Monday Mumblings

I have several things to write about but none of them warrant a post of their own, and since I'm still sleep deprived these are Monday Mumblings instead of Musings.

• I took a cue from Jaci on controlling how much stuff our kids have and decluttered K-man's room yesterday.  A full trash bag of diapers he had outgrown went out the door for donation, a full trash bag of toys he no longer plays with went out the door for donation (this was after 2 trash bags of donations a few weeks ago), and 2 trash bags of toys and a box of books went into the closet where they will be sequestered for a minimum of 3 weeks.  And do you know what?  He still has plenty of toys and books to play with.  His room is no longer cluttered - niether is our living room.  And he finally sat down and played with Mr. Potato-head for longer than one minute.  I think it was because he can actually concentrate on one toy without having umpteen others distracting him.  I like this.  When we finally open the closet door to review what's in there, we'll be swapping toys - he won't get them all back at once anymore.

• K had some interesting time-outs this weekend.   There was a lot of crying and kicking and screaming and lying flat on the floor.  I think this is the epitome of having a  two-year old.  He is having to understand the consequences of his actions and that's important but dang it, I just want to pick up my baby and cover him in kisses. 

• It's six weeks in the making but I am almost finished with a re-do of my bedside table.  It hasn't been hard or complicated, it's just that I'm doing it when I have a free moment and it's not a gazillion degrees outside.  We live in Texas - It's June - It's a gazillion degrees outside every day.  The only thing I have left to do is antique glaze the last shelf and then seal it all.  I'll post pictures when it's all finished.

• My garden is barely alive.  Do you know what moles eat?  They eat grubworms.  Do you know what attracts grubworms?  Compost. Can you guess what I piled 3" high in my garden?  Yuppers, compost.  I hate moles.  They and the tunnels they dig have killed most of the garden and an apricot tree.  The only good thing left is the watermelon vine with two melons on it.  

• Hubby and I exterminated the inside and outside of the house yesterday.  I had it up to HERE with the six legged creatures invading our house.  I also cleaned all of the utensils in all of the kitchen drawers with bleach and then wiped down the drawers with peppermint and eucalyptus oils to ward off anymore visitors.  The kitchen smelled really good from the oils.  

• I cooked up some bacon yesterday evening to make a mess of green beans.  K-man finally decided to try a bit of bacon...and then he had several bites because wonders of wonders, bacon is good!  Hubby and I high-fived...bacan will help put fat back on the little boy since he lost a few pounds last week being sick.  The kicker?  Within about 20 minutes of eating the bacon, he broke out in eczema.  Looks like we found another food intolerance - we'll add it to the list.  

• I had highlights added to my hair and had bangs cut in it.  I'm liking it...except for this little section of bangs that wants to stick straight out of my head like a glorious unicorn horn.  A little hairspray and a bobby pin are all that is keeping humilation at bay today.