Lucky Mom
Oct. 7, 2008
Medical Malady & Julia's birthday
So, here I am writing again. After a long bloody time.
Maybe it was the ‘allergic reaction’ I apparently got that caused hives over 80% of my body.
Hey, click here for a pic of the fun. It’s hot.
I guess when one tries to save money by actually applying a store-bought $8.00 hair color, it could backfire. It did. I think.
But, I’m not entirely sure that is what caused this predicament. I just couldn’t think of anything else I did/consumed that would have resulted in such mayhem.
So, after being under an antihistamine daze for 5 (yes, FIVE) days, and a kick-ass dose of steroids I finally said enough and called my doctor again. "Hi Doc. I can’t sleep for 5 days (though I’d love to) but I kinda have two kids that I need to care for. Any other ideas/lotions/potions/magic?"
Apparently there was/is and after obtaining the million dollar ‘cream’, I instantly stopped scratching myself to blood.
Nice.
So, here I am last week, with two short days from my daughter’s 2nd birthday, with a million things to do when I realized I hadn’t assembled her Homestyle Kitchen.
Though through no encouragement/discouragement, it has become very aware that Julia is a girly girl and nature, indeed plays at least a very large part.
She is not interested in Alec’s dinosaurs, Transformers, or any other so-called masculine garb/toy. No, she likes dolls, babies, kitchens and being tidy. Though she can physically kick Alec’s ass, I think that is just a survival mechanism along with Alec’s too sweet nature to fight her back, too much.
So, I perused Craigslist and the consignment stores for play kitchens as I figured second-hand plastic would be just fine and I’d save a few bucks.
Apparently everyone, besides me, knew the secret as when I did find one pop up on said list, it was already taken even after what must have been a record-setting two-second ad response time. (I have bad memories of trying to get that Coach diaper bag off E-bay by actually bidding. Ha. Funny. Didn’t get it at the last ‘second’.)
So, I’m at Walmart (yes, Walmart – I swear ours is a designer grocery/dept store just posing as a Walmart -it’s that nice) the other day and I see the Homestyle Kitchen for $44.95.
Perfect. It comes with an 18 piece set of utensils etc. Big box. Take it home, pull it out, add the pieces and done. Happy 2nd birthday Julia.
‘Fortunately’, I took the fu*ker out the box two days before Julia’s birthday and to my horror, I found a 100 + piece attached plastic get up, two pages of double-sided directions, a bag with 56 screws and the need for a 10×10 area to ‘assemble’ it.
I spent less time assembling my queen sized water bed, along with full headboard when I was 19.
However, when Saturday came and the birthday girl saw her kitchen, it was almost well worth it. She loves it.
Oh, and I have my skin back intact and will be staying away from boxed haircolor.
5 Comments Posted (Add Yours)
A cook? I think you might have to pay the bucks for that! Good luck with that Wander Woman!
Ever heard of a 'skin test'? My £9 box of colour worked a treat recently, so don't write them all off especially if the money saved goes into the "England Holidays" box.
JO -
Yes, but I've used these blasted boxes for years with no problem!
Don't worry, we'll keep adding to the 'box'!
KO - I'm going to have nightmares for weeks becouse of that rash picture. ewwwww
I'm still having nightmares about that E-bay diaper bag dibacle! As for Julia's 'girly girl' persona, that was me too...baby dolls, kitchen, playing house,helping mommy, the works. Here I am single city apartment dweller, happily childless looking for a man who will cook for me!
[#] Posted by: wander woman on October 07, 2008