Predictions

During breakfast this morning, Andrew looks up at me and matter of factly told me, "Mom, in 100 days, you are going to die." WHAT THE HELL???? How does one respond to this? I, of course, over reacted and was hysterical. On the plus side, it did get him to do all his morning duties without being told. What a way to start the day. Well, the day really did start with me cleaning up cat shit off the rugs.....

Are stickers really all that sticky?

So, yesterday, my darling son finds a Jayhawk sticker and proceeds to plaster it onto his little soft arm. At the time, I was thinking I should probably take it off, but he liked it, so it stayed. Last night during his shower, he peeled off most of it - and it went down my drain. Stickiness and all. When he got out of the shower, I thought he had 3rd degree burns that had started to peel. Luckily all it was was the goo stuck to the hair on his arm. I did my best to wipe some of it off with a washcloth. He didn't like so much the ouchies. Alas, I slathered Polysporin all over it, and he kept the arm above covers all night. Once he was tucked into bed, I called the guru of all knowledge. Mom suggested WD-40 or Pam. Both required plenty of ventilation and immediate washing of soap and water. I waited until morning. When he woke up, the arm was much better. We did the WD-40 trick, and his arm is back to its soft cute self.
The things we learn due to our little cherubs......

Is a scraper really necessary?

Left this morning at 7:45 for an 8:00 soccer game. There was a light frost last night. Apparently. When I got in the car and turned on the wipers to remove the "dew" from the windshield, nothing happened except an annoying noise. For the longest time after I moved from KC to SD, I kept an ice scraper in my glove box. Well, it was more of a case of never taking it out. I finally threw it away, or maybe it went with the car during trade-in. Anyway, after 18 years in southern Cal, I never had a need for one. After seven months in NH, I need one. I was told to get one with a brush on the end. That, or park in the garage. Not having an attached garage, the driveway is closer to the door.....

For those of you wondering about Paris. One would think that the 1st week of October would be a good time to go to Paris since most Americans would be in New England staring at leaves. Not the case. Maybe the Americans I ran into were all New Englanders getting away from all the tourists. Anyway, Paris is Paris, and Claire and her family are wonderful. Reed & Elizabeth are great traveling companions - can they say the same about me??? The wine & cheese are incredible, of course. The one food that stuck out in my mind this trip? Mashed potatoes. According to Elizabeth, it's all about the butter. French cows make better butter.

Salut ya'll.