4 1/2 hours of sleep last night:

Everything is hysterically, Muttley-laugh funny.

I found this mondegreen (misheard lyric) website long ago, just perfect for a day like today. My favorite mondegreen song is Africa by Toto:

I know that I must do what's right
It sure is killing old Gerald Rysen above the leopards
A bunch that Sarah can eat

And the perennial favorite:

I MESSED MY HANES DOWN IN AAAFRICA

Because no matter how many birthdays I have, I will still be twelve years old. 

Lovely Day

Hubby stayed home for my birthday today. We had a wonderful time of shopping and eating.

While inside JCPenney, over the PA system, we heard an amazing cover of Bill Withers' Lovely Day by Jill Scott. *Almost* better than the original. Seriously beautiful and happy.



The only thing that would make this day better would be meeting, and dancing with, this guy:

Lice Lice Lice Yeahhh (They're Gonna Get You)

Don't let the smile fool you. This poor girl is NOT happy.

H came home with a pretty severe case. He's in middle school, so I haven't washed his hair since last year (snerk), let alone combed it for him. But he pulled me aside and very sadly told me that he had "bugs on his comb", and when I combed through his hair, HOLY YIKES. There was a small city on his head.

Fortunately for him and C, we were able to just give them short haircuts and wash all their stuff and hope we didn't find any new critters. But with poor R, wanting to keep her pretty hair, we had to do the whole business of oiling her head and trying to kill them that way. Trying to get all the nits out was murder. 

Ultimately we discovered a great way to kill them: Scope mouthwash. Now you know. When you go to the store to get lice killer stuff, don't bother - just grab the Scope. Put the kid in some old clothes, lean her over the bathtub, and pour it on. Then wash her hair with shampoo.

We had to watch for nits for a long time afterward, but eventually they were conquered. 

Horrible things!

Soccer Mom by Default

"I hope it's warm inside the Porta-Potty" pretty much sums up my morning.

YEAAAHHHHHH

We started 1:00 church today: Come home from church, put on pajamas. Quite civilized.

Happy New Year!

We've had a nice holiday season, but I'm ready to be done with waking up in the morning and trying to figure out what day it is.

Stretching out like a road of new possibilities
(or something deep and inspiring like that)

Selfie!