Some funny adventures

I just thought I'd share some of the funny things that have gone on here lately :). They weren't funny when it happened, but they are funny now. I'm sure you parents know how that goes.

The cleaning oxymoron.

I've been trying to deep clean they house the last couple weeks. I've been putting it off really, until as late as I can possibly stand it so I don't have to do it twice before the baby comes. It's the ultimate procrastinator in me. I cleaned the carpets with some awesome rug dr powder, scrubbed the fridge, dusted in places that never even see the light of day, etc. Well, I decided it was late enough to wash the couch cushion covers. I have a light couch which I would have NEVER bought if I had known how terribly it shows EVERYTHING. These cushions show spots if it just gets wet. So you can imagine all the spots on them from slobber, snot, sippy cups, pen, mud, etc, etc, etc. You learn a lot with kids. I tried to keep them looking nice for a really really long time, but it is a lot of work! And you end just end up with new spots on them the next day no matter what. Now they have to get pretty bad before I wash them again. Well, of course, this time was no different. I went to the trouble of washing them all nice and new and actually got to admire how amazing they look all clean for a couple of hours. Then this happened.

You can imagine my horror. Black pen is hard to get out, too. It is still there. Probably will be for a while. Oh, also the same thing happened with my windows the same day. They had been covered with window crayon for weeks and I finally decided to wash them. then Dozer smeared mud all over the outside of them. 10 min after I cleaned them. Yay.

The jalapeno incident.

I love making salsa in the summer, and this year decided to plant all the ingredients I would need so they all would be garden fresh. So I planted a jalapeno plant. Actually, 4 plants. See, they only come in 4 packs and I felt bad killing the rest. Well, my hubby has been really adventurous in the canning department with our new pressure canner, and he wanted to try to can some jalapenos for nachos and what not. The whole thing went off without a hitch, and clean up was great. We threw out all the waste to the chickens. My hubby had told me where he threw them too so I could try to keep Dozer away from them. Just in case. Well, later on that day Dozer decided to go outside to play. I'm so serious, it was only a couple of minutes! I was just trying to finish one row on the blanket I was sewing. I get up to check on him, and he is already at the back door coming back in. Nothing new. He is whining a little bit, so I get some water. Doesn't want it. So I get a snack. Doesn't want that either. Now the whining is escalating to a cry. He has tears streaming and snot all over his face. I get a towel to clean up his face while I am trying to figure out what is wrong. He kept putting his hands to his mouth, so I look all around in there. No cuts, no swelling, no blood, no missing teeth. Looks normal. I am getting a little worried because I can't figure out what is wrong and he is still crying! I keep wiping off his face and now he is sticking out his tongue for me to wipe. Not sure why. He is still crying and starts rubbing his eye. Now his eye is getting red and a little swollen. And he will NOT let me touch it! I try to look and see what is wrong and again I can't find anything. I wipe his face again and he sticks his tongue out again for me to wipe. Click! I think I finally get what has happened. I think he ate a jalapeno. It explains everything! Why his mouth hurts, his tongue, and his eye AFTER he rubbed it. Crap. I know that the best thing to do is to eat something with a lot of fat in it to draw out the capsaisin. I get some various items, but he wont eat ANY of it. :( I try water. He wont even drink that. I try to get an ice cube for him to rub his lips, and he at least let me do that. This whole time mind you he is screaming now. :( And he continued to scream for a HALF HOUR! Poor thing! I just held him and let him cry on me because there wasn't anything I could do! I had turned on his favorite cartoon a while back to try to distract him, but it didn't work. A half hour later he starts to calm down and is starting to watch it a little with periodic crying every couple of minutes. About 45 min later he was acting normal again and felt like finally having dinner. And all was fine and dandy after that :). Poor thing! It wasn't very fun just having to let him cry, but I can't help but giggle now. Hopefully he learned a lesson!