snap shots of my life -- a random blog

FRIDAY'S AFTERNOON ADVENTURE:

Don't let his adorable look fool you. Captain Destruction is in full force. I had just finished washing the hardwood floors and decided to take a bathroom break prior to my next cleaning project. My 4 year old knocks on the door and tells me that Captain Destruction is playing with that "thing I make fries in". I quickly exit to find C.D. playing with the Fry Daddy (not plugged in but full of frying oil) in his birthday suit. He is stirring the oil with a lint brush and my hand mixer already had been submerged. I pick him up. He is slick with oil. I look at my once clean floor, noticing the oil puddle that is now soaking into the hardwood. Then I look at the clock. 15 minutes until I have to pick up the others from school. I quickly wipe down the boy and place him in a chair and tell him to sit while I clean up the mess. Two year old boys don't sit. He kept getting up and leaving oil pawprints all over the floor on his way to come "help you". I placed him in the chair two more times before I secured him in the chair so he could not get up -- much to his dismay. I was able to get the mess cleaned up and C.D. fully wiped down (and dressed) and to the school on time. The car, however, still smells a little bit like fried chicken.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S SCARE:

My children's school had a Sausage and Kraut dinner on Friday night. It included a costume contest. I gave in this year and pulled out a bridesmaid dress, bought a crown, and became MISS KRAUT 2008. I had beauty pagent hair, put on make-up (a once a year occurance, if that), and wore heels. I had a great time and my friends joked that they would never see me in make up again -- I agreed. The very scary part was that people were coming up to my husband that night and on Sunday and telling him that I looked great and he should have taken me out after the dinner.

WOW, I must look really bad in everyday life if an overdone beauty pagent makeover garners compliments.

SATURDAY'S REVELATION:

If you read my previous post you know that we Trick or Treated on Sunday. Saturday was set aside for pumpkin carving. I have pumpkin carving issues and we will just leave it at that.

MONDAY'S PROBLEM as a result of SUNDAY'S LESSON:

On Sunday, I began a swim class. I have felt stagnant in my swim and am hoping that improving my body positioning and correcting some stroke flaws will improve my times and efficiency as I prepare to do longer triathlon distances next year. The class went well. We worked on the skate postition with flippers and were given the task to practice. I swam on Monday and practice I did. I incorporated the skate drills at the beginning, middle, and end of my workout. My flippers did me in as I now have a rub blister (burn) about 1.5 inches long on the top of my foot. It hurts, itches, and burns all at once. I moved Tuesday's run to another day out of fear rubbing the burn even more and having it actually bleed. I now am searching for protection from my flippers for my next practice session on Thursday and lesson on Sunday. If any one has any suggestions, please let me know.

Oh, I also wanted to mention that it SNOWED Monday. How crazy is that?

Here's hoping for some solutions and sanity--

and perhaps an ambush from Clinton and Stacy as I apparently need a makeover!