I took the liberty to re-write the "oh happy day" song and it came out like this-
Oh crappy day (oh crappy day)
Oh crappy day (oh crappy day)
Oh Jesus come (oh Jesus come)
And take me away (take me away)
Because I've had enough messes (and whining and crying)
And now dog vomit (and half eaten garbage)
And I just want (I just want) to get away (get away)
(end song writing creative streak)
It's been one.of.those.days. you know - the one where I'm sitting here in and thinking 'oh, well, I can spend the next 8 hours cleaning up or I'll just go to bed and get some sleep and wake up facing this disaster..'
hmmm such decisions. Monte, I'll take Door #2- the sleep door.
But I'm really looking to trade that door for a 1 week vacation and a year round housekeeper. And a cage for the toddler who coated 2/3 of the upstairs of the house in toothpaste tonight.
And not the adult toothpaste, no- that wouldn't likely stain. No, it was the kid's toothpastes- both the green and the pink with glitter toothpastes. ALL over- the rug, the walls, Kayla's bed, a ton of toys. And all in the 2 or so minutes I was in the shower. Literally 2 minutes.
I said to the 2 older kids- -"watch him, let me know right away if he runs outside or gets into danger or trouble." and sat them all down to watch a video.
They have NO trouble tattling on him for touching their toys, getting in their way when they want to watch tv.. but.. getting 2 tubes of toothpaste out and all over and feeding it to the dog so that she vomits from one end of the house to the other.. no.. THAT they forgot to mention.
And I was taking a shower because I had bible study tonight which meant I didn't have 4 hours to clean up the mess right then and there. an hour, yes.. and I'm still not sure what it is going to take bright green toothpaste out of the rug.
Maybe when I wake up, this will all have been a dream..
3 comments:
Oh, Gina, I can't even imagine! I sure do hope you wake and it was just a dream. However, if it wasn't....no one knows how to remove various types of stains like you do...you've done it all.
Miss you....know you are welcome here ANYTIME you need to get away.
(Gina) ugh! I feel your pain. one tip I have learned is that my bigs won't watch the youngest if I let them watch a video. They completely forget anything else exists when they are watching tv. hang in there, mama!
yeah, Kathy- NOW I remember the house could burn and they'll stare at the TV.:-/
And just in case anyone else gets to deal with green toothpaste ground into the rug- boiling hot water and oxyclean and a little elbow grease seemed to do the trick.
The pink stuff wasn't so hard to get up.
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