Organized Choas: Tip of the Week #6

I've always had a thing for bald men. Now I think I'm in love!

Don't ask me why both my Mom and my Sister knew how to use these Beauts and I didn't, but yes, that is the sad truth. After my sister posted on Magic Erasers in her list of Favorite Things I asked both her and my Mom if they really used them to clean their showers, and they were like yah.....duh!...don't you?!

I have been known to #1 either NOT clean the shower ( I know, kind of gross, I don't let it grow mold though, that is where I draw the line! heehee) OR #2 use a whole bottle of foaming cleaner and strip down and scrub the shower and then finish with my shower. I do not recommend this. Chemicals, mist and tender skin do not go together. But you see, I had to have clean shower LIKE my Mom and Sister, and that's how I thought they did it....drats! Now their secret is out and I'm going to spread it all over the world! YOU TOO CAN HAVE A CLEAN SHOWER LIKE MY MOM & SISTER!

I got all raisin-e and spent 30 minutes in the shower with one of these Magic Erasers and they really do work...I promise! No fumes and no chemicals. Just a little scrubbing. I got buff arms from it too...wanna see?!

So save your skin and your pride and go out and buy some of these!

Mickey is Calling!

Disclaimer: Some of you will understand this post.....& some of you will not.

Yes it has only been six month since we vacationed at Walt Disney World for 10 days. SO?!

Yes we "do" Disney almost every year.

Yes it is the most magical place on earth!

The kids and I were talking the other week about where we'd like to go on vacation this year. Of course DISNEY was mentioned! (I'm so glad my kids "understand", they must have Mickey shaped DNA like I do!) We talked about how funny it is that we just love being there and that we just can't explain it. We also talked about not mentioning Disney to Dad because he might flip! He loves Disney, just not as much as some of us in the family. Yet, I find it interesting that he planned our honeymoon to end with a Disney Cruise.....hmmm! Anyhoo...the kids and I did mention it to Dave and then we spent the next hour reminiscing about our last trip to Disney.

The next day was supposed to be warm here, so we decided that would be the best day to gut the garage and spring clean. As we were taking everything out of the garage, Bethanne yells....."I found a Hidden Mickey!!!" Sure enough...there it was....calling to us....! How can you NOT think about Disney when it's always just right there?!?!

By the way, the garage looks AWESOME! Amazing what a mess you can make while remodeling in the winter. The garage is the only place to do a lot of stuff.

And well, is Disney in our near future? We will see!

Love is...

A group of professionals posed the question, "What does love mean?" to a group of 4-8 years olds and the answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think.

• Love is that first feeling you feel before all the bad stuff gets in the way.
• When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis, too. That's love.
• When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth.
• Love is when a girls puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.
• Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.
• Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad, but you don't yell at them because you know it would hurt their feelings.
• Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.
• Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy, and she takes a sip before giving it to him to make sure the taste is okay.
• Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My mommy and daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss.
• Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.
• When you tell someone something bad about yourself and you're scared they won't love you anymore. But then you get surprised because not only do they still love you, they love you even more.
• Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it every day.
• Love is like a little old women and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.
• During my piano recital, I was on a stage and scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.
• My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.
• Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.
• Love is when Mommy see Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.
• I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.
• I let my big sister pick on me because mom says she only picks on me because she loves me. So I pick on my baby sister because I love her.
• Love cards like Valentine's cards say stuff on them that we'd like to say ourselves, but wouldn't be caught dead saying.
• When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.
• Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross.
• You really shouldn't say "I love you" unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.

TEACH magazine, author unknown, Spring 2009