Cleaning A's Dungeon

It was impossible to walk across A's floor so I cleaned her and SJ's dungeon today while she was at school. It was at the point where I was doing the toy shuffle. You all know that one. You realize that you are stepping on something hard and plastic. If you continue putting your weight down, you might break it and/or drive pointed shards of plastic in your feet.

So you try to slide your foot off the toy and you kind of slip, and hopefully you don't fall on your ass, thus inserting the plastic shards in that particular body part. (run-on sentence, yeah!)

Does anybody remember the Seinfeld episode with ("It was a one in a million chance, doc!")?

I am particularly tired of picking up Legos and her Tinkertoyosauras. She knows where it goes, but can't be bothered. Making a mess is much more fun than picking up. Everybody knows that.

While I was cleaning her room, Mandy jumped on her bed and got comfortable. I didn't want Mandy on the bed so I told her to get off.

She burrowed in deeper like the stubborn little beast that she is.

She also assumed her "pose". I hate the pose. It is the, "You are screwed no matter how you do this, because I am going to pee all over the place," pose.

I very gently said, "Mandy get off the bed."

I tip toed up to her. It's like approaching a bomb that is about to go off. You very gently approach it with bated breath trying carefully not to set it off.

"No, Lenny, I said the red wire. The red wire! NOOOOOOO!"

That's right. I didn't tip toe gently enough or I looked at her cross-eyed or I breathed too loudly or something.

One squirting dog + one mattress pad + one recently changed set of sheets + one quilt = THREE FREAKING LOADS OF LAUNDRY!

Stinking damn dog.

My husband said it should have been four loads - the first load consisting of dog only.
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I have tried three new gluten-free, casein-free recipes this week.

The chocolate cake was too dry, but edible.
The pancakes looked like crepes, but were delicious.
The chicken fingers tonight were slightly odd.

The worse thing is that I had recently decided to go mostly vegetarian. Only, most people with dairy issues have soy issues. All those delcious main dishes with tofu in them...out the window they went.

But I still haven't given up. I'm sure I can modify some of them to fit our needs.
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Remember the church I mentioned that puts up the weekly signs?

Well, last week they put up something about God's game plan. Somebody vandalized the sign and made it God's gae plan.

This week's sign reads, "Thou is responsible for thy own attitude."

Don't mess with the sign, man.
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Here is the gross fact for the day, once again verbatim.

"Scientists at the University of Tokyo plucked the wings off of a bunch of roaches, inserted little electrodes in their antennae, and stuck on tiny backpacks full of electric circuits and batteries. They discovered that they could then steer the bugs like a car. Hang a left. Turn right. Stop. Go. The point? They hope to use roaches in rescue work, such as in collapsed buildings, by mounting tiny cameras on their backs."

This year, my son got an electronic car for Christmas. Next year, he is so getting a roach.