guilt free and other random notes....

SO, on occasion i have felt pretty lame, if not a bit guilty for never making the beds in my home. for a time back in england i would on a regular basis make them, but since being back in the states i think i can name only a handful of times i have done such. about a week ago, while the mister was waiting at the doctors office, he read an article in a medical journal magazine about how making beds actually creates MORE bed bugs because it causes a warm environment and allows the bed bug eggs to hatch. where as if the beds are never made, it allows air to flow freely and creates a cooler environment so the eggs never hatch and less bed bugs are in the bed to lay any eggs. i will never again feel ashamed at the lack of bed making in my house. and i will laugh at the thought of YOU making your bed thinking how pretty it looks and then giggle thinking of how your skinny little legs are getting bitten at night. excuse me, hee hee hee hee hee.

moving on, i have some exciting news. okay, maybe not for you but i am so giddy with excitement it's hard to contain myself. after whining, complaining and down right cursing, we finally bought a new sofa. it's lovely and the best part was we paid a whopping, wait for it..... $300.00. that's right people. a wonderful, cheap $300. man i love cheap stuff.the above annoyingly large picture is of our sofa. i can't wait to get the old nasty couch out of my living room....

also, i just need to say two more random thoughts. one, i need to always remember that i can't rely on the mister to tell me when i'm looking white trash. lately, i've been feeling a bit out of sorts. yesterday, i needed to run to the store and without even thinking i went out the door and drove to the store. it was only then when i was nearly to the store i realized what i looked like. i was wearing my nightgown OVER my jeans, had no makeup, my bangs twisted and pulled back with a bobby pin with the rest of my hair in a pony tail and flip flops. hmmmm, what was i thinking? when i asked the mister why he didn't question my fashion choice, his response? i thought you looked fine. right. note to self: ALWAYS CHECK THE MIRROR.
two, when you have your husband taking the train home from work at 10pm and you for the first time get the kids to bed before 9:30 at night, it REALLY sucks to get a call from said husband to tell you the trains are not running because it's a holiday weekend. and that you will have to wake up the sleeping so peacefully children and put them in the car to come and pick him up. crap. and even though the car ride is scenic and pretty with all the lights in the hills and crap like that, you just can't enjoy it because the oldest child is the only one beside yourself not sleeping and is just talking and whining and moaning and talking some more about how tired they are. yeah, note to self: REMEMBER TRAINS ARE NIL ON HOLIDAY WEEKENDS

have a happy 4th of july. don't burn your house down. or, catch on fire yourself.