Entertaining my sleeplessness.

We just got back from the hospital last night - Poor Rossi ran into a pole, he had to have stitches. Here's a picture after they cleaned it. Although it really doesn't do him justice, it was GAPING and WIDE and about an inch long. He got 5 happy stitches.

Ross isn't feeling well, chest cold/head cold of sorts. So when we got home, he jumped directly into bed while I helped settle Rossi into his own bed. I came back in and the walls were SHAKING. Ross was sawing logs w/ a chainsaw. How can I sleep in that? So I figured instead of punching the poor sick man, I'd have fun entertaining myself.

I video taped Ross Snoring, then I put it on the tv (just the sound, no picture) and turned it up really loud - and the TV Ross was battling snores w/ the sleeping Ross - and when it woke him up, I'd mute it and act like I was sleeping, he'd be like "what was that" I said (all morning voice)- "honey, you're snoring pretty loud, maybe it's waking you up?" then 2 seconds later, he started the snore, I'd rewind the tape & play it loud again -

I can fully entertain myself. Now if I can only get brynn to do that.

The olden days.

Years ago, when I first started shaving my legs, it was with one of those one-bladed disposable pink razors. That was fine, especially since it was built to cut your legs. I shouldn't have been shaving at such a young age. Shaving was too far ahead of me. The one-bladed razor won and I didn't wear shorts for 3 years. Nor did I wear tank tops, because know it or not, when you shave your pits w/ a newly purchased pre-dulled blade, your pits will break out with acne-type BOILS and no one likes a boil-y arm pit. I couldn't figure out how the ladies on TV didn't have zits in their pits?

Anyhow - Just before I got married, I discovered a NEW kind of a razor. This one had TWIN blades AND a "moisture strip" ahhhhh - I will have zitless pits for my wedding! I couldn't have been more thrilled! I had a great relationship with this "personal touch" razor for 15 years. I bought a pack of 10 refill blades when I needed them, and they would last me quite a while. Well, this last purchase of refill blades were on sale, I could buy 10 and get a 5 pack for $1. I was in hairless heaven!! The 10 packs lasted me almost 3 years, I only shave my legs once a week (emotional scars from childhood skin-peeling sessions) and my pits would get the hack twice a week. I would change my blades out every 3-4 months - and that was okay - since previously I was used to shaving with a dull blade fresh out of the pack, and THIS blade was a TWIN blade, that means there were TWO, so even if one was dull right out of the pack, I had a spare blade right behind it cleaning up what the first one missed! It was wonderful. My razor and I had a great relationship.

UNTIL (insert tense monster movie theme song here) I ran out of razor refils for my personal touch razor. Now, that's not normally a problem, but I went from 3 to 5 kids somewhere between my last razor refill purchase and at this juncture twin blade razors are a thing of the past. Not only could I chose from a collection of MACH 3 razors - - which not only had 3 blades to them, but they had speed stripes down the razor handle, itself, but I also had my choice of different angled FOUR razor blades as well as a plethora of different size, shape & thicknesses of handles! I saw one that had little wires running perpendicular across the blades and advertises that it will keep you from nicking your legs w/ their many & extra sharp blades. Yep, you heard me right, you don't actually need the razor to TOUCH your leg to get a close shave!

There was another one (shhh - move closer....) that came with a battery that made the razor shake gently...so you could vibrate the hairs to stand up on end to get even a CLOSER shave. Because - yah - that's what the "inventors" of the vibrating razor were thinking...never mind that you have FOUR RAZOR BLADES connected to a newly engineered AERO DYNAMIC razor handle with a speed stripe in your hand.

From the looks of it, I could well have been in this isle (yep, isle, they have an entire ISLE dedicated to the slicking up of one's legs, as before, it was just in the checkout isle and sold as an impulse item?!!) Well, I got a razor with 3 blades, I only had the eggs to upgrade ONE razor. This one pivots. It works okay, but the next time I go to the store, they'll have invented one that shaves for you, I won't even have to touch a razor again. Of course, at that time in my life, I will have missed the news announcement that we no longer shave our legs because it causes cancer.

Random thought

So if Noah brought two of everything on board w/ him on the ark...he must have brought the ant? Because ants don't like water, they'll drown. He must also have brought the ant eater, because, well, he brought two of everything. So here's my question, if the ants were brought on board and survived the flood, why didn't the ant eater eat them all? Did the ants have a little ant house that Noah built for them? Did he bring a bunch of sand on board with him, so the ants could have fun tunnelling?

How about the termite? Didnt they eat a hole in the ark, or did Noah somehow sedate them? Bring a few extra trees for them to gnaw on ?

Shopping trip!

Today is "twin day" at the kids' school. Kali & Kiersten both found friends to dress up like twins, but they didn't have twin clothes - SOOOO - I took them and their two friends (Sydnee and Sylvie - try to keep from messing THOSE names up!) out to shop. We were originally planning on getting just cheap clearance shirts, but they were buy one-get one free, so we got pants, too! It was fun after I told Kiersten she could get the pants to hear her through the dressing room speaking quietly in an excited squeel about how happy she was!! Kali, on the other hand, had nothing to do with quiet. Her & Sylvie squeeled, posed and danced around the dressing room with their NEW clothes on!

Now Ross needs stuff!

So *THAT'S* what it's like?

Brynn got her shots yesterday. I refused the flu shot for her, that's just a dumb shot. She didn't cry the first shot, but she didn't like the second or third ones. She was a little complainey during the day, not much. The doctor said I need to just put her down at a more decent hour (more decent that 11-11:30) and to just let her cry - a concept I'm not familiar with in my associations with Brynn. So I put her down at 9:00 - actually just before 9 - 8:40, and she fell asleep seconds later. She didn't wake up until 4:20 when I was ready to have a milk-balloon fight with the next set of nipples that entered the room. Unfortunately, there were none. So I got up to pump and just as I pulled the equipment out - she stirred - A SIGN!! So I picked her up & she suckled! Went straight back to sleep not to be heard of again until 8:30. UHM! EH HEMMMM!! I got 7 hours of UNINTERRUPTED sleep - I was so refreshed and excited that I couldn't go back to sleep...But I knew I must - because 7 - although it's more than I've gotten in the last 9 months - is just not a good number of hours for me - so I excitedly tried to fall asleep for the next 3 hours at which time I went out like a light.

**LESSONS LEARNED** if ever again I sleep 7 hours straight and can't go back to sleep - get up and CLEAN. Go back to bed at 7:30, I'll be sufficiently worn out to get those last 15 or so minutes before Brynn recognizes I've relaxed.