That is by far the strangest blog post title I've ever written.
We went on a date tonight, just out to dinner and a movie. When we got back into our car, we noted that there was an incredibly strong smell of lemon Pledge. As if someone dumped lemon pledge oil onto our car mats. So we looked for the source (a couple of times) and then realized that some clothes I had left in the car (from our splash pad adventures) all had some of the nasty-smelling stuff on them! So, as a raging headache began to grow and I coughed and had mild chest pain, we drove home, wondering who on earth (bored and mischievous teenagers?) would dump lemon Pledge oil on clothes in a car in 105-degree heat, and why?!
In fact, as I started to feel worse, we went as far as thinking we needed to report a little spot of vandalism to the police, although we were perfectly sure we had kept the van locked! So we did. We reported it, calmly of course, but still completely baffled as to this weird "crime".
Well, I am feeling mighty sheepish. Phill discovered that a random bottle of sewing machine oil that was inexplicably in the glove box (inexplicably like we were moving and strange things get put in strange places?) had broken open, pouring through the bottom of the glove box onto the pile of clothes. Luckily the police were very kind when we called them back and told them it would not be necessary to bump up the manpower around the movie theater.
HOW STUPID!! :)
I'm starting to feel a little more detoxified now, though I'm still not feeling so great. Maybe I'll call poison control and ask them about it. I wonder if they've ever heard that kind of call. Ha. How would that call even sound? "Um...hello? Yes, I was just wondering....um....sewing machine oil that was dumped in a car in 105-degree heat and left to sit for almost two hours, then accidentally inhaled for a few minutes?" I imagine they've heard stranger things.
Update: After googling "poison control sewing machine oil" and learning that it is a hydrocarbon and inhalation of such is potentially dangerous, I called Poison Control. They told me that typically the worst things (you know, arythmia, death...) just happen to those who actually inhale hydrocarbons on purpose, and that I just need to be aware of my symptoms and be mindful of whether I need to go to the doctor or not. I'm still coughing a little and having chest pain, but I don't have a headache anymore. I don't think I'll get chemical pneumonia. :) I think I'm going to be just fine. Oh, and it was 3-in-1 oil--not sewing machine oil.
Postnote: Happy Father's Day!
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
Our House!
Finally-photos of our house. The rental that I really wish we could buy. Just click on each photo combo to see the bigger picture.
I had to post a close-up of Reed reading on his bed, because at the time I took the overall picture, his awesome quilt--made by Camilla, amazing seamstress and friend--was in the wash.
I know it's a little weird for me to post a photo of the pantry, but it's gigantic and I love it, so I had to.
The living area
Our red, dusty backyard....sometimes I'm happy we don't have to water grass, but most of the time, I gaze out the window really wishing we had some green back there. :)
The hallway leading to three of the bedrooms
I had to post a close-up of Reed reading on his bed, because at the time I took the overall picture, his awesome quilt--made by Camilla, amazing seamstress and friend--was in the wash.
I know it's a little weird for me to post a photo of the pantry, but it's gigantic and I love it, so I had to.
The living area
Our red, dusty backyard....sometimes I'm happy we don't have to water grass, but most of the time, I gaze out the window really wishing we had some green back there. :)
The hallway leading to three of the bedrooms
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Latest shoot
The studio is officially "broken in"! This is the little darling whose birth I witnessed. She's two weeks + in these pictures, and did I mention her dad came home from Iraq just two days before her birth? They are such a sweet family--three more kids to appear in photos later on--and it was a blast to do this for them.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Legless Barbie and other joys
I have rolls in the oven (ambitious for me!) and the boys have just been put to bed (although they're actually jumping on their beds, as opposed to sleeping in them), so I thought now might be a good time to try and play catch-up!
The move went well. It was long and hairy, as moves are. I'm still working on getting all the miscellany put away, as it turns out, there is much miscellany to be placed. That's my least favorite part! But I have most parts of the house really clean, and I finally did the dishes today after having a two-day standoff with them. (I win!)
Savvy's birthday--May 31st--was so much fun! We had a few friends over; two of the families were friends we've already known, and one family our neighbors from across the street. I made Savvy's cake, made the frosting, and used baggies to decorate it. Although it was really kind of funny-looking, I liked it. :) My friend brought a cake for Savvy that was AWESOME--so I am including that photo, too. Savanna herself was kind of tired by the time we gave her a piece of "her" cake, so she wasn't nearly as enthused as I thought she'd be. She was so clean! Well, clean compared to how the boys ate their first-birthday cakes, at least. As for presents, I couldn't resist buying her a My Little Pony, and we got her a puzzle with handles on the pieces. (Her favorite thing right now is taking things out, putting things back, etc...)
The fourth room in our rental has been named The Studio. It has three windows, and it really is perfect for photography, although I do wish it were bigger, and had wood floors. (All in due time!) I've tested it with the kids, who were more than willing to help. Later on, I'll have to share a particular picture of Reed that made me guffaw. I asked him to imitate a character from one of the Roald Dahl books we've read. He did it flawlessly. (I'm waiting to find a picture of that character, so that I can make a side-by-side comparison.)
Savanna can stand on her own for a second, provided she's unaware she's doing it. Sometimes I help her "practice", but she seems mad when she realizes what I'm trying to get her to do. I'm not all that anxious for her to walk, anyway. But I think she'll be quite happy once she realizes how useful it is!
Lastly, because I can smell that my rolls are about done, I had never even heard of a splash pad before. Have you? Has everyone heard of them, and I'm just strangely ignorant of them? Well, they are GENIUS! Our ward's play group meets once a week at one of the pads nearby, and the boys (and Savvy, too) love them!
This post was not nearly as cohesive and eloquent as the thirteen posts I composed during moving and offline boredom.
Enjoy the photos!
The awesome, uber-girly, Ballerina Barbie cake my friend made for Savvy. (She took off the Barbie's legs to get her on there like that. I thought that was the best part--Barbie maimed in the name of a good-looking cake. The girls in my family have a long and violent history with Barbies, including my younger sister being sent home for frequent grisly beheadings of Barbies, and culminating in our oh-so-mature teenage years highlighted by a fun game called Bop the Barbie. More on that if you ask.)
At the splash pad: Jaxon in the hat he hasn't taken off for longer than an hour since we got it....he sleeps in it. Later I'll post a photo of him with his sleeper on, AND the hat.
The cake I made for Savvy's first birthday. :)
A google-image photo of a splash pad, because the photo I had was not good enough.
The move went well. It was long and hairy, as moves are. I'm still working on getting all the miscellany put away, as it turns out, there is much miscellany to be placed. That's my least favorite part! But I have most parts of the house really clean, and I finally did the dishes today after having a two-day standoff with them. (I win!)
Savvy's birthday--May 31st--was so much fun! We had a few friends over; two of the families were friends we've already known, and one family our neighbors from across the street. I made Savvy's cake, made the frosting, and used baggies to decorate it. Although it was really kind of funny-looking, I liked it. :) My friend brought a cake for Savvy that was AWESOME--so I am including that photo, too. Savanna herself was kind of tired by the time we gave her a piece of "her" cake, so she wasn't nearly as enthused as I thought she'd be. She was so clean! Well, clean compared to how the boys ate their first-birthday cakes, at least. As for presents, I couldn't resist buying her a My Little Pony, and we got her a puzzle with handles on the pieces. (Her favorite thing right now is taking things out, putting things back, etc...)
The fourth room in our rental has been named The Studio. It has three windows, and it really is perfect for photography, although I do wish it were bigger, and had wood floors. (All in due time!) I've tested it with the kids, who were more than willing to help. Later on, I'll have to share a particular picture of Reed that made me guffaw. I asked him to imitate a character from one of the Roald Dahl books we've read. He did it flawlessly. (I'm waiting to find a picture of that character, so that I can make a side-by-side comparison.)
Savanna can stand on her own for a second, provided she's unaware she's doing it. Sometimes I help her "practice", but she seems mad when she realizes what I'm trying to get her to do. I'm not all that anxious for her to walk, anyway. But I think she'll be quite happy once she realizes how useful it is!
Lastly, because I can smell that my rolls are about done, I had never even heard of a splash pad before. Have you? Has everyone heard of them, and I'm just strangely ignorant of them? Well, they are GENIUS! Our ward's play group meets once a week at one of the pads nearby, and the boys (and Savvy, too) love them!
This post was not nearly as cohesive and eloquent as the thirteen posts I composed during moving and offline boredom.
Enjoy the photos!
The awesome, uber-girly, Ballerina Barbie cake my friend made for Savvy. (She took off the Barbie's legs to get her on there like that. I thought that was the best part--Barbie maimed in the name of a good-looking cake. The girls in my family have a long and violent history with Barbies, including my younger sister being sent home for frequent grisly beheadings of Barbies, and culminating in our oh-so-mature teenage years highlighted by a fun game called Bop the Barbie. More on that if you ask.)
At the splash pad: Jaxon in the hat he hasn't taken off for longer than an hour since we got it....he sleeps in it. Later I'll post a photo of him with his sleeper on, AND the hat.
Savanna in her darling swimsuit.
Reed, looking more boy and less baby by the second.
Reed, looking more boy and less baby by the second.
The cake I made for Savvy's first birthday. :)
A google-image photo of a splash pad, because the photo I had was not good enough.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Hello again, you!
FINALLY!!
We are finally, finally online again. I have felt as if my lifeline to the world was temporarily severed! (Very dramatic, huh?) Well, there are too many photos to post and too much yet to be done....so I'll make this really short and just say:
I'm loving the heat. (Never thought I'd say that, but I guess I've been craving it.)
I'm loving the close proximity to a wide variety of budget-friendly shopping options!
I'm loving the house!
I'm not in love with the dust.
The ward was wonderfully welcoming.
Savvy turned one! (And that will be its own post.)
The kids have already made a few friends, and so have we.
We miss all of you.....
and lastly.....thank goodness I have back my link to all of you!
More photos and information and updates later! Must go unpack the last bunch of stuff....so...much....stuff. And I'm the anti-packrat! Somehow there is still so much.
We are finally, finally online again. I have felt as if my lifeline to the world was temporarily severed! (Very dramatic, huh?) Well, there are too many photos to post and too much yet to be done....so I'll make this really short and just say:
I'm loving the heat. (Never thought I'd say that, but I guess I've been craving it.)
I'm loving the close proximity to a wide variety of budget-friendly shopping options!
I'm loving the house!
I'm not in love with the dust.
The ward was wonderfully welcoming.
Savvy turned one! (And that will be its own post.)
The kids have already made a few friends, and so have we.
We miss all of you.....
and lastly.....thank goodness I have back my link to all of you!
More photos and information and updates later! Must go unpack the last bunch of stuff....so...much....stuff. And I'm the anti-packrat! Somehow there is still so much.
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