Random Bits of Blogability
Snow! Whoa! Didn’t see that coming. I guess when my grandma calls to give us our weather report we should listen. She told us we’d be getting snow, but then she also mentioned Chicago, so we blew her off as a geographically-challenged old woman. Now we have three inches and counting. I even skipped latin cardio today because I didn’t want to drive with the non-snow-driving idiots that were sure to be out and about.
The apartment next to use has been empty for months, which has been nice. No loud music. No banging. No video game beeping at 2 am. What’s not to love? Yesterday we saw a guy and six very redneck teenagers (based solely on the plethora of camo) moving in. I’m assuming most of the six teenagers were just friends of the teenagers that belongs to the guy. I’m hoping it’s a divorced father situation and the teenager(s) who belong to him won’t be around 24/7, playing their loud music and video game beeps.
Our joyfully quiet evenings came to an abrupt end at 12:22 this morning (you read that right–22 minutes after midnight) when they decided picture hanging with a big hammer would be an appropriate activity. I was so angry that I jumped out of bed and prepared to go bang on their door. Only I didn’t have any pants on. Instead, I went to the wall they were banging on and banged back. They were quiet after that so I was happy, but WHO hammers at that hour? Who????
Erik is obsessed with the vacuum cleaner. He cries and fusses and throws a tantrum if we put it away. It’s a canister vac and he can heft that canister all over the house, including onto Mike’s belly when Mike is laying on the floor. The problem? He doesn’t want to vacuum by himself. He wants Mike to stand there and help him. For hours. And hours. That’s all he did yesterday–vacuum, convince Mike to vacuum, cry and throw a fit when Mike sat down and wouldn’t vacuum. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Does anyone really lather, rinse and repeat? I lather and rinse but I never repeat. Is that just their way of trying to sell double the amount of shampoo? Does anyone really NEED to wash their hair twice?
Speaking of hair, I’m thinking of getting a just-above-the-chin length bob. Are bobs totally out of style? Maybe I should just continue growing it out since it is finally all started to fit in a ponytail after my last haircut. You can get a good idea of the current length HERE and you can also see that my skin is funky and I look like the joker. What IS that? Argh. I wouldn’t share, but I need hair opinions and that is the best hair pic I can find.
I forgot to mention that my rotten, no good, very bad day was exacerbated by burning nipples. I decided, in my very digital way, that Erik must be weaned right now, so pulled out the Norwegian midwife trick. No one told me mustard on the nips would burn. I wondered if it might, but it doesn’t burn my tongue. It just has a kick. I should never do things like that. Certain brands of lotion burn my skin. Why would I think mustard would be ok? Erik most assuredly did not like the taste, but he just screamed and cried and threw a tantrum and wasn’t turned off the nip at all so he is no closer to being weaned now than he was before the mustard incident.
I also forget to mention that I saw a guy get his head blown off.
Isn’t that a great lead in? Are you queasy yet? Do you think I might need counseling?
The other day is was really windy out and the Liberty Tax mascots were out standing on the corner. The one dressed up like the statue of liberty suddenly had his big statue of liberty head blown off into the middle of the road by the sheer force of the wind. Mike and I are freaks and laughed for a good five minutes. I feel so sorry for those tax mascot people. I guess they are hired by accountants and accountants would know if they are actually a good business expense so maybe they are bringing in customers, but it would suck to stand outside in the cold for hours.
I just read yesterday that if your 16 month old can’t scribble with crayons you need to call your pediatrician. I’ve never even considered giving my 16 month old crayons to scribble with. I never saw the point. Why would I care if he scribbles up some paper. Why would he want to scribble on paper? I guess I better go out and buy some crayons for him and see if he is normal. I also read that you should be concerned if your 16 months old arches his head back and spins or twirls. Is it really bad that he does those things? He’s always loved to arch his head back. He gets a big buzz out of spinning around. He likes to be dizzy. I thought it was funny. I didn’t know it meant he might have developmental problems. He doesn’t seem to be developmentally delayed. He’s more physical than most kids his age and he’s very friendly and social. I don’t think there is anything to worry about. Stupid Dr. Google. Why was I even looking up such things?
I have fifteen more questions to write and then I am done done done. . . until the revision phase. This entry is brought to you by the letter P. I love to procrastinate.
February 25th, 2007 at 11:51 am
We’ve got a little over 6 inches here. We were shocked when we woke especially since we were supposed to get ice. LMK is already delayed tomorrow. Woohoo!
We have the Liberty Tax people here too, only they’re usually teenagers who spend more time standing beside a car containing a friend than waving to cars. Still must be a crappy job. But! It’s a job.
February 26th, 2007 at 5:35 am
Maybe it’s just my computer, but your skin looks lovely to me. What problem are you seeing?
About the hair … I’m divided. I think a just-above-the-chin bob would look lovely, but it needs upkeep – it doesn’t stay just-above-the-chin. Will you have regular cuts? If not, stick with the ponytail – at least you can fool around with different updos if you’re bored with it. That’s what I do, even though shorter hair suits me better. I never get around to going to the hairdresser often enough to maintain it, short.
I only shampoo once, too. The rinse and repeat thing IS just a ploy to get you using more shampoo. I read about years ago in a book written by a woman who used to work in the cosmetics industry.
February 26th, 2007 at 7:07 am
Bobs are always in style. I’m thinking about going back to one myself, except for the reason BadAunt brings up.
Mustard? I can’t even imagine!
February 26th, 2007 at 7:12 am
Too bad I can’t get my boys (young and older) to vacuum for hours ;)
Burning nipples? Sounds more like kinky foreplay than like a midwife trick :) But OUCH! Leave it to the norwegians…
We haven’t given our 16-month old crayons either. The one time she got ahold of a pencil from her brother’s school supplies was enough to convince us that she can scribble quite well (on the chair…on the wall…etc). Though I guess we did give her crayons in a restaurant and she couldnt seem to figure out how to make them work. I say she’s playing us.
Ditto on liking to spin until she staggers around like a druken sorority girl. Over and over again. You’d think she’d eventually make herself sick. We don’t worry because we have a child with autism (the spinning is a form of “stimming”) and the difference is the frequency and intensity. If it’s not something you’ve thought twice about before Dr. Google, its probably not a problem. :)
February 26th, 2007 at 11:34 am
Another reason for the rinse and repeat is if you don’t (or can’t) wash your hair as often as it needs to be washed. If I skip more than one day (as in leg in a cast, etc), then it definitely takes two rounds to get it back to decent. I’m thinking that back when baths, etc. were standard as once a week rather than once a day, rinse and repeat was probably necessary for most hair types.
February 26th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Bobs really are always in style, and they are actually experiencing a comeback at the moment. I kinda like your hair at the length that it is currently, though.