Hello all! No, you're not dreaming, I am--in fact--posting an entry on my blog! *GASP* I know, I know...I am so bad at this blogging thing, but does it count it if I at least *think* about blogging once in a while? Even if I can't actually manage to do it? :D
So, I bet you're asking yourself, "Self, why on earth is she blogging today? What makes today so special?", well, lemme tell ya what happened today!
Sit back, get comfy, because I'm in a chatty mood! :D
It started like any other day, got up got the oldest fed, dressed and ready for school. By 9:00am everyone was up and things were clipping along at the 'normal' chaotic pace. I had decided to take the kids to the thrift store and later to Target to see about buying some clothes for the small giant we have living here who has seen fit to grow out of all the extra big shorts from last year...
So, we go, we see, we buy, we come home. The kids get fed and the girls go down for a nap. Not much of anything goes on for a couple of hours, just laundry, ate lunch--*yawn*--you get the idea, same 'ol same 'ol.
At around 4:05pm Devin arrives home from school, things get a little louder, girls are starting to get cranky and everyone needs a snack. So, snacks are handed out and everyone's content.
At approximately 4:45pm I was standing near the entry way and I noticed the sound of geese flying overhead. Okay, no biggie, but then...
Okay, so here's where I have to interject and ask a question.
Ever have something happen to you that, after it happens, you sit back, scratch your head and say, "Did that just happen?!"? Yeah, well, me too! I mean, anyone who knows me knows that I've had a lot of stuff happen to me just since being with my husband (not saying he's the reason for it all happening, although I'm betting he is ;) LOL). I've been through a tornado, watched a hurricane pass over my city while evacuated, been in a couple of earthquakes--which, having grown up in CA is no biggie--however, we have had 2 in the past week or so here in the midwest (yes, we've officially been blamed for those...sorry :)), oh yeah, and remember my reaction to being told we were having twins? Haha! So yeah, we've had LOTS of those 'Did that just happen?!' moments.
However, I never, in a million years would have guessed that what happened today could actually happen to me!
So, ya ready? K.
We have geese flying overhead remember? Okay, so that's a pretty normal thing and I don't think much of it until...SPLAT! I look up to find the biggest, grossest, greenest splat of goose poop I've ever seen!!
Gross isn't it? *gag*
So, no biggie, goose poop on the window...but do you notice something? Look at the window...it's open isn't it? Yes, me in my wisdom thought, "ahh, what a nice day, let's open the windows so the fresh air can blow into the house!". What I did not think was, "Hmm...maybe I shouldn't open the windows today, I know it's nice and all but a goose might fly by and poop and the wind might carry it 'just so' and it'll hit the window and fly....
ALL OVER MY PLAYROOM FLOOR!!!!"
Now see, what you have here is a close up. A close up of lots and lots of itsy bitsy teensy tiny dark green specks. Specks, that if pressed lightly with a paper towel will bleed onto both the towel AND the carpet! Fun huh? Yeah, I know this from personal experience.
Moving on...
So, obviously I'm overjoyed right? I mean, it's almost 5:00pm and my kids will be wanting dinner soon and I've got a 1'x3' section of carpet covered in goose poop spray! Hmm, what to do, what to do...I tell the oldest to turn on a show for the girls and to keep them out of the playroom, then I grab the paper towels (we all know how that turned out), a dish towel and some carpet cleaner.
There I was working at removing all of the ick when I hear, "oh no, oh no, no, no, no!!" "Uh-oh" "Mooooommmmm!"
Bwhahahaha! "Yes my sweet angelic child, whatever is the matter?" *snort*
Well, apparently in my haste to toss the kids a snack pre-poop-fest, I neglected to properly close the 'ol toddler cookie bag and...
Hahaha! Ahh, yes, more clean up! Gotta be thankful that this mess wasn't from anyone's body though right? Right! :D
So...I was able to enlist Em to clean up her cookies (which I took pics of--of course!) and I managed to get most of the goose poop out of my carpet.
But did I mention the other clean up? Remember I said that this happened in my playroom? Snicker...well, we have lots of Little People and stuff...and let's just say not all of them escaped being sprayed.
Here they are after Step One of Goose Poop Removal (aka~ scrubbing the tar out of them in the sink with soap) waiting to experience Step Two~ A Brutal Silkwood Scrubbing With Clorox Wipes~
Yes...I'm afraid that is Noah...and his wife too!
Ahh, but it all ended well. Kids eventually got fed, the floor was cleaned and the toys scrubbed and a valuable lesson was learned:
When living in the flight path of migratory geese, exercise caution and open windows only if you're prepared to:
A. Run like mad to close them when you hear the geese
or
B. Clean goose poop out of your carpet.
So, next time it's a lovely day out and you want to open the windows for some fresh springtime air, think long and hard. Weigh the pros and cons. Keeping them closed will preserve your carpets and save you some clean up. Ahh, but that fresh air smells so good, you could open just a couple of them right? Besides, what are the odds of a goose flying by at just the right angle to your house...with the wind blowing *just* the right way...
Hahaha!
Goodnight all!
:)
