Man, March sure is living up to it's reputation. After a yummy dinner (homemade Chinese) I decided to run a few errands for some necessary items now that we own a new puppy. My plan was to go to Bath and Bodyworks for some new wallflowers and scented oils, and then on to Walmart for a safety gate and stickers for Hayden's school project. Imagine my surprise when I went outside and was greeted by a wild but beautiful "snowstorm". I was having secret hopes that they would cancel school! But just in case, while I was gone Jon was to get the kids bathed and have them straighten their bedrooms. I had not been in Bath and Bodyworks for a minute when my phone rang. It was my friend Erin, followed within about 3 seconds by Jon. They were both informing me that we had no power!! So, I took my sweet time at both stores. Jon, meanwhile lit a fire and made pallets for him and the kids. I never guessed the power would still be out when I got home at 10. But it was! No one bathed, no one cleaned their room. Big surprise. Jon, Chloe, and Hayden were asleep. Hunter was on the phone and Chan was reading a book by flashlight. I put away my goodies and lit a few more candles. I had been home 20 minutes when the power came back on. So, I took the dog out to go potty and got my craft stuff ready to work on Hayden's project. I kid you not, I sat down for about a minute when the power went off again!! It was off for 30 more minutes, came back on for about 2 minutes, and was off for another 45 minutes or so. I had already blown out and relit 15 candles twice!!! Ugghh! I ended up laying out school clothes, doing Hayden's project, wiping up dog pee, and installing a gate all by candlelight. Then right before it finally came back on for good I had a BIG accident. I am very upset about it too. The pictures tell the tale!
P.S. did you know a dog can get up and pee on your wood floor three whole times without making a single pee-p !?
Are you ready for this??
I dropped a freakin lit candle!!! It looks like blood. It ruined my carpet, my lap desk, my dust ruffle, and my linen basket that I keep catalogs and magazines in.
Gross!! Can you believe this? I seriously don't know how I am gonna get this cleaned up!
Look at all those candles!
5 comments:
That totally sucks about the candle! It looks like someone might need stitches. I always loved blackouts as a kid.
The best way to clean up spilled wax is to cover it with a rug.
I was thinking more along the lines of a king size bed....
put a cloth over it and iron on cool. it will stick the wax to the cloth and come off your carpet... mostly. Good luck!
You can get candles out of carpet. Call me I will tell you how, or email me.
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