All kinds of stuff...

So my computer was broken for a little over a week. That totally stunk. I hate computer viruses. So I am no longer allowed to download ANYTHING. So for all of my Facebook friends, I will not be accepting your birthday invitations, or little gizmo thingys. Sorry, but I don't like not having a computer.

I had so many things to blog about during that time, but I have forgotten most of them by now, but here are the highlights. Pictures will come eventually, just not today. :)

We had a great Christmas in Iowa. I got a new Canon xsi 12.2 mega pixel digital SLR camera. Russ even got the tele-photo lens for me. It is awesome! I have had no time to sit and learn about it. I'm excited to have time next week to do that. And to show you all how great the pictures are. I think I've taken about 800 pictures since I first got it. Seriously.

I am enjoying Facebook, but feel bad when I turn someone away who's asking to be my "friend". But I really don't care much about a friend of a friend of a friend. I don't know them. I don't really want to know them. I'm mean, I know. Oh, I also think our virus came from downloading Facebook applications. We were told that Facebook is an easy way to "get in" to your computer. So be careful downloading things from it.

The house we were wanting sold, so we took ours off the market last Tuesday. Then on Wednesday, the lady across the street from us called to find out why we didn't have a sign in the yard. Anyway, she preceded to tell us about a couple in our neighborhood who were going to call to come see it that week. They are really interested in it, but just hadn't had a chance to call and come see it. They are coming tomorrow night. So maybe we'll end up selling it on our own. Who knows?

I finally saw Twilight. There was some really bad acting, but over all, I really enjoyed the movie. I can't wait to see the next three.

Becca had a fun birthday party. She had 6 little girls over for a My Little Pony party. It was cute.

Oh and the best for last... How do you completely get rid of lice? Yep, that's what I said. Maddie came home from school on Tuesday and I noticed little brown dots in her bang area. Upon searching even more, I found lice. YUCK! Double yuck! So I immediately ran her into the bathroom and basically didn't let her leave there until it was time for bed. I cut her hair (it's chin length) and started going through it with a fine tooth comb. Russ brought home the treatment and we did that. Then yesterday I washed her hair in vinegar, used a blow-dryer on hot and also flat-ironed her hair. If this doesn't work, then I'm pulling out the mayonnaise, peanut butter and vodka. No, not for me, but all for her hair. I think I've now done about 15 loads of laundry, with about 6 more to do. And that's all since Tuesday at about 3:30.

Can you get it from trying on clothes? She did a bunch of that this past weekend. Ewww. That makes me never want to try on anything! Or rolling on the mat in gymnastics. Or sitting next to someone on the bus with it, or leaving her coat near someone who had it. If she was a boy, she would have a shaved head right now.

Anyway, off to do more laundry and get my house ready for tomorrow night. We just won't tell the prospective buyers that we have lice in our house. Shhhh.