Looks like a jungle, smells like a zoo (not for the faint of heart!)

So in my quest to get this house company ready for our party on Saturday, I am vigorously cleaning and putting stuff away between the extra laundry and cleaning out bowls of vomit, and mopping, (floors and mouths). Kiley is indeed sick today, and everyone who was at Lowes at 10:10 this morning knows it! Colleen is also sick, I picked her up at school, and Timmy is not feeling well, either.

Anyhow, there was this lingering odor that I could not identify. I smelled it first on the couch - which is headed for the curb. We got it from friends of ours a few years ago, who were giving it away, and it has seen better days. It has certainly smelled better. Shane slept there the night before last. I walked past his room and the smell hit me again like a ton of bricks. Let me just say here that his and Mick's room is my favorite. It is also the only room that is 100% completely done the way I want it. It is a jungle theme, and is darn cute, if I do say so myself. Not because I have any particular artistic ability, but I used Tatouage (google it!) on all the walls. It is also the only room in the house that stays clean most of the time. I went in there to investigate and found myself picking up every object, and opening every drawer, and sniffing it all in an effort to identify the odor. I stripped their beds and washed the sheets, although the smell was not there. I looked in Mick's pajama drawer, and it was empty but for pajamas. All of their clothes in the drawers smelled fine. All of the stuffed animals (and there are many) were also fine. There were a few items on the floor that needed to go into the laundry, and I found the offending item - it was a pair of Shane's boxers. To the eye, there was no reason for their foulness, but let me tell you, they made my eyes water, and I was almost the next person to throw up. But moms don't have time to get sick. The boy usually chooses not to wear underwear at all. Guess I just got lucky. Yuck.