Hodge Podge

There are a lot of things on my mind lately. Don't really have the time to organize them, just felt like writing, and miraculously both my children are napping today, so here goes, in the style of my 14-year-old-blog-post-style. 

1. Warranty

We bought a refurbished vacuum last summer and it came with a two-year warranty. Last week, I was trying to get it out of the stand and I pulled it the wrong way and some piece came out. So I pulled out my warranty information and looked up how to file a claim. The next morning, I dropped off the package at the local FedEx, and today I received an email saying they had it fixed and it was being shipped back to us. Wonderful! 

In the last week, I've actually missed the vacuum a lot. Our vacuum came with two heads and one of the heads had the problem so we've still been able to vacuum...just not the way we want. The head we sent off was the carpet head. The head we have left is the hard floor head. Our wood floors and tile in the kitchen have been vacuumed and kept clean in the last week, but our carpet has not been vacuumed. I can't wait for it to be returned.

2. Small Kitchen Appliance Tracker

We are still diligently tracking our small kitchen appliance use! If you have no idea what I'm talking about, at the beginning of the year, I decided to spend this year and track what I used every single day. I last gave an update on February 1st. Since then, there's been a lot of new tallies as well as a new front-runner! As of right now our number one most-used small appliance (not including the must-haves) has 25 tallies! To put that into perspective, we are in week 16 of this year. That's almost two times a week!

3. April

April has always been an emotional month for me. It's emotional not because of the month itself but because of what proceeds after. I remember telling a friend in middle school I wanted to skip the entire month, and he replied back, "Why? It's my birthday month!" And now I have a child with a birthday in April. Can't skip it for sure. This year is extra emotional. Lots of things are happening, most of which I would never directly share here, but you're always welcome to contact me privately. 

4. Headbands

I've never been a big fan of doing hair or the like, but I've been thinking about headbands lately. When I was a child I had a ton of headbands but I hated wearing them because they'd hurt behind my ears. Eventually I stopped wearing them and just relegated to boring ponytails, and as a mom, they're the most practical so my children aren't grabbing and pulling my hair. 

Now that my children are older and I actually have some time to think about myself, I suddenly got the urge to try headbands, but not the ones like my childhood. 

I don't seem to have the sense to be able to wear them right, or maybe these are just not the right type for my head. I had read reviews online about them slipping and not holding hair in place, etc. So I may need someone to help teach me how to wear and use a headband...as simple as that sounds. Do I just need to stretch them out so they're bigger and less likely to want to spring back smaller/slip off? Someone, please help. 

5. Patio 

We're debating adding a patio in our backyard. We put it off for years, and now since Covid, prices are skyrocketing. The irony is though, despite being cheaper 5+ years ago, we weren't ready to spend the money. And now that we are, prices have nearly doubled. 🤷‍♀️ I'm trying to convince myself it's worth it despite the money because my kids love being outside. It seems to have this natural calming effect on them. If they're being fussy and throwing a fit, we just open the door, take them outside, plop them down, and voila, they're happy. It's pretty magical. Probably worth the (more than a few) thousands of dollars to pave a nice patio, huh?

So that's the quick summary of everything going on lately. I haven't felt very inspired to write anything else and the posts I have in the works...well, they're special. 

So while my two children nap, I'm cooking, and finishing up this blog, and hoping you are having a wonderful week.