Thursday, January 03, 2013

7 Quick Takes- kitchen fire. frizzy hair. screaming toddler.

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 Oh my gosh. I'm sure you know and are praying already, but I gotta say it- please pray for Jen Fulwiler of Conversion Diary. 24 weeks pregnant and has been in the hospital with pulmonary embolisms in BOTH lungs.  Ugh!  It just sucks.  She's on her way home as I write this (Thursday night) but Hallie Lord is tweeting updates if you want to follow along with her continued recovery.  St. Michael the Archangel, pray for Jen and the whole Fulwiler family!

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Anyway, in honor of Jen and lung things and the fact that laughter is the best medicine (okay, fine.  It's not.  She totally needs real, actual medicine.  Jen, if you're reading this, take your meds and don't watch this because it's really funny and maybe you need to save your oxygen and stuff.  Because I know nothing about medicine, okay? Okay.)

I just can't quit this video:



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Speaking of fire, can we just talk about how really horrible I am in the kitchen?


This is what happens when you try and melt white chocolate chips in the microwave.  Apparently.  And then you smell a burning smell and you open the microwave and the smoke billows out and you have to yank open the doors and windows in the middle of the winter in Michigan.

"Why don't you like cooking, dweej?  Cooking is great!  I love cooking!"  DEATH BY FIRE IS WHY I DON'T LIKE COOKING.

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Segue to discussion about winter after referencing winter in above take:

I went on a little walk and I took these pics in our "back yard".



Can you find the one with the face in the tree?  Some people (I and other humans with functioning eyeballs) can see it  and some (my husband and other humans with non-functioning eyeballs) can't. 

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Hey, I haven't talked about my frizzy hair in probably 5 minutes or so.  Don't you miss it?  Well, I aim to please. 

Remember that my hair turned curly after baby chubtastical was born and then was cut 3 times in the same week to try and make my head presentable for public viewing and then I had to relearn what to do to with said hair so that I wouldn't be forced to don a babushka daily while claiming that I was just getting back to my heritage?

Well, I started using Garnier Fructis Sleek and Shine shampoo and conditioner.  Then I experimented and switched back to TREsemme.  Oh my gosh.  You guys.  The Garnier is the bizomb.  Totally worth it.  No brillo action.  Total brillo action with the TREsemme.  I've been converted.  Not as pricey as other good stuff that I've tried but can't afford, either.  Yay.

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Being 2 is hard.
But something is making me angry!  And not going my way!  And is totally unfair!

Oh my gosh.  Are you hearing this?  So embarrassing.  Sorry you had to be witness, dude.

I am so mad and no one even cares!  I mean, a girl rolls in the snow and STILL no satisfaction!

Mom?  How much longer are you going to let this go on?


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If you haven't linked up a photo post to wrap up 2012, it's open all month!  The posts that are linked so far are so great.  I get all giddy every time a new one appears.  Dooooooooooooo iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit...........

Happy weekend fun lovin' friends!



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47 comments :

  1. no. 6 bahahaha!
    Also, the garnier sleek and shine serum is magical. It seriously did wonders for my hair.:))

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  2. Oh dweej! That picture of Cecilia rolling on the ground next to the babies is HI-larious. Hahaha. She is too precious.

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    1. My big girls were laughing so, so, so, so hard when they saw that series of pics. Priceless!

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  3. Your pictures are seriously cracking me up.

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  4. OK what the heck!! What is everyone doing posting quick takes on Thursday!! Just stop it you rule breakers, you're making me look bad...I have a hard enough time finishing mine at a reasonable hour on Friday!!!

    But seriously, I'm a garnier zealot too. Best you can get for the price for sure. And #6 is hilaaaaarious :) oh and that's the most glamorous shot of burnt chocolate chips I've ever seen.

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    1. I know, right? I got this planner and had all these ideas written down ALREADY. New Year's resolution WUT WUT.

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  5. OK, Dwija. First of all, white chocolate is the DEVIL. It doesn't deserve the name Chocolate. Second of all, why bother melting chocolate chips at all. Just put them in your mouth. They melt beautifully at 98.6 degrees F. Your picture looked like it was taken by Anti Pioneer Woman - beautifully staged, back lit and an epic FAIL.

    The 2 year old rolling in the snow, with the babies' unimpressed expressions is one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time. Poor Cecelia.

    I saw no face in the tree. I'm with Tommy. Maybe it's an Hispanic thing.

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    1. I can be Ree's evil alter-ego! Ruining food and making everyone NOT cook!

      Okay, I'm starting to think that I'm really imagining things with that face in the tree. Because I think no one else has seen it. Okay, fine...I haven't read all the comments yet. But still. Still.

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  6. #6 nearly has me rolling on the floor in laughter. My 3 yr old is going through that phase. Although I don't find it funny at all when he's throwing his tantrum! I guess I need the unimpressed babies to make it truly funny. :-)

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  7. hahahaha between Lucy and Mary being the perfect cutie pies and Naomi and Cecilia being twin spitfires, we would have a hell of a play date.

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  8. Ahhhh # 2- SO funny. That original video was just hilarious, but I am loving the remake!
    #3 & 6 - Even more hilarious!

    So jealous you all have snow!

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  9. I don't think I will be able to quit that video either. I had no idea what I was in for when I first clicked on it...I just had blind faith that you are funny and we find the same things funny so I took a click of faith. Yes, hilarious. I thought for an instant it might be the cats playing paddy-cake, but "Ain't nobody got time for that" lady is way better.

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  10. Your baby is a comedienne!! So funny :)

    and yeah, pretty much my whole shower shelf and makeup drawer is neon green from everything Garnier that I use!

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  11. Oh my word, that photo series of the kids in the snow is hysterical! And I didn't see any face in the tree. 20/20 vision but blind as a bat apparently. :)

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  12. When I can't afford, like, Aveda products (read:never again this side of Heaven), I always get Garnier. There's coupons for it all the time, and it's magical drugstore treasure. That and the Neutrogena anti-wrinkle stuff. But that's picey, and I NEVER see coupons for it.

    Also, aint nobody got time for that.

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  13. Bahahahahaha @ the pictures... especially the "A Christmas Story" style one where it looks like your 2 year old can't get up.

    Between you and Ana, I'm dying of youtube hilarity today!

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  14. Your cooking picture reminds me of what my cooking pictures would look like if I took cooking pictures :(

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  15. At least you got your girls out the door....I don't even think I could dress mine to get them out before the madness would begin.

    Love the expressions on the littlier girls. :)

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    1. The only thing that gets us doing things is having big kids who we know will enjoy it. Those pics were taken at the arboretum down the street that has KILLER sledding hills. The big ones love it so much that it's worth the "fun" of a toddler going berzerk. She'd probably be throwing a fit at home anyway, you know?

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  16. May have to try the Garnier...this frizzy mess needs it!

    LOVE the video...and the pics.

    Thanks for the laugh!

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  17. Your pictures just crack me up.

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  18. Best kid pic captions ever. Ever. Have a good weekend, Dwija!!

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  19. Omg... Love the pics of the kids in the snow!!! I bundled Joey up and he looked like a marshmallow that couldn't move. He hated it, I loved it.

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  20. Your pictures are so sweet!! babies cheeks look cold!!! This Texan would not be able to stand there for a minute... LOL Loved the video too..

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  21. Oh my gosh. The looks on those two babies' faces is priceless. I am somewhat less impressed by my own son's fit today, but somehow knowing we are all in the same parenting boat makes me feel a bit better.
    As an aside, I don't see the face. Could be the lack of sleep, but I'm just not seeing it.

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  22. A tantrum in the snow takes real commitment. You have to admire that!

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  23. Ain't nobody got time for burnt white chocolate.

    Hey, thanks for the frizzy hair tip! Mine's been frizzy since I was 5, so I'm always up for a new product that could be my miracle!

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  24. Lol! At least it was something cool like white chocolate chips and not oatmeal!

    Tantrum in the snow. Egads, the energy of youth.

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    1. If we could hook a generator up to that child somehow, we'd never pay another electric bill again!

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  25. Your #6 is like the story of my life with a just turned two year old. Only the dog is making those embarresed faces. Love it!

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  26. I'm working on my 12 photos in 2012 post without sickening people with disney photos.

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  27. Is that tree picture like one of those cross your eyes and try not to focus kind of things? I stared at it for a while, but ain't nobody got time for that!

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    1. I so wish I could 'like' your comment!

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    2. You really should use your mad graphic design skillz and point out this face!

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    3. I really should! Totally gonna do it...

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  28. Oh my goodness...I will be trying the Garnier since my hair decided to go curly post-pregnancy as well. I didn't even know that was possible. You learn something new every day. And #6 - my 2.5 year old is in that phase as well. I relate so I giggled.

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  29. #6 could so easily be a seen from my home....your 2 year old playing the role of yours truly, and the little onlookers playing my children. I should really keep my tantrums behind closed doors, because I don't look nearly as cute as your sweet girl. And Garnier - will definitely be trying that!

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  30. Oh! How the snow bunnies make me miss the midwest in a heart-achy way. Thanks for capturing the moment for the rest of us...

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  31. I see the tree face. Big nose, yes?

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    1. YES! You should sign your name next time so I can praise you personally....

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    2. I guess I have functioning eyeballs!

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  32. Oh my goodness! The tantrum pictures are too much. I am dying!

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  33. Bahahahaha I don't know where to start... the snow babies... awesome. Ain't nobody got time for that... haha.. Oh I need to breathe. Speaking of.

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  34. I see the face in the tree. Maybe it's a Michigan thing. ~ Gretchen from West Michigan

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  35. I see the face, too. And also love the pictures of the Temper Tantrum 2YO. And I love that video.

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