Quail

Okay, I don't like chickens or birds. But, I like roadrunners, quail and hummingbirds. We have a quail who has laid her eggs in our lantana bush. The dogs are interested. The kids could care less. I guess after an Arizona finch has been in our house, not to mention the scorpion and the snake, this is small. Tomorrow I will tell you the story of the finch in our house.

Oatmeal Mask

The girls each had a friend spend the night. The older girls wanted to put a mask on their faces.

After an exhaustive search at Target and the fact that Tar-jay was out of avocados, we found this mask recipe on "E-to".

Oatmeal Mask

You will need oatmeal, egg whites, lemon juice, baking soda and olive oil. The two most ingredients are the oatmeal and egg whites!

Step 1
Cook some oatmeal or organic rolled oats according to the directions on the package.
The oatmeal has to be un-flavored.

Step 2
Allow the oatmeal to cool slightly after cooking when you create a mask.

Step 3
Fluff up one egg white with a fork in a small bowl. Add the egg white to the oatmeal mask for consistency, folding it into the mixture until it is smooth and easy to spread on your face.

Step 4
Add a few drops of lemon juice when you create your oatmeal mask. Lemon juice is an astringent.

Step 5
Experiment with other types of ingredients when you create an oatmeal mask. Baking soda can soothe itchy skin and olive oil can help reduce the wrinkles caused by dry skin.

Step 6
Smooth the oatmeal mask onto your face. Add more layers of oatmeal to problem areas of your skin, such as your nose and forehead. Be careful around your eyes.

Step 7
Allow the oatmeal mask to dry completely before you remove it. The skin on your face may become slightly itchy as the oatmeal dries completely, which will be your signal to wash up.

Step 8
Rinse the mask off completely with cool to lukewarm water.

Voila!

SORRY: I hate this old stupid camera of Love Man's. It is only 4.o mega pixels and it bites.

Cement Pond

Remember how on "Beverly Hillbillies", they referred to the swimming pool as the cement pond? That is where I need to be. I have not swam all week. I've been too busy organizing.

The vice-principal at Miss Brunette's school has a oldie, famous TV character name. But, I keep mixing it up thinking his name is Dean Martin or Columbo. Fortunately I have not meet Perry Mason, yet. So, I won't have to embarrass my child yet another time.

The Organizational March

Today I cleaned out the credenza. I hadn't been purged since 2005. Now, we need to go camping and burn all of these documents. There are way too many to shred.

We re-arranged Blonde Girl's room. She is pleased. I put her extra dresser in our room. We got rid of the credenza in the office and replaced it with a piece of furniture that was in our room. I am slowly working my way through the house.

Tomorrow the dining room side board!

Blonde Girl's Complex

Blonde Girl has been making a Little Pet Shop/Polly Pocket apartment. She adds anything else she can find. Notice the purple slide which she cut and colored. The pole for emergencies, which is behind the slide. Sadly, it is coming down today. We haven't been able to use our kitchen table since the weekend. We may arrange her room to free up a piece of furniture to accommodate

her creation.

Cleaning House

We are not really cleaning our house. But, organizing and working on every closet, drawer
and basket that contains STUFF. We will be making our fourth trip to Good Will tomorrow.
The girls are I are working our way through the house. Their rooms are done, except we are going to re-arrange Blonde Girl's room. Next up: the linen closet!

Queen of Volleyball

Miss Brunette is going to volleyball camp. She goes every day for two hours, four days a week
and she LOVES it. She can not wait to go back the next day. If she does this, she has a great
chance of making the MSJH volleyball team.