We have two hand towel holders in our main bathroom. One is above the toilet, and the other is installed lower near the door. We put it in when my son was potty training a few years ago. The rack is wooden and had a circle that can pivot. My son got in the habit of pulling the towel while drying his hands, which put a strain on the holder. I used to remind him not to do that, thinking that it could eventually pull the holder out of the wall. Since I am not usually in there anymore when he is washing his hands, he doesn't get that reminder.
Somehow the wooden circle part of the holder actually snapped this weekend. My husband tried to glue it unsuccessfully. I thought we would need to replace it, but then hubby came up with the idea of screwing the larger remaining portion back onto the base. The result is 3/4 of a circle, which has a very modern look to it, and actually looks like it was meant to be that way.
My son's reaction upon inspection of the newly remodeled towel holder? "It's very fancy. It's like we're in a hotel...only dirtier." "What?" I asked him in surprise. He pointed to a little dust that had collected next to the base of the vanity in which the sink sits "There's some dust there." There was indeed some dust. Some dust. Not a pile of dirt and other random things. Surely some of you have a bit of dust on your bathroom floor?
Welcome to our home. It's like a hotel. Only dirtier.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Is this thing on?
I know at least two people might still read this, so I'll take a chance and post.
Tomorrow is my 5 YEAR blogiversary! 5 years! Half a decade! Wow.
Starting next week, I am going to be a 24 hour a week employee. This after 3 months of anything varying from 0 hours per week to 12 hours per week. Surely it will be a transition, but I've had a great time of unemployment, so I certainly can't complain. Plus, I still get some extra time off.
It's National TV turnoff week. According to the statistics, children watch an average of 20 hours of TV per week. Really? What children? Yours? Certainly not mine. My son watches a half hour in the morning and a half hour in the afternoon. That's 7 hours per week. Tack on 45 minutes on the Wii each day, and we're up to about 12 hours. 20 hours is a long time.
At school, they are getting small prizes for each day they participate in TV turnoff and bring in the parent signed slip saying they didn't watch the previous day. The teacher said in past years, parents have signed off when children did watch, and that this sends a negative message. You think? I can't believe parents would do that. The sad part is, how do you think she found out in the first place? Of course the kids told her. Sad when the children have to tell the truth for their parents.
Anyway, ours has been off since Sunday night. We're having fun playing board games, playing outside, etc. Sunday night we're having a couple families of friends in his class over to have a little celebration of the end of TV turnoff. With no TV, of course. :-)
Tomorrow is my 5 YEAR blogiversary! 5 years! Half a decade! Wow.
Starting next week, I am going to be a 24 hour a week employee. This after 3 months of anything varying from 0 hours per week to 12 hours per week. Surely it will be a transition, but I've had a great time of unemployment, so I certainly can't complain. Plus, I still get some extra time off.
It's National TV turnoff week. According to the statistics, children watch an average of 20 hours of TV per week. Really? What children? Yours? Certainly not mine. My son watches a half hour in the morning and a half hour in the afternoon. That's 7 hours per week. Tack on 45 minutes on the Wii each day, and we're up to about 12 hours. 20 hours is a long time.
At school, they are getting small prizes for each day they participate in TV turnoff and bring in the parent signed slip saying they didn't watch the previous day. The teacher said in past years, parents have signed off when children did watch, and that this sends a negative message. You think? I can't believe parents would do that. The sad part is, how do you think she found out in the first place? Of course the kids told her. Sad when the children have to tell the truth for their parents.
Anyway, ours has been off since Sunday night. We're having fun playing board games, playing outside, etc. Sunday night we're having a couple families of friends in his class over to have a little celebration of the end of TV turnoff. With no TV, of course. :-)
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