My flat iron. I have just plain awful hair. Sometimes, if I don't do anything with it, it takes on that "I was just burned in a fire" look. Sure, it's got natural wave, but in all the wrong places and in all the wrong directions. I remember (back in the day) when I heard how my cousin's new wife liked to put her hair on an ironing board and straighten it with an iron. Yeah, the kind you use to de-wrinkle your clothes. I was tempted to try this. The problem with that, though, is that I REALLY hate ironing...of all kinds. I don't bust out an ironing board for my skirts, why would I do it for my hair? If only I could use the clothes dryer to iron my hair like I do my clothes. Now THERE's a briliant idea. So...you can imagine my sheer delight when some genius of a human being invented a tiny little hair-ironing device you could hold in one hand--no ironing board required. As we say in Facebook land, "LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE!" I am SO very thankful for my flat iron.
My car heater. I guess this really should have gone on yesterday's list, but...well...my experiment, my rules. Once again, after a lovely and warm weekend in St. George, I spent a hellish evening at my kids' soccer games. We have yet to have a game...or a practice, for that matter...where it's not windy and ridiculously cold. I'm hopeful for today's game. So far, sunny and 61 is the forecast. Glorious! Annnnyway...all I could think about yesterday as I was freezing my...er...earlobes off on the sidelines, and fighting with a three year old who has no ability whatsoever to restrain his irritability, was how I could not wait to get in my car and turn on the heater. It's a small modern-day convenience, but it means an awful lot when you're fighting with four very cold, wet kids who do NOT care how miserable they're making you by being miserable. It's just me, me, me all the time.
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WHERE DID YOU GET THAT PHOTO? Oooooo, Jacey, my little cabbage, a brilliant, seething combination of AWESOME today. Erin
PS: Your "mostly inmates" comment was both quick and absolutely brilliant. I actually DID LOL.
Seething. Not sure that's what I was going for, but I think I like it. Thanks, E. Love ya.
Oh, and glad you liked the inmates thing. I was actually LOL'ing at myself at the time, if you must know. Yeah, it WAS that funny.
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