I am not sure why I thought I could go on vacation, move, get ready for BlogHer, finish our school year, and take care of seven kids in a two week period. I am quickly realizing that I do not have time to get everything done. So, since I have to move, go to BlogHer, finish school, and take care of the kids this blog is the only thing I am able to cut back on.
But, I love you all! My time on vacation (and mostly off the computer) made me realize how much I enjoy interacting with my bloggy friends. So instead of leaving you for a week while I box up my life and move it across town I am going to have a Happy Housewife rerun week. But here is the deal, not only will I rerun a few Happy Housewife posts I am going to rerun posts from my personal blog I wrote a few years ago. Since most of you have never read my old blog, I thought it might be fun to get a little glimpse into my life a few years ago.
Below is a post I wrote almost 3 years ago. My husband was deployed and I was managing 6 small kids on the home front. I must have written this after a particularly trying day.
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It is much easier to hire two babysitters and run errands with a close friend than to attempt it with 10 kids.
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When you wake up at 6:45am to a fridge that has been without power all night, it is nice to have a neighbor who is awake to take and store your milk.
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If you call and harass the military housing office enough times in a week, you finally get what you need on the first try.
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If you accidently dry a crayola crayon in the dryer you will end up with the entire inside of your dryer the color of the crayon.
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To remove melted crayon from the inside of a dryer turn the dryer on high and put in a damp towel. After about 15 minutes you will be able to wipe off most of the crayon from the inside of the dryer with the aformentioned towel.
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To remove crayon from clothes apply Spray and Wash Dual Power to all crayon spots. Buy a new bottle of Spray and Wash, continue to apply to all spots. Soak in a mixure of oxy clean and detergent, wash, rinse, repeat. After about 5 times the crayon is gone.
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Do not dry crayon free clothes in the dryer until you have removed all crayon from the dryer.
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When your four year old looks down at the neighborhood park and starts screaming… “God is going to kill us all” just smile at your neighbors and quickly bring the child inside. It is not the time to discuss theology.
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If you use all your canola oil to fry french fries earlier in the day you can use olive oil to make brownies. They just taste a bit different.
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If you give 6 and 10 year old boys the job of washing your cabinets your floors will also end up washed.
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If you try and get 6 kids packed up and ready to go to the neighborhood pool it will surely rain the minute you arrive.
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No matter how bad the week gets I always get a fresh start on Sunday!
