I am proud to announce that I got all my chores done today. Or most of them anyway. There are still a few odds and ends living on my book case and entertainment center that I can't seem to find homes for, but nothing major. And does anyone know how to get seriously, & unrecognizably burnt cheese off the bottom of a stainless steel stock pot?
Baby Girl is spitting mad at me right now. We can be having the best day, but come bed time it's like all hell breaks loose around here. The boys go to bed with no problem. Potty, lovey, tucked in, kissed, hugged, Eskimo kiss, "I love you, and don't get out of bed." That's it. And rarely do they get up.
Baby Girl on the other hand inevitably picks a fight at bed time. Either she won't pick out her school clothes, or she picks something ridiculous like a sundress when it's going to be 32 degrees out side, or she starts acting as goofy as humanly possible while I'm trying to tuck her in. Tonight she was too busy playing with a cheap set of Christmas dog tags to pick out her school clothes. I gave her an ultimatum and then had to confiscate the tags. She flipped her blonde little lid. I had to leave her in bed screaming at me. Eventually I went in to tell her if she woke the boys up screaming, she was toast. As I open the door she starts screaming, "I'm trying to pray!!! Get out! I'm trying to pray!!!" I told her she needed to pray a little quieter so she wouldn't wake the boys. I'm pretty sure God just got an earful about her "Evil Mother" (yes, that's a direct quote.
BTW, I got the coolest Christmas card from Zann today. She always sends out the best cards/ornaments/things. I look forward to them every year, and I've never been disappointed!
8 comments:
wow, that was fast. I only mailed them on Saturday. Glad you liked it, was it obvious how it worked or did you have to fiddle with it for a while? I believe it's official title is a "flexogram"
Don't I sound all mathmatical with that ;)
It took me about 30 seconds to figure it out. I was afraid I'd tear it, then I'd have cried! I adore it!!!
I'm sneaking in two seconds to read your blog today =) As for the burnt cheese.....been there done that, used baking soda to save my mother the chore of killing me for ruining her pan.....it worked! (of course we know that, I'm still alive.)
I have to say that bedtime is the one thing that Yin usually doesn't geive me fits about... Now having said that here we go...
Drama King is the only one of the three who has never given us a hard time on a regular basis at bedtime. Prophet went thru a two year stint, where he would turn on the tears and sob when the word "bedtime" came out of our mouth. Bee just won't stay in bed for more than 5 minutes. Ah, parenthood!!
Oh yah, if the above baking soda doesn't work (try it first it's cheap), try Dawn's Power Dissolver. It's great stuff, but it's a bit pricey for us cheapos. This is gross, but one time I left a pan with sauerkraut in it in the sink overnight, in the morning the brown stains that I thought were permanent, came off with no scrubbing. I guess the acid in the sauerkraut ate it off.
Baking soda ALWAYS works - just put some in a flour sprinkler thing and shake it on to the pan (wet the pan under the tap first) and then just let it sit for as long as you can stand leaving it; for me this can be anything up to a week or leap year! Maybe I should try cleaning my kids like this? Anyway, it's my last day of freedom; summer holidays start tomorrow. Keep sane till 2007!
Hey Evil Mother
She can wear that sundress as long as it is over her long johns!
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