So for my birthday my Mother In Law got me a gift card for a spa treatment. Super awesome. It only took 6 weeks to have a Saturday where I could actually get to go use it!
Anyway, we have a "Spa School" here in town and she knows the owner...hook up! Yeah! Anyhow, I opted for the Austrian Moor Mud Wrap and Vichy Shower.
http://spas.about.com/od/bodytreatments/a/vichy.htm
Anyhow...You go in and shower up some, get all squeaky clean before they slap mud all over you. I got to put on these little disposable panties. Hot for sure! Then it's a hop up onto a cushion table where the Chicky painted me with mud. Who knew Austria has such great mud?
Now, if you are the least bit modest, this is not the treatment for you! They did use "modesty" towels, but-yeah.
So once he mud was on, I was cocooned in plastic and space-man wrap. I looked liked a Chipotle Burrito! (Now I'm hungry), My gal did a facial for the 20 minutes I was "relaxing". Once that was done, the Vichy shower is put over you. You remain lying on the table for the whole thing. 7 shower jets sprayed me while my hostess scrubbed me like a dirty floor. It was VERY nice. As a matter of fact, I know I had a cheesy little grin on my face the whole time. Now I'm home gloating about how awesome this was, she probably went home going "UGH - I had a body wrap on a fatty today!" :o)
O'well, I didn't care. Once I was all purified, It was topped with a cocoa butter massage. It's been 3 hours and I still feel like I just walked out of that room.
Kids will be home soon. I doubt even THEY can ruin this afternoon for me!
So if you get a chance...Definitely check out a Vichy shower treatment. And even better, check your local college or university and see if they have a spa school! Cheap high quality service!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Rese on her 1st Communion
The day before:
She was practicing with Tostito chips. She asked with we could call Father and go to church and do it "now".
When I asked her if she was nervous, she said yes because tomorrow, "I will have Jesus in me"
(to which Aunt Crissy replied "that's what she said")
The Day after:
while looking at the communion pictures,
Rese: "that's not even me."
Mom: "what do you mean?"
Rese: "That's not me anymore, I'm a different person now."
She was practicing with Tostito chips. She asked with we could call Father and go to church and do it "now".
When I asked her if she was nervous, she said yes because tomorrow, "I will have Jesus in me"
(to which Aunt Crissy replied "that's what she said")
The Day after:
while looking at the communion pictures,
Rese: "that's not even me."
Mom: "what do you mean?"
Rese: "That's not me anymore, I'm a different person now."
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Potty Training Days
So we have totally given up on Megs for now.
Luke on the other hand is very inconsistent with how he goes. He will not tell us he has to go, but does go if I tell him.
It goes something like this:
"Luke, let go to the potty" Followed by whining and crying. You'd think I was taking him to a death chamber. He's not crying because he doesn't want to stop playing, and I try to do it at a nice transition time, like at a commercial, or in between activities. Nope, he just doesn't want to use the toilet. Now when he gets there, it's all good. He pees every time.
But riddle me this, how is it a little boy can pee a stream right out from underneath the toilet seat. I mean Come on! There only like an eight of an inch there, but yet it comes out without ricochetting off anything! Right out to the wall, his socks. Is there some kind of supernatural force, or does pee and water repel?
Luke on the other hand is very inconsistent with how he goes. He will not tell us he has to go, but does go if I tell him.
It goes something like this:
"Luke, let go to the potty" Followed by whining and crying. You'd think I was taking him to a death chamber. He's not crying because he doesn't want to stop playing, and I try to do it at a nice transition time, like at a commercial, or in between activities. Nope, he just doesn't want to use the toilet. Now when he gets there, it's all good. He pees every time.
But riddle me this, how is it a little boy can pee a stream right out from underneath the toilet seat. I mean Come on! There only like an eight of an inch there, but yet it comes out without ricochetting off anything! Right out to the wall, his socks. Is there some kind of supernatural force, or does pee and water repel?
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Home made laundry detergent.
In this economy, everyone is looking for ways to save a buck, right. Given the average 10 loads of laundry I do every week, - yes 10
2 Whites
1 Colors
2 Darks
1 Lights
1 cold lights
1 cold darks
1 light towels
1 dark towels.
4 kids, 2 potty training, school & Dance uniforms, and a husband who can not wear ANYTHING twice, even if it was only on for 5 minutes.
One of the most expensive household items for me is laundry detergent.
So I read this article on how you don't even really need laundry detergent to clean your clothes. Basically it says that the agitation alone is enough to get them clean. It also stated that a cheaper alternative to store bought laundry detergent (which can run about 20 cents per load) is to make your own (which costs about 2 cent per load).
So I am giving it a whirl. I will put the recipe at the bottom of this post.
First step was to get the ingredients.
For the soap, I just used one I had swiped at a hotel on our last stay. (Why do we do that really?)
The Borax, easy enough I got at Walmart for abut $2.
The washing soda was a little more difficult, as Walmart did not carry it. I did find at our grocery store, Kroger, by Arm and Hammer, Super Washing Soda. So I got that. Be sure not to confuse this with baking soda, which is also sold in the laundry aisle. These are not the same.
Step one: Grate the bar of soap and dissolve in 4 cups of water.
This took much longer than I expected. It's done over a low heat, so it took about 20minutes for the mixture to become a milky consistency.
The recipe calls for a 5 gallon bucket to mix it in. You need this. I did not have one, so I used a standard household bucket which is only 3 gallons. So I had to separate it- so hopefully the mixture still holds up.
You will also need something long enough to stir it with.
The waiting game takes place next, as you have to wait 24 hours. So I will check back on it tomorrow. Not the mix and go I had expected-hoping to get some laundry done today. O twist my arm, I shall wait another day to do laundry.
Also, this makes about 4 gallons, so you will need something to put it in once it is all done. I held onto my last laundry dispenser, although, it won't be large enough!
Here is the recipe I used.:
• 4 cups of water.
• 1/3 bar of cheap soap, grated.
• 1/2 cup washing soda (not baking soda).
• 1/2 cup of Borax (20 Mule Team).
• 5-gallon bucket for mixing.
• 3 gallons of water.
First, mix the grated soap in a saucepan with 4 cups of water, and heat on low until the soap is completely dissolved. Add hot water/soap mixture to 3 gallons of water in the 5-gallon bucket, stir in the washing soda and Borax, and continue stirring until thickened. Let the mix sit for 24 hours, and voila! Homemade laundry detergent.
2 Whites
1 Colors
2 Darks
1 Lights
1 cold lights
1 cold darks
1 light towels
1 dark towels.
4 kids, 2 potty training, school & Dance uniforms, and a husband who can not wear ANYTHING twice, even if it was only on for 5 minutes.
One of the most expensive household items for me is laundry detergent.
So I read this article on how you don't even really need laundry detergent to clean your clothes. Basically it says that the agitation alone is enough to get them clean. It also stated that a cheaper alternative to store bought laundry detergent (which can run about 20 cents per load) is to make your own (which costs about 2 cent per load).
So I am giving it a whirl. I will put the recipe at the bottom of this post.
First step was to get the ingredients.
For the soap, I just used one I had swiped at a hotel on our last stay. (Why do we do that really?)
The Borax, easy enough I got at Walmart for abut $2.
The washing soda was a little more difficult, as Walmart did not carry it. I did find at our grocery store, Kroger, by Arm and Hammer, Super Washing Soda. So I got that. Be sure not to confuse this with baking soda, which is also sold in the laundry aisle. These are not the same.
Step one: Grate the bar of soap and dissolve in 4 cups of water.
This took much longer than I expected. It's done over a low heat, so it took about 20minutes for the mixture to become a milky consistency.
The recipe calls for a 5 gallon bucket to mix it in. You need this. I did not have one, so I used a standard household bucket which is only 3 gallons. So I had to separate it- so hopefully the mixture still holds up.
You will also need something long enough to stir it with.
The waiting game takes place next, as you have to wait 24 hours. So I will check back on it tomorrow. Not the mix and go I had expected-hoping to get some laundry done today. O twist my arm, I shall wait another day to do laundry.
Also, this makes about 4 gallons, so you will need something to put it in once it is all done. I held onto my last laundry dispenser, although, it won't be large enough!
Here is the recipe I used.:
• 4 cups of water.
• 1/3 bar of cheap soap, grated.
• 1/2 cup washing soda (not baking soda).
• 1/2 cup of Borax (20 Mule Team).
• 5-gallon bucket for mixing.
• 3 gallons of water.
First, mix the grated soap in a saucepan with 4 cups of water, and heat on low until the soap is completely dissolved. Add hot water/soap mixture to 3 gallons of water in the 5-gallon bucket, stir in the washing soda and Borax, and continue stirring until thickened. Let the mix sit for 24 hours, and voila! Homemade laundry detergent.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Kids on Pearl Jam
Todays conversation background, Jim is going to see Pearl Jam tonight, who Sami loves because her Dad does. Now she wants to go.
Sami: "Dude, Dad It's Pearl JAM" (major emphasis on Jam)
Rese: " Oh, there's jam, what kind of jam. I like jam"
Sami: "Dude, Dad It's Pearl JAM" (major emphasis on Jam)
Rese: " Oh, there's jam, what kind of jam. I like jam"
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Sami on the end of the world
" So do you think that before the world ends that they will call everybody's number on Wheel of Fortune?"
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