Nair wears short shorts

Has anyone tried Nair? I have never tried it, until tonight. I bought some of this Nair for sensitive skin a few weeks ago and finally got around to trying it. Jury's still out. I followed the direction, and now my legs are kind of itchy, and a little blotchy and bumpy. I put some lotion on them and it's no help. I'm hoping it's just a little irritated and will go away. My legs are nicely smooth, except for a couple random hairs that it neglected. I might just shave the suckers off.

Does anyone know why my legs are itchy and blotchy? And what might get that to go away? And if Nair for the shower might be any better?

wash 'em or wipe 'em?

What did you think I was talking about?

I've always heard that you shouldn't wash mushrooms; you should wipe the dirt off. This seems smart, except sometimes it seems that there's a bit of dirt stuck up there in the gills that doesn't want to come out that way. I usually take the easy way out of this decision -- I buy them pre-sliced. Hey, they're the same price, and I use so many that they don't usually go bad (well, this happens in spells -- sometimes they seem to be going bad as fast as I buy them, and sometimes I'm running out). This time the whole mushrooms were on sale, so I bought some and sliced them up to put on a pizza with sage sausage, tomatoes and a bunch of cheese. Yum! I'm not a big pizza fan, but I love to make it!

Spencer gives Scotty a run for his money

My husband has this cousin who could hold his own in any eating competition. If he couldn't eat as much as anyone, he certainly can eat it faster than anyone. His favorite meal is ribs -- for his birthday every year, we can be sure to be hitting a local barbeque place so he can have a rack of ribs. He'll then gladly inhale them before anyone else gets their food, and then sit contented, sipping his Coke and listening to his iPod.

Spencer had his first ribs tonight at Courtside Grill. He loved them. Loved them. Inhaled them. He ate three of five, and then ate all the mac & cheese that came with it (he loves his fork and will even eat broccoli if he can stab it with the fork). I think when Spencer gets a little older he'll challenge Scotty to a duel of the ribs. To the death!

Berries galore

Ahh, I love when berries are in season. I can get local berries at my regular grocer, and they're relatively cheap! Unlike most people, I never really enjoy the flavor of frozen berries so I have to get my fill while they're cheap, plentiful, and available. Yum!

**disclosure, that's regular ol' Cool Whip on top. I know I should whip my own, but it's fat-free and I haven't figured out how to whip skim milk.

bacardi melon commercial

Grab some melons ... I couldn't resist the new bacardi melon commercial ... it made me giggle :)

In the same vein, friendship style

A friend and I have been talking about her signing up for Facebook, which is (unfortunately) a huge part of my life. I spend far too much time on there, but I love that I actually talk to people that I went to high school with. They have kids, I have kids, we bond. I didn't find the same closeness with Myspace. I'm actually in the process of phasing out myspace if I can get a few stubborn friends to switch, but that's a whole other post.

Anyhow, so when said friend joined Myspace, a girl we knew friend-requested her, and she declined. I didn't think much of it, but when we discussed her signing up for Facebook I made the offhanded remark that I knew she was picky in accepting friend requests people from high school. To this she replied that she wasn't except for this one girl. I then realized she was continuing to harbor a grudge against this girl for something that happened in high school. Now, I'm sure that what happened to them was traumatic to a teenager, but would you hold a grudge against someone for something that happened 11 years ago?

The reason I bring up this story, it to say that I am terrible at holding grudges. I value friendships too much to let much get in the way. It also happens that I tend to get taken advantage of, but I've always been this way. My best friend and I had a falling out that happened around the time of my wedding, and we didn't talk for over a year and it was miserable for me. I still thought about her all the time, dreamed about her, and finally I crawled back to her (even though I can say with full conviction that I had nothing to do with what happened). I can't say we're anywhere near the friends that we used to be, but I also can't let her go. I'm truly glad that we've made some effort to reconcile.

What about you? Do you harbor old grudges? Do you get trampled as a friend?

Say cheese!

My cheesy child has learned how to "say cheese". Bring on the silly grins.

If you look above his left eye you'll see the road rash he got yesterday. My cousin graduated high school yesterday, and we drove 45 minutes to get there only to find out that the school moved graduation inside, so immediate family only was allowed in the auditorium. We sat outside for 2 1/2 hours waiting for all to come outside. The boy was surprisingly good, running back and forth the whole night, but about 20 minutes before everyone came out, he tripped and bounced his forehead on the concrete. I heard his head hit the ground; it was a terrible sound. He wailed a bit, but oddly there was very little swelling and all that's left today is an area about the size of a quarter that looks like road rash without the torn skin -- speckled red (I'm sure it will bruise in the next couple days). I was so proud that all his bumps had gone away, and he goes and gives himself a doozy. It could have been worse. He doesn't seem to mind it.