Oh Sheets!!

We have 3 beds in this house. I have washed 5 sets of sheets in the past 36 hours. The math just shouldn't add up. Put a little boy with too much to drink right before bed and a husband with a maimed thumb, and there's how the equation works.

The bright spot in this whole sheet washing frenzy? 2 "clean sheet" nights in a row. How I love to crawl into a bed that has not yet been slept in. Utterly wrinkle free. The lovely, symmetric fold lines still visible in the sheets. The light scent of freshly dried cotton as the quilt is folded down for the night and the linens are exposed. Oh, bliss.

It is the only night when I am guaranteed to be the first one in bed. Husband knows how much I love clean sheet night, so each week he dutifully stands next to the bed while I appreciatively crawl into the bed ever so slowly as to not wrinkle the smooth surface any more than is strictly necessary. I suppose it's the little pleasures in life that get you through, right?

The bad side of 3 beds = 5 sheet sets? I have to wash 5 sets of sheets (and fold them!!). The good side of 3 beds = 5 sheet sets? Clean sheet night x2 this week!

Eyebrow Flossing

Has anyone out there ever had their eyebrows "flossed" (it's sometimes called "threading")?

I was lying on the waxing table at the salon the other day thinking about what a pain it is to have to get my eyebrows waxed (sometimes literally a pain!). I realize that it is not a true necessity of life to have one's eyebrows shaped, but since I really think very little of eyebrows (really the only credit that I give them is that God put them on my face and He knows what He's doing, so I know they are there for a reason!) I have decided that it is best to trust the professionals to make them look as nice as a little patch of fur hovering over my eyes can look.

A quick side note here... Husband (not knowing what I am currently posting about) just came over to me to show me his impressive 4 foot long single eyebrow hair.

So I'm lying on the table with a bright light shining through my eyelids (yes, it was that bright!) and all of the sudden I remembered that I once had my eyebrows "flossed." It was fast, it didn't hurt, and it didn't leave the tell-tale red splotches on my puffy, freshly waxed eyebrow line. I asked my hairstylist/ eyebrow ripper-outer if she had ever heard of it and she laughed at me. Actually laughed out loud. She really thought I was joking. When I explained to her what it was, she was amazed and said that she was going to ask around about it. I still don't think she completely bought the whole concept.

My question is this... Is there anyone else that has had an eyebrow flossing experience? Was it really less painful then the waxing or was I just too young and dumb to realize that it really did feel like someone was ripping my eyebrows off with dental floss?

Home Again!

We are finished travelling for a while. We thoroughly enjoyed our time on the West Coast visiting with family and friends, but we are glad to be home as well. We sort-of feel like we need a vacation from our vacation! Just a small run down of our trip...

-Fly across the country with 2 small children.
-Stay @ parents' for 2 nights.
-Drive for 12 hours with 2 small children to AZ. Discover along the way that small child #2 has an infection in both ears and in one eye. (Make this discovery by looking into back seat of car to make sure that small child #1 isn't going to throw up again and noticing green stuff seeping out of the eye of small child #2.)
-Spend night in hotel.
-Spend 3 hours beaming with pride that Daddy/ Husband is really and truly a college graduate.
-Drive 2 hours to visit with family. Lots of cousins and lots of good food!!
-Drive what is supposed to be a 10+ hour drive in just over 8 hours.
-Stay 2 nights @ parents'.
-Leave Husband, Son and Daughter in CA while Mom and I fly and visit my grandmother in WA for 3 days.
-Throw grad. party for Husband less than 24 hours after getting back to parents'. (After leaving Husband, Son and Daughter- along with Grandpa- home for 3 days.)
-Mother's Day
-Visit with cousin and cousin's cutie-pie little one for the morning.
-Visit with old roomie and catch-up. All that lacks from times gone by- Hostess cupcakes and wine coolers.
-Spend 3 nights @ parents'.
-Drive 2 hours up the mountain with 2 small children. (Please note... no vomiting!)
-Stay @ cabin 4 nights. Parents visit night #1, friends (2 Mom and Dad, 4 children) visit nights #2-4. Lots of fun, even with 6 children 10 and under in a less-than-1400-sq. ft-cabin. Not relaxing, but lots of fun!
-Drive 2 hours down the mountain with 2 small children. (Only a bit of nausea this time!)
-Spend 2 nights @ parents.
-Drive 4 hours with small children. Wait in airport for 2 hours before getting on a plane... with 2 small children who are now WAY past their bed time.
-Fly red-eye across country with 2 small sleeping children.
-Get in car and drive home. (Read: I sleep all the way home, Husband drives!!)

Add in 5 or 6 trips to In-N-Out, and you have our trip "home" in a nutshell.

Our Family Continues To Grow

We have been in CA for 2 weeks now. There are a few things that will happen each and every time my family visits CA. Husband will have to eat In-N-Out at least 4 times. (Please note that we hit our In-N-Out quota in the first 5 days on the West Coast.) Son will have to lead Grandma around with a jump rope referring to her as "a nice horse". Daughter will smash her face against the french door in the family room and lick the window. (She is only 21 months... we're hoping she is over that phase soon!!). I will shop with my sisters and mom. Husband and I will crawl into bed with the title track of "My Blue Heaven" playing.

I recently realized that each time we come and stay with my parents we watch "My Blue Heaven" about 1,000 times. Actually we only watch it about twice, but since we "watch" it right before bed (and then promptly fall asleep) we have to start it over again the next night, and the next night, and the next night. I think you probably get the point. It usually takes about a week before we can get through the whole movie.

So, I have come to realize that in much the same way that In-N-Out, "a nice horse", washing glass doors, and shopping have become an integral part of the time we spend in CA, Barney Coopersmith and Todd Wilkenson/ Vinnie Antonelli will always be just as much a part of my life here. Welcome to the family, boys!

On The Road Again

As you may or may not know, my family and I have been traveling the last couple of days. We spent Tuesday morning packing and cleaning the house (because it goes against every fiber of my being to leave a messy house to go on vacation... who wants to come home to not only vacation laundry, but a house to clean up, too?!) and Tuesday afternoon driving to Montgomery and checking into the hotel for the night. Wednesday morning (please note that it was just barely Wednesday morning) we got up and drove to the airport. Did you know that the hotel shuttles don't run at 4:00am? We then spent 6.5 hours flying across the country to land in "Sunny and breezy with a high of 72" Los Angeles, CA, where my parents were there to greet us! Needless to say, the kiddos were thrilled to see Grandma and Grandpa. Husband and I were glad to see them also, but we managed to refrain from doing the happy dance that my children performed in front of everyone waiting in the baggage claim. Once we drove the 3.5 hours from the airport to Kingsburg (with the inevitable stop at In-N-Out for lunch) we were all giddy just to be able to sit somewhere that wasn't moving!!

Today was spent with a visit from Grammy and Grandpa Benny and just hanging-out.

Tomorrow the true adventure begins. We will rise with the sun (or my son, whichever happens to rise first) and then pile into the car for a 10 hour drive to Prescott, AZ where we will spend Saturday morning beaming with pride as we watch Daddy/ Husband graduate from college! Yes, he now holds degrees in Professional Aeronautics. What, you ask, does that mean?! It means that he is now qualified to be a Professional Aeronaut, silly! (If you'd like to know what it really means, you'll have to do some research on your own. When you figure it out, let me know!)

Husband has just informed me that my highly anticipated Midori Sour is ready for me, so I will now stop to partake. Let my true priorities show!