Insight

If this doesn't tell you a little bit about my family, then I don't know what does.

These are the items I have pulled from the washer/dryer in the past 7 days.

Oh...if I only had pics of previous items that have graced my washer/dryer. Seriously, it could be an entire series of blog posts in itself.

But alas, I will only supply you with the most recent items that I have discovered.

Ok, so in case you cannot tell what they are, that would be a cell phone, a shotgun shell, lip gloss, chapstick, and last (but not least) a golf ball.

Don't ask me how these got past me when I was actually doing the laundry. Oops.

Parenting Tip #133 and #134

#133 - Don't let a baby (who you knows loves lipstick) find a bag full of red tubes of lipstick.

#134 - WD-40 has special powers.



We all know how much Lillian just loves lipstick. So I can't say I was shocked when she found a bag of lipsticks (given as a gift) and play Leonardo da Vinici in her room.

I found about 20-30 red lipstick stains all over the girls' (semi-white) carpet in their room. Now, I did not freak out too much because the carpet was a bargain carpet from an outlet store and I spent the little $$ I spent on it knowing that I could part with it one day because it was nice and "loved" on. :-)

BUT, I also didn't want to leave the stains there.

So I summoned my stain fighting weapon of choice - WD-40.

The first try:





Oh my goodness, I think it worked. But that wasn't a big one.

Try #2 - this one was a doozy - nice and dark:



OMG....it came clear out!

One more try - I cannot believe my eyes!


Ah, WD-40, you will stay a dear, close friend. You're many talents are multiplying through the years! And to that mother at chick-fil-a who made fun of me when I said WD-40 was going to take the lipstick stains out - well, you should really think before you speak next time!

Now the million dollar question is how to get nail polish out of Lillian's dress. Because she tried to paint her toenails yesterday. (And yes, I already tried the WD-40 AND Goof off!)