I lost a good chunk of time yesterday morning – I went shopping. Now, it wasn’t all for me – there were gifts that were needed, and some other household items. But, after I thought I was finished, I remembered a massive sale that was going on…
So, I ended up at a Christian bookstore that is going out of business. I still needed to purchase a gift, and thought I would check out what else they had before heading home.
Recently, I had the great pleasure of removing slime from our carpet. You can read all about it and what we learned from that experience in my slime post! But, one of the things I needed to remind myself to do during the hour-long ordeal was to pray in gratitude for my daughter…
Yesterday’s Family Meeting was the best and the worst all at the same time. I was really excited for it! We had actually put a time on the calendar, I had a new idea I wanted to try out, and the kids seemed to be paying close attention during the sermon. We were going to nail our Family Meeting.
Until we didn’t.
So, I just lost an hour of my life. Plus, my hands smell like vinegar. I’m not really in my happy place right now…
As it turns out, slime and carpets – don’t mix. Actually, they do – very well. In fact, they mix so well that when the slime dries, it pretty much becomes one with the carpet. In order to separate the two, you need an hour of your time, (at least), a whole lot of vinegar, and a nonstop prayer listing all the reasons you find joy in your daughter… (I think I need to re-read my post on finding joy…)
Of course, the slime didn’t “come right up!” as the happy faces on YouTube told me it would. But, with some elbow grease and the right supplies, I think the carpet will at least be passable.
This past weekend, my mother-in-law gave me a couple African Violet slips to plant. (For the record – I am so much not a plant person, I just had to look up what they were called…) Now, it’s not that I don’t like to be surrounded by plants and beautiful flowers. I do – they make me very happy! Unfortunately, neither of my thumbs are very green. Hence, two slips for a better chance of having some blooming violets later this summer…
