It takes Phoebe about ten minutes to empty a mostly full container of Vaseline onto her hair, her clothes, and the tile floor in the bathroom. (I was unloading and reloading the dishwasher.)
It takes at least three washings for Vaseline to come out of hair. We've had very greasy hair the last two days. I'm going to use "grown-up" shampoo tomorrow and see if it will work better.
Vaseline is very hard to clean up off a tile floor. After the majority of it is scooped up with paper towels, there is really no way to get the greasy film off the floor...it just "smears" around. I've tried 409 and it is not as tough on grease as it claims to be. Goo-gone worked better, but don't go into the bathroom with your flip-flops on because you'll wind up on your bottom in nothing flat!
Vaseline turns into little, waxy balls in the washer when clothes covered in Vaseline are soaked in Biz bleach and then washed twice. I'm sure we'll be having washing machines issues any day now.
Phoebe has learned how to open cabinets installed with child safety locks. Seriously, the girl can get into anything! That's where the Vaseline was stored.
Eli can roller-skate. The persistent, stubborn, iron-will-in-the-face-of-adversity side of his personality finally came in handy. Great. I had hoped it would help him stand up to persecution in the world or peer-pressure or when times got hard, but I guess roller-skating it is. We went for the first time yesterday evening and I saw a stubborn set to his jaw that made me so proud...really. Some children might have given up, but not Eli and his will of iron. Sigh.
Picking out lights for our new house overwhelms me. I tried to go today and left the store in a incoherent, babbling mess. This is something I thought I would be good at, but I was wrong. Brad is just going to have to go with me and hold my hand while I make such decisions as two or three lights over the mirrors in my bathroom and whether the ceiling fans should have four or five blades.
My dad has a blog. Wonders never cease.
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I guess you can count yourself a true mom now that you've had a vaseline experience; guess we should say "congrats"!!
BTW #1: Your dad should have a post as he's an excellent writer!
BTW #2: We want to see pics of the house.
try dishwashing soap on her hair. We had to do that recently with Londen and Gracyn who used baby oil in their hair. It took a couple of washings in a row but it came out!
Good luck!
Shannon
Sounds like you had a great day! Dawn works really well against grease. It is very gentle too, and you could use a small amount on Phoebe's hair. They also make a product called power dissolver. That may work well on your floor. Good Luck.
Something to think about on the lights...the more bulbs, generally the hotter the bathroom will be!
ok, I got a call from the Cyber Knife Dr.
My pet scan showed that only 'one' node is active! YEAH The chemo got the other one.
I do have multi very very very small nodes that no-one knows what they are. They have been there a 'long time' and 'never' changed. My lupus Dr. thinks they could be enlarged lupus nodes (which people do/can get from lupus.) After getting this pet scan report the (cancer) Dr. seems to maybe agree. For this reason he (cyber knife Dr.) would like to biopsy one and see what they are. If they are are what we think they are then I will probably be getting the 'only one node that is active' cyber knife off! YES! This is a very easy and safe procedure and is done out at U of M Michigan. And, I am very excited to possibly be getting it!
Sue
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