1) She has 3 younger brothers, one who is very good at dumping things and one who is very good at putting everything in his mouth
2) She's not particularly neat herself
3) We have hardwood floors
4) Those hardwood floors rest upon an old and extremely crooked foundation
5) Beads roll. And they do not care where you try to direct them with a broom - they will roll where gravity dictates. In every direction possible. With every sweep of the broom.

Can you guess what I spent the morning doing?