Hornet sting and Apple Cider Vinegar

I am chuckling to myself... (= And here is why...

 Tonight Steve and Chad were building a little storage barn for me; and my 'Shiny' and I were mowing the lawn. Suddenly I noticed Steve yelling and waving at me and Chad dancing about, SCREAMING at the top of his lungs! I cut the motor and quickly ran to them. Steve meanwhile called out that Chad had stepped on a black and yellow hornet! I didn't stop but rushed Chad to the house, into the kitchen and sat him on the nearest chair. I  quickly grabbed the apple cider vinegar and a bowl . Putting his foot into the bowl I poured the vinegar over it till there was about 2 inches in the bowl. (Much less will work very well, too. And gauze pads are wonderful for this.I'm just out right now.)

 He almost instantly stopped crying and said it was very cooling. Since he was quickly getting bored I told him he could move to the porch. So he picked up the bowl, moved outside AND PUT THE WRONG FOOT BACK IN THE BOWL!!! :D Then he was confused and couldn't decide where he had been stung! Anyway the pain was completely gone and the swelling never happened.

 This is quite funny since Steve saw the hornet and killed it! (Can you imagine not knowing where you had been stung minutes after it happened?)

 I always use apple cider vinegar on stings and find that there is very little pain and often no swelling!
(I'm sure this has not been approved by the FDA)

Bed in Summer

Tonight I told my little girl it was time to go to bed. She looked shocked, pointed at the window and said, 'It still daytime'!

(=

That reminded me of when I was little and had to go to bed when it was still light outside. I would, of course, complain and then my mom would recite this poem. 

In winter I get up at night 

And dress by yellow candle-light. 

In summer quite the other way, 

I have to go to bed by day.

I have to go to bed and see 

The birds still hopping on the tree, 

Or hear the grown-up people's feet 

Still going past me in the street.

And does it not seem hard to you, 

When all the sky is clear and blue, 

And I should like so much to play, 

To have to go to bed by day?

Robert Louis Stevenson


I always liked to hear it! She would say it cheerfully with lots of animation.  

So now I get to say it to my little girl! (=

Decided to set me blog up so I can text to it! (:

The Kids Bedroom

My sister lived with us for awhile and while she lived here she had the kids room. They slept in the living room or in our bed! :/ After she got married and moved out,Steve decided to redecorate the room to give the kids incentive to use it ! (= (instead of ours) 

We started out with this (sorry, the lighting is poor)

The room has two windows...

a closet...

and canning shelves! (=

 Steve mixed the colors and painted while I helped tape and whatever else was needed. He mixed blue and pink.

Blue on the top (for the boy) and pink on the bottom (for the girl)

The border was his genius! (=

The children wanted to help SO bad so we got the idea to let them put their hand prints on the little wall.

 What a lot of fun it was! (=

This was very simple, fairly cheap and fun! We got one gallon semigloss white paint plus red and blue acrylic craft paints (to mix the colors) and painted the whole room for less the $20.

Those little things of craft paints are awesome cause now we have white paint left for our room too! (=