Another storm on the way.........

Maybe it's the weather. Something sure affects my moods as well as my body.
Headaches, hands, knees, back, everything is sore...

I ran out for a quick trip to Target this morning. I wanted to get the Easter baskets out of the way.
Thought of extending my little trip and hit Pier I, Kohls and Belks as well, but I changed my mind.
No need to spend money right now.

Thanks Mara for your note, as always so insightful and helpful. I do appreciate it!

I guess there are many issues I would love to write about, but I also realize that many of them are just too personal. After all, you don't know who reads all this stuff, and who knows, it may embarrass someone.

So perhaps I'll start a journal for myself. I know writing things down gives your mind a new perspective in many things.

In the meantime we have the morning "off"
I am hoping Bugs will keep her foot down about her hours. She's supposed to start at TWO today. So far so good!
She was also done early last night, since she was "opening" and not "closing" And boy, did that make a difference. Going to bed at ten was wonderful!

Of course things will change in the blink of an eye, so for new we might as well enjoy the extra "free" hours we have.

I gave Boo-Boo a bath last night, BOY, does she love baths!!!! She stood by the tub as I ran the water, she was jumping up and down screaming: Ba!Ba!
I had a tough time getting her undressed, because she wouldn't sit or lie down!
In the tub she proceeded to splash and grab her two duckies while I tried to wash her hair and the rest of her. She loves having water poured over her. So that was fun.

She now pulls herself up on everything! The tables, the chairs, the cabinets. Sometimes she can even reach while NOT holding on, and she now totters from one table to the next. When I hold her hands she will "walk" It's not gonna be long now. My God, I'll have to get her a leash!

Yesterday I "lost" her. I was busy in the kitchen. Wheelie, who usually keeps an eye on her when I'm not able to, was not paying attention.
I looked everywhere! My house is tiny, and it should not be possible to hide!

I finally found her in the laundry room. She had gone inside, closed the door. ARGHHH.

She can now also reach the door handles (I had them installed instead of knobs for Wheelie, as he could not open the door with the knobs on them)
The kid is getting dangerous now.

There was this segment on the Today show this morning of all the stuff that is dangerous for your baby. Of course I want babies to be safe, but come on people, enough is enough!
I refuse to put those child proof contraptions on every cabinet in my house. In the kitchen I just moved all that's dangerous up where she can't get to it. The double cabinets I have strong rubber bands on that I can take off easily. But there isn't anything in those cabinets she can hurt herself on. It's all pots, pans and Tupperware.
In the bathroom I did the same rubber band thing (I use huge strong rubber bands I wrap a few times around the knobs)
Everywhere else I just have to pay attention and say NO.
Teaching a child where she can or cannot get into is one of OUR job.
She knows she can't touch the DVD player and anything on that shelve. It took a few weeks for her to understand, but she does not go near it anymore.

Leaving your child unattended in the bathtub is a no brainer to me.
Not testing the water temperature is just plain dumb.

In other words, whatever happened to common sense child raising?
Are we so preoccupied with our jobs, our friends, and other things (like blogging, *lol*) that we need to practically make our house like Fort Knox?

Well, gotta cut this short, it's 11:30 and ques who just came in...*sigh*

Have a good one y'all