Random thoughts
I am too busy to blog, but because I hate to leave this little project completely unattended, I’ve made time to list out 5 completely random things that entered my mind today. Call it a meme and copy if you’d like – I’d love to hear your thoughts.
1) What’s with pants these days? Is it just me or do they all fall down? Trust me, I’m not buying them too big. I wish I could say that was my problem, but it isn’t. I have several pairs of properly sized pants – sweats, track pants, casual capris, jeans, the whole gamut – and they all slide down, and require that constant hiking up. Which is so tacky. I know. But what’s a girl to do?
2) I love privacy director. Caller id combined with privacy director has made our home completely free of unwanted calls, and I love that. Thank you Bellsouth.
3) Why does the puppy always take forever to find the proper spot to pee when it’s raining? Sunny and warm, she’s done in 10 seconds flat, but 40 degrees with a whipping rain and she has to sniff around for 10 minutes.
4) Catie is hysterical. I’m trying to teach the girls good table manners, and chewing with your mouth closed is at the top of my list. A certain spouse does not always do this, which drives the other spouse crazy. But I digress. Anyway, after watching Molly eat breakfast Catie turned to me and said, “Mommy, Molly doesn’t have good manners. Did Daddy teach her to chew?” ROFL From the mouths of babes. 
5) I live in fear of head lice. We got a note sent home from school earlier this week that lice was detected in Annie’s classroom. For the second time this year. Now my head itches just thinking about it. From extensive googling I’ve learned that they attach more easily to clean hair, so the poor baby’s shampoos are few and far between now. They are also apparently repelled by vinegar, so I added white vinegar to the laundry. Unfortunately we may repel our friends and neighbors as well, since who wants to walk around smelling like vinegar? But if the alternative is to walk around with a head full of bugs, I’ll take the stink.
So what’s new with you?
Tags: Annie, Catie, lice, Molly, privacy director, vinegar
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By Allison, November 13, 2008 @ 8:26 am
That was fun! I am glad you had a little time to blog!
Wow, didn’t know that about lice and clean hair.
I agree about the dog peeing thing…our dog, same scenario!
Check with my blog on Friday, I am doing the peek in the purse thing!
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By Darcie, November 13, 2008 @ 7:20 pm
You’re crackin’ me up.
LICE. IS. A. NIGHTMARE. I am not speaking from experience of course. I’m totally just guessing what a total and complete horrific experience it must be to not only go through a certain child’s head strand by strand and detach those stubborn nits but to also wash and rewash every last stitch of fabric in the house. And of course I’ve never dealth with the Lice nazi at school quadruple checking that my child’s head is nit-free.
Nope, not me.
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By Amanda M., November 15, 2008 @ 2:28 pm
I would FREAK OUT over the lice thing. I have four kiddos and knock on wood, we haven’t ever had to deal with it, but I live in fear of it!
Ditto on the pants. No clue why I need to continually hike them up. It’s not like my big hips shouldn’t suppport them!?!?
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By okjac80, November 18, 2008 @ 2:49 pm
I hate the very thought of lice! We had a scare awhile back and found out that in addition to vinegar, they can’t live in hair that has been washed w/ tea tree oil. So I add a drop of tea tree oil to all the shampoo!! LOL It must work bc after the outbreak at our church, I told all my friends the trick and NONE of the kids that washed their hair in tea tree oil got lice!
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