Do you remember that clean, well organized scrapbook room of mine? On the surface it looks pretty good, but underneath the scrappy exterior lies a wealth of sewing supplies, all unorganized and almost unused. There are about six half finished projects, including an entire denim quilt top, a wall hanging, quilt pieces, and yards of fabric purchased with big plans that I never got around to.

I dumped it all out the other night and went through it. I haven’t thrown out a pair of jeans in twenty years. I have moved a shower curtain to three different states because I look at it and I don’t see a shower curtain, I see a fairy costume. I have two yards of day-glo pink vinyl and I don’t know why. I have extremely limited sewing skills. I’ve made a few quilts and a few dresses (with supervision). I have mad seam ripping skills from years of practice. I do not think in such a way that allows me to turn things inside out and form seams; I cannot visualize it at all. I have amazing creative visions and no way to carry them out. It is infuriating. I shouldn’t be let inside of a fabric store and yet I keep going back. Like today when I went and bought more felt that I may or may not actually use. It is an illness.

If you want to know more about the mess, I strongly suggest that you click on the photo and read my notes. Confession: it’s good for the soul.

I have never had lice. I can remember childhood checks in the nurse’s office when an outbreak would start, and I’m sure my mother had a huge sign of relief every time us kids came home clean. Now that Jonas is in school, we’ve already had two lice breakouts. Lice has always freaked me out a bit because, well, EW BUGS, but also because most of the treatments out there either don’t have very good reviews when it comes to being effective, or the treatment is so chemical laden I really don’t want my children or myself near it! I’ve heard of some parents who are so desperateto get rid of the lice they wash children’s hair in gasoline! I’ve seen a few kids at Jonas’ school arrive with freshly shaved heads too.

I was recently asked to share a blog post on this new treatment that is out for lice called LiceMD. Now, they gave me a sample, and I cannot tell you how perfectly it works because THANK HEAVEN WE DON’T HAVE LICE, but I am hearing very, very positive things about it actually working. I am also really liking it because it is pesticide free, odorless, you can reapply it as often as you need to, and it conditions the hair while killing lice in ten minutes. Compared to the current brands, that is all very happy news indeed.