peppermint castile

i received a most excellent gift from mm's aunt pat in nyc.
dr. woods pure peppermint castile soap.

"for everyday use as a body wash, facial cleanser, shampoo, shaving lather and dental wash. also excellent as a mild laundry detergent."

but wait! that's not all!

"natural cleaning - use 4 parts water to 1 part dr. woods for dishes, floors, counters and more!"

guess that just about covers it. plus it is organic. double bonus.

pride and prejudice

ok - so i am merely 200 years overdue perusing this one...

and although jane's writing style is not wholly altogether indecipherable, i did on various occasion find myself not lacking in absolute misunderstanding, but scanning through recently finished passages anyway in attempt to comprehend whether or not i had secured information required for progressing to the next chapter.

all of this matter was made exceedingly more difficult by my task of reading whilst galloping in our carriage with husband and offspring, with obviously more chatter from the latter and which in most instances becoming quite intolerable and thus requiring me to plug-eth my ears in a most unattractive manner.

i sincerely adored the book - but i must admit around page 300 -
i did scream aloud in a completely savage and uncivilized tone,

"ARE YOU PEOPLE FREAKING GETTING MARRIED OR WHAT?!?!"

on to sense and sensibility.

dear judy

dear judy, the extremely gifted electrolysis lady,

where have you been all my life?

fondly,
pj mom

positive discipline

i read it. want to make something of it?

on the whole, a great book.

there was this one section, however, about "natural consequences" - apparently children learn best by this method.

for example, you run on the stairs, you fall, you learn not to run on the stairs...

bwah-ha-ha-ha! has she met my children?!?

weekend fun

mm went to nyc to visit his grandma hanu.

i had plans to clean the whole house top to bottom.

so - instead i made these awesome wrist warmers...

huh?

recently, whenever i ask k something, she responds, "huh?"

really annoying - and it kind of has a "nnn" sound in there somewhere - hunnnh?

"would you like something to drink?"
"hunh?"

"would you like to go outside?"
"hunh?"

like she's so busy playing she didn't hear me, but then she will answer a few moments after the "hunh" - "yes." so i know she heard what i said.

super annoying.

so a few mornings ago i'm telling mm how incredibly annoying it is to hear her say this every time i ask her a simple question. i walk into the kitchen and mm asks me,

"would you like some coffee?"
"HUNNNH?"

ah. got it now. not so annoying after all, i'm thinking.

burning memories

some helpful advice for burning memories...

1. read everything first. revel in how smart you used to be.
2. have drinks and snacks ready. notebooks burn slowly.
3. watch out for flying paper ash.
4. the little metal spirals won't burn.
5. get the tissues. you'll be more emotional than you think.
6. let your spouse throw in the pictures. you know the ones.
7. ditto for the cards and letters.

time is the fire in which we burn.
~gene roddenberry