hot and steamy

Amazing...I think I almost forgot. But those are the two best words to describe my iron. *laugh* I almost forgot because I haven't used it in almost FOUR YEARS. *shocked* Ironing was nice. I really had forgotten how nice and crisp things feel when ironed. How smooth. How neat and tidy. *grin*
There was a time when I ironed even bed sheets. Sounds suspiciously untrue, eh? Well, it's the truth. I ironed almost everything...but that's been SO LONG AGO.
My middle child saw me ironing and was bewildered. (Mind you, he's 6 *laugh*) "What is that?" "What does that do?" "Can I do that?" and my fav.: "Why are you doing that?"
Ahhh...because things sew better with neatly pressed seems. And then came the fascination with the sewing machine. "Can I sit in your lap while you do that?" "Can you show me how?" "What are you making?"

Yes...I have neglected certain domestic skills for a LONG time - if you could call what I do with a sewing machine a "skill". (I busted a needle, for pete's sake!) *laugh* We'll talk about justification for neglecting specific domestic "skills" another day. *wink*

motivation

I'm motivated. I'm motivated to clean out my kids closet...organize their toys...sort things to leave the house...sew curtains for the boys room and hem the cloth for their "hideout". I'm NOT motivated to wash the dishes. Dishes desperately NEED to be washed. Anyone want to wash dishes right now...maybe we could race and see who finishes first? Maybe make a game out of it...you know - the whole sugar helps the medicine go down idea? Sugar...now that's an idea. Anyone want to give me some skittles for washing the dishes?? *laugh* I'll gladly wash dishes for a jumbo bag of skittles. Think if I pace up and down the kitchen with a sign that says "Will Wash For Skittles" I'll get any?
Naw, didn't think so....*sigh*
Guess I'll go wash the dishes for the sake of cleanliness and household peace and tranquility...and daydream about skittles. *grin*

It's beginning to ...

...sound a lot like autumn!! Yay! I can hear the wind beating thru the trees and bushes right outside the school room window. We have a blustery, windy, knock you down, tear a kite out of the sky, slam your car door on your thigh kinda autumn. This is where they get the idea for the wind to come "sweeping down the plains", tho I think it feels more like "stampeding buffalo". That doesn't fit in the song well.*laugh* It won't be more than a few weeks, I'm guessing, before the leaves are all brown and fall off the trees all at once - well - at least it seems that way. I'm still a bit nervous about tornados....

Sugar tops

Here are my sugar tops. Playing out in the heat. Adorable. *smile*




And the birthday girl...with a wee bit of something sweet on her face. *smile*


I am also supposed to post a pic of my nose. *laugh* Apparently, there are those who, living out of town-not mentioning any names(LORI), doubt I pierced it. (stud not ring) Sooo...I tried to take a picture that wasn't too weird...key word being "tried". As soon as I can get this goofy scanner to accept the photo card and upload I'll post it here.
I have to say that while I did not do my nose to function as a great conversation starter, I have heard some fun comments. *laugh*
My fav. so far was from Sue: "What?! Christy...you're like...a mother of three!!"
My response:*laughing hysterically* "Yeah? And..so???" *laugh*
Ahhhhhh....*sigh*
Tally (who no longer has her's in) got this: "Is that a tiny piece of meat on your nose?" Which makes me think: "Yeah, saving it for later." *rolleyes*
*incredulous shrug* *laugh*

edited:
Figured out how - Handy Hubbies are the best. *grin* Here's the not too weird pic.

It's sparkly - sorry about the glare. *shrug*


And one goofy:



And there you have it. *laugh*

catching up

I don't know if it is ever truly possible to catch up. Scientists say you don't really "catch up" on sleep. You can't gain back the hours you've lost. Basically, your body will sleep till restored/refreshed - if you let it. I guess I should say "In Summary" or something similar. Honestly, I'm not really concerned about the wording there - you know what I mean. *smile* I haven't posted a painting I like in a while so here is one to enjoy.

We've been doing the usual. A couple things here and there are a bit different. One of which is that we moved the spider we were observing in the boy's bedroom (ceiling) to a jar in the school room. I really didn't want itty bitty spiders swarming all over the room when her eggs hatched. *laugh* I did my best to get the sticky sac into the jar without damaging it, but I am not so sure I accomplished my mission. I did make sure to get the dead spider she had caught and rolled up so she would have food. The bottom of the jar is where I placed the "food" and the egg sac. I also placed two fern fronds in the jar to give some structure, added oxygen, and cover. I thought for the first two days that the stress of moving had killed her and then noticed she (I have been thinking of her as Charlotte *laugh*) moved the food and the egg sac up into a web she spun between the two fronds. A couple days later she added another, larger egg sac and the first one shriveled up. Yesterday, we caught a small cricket in the kitchen and fed it to Charlotte. She pounced on him and then zipped back up her web. The cricket just limped around for a long time....so we quite watching. When we checked again, she had the cricket up in her web and she was...well...you know..sucking the "juices" out. *giggle* Her abdomen has swelled considerably and this morning the cricket remains were dropped to the bottom of the jar. All in all, this spider is much more interesting than the funnelweb grass spider we caught a few weeks ago. *laugh* (we already let that one go.) We are hoping to get ahold of one of these fuzzy catapillars wiggling around here outside and give it lots of leaves and see if it spinns a cocoon or makes a chrysalis. (moth or butterfly) We never saw the leaves with eggs on them. Anyway - maybe next year we will order butterfly eggs and get to watch the whole process. I'd like to do the tadpole thing too - oh, and lady bugs...that would cool. We are supposed to observe earthworms right now, but I don't usually think of buying worms when I'm at the store...so I should put them on a list and stick it to the fridge. *laugh*
So far over the last couple years we've observed a tiny frog the size of my pinky nail, a tiny green anole lizard (both of which came in flower shipments to the florist shop my sister was working in and were the reason I stood out in the yard with a tiny aquarium fishnet "scooping" teensy tiny bugs for food while 7,8,&9 months prego *laugh*), a little grass snake, and a brown anole. Currently, as pets we have one goldfish (thank you Fall festival - I'm sure we'll get a few more this year), one silver catfish, and one Placo in our aquariums; we have one dog - Molly, a black Lab, and Gertrude, our Tokay Gecko. The boys would also like to add a fish, a bird or two, some rabbits, and a couple more hamsters (I have a black thumb for hamsters...just don't go there. *frown*), and about 20 guppies. I would like to get a turtle, and a little frog for the fish tank, more fish and a bigger tank. *laugh* What I think we will get tho, is just some more guppies - after we find a new home for the catfish - since he likes to eat all other small fish when the lights go out. (oh, and maybe a turtle. *big grin*)
That's all I have time to update....tune in next time to the same pet site, same pet time. *laugh* Yeah, that was corney...so what? *grin*