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Monday, March 3, 2008
It's Not Going to Change Itself
This is what I found in the bathroom today. This was not the first time. In fact, I find this same scene at least once a week.
Who here can tell me what's wrong with this picture? Anyone? Anyone? My kids couldn't come up with the answer.
To illustrate my point, I took the cardboard tube from the holder and held it up for my kids to see a little more clearly. Still, they looked at me completely confused. "What?" they innocently asked. "What's wrong?"
"Ummm do you see how much toilet paper is left on here? Could you wipe your butt with this?"
They shuffled their feet and looked down and muttered that they could probably use that much to wipe.
"Not very convincing, guys. See, when the roll has less toilet paper than it would take to wipe a Barbie doll's butt, it's time to replace the roll. I know, I know, it sounds scary. It sounds hard. It sounds like a really technical job. But with a little practice, I'm sure you guys could do this. In fact, you may even become so proficient at it that you could go on to teach your dad how to do it!"
I continued, "All you have to do is reach a mere 2 feet over, grab a spare roll of toilet paper, and slide it on the spindle. Ta da! You kids don't know how easy you have it! When I was a kid, we had to completely remove the spindle and it was SPRING LOADED! We had to push the two ends in and hope to God that the spring didn't snap and launch the whole darn spindle across the bathroom! All you kids have to do is slide the empty roll off and slide the new roll on!"
OK, I'm done with my tirade. For the moment anyway.
A few of you guys wrote to say that you couldn't find your marker on the map and you were wondering if your package had gotten lost in the mail. We got your packages and you're actually on the map. When you click on the map to view it close-up, look to the left of the map where the list of everyone's city is. Scroll down to the bottom of that and you'll see that there are 2 pages. Click on page 2. Everyone who sent an inquiry yesterday is on there. I guess the map only holds so many on each page. Sorry about the confusion and thank you again for sending us all the information and pictures! :)
Oh, and for those asking for the address again, it's...
Dawn Meehan
PO Box 66274
Chicago, IL 60666
Oh and of course Jackson and Austin threw up this morning. You know - because I wrote that everyone was doing well last night. And my stomach feels as if I've taken a double dose of Alli. As long as Clay and Lexi stay healthy this week. On Thursday, Clay's having his second set of tubes put in his ears and Lexi's getting her third set. Their ears haven't been clear since October. The poor kids are constantly saying, "What?" and they both failed their hearing tests.
94 comments:
- 30 Minute Mommy said...
I feel your pain. I had the same conversation with my husband this past weekend. He gets a new roll, sits there and does his business, and leaves that little bit left on the old roll. The new roll is sitting on the towel holder. I am like, "What the heck are you doing ion there that whole time that you can't put on the new roll?"
- March 3, 2008 at 7:23 PM
- SuburbanCorrespondent said...
Once I gave one of my kids the lecture about replacing the toilet paper themselves and handed them the replacement roll (while they were on the toilet - this is a key detail) and left the room. I'm still trying to figure out how he/she managed to drop the whole roll in the toilet while sitting on the seat. Serves me right for trying to make my kids self-sufficient...
- March 3, 2008 at 7:28 PM
If I had a dime for everytime I threw fit over the empty toilet paper roll - I'd make Oprah look like a pauper. Nothing works.
- March 3, 2008 at 7:32 PM
- Mom Of 3 said...
I have the same toliet paper dilema at my house, only not just with my kids with my husband, and if he does remember to get the toliet paper, he sets it on top of the empty roll. HE NEVER PUTS it on the holder. How do you train them?!?!?! LOL
- March 3, 2008 at 7:35 PM
Oh, Dawn. So sorry to hear the kids are still sick. Definitely no fun for anyone.
I totally hear you on the toilet paper, although to be fair, I haven't taught my kids where the toilet paper is because I'm still in the "you do NOT need to use the entire roll. If you do, it will clog the toilet and make a mess for Daddy to clean" phase.
Bummer on the tubes, too. I do at least know from experience (and I'm sure you do, too) that they can be put in with an ear infection. My son does the "what?" thing constantly, too, and I swore last week he had another ear infection... even took him to see the doctor, but nope. How long have your tubes lasted in the various kids? My daughter had hers put in Sept 27 2006, and they're still in and going strong, lucky us!
BUT at least you didn't experience our flood today. I learned what happens if you don't know that your fridge has a filter for the ice maker and don't change it for 2 years (and however long the previous owners hadn't changed it for). The plus side is that I *did* finally figure out what that spraying noise by the fridge was.
Here's hoping everyone gets well (for good!) soon, and your stomach remembers that you don't put Alli in it.
- March 3, 2008 at 7:36 PM
Better watch out, Dawn! You used the word "butt" in this post. You'll have a whole new slew of readers who are out there Googling the word Butt in their spare time. Too funny!
I have three kids, ages 4.5, 3 and 1.5. No one here is capable of replacing the toilet paper except me. But they are sure capable of unrolling an entire roll across the house in about 10 seconds flat.
- March 3, 2008 at 7:44 PM
- Sarah said...
If you manage to teach your kiddos how to reload the toilet paper, would you like to come teach mine???
- March 3, 2008 at 7:48 PM
- Sue said...
Hey Dawn,
Can you spare a square?
Sorry, one of my favorite Seinfeld episodes!
- March 3, 2008 at 7:52 PM
- Veggiemomof2 said...
Ok, I have good news for you! If there are 8 people in your house & you are only seeing this happen 2x a week, SOMEONE else in that house has to be changing it. There is only 4 of us here & 3 of us spend about 8-10 hours out of the home & I'm seeing it almost on a daily basis! I swear the dogs must be doing it to me!
- March 3, 2008 at 7:57 PM
- . said...
Hey you think you have problems, I still have one of the spring loaded ones! I don't even ask them to change the roll, I'm still working on that tiny little lever they have to push to make the bad stuff go away-awe the true trials in life!
- March 3, 2008 at 8:04 PM
- Shellie said...
Amen sister! That is every mother's tirade. (Really, you're lucky to find that much on the roll). I hope things are really almost over with the flu bug. My kids are taking turns barfing now too. I hope the tubes go well on Thursday.
- March 3, 2008 at 8:08 PM
From one of my blog entries:
I have decided that members of my family must be convinced that there is a Toilet Paper Fairy who visits our house regularly because she has a very important job. Family members remove the new, full paper roll from the package and set it on top of the empty roll that is still attached to the holder, so it can wait for the fairy to come along. She removes the empty carboard roll and installs the new roll of paper. She must be a very important part of the family, seeing as how no one else seems to have the vast knowledge and education for this important task. I cannot count how many times in the last month I have gone into a bathroom and found that the roll of paper has run out and has a newer roll balanced on top waiting for the toilet paper fairy.
I suppose she should be glad that they know where to find the new roll under the cabinet instead of sitting stranded on the toilet and yelling "Moooooooooom!!!!!!! we're out of toilet paper!"
I wonder what would happen if the Toilet Paper Fairy decided to stop coming to our house. Would we be destined to have rolls of paper balanced on the holder and the empty roll forever? Instead of installed where they are supposed to go, and roll as they were designed to do? I mean it's called a "Roll", not a "Hold in hand and unwind". It's a good thing that the Toilet Paper Fairy is an unassuming helper who doesn't mind keeping an eye on her important job.
What would we do without her?
- March 3, 2008 at 8:09 PM
Hi Dawn, Has the whole family had the bug? Not Clay and Lexi? I am praying for them ok! As for the toilet paper issue...LOL I think it is a womans duty. Everyone else don't seem to care if it's sitting on the counter. Not to mention why hubby can't clean the sink after shaving? Put the razor, shaving cream and tooth brush, toothpaste away! If it did'nt bother me I would leave it there. Hope you don't mind that I am complaining on Your blog!? Kristine in Michigan.
- March 3, 2008 at 8:13 PM
- Michelle said...
Sorry to hear about the kids not being well (again/still).
On the brighter side I thought I'd share my solution for the ever diminishing toilet paper roll. We bought a behind-the-door towel rack and use it to stock extra TP. There are 4 rods and each holds 3-4 rolls. Best thing I ever bought!
- March 3, 2008 at 8:15 PM
Hi Again Dawn, My toilet paper holder holds Two Empty Rolls of toilet paper! Say that three times fast! Kristine in Michigan.
- March 3, 2008 at 8:17 PM
Hi Dawn, I was wondering if people from all the places that your children are named after have sent cards for Autin's project?
- March 3, 2008 at 8:26 PM
AT work one day my boss was saying that it made her crazy when her husband put the roll on the spindle so it unwound from the bottom...I said if my husband EVER replaced a role I would be so shocked I would die instantly! Thanks for the laugh!
- March 3, 2008 at 8:38 PM
- Jen said...
Yeah, the toilet paper thing gets me too. No idea why it's so hard for kids, and men, to grasp the concept. Must've been spoiled by the toilet paper fairy or something.
- March 3, 2008 at 8:42 PM
- Irishmama said...
Dawn - I found the exact same scene when I walked in from work today, except my culprit left a stench and I first inquired on who left my house smelling so badly and when he volunteered his pride in a smell that could kill a small tribe, I gently reminded him that he forgot to do something....of course hints aren't that good and I had to say, 'replace the toilet paper roll' AND, this is the bathroom where I have a sign on the wall with instructions on how to do it.
Sorry the sickies found you again.
- March 3, 2008 at 8:49 PM
- SarahDragon said...
Oh, Dawn I feel your pain! In my case, it's always the last roll that has been left empty on the holder, though... Seems to happen to me an awful lot more than it should...
You are so blessed to have an agent and a publisher and a contract, by the way... I'm struggling to write a query letter that will sell my novel, and to tell you the truth, writing the novel was easier!
- March 3, 2008 at 9:04 PM
- Shari said...
Oh man, I am laughing again out loud at your blog! You crack me up! Anywho--I have the SAME toilet paper problem. We have TWO, yes TWO bathrooms and my boys AND my husband always leave it empty or nearly empty. I hate it! Men, they never learn. They ARE from Mars!!
- March 3, 2008 at 9:24 PM
- Deb in OPKS said...
My kids still have to deal with the little spring loaded contraption. I'd thought about buying new tp holders like you have, but I see now that it will not solve my problem. And we expect these little people to one day graduate from college?
- March 3, 2008 at 9:28 PM
- Kalynne Pudner said...
Well, the picture wasn't as "wrong" as it might have been. At first glance, I thought it was the remnants of a roll of paper towel...which is what my kids reach into the cabinet for when the toilet paper runs out. Whenever I see that, I know what I'm going to see in the bowl. So I don't even bother looking down; I just go in search of the plunger.
Maybe if we make our kids use corncobs for a week or so...
- March 3, 2008 at 9:32 PM
- Lisa M said...
I've ruined many a pair of underwear when I've sat down and neglected to check and see if there's tp left on the roll...and then had to go in search of a new roll in another bathroom...or even just some kleenex or paper towels. But at that point, a shower was the only viable option! Hope the ear tubes help the kidlets!!
- March 3, 2008 at 9:39 PM
So since you say that men can't do this does this mean that there is hope that maybe when my 1 year old daughter is big enough that she might actually replace a roll herself?
Seriously, anyone at all replacing that roll would be better then me being the only one. My husband will at least get a new roll out of the closet and set on the back of the toilet so you aren't completely sad and have to drip dry. One of my sons will sometimes replace the roll AND put it on the old fashioned holder with the spring! His wife better love me! I have two boys and both will at least put a roll in the bathroom.
- March 3, 2008 at 9:42 PM
- sevensouthsalon said...
We have the same problem in my house but the even bigger dispute is which way the TP goes on the spindle. My husband insists "under" is right and I say "over" is right. I almost always replace all of the paper. Boys will be boys.
- March 3, 2008 at 9:49 PM
Found it, page 2, who'd of thought?
Pop quiz - What is the state bird of Maryland?
- March 3, 2008 at 9:51 PM
Hey, Dawn. Hope the kids all feel better soon. Haven't read your blog in a few days. Here is a funny toilet paper story. My 3 1/2year old son went to the potty and something came on t.v. he wanted to see. I told him to go finish in the bathroom. He told me he would as soon as he saw this one part on t.v. I then realized he had walked from the bathroom to the living room with the toilet paper streaming from the roll. I couldn't help but laugh. There's a new way to toilet paper the house!
- March 3, 2008 at 9:52 PM
Your TP tirade could have come right out of my mouth (and I think it has)!
My favorite is when I wake up at 2 am (ah, the joys of having had children) to visit the bathroom, and reach over in the dark to get the toilet paper so that I can get back to sleep already, and THAT's the time when it's empty with no spare anywhere in the room. I suppose it's my fault for not turning on the light (never saw the need, can't all moms see in the dark?), but why didn't it occur to the person who used it all up and didn't replace the empty tube (who could it be? master bathroom at a grownup bedtime...anyone? anyone?) that this MIGHT pose a problem in the very near future? And wouldn't you know, it's never when HE gets up at 2 am...
- March 3, 2008 at 9:56 PM
- K said...
I have to say that the toilet roll thing doesn't actually bug me that much. If the new roll is within arms reach then I'll happily put it on myself. if I'm left stranded on the dunny, then that's a whole other kettle of fish.
I also mean to apologise for not postcarding from Sydney yet. Are you in need of one from here? Perhaps the guilt will prompt me to get moving.
Thirdly (and finally), what grades do yo teach at Sunday School? I teach highschool age Sunday School (yrs7-10) and I'm not sure if its easier or harder than the littlies.
- March 3, 2008 at 9:58 PM
- Rick said...
Hey, Hey, Hey! Thank you, thank you for addressing the plight of the stranded toilet sitter!
Now you're FINALLY using your blog to address some really critical issues! Forget the, "my husband blah, blah, blahd, does this..., and he blah, blah, blah, does that" stuff. This IS important!
Next, would you please shed some light on the debate about "paper over" or "paper under"? (And please don't tell me you're a paper under person.)
Hey, I know that these subjects are a long ways away from talking about world peace, but I honestly think this could be the next big campaign issue.
- March 3, 2008 at 10:04 PM
- Brenda said...
I hate to tell you but the tp issue cannot be fixed. It is an impossiblity. Have you seen Spiderwick? They can't see the goblins without a special eye glass. I think the empty tp dispenser is the same way. I'm sorry you have so many sickies. I hope you are not getting it.
- March 3, 2008 at 10:06 PM
- Out on a Limb said...
Oh gosh, I had this experience tonight as well. We still have the spring loaded version though. It takes waay to much dexterity for a man or small children to change. It really does;)
Sorry to hear they still have a bug. I had to laugh at your double dose of Alli comment. Oh dear, that's EXACTLY how it feels.
- March 3, 2008 at 10:06 PM
- Life with Spirit said...
I swear I had flashbacks at the spring load comment. Never thought I would have memories of toilet times as a child but there they came! So glad for all the laughs you bring.
- March 3, 2008 at 10:18 PM
- Kyddryn said...
Maybe they would change the roll if they thought there was a toilet paper fairy - put the old roll under your pillow and she'll leave you a dime or whatever the going rate is these days.
I'm sorry about the sick - it's rough enough when there's just one.
My cousin had to have tubes put in - before the school district figured that out, they labeled him as 'special needs" and put him in a special ed. class. Turns out he was juts falling behind because he couldn't hear a dang thing the teacher said. My aunt had to fight to have him reclassified and assigned to a "normal" class. All the best for your little guys.
Shade and Sweetwater,
- March 3, 2008 at 10:20 PM
- Heidi said...
Oh, these comments are too funny! It looks like the toilet paper replacing is a hot issue in many homes. :)
SuburbanCorrespondent: They dropped the whole roll in the toilet? LOL! That is so terrible, yet so funny--sorry!
- March 3, 2008 at 10:50 PM
I hope no-one puked in the just-painted closets??
Hope all are feeling better soon.
- March 3, 2008 at 10:55 PM
- VanDerHoekArt said...
I am printing out this blog post and taping it to the top of the toilet seat right now!!!
- March 3, 2008 at 11:08 PM
- Angry said...
As the father of 7, of which 6 are boys, we have had a constant battle in our house over something OTHER than toilet paper.
My catchcry over the years has been RINSE AND STACK!!! RINSE... AND... STACK... PLEEEEASE!!!
How hard is it to rinse one's crockery and stack it in order of size and stackability? It's hardly ever rinsed and I walk up to the sink to see a leaning tower of dinner plates and the like all balancing on a small bowl underneath.
But there's also another catchcry in my house and it comes from the two females, however it kind of gets lost among the 7 males but it goes something like this... PUT THE SEAT DOWN!!! PUT... THE... SEAT... DOWN... PLEEEEASE!!!
(You know, if you plonk your bare bum down without looking first, then you deserve the cold discomfort of damp porcelain. Just saying.)
- March 3, 2008 at 11:14 PM
I not only get the empty roll at home, I manage to get it when we travel!! The spare roll is sitting on the back of the toilet and the holder is empty. Maybe I"M the travel TP fairy!
The worst is if the truck stop-gas station-diner in the middle of nowhere has the spring loaded kind and it flies out of your hand and rolls under the stall door...what to do???
- March 3, 2008 at 11:53 PM
- Jessica said...
My 17 year old brother and I share a bathroom. He is just as bad as most about changing the tp. I actually had my mom show him where the extra tp is kept in the house, so that he could have a not-so-subtle hint to help him remember to change the tp. That day he brought 5 fresh rolls of tp down to the bathroom. I don't think I've seen him carry any since, let alone change the roll. And on the odd occasion that he does change the roll, he puts it on the wrong way, so that the tp falls down the back, rather than being visible in front. Oh, and we have those constarned spring-loaded tp holders, too. Pity me.
- March 4, 2008 at 12:47 AM
Get this, My 4 year old actually likes to change the roll! When does that all change? Of course he prefers carrots to cake, too.
- March 4, 2008 at 12:49 AM
I remember all the "tubes in ears" and my wonderful pediatrician finally figured out that one of my daughters was the "culture media" for bugs. We got her tonsils out and the ear infections for the WHOLE family went away!
And TP comes OVER the roll... it's a female thing, I think. All of my four sons put it from under the roll and my daughters both were OVER persons.
As in a prior post - males just don't think the same way...about & TP or anything else!
Good luck with the sickies! Yuk, I hate vomit!
- March 4, 2008 at 12:53 AM
- TONYA said...
Ah yes, the toilet paper issue. We have the same one here. The 12 year old who can manage to get the old roll off the spindle, put both the spindle and old roll on the ground and then set the new roll on top of the counter.
For Rick if you happen to see this (if not I may feel obliged to email you LOL), I'm an over person. If I ever see it under I HAVE to change it, it's an obsession, seriously it is.
- March 4, 2008 at 1:41 AM
Dawn, from a mother of 2 ear kids (as we call them up here in Iceland, I got a great hint, that has helped my kids alot. When they get infections while using the tubes, you know, stuff leaking out the ears, that feared smell that says: Hmm, penicillin yet again, try taking a cotton bud, wet it with some tea tree oil and lightly touch the inside of the ear. Doesn't have to go in far. Repeat a couple of times over the day. I just gave a new mother that hint and it helped her son too.
Angry, this is a pet peeve, why on EARTH doesn't just everybody, male or female, put not just the seat down but the whole lid? Have you seen videos of the tiny drops of water that get sprayed up from the toilet if flushed with the lid open? And do you perhaps have toothbrushes in the same room? Bacteria feast! (and I'm totally not bacteriaphobic...)
- March 4, 2008 at 2:00 AM
Hi Dawn - seen your comments on people being on the map - I sent you a big email way back on Feb 12th but we're not on your map - Jac and family in the south of France?! Did you get my message - I'll send it again in case not as if you reply on your blog, I might miss it!
- March 4, 2008 at 3:02 AM
- Wendy said...
Hi Dawn, I LOVE your blog! I usually just read, but decided to comment this time. Regarding the TP... I've found that buying the Charmin Mega rolls (6 mega rolls equals 24 regular rolls) really cuts down on how often the TP has to be changed! I have 4 kids, and only have to change it once every couple weeks! (I gave up on the thought of my kids being self-sufficient).
- March 4, 2008 at 4:44 AM
- Just-Me-Jen said...
LOL, Dawn - I gave up on this battle years ago. I just set out a new roll when I know the other is getting low, and change it myself when the time comes. 'Course, I'm not sure what will happen once the kids are out there on their own, since they apparently believe the paper appears there by magic... ;-p
- March 4, 2008 at 5:50 AM
I just woke my 16 year old daughter up (homeschooled, so she was not at school!) to mention the fact that when she cleans the bathroom (as she did on Sunday) that she is supposed to stock the bathroom. I had that same itty bitty bit of TP in the bathroom this morning and all the EXTRA rolls were NOT THERE.
- March 4, 2008 at 7:08 AM
Hi Dawn, This post is getting alot of comments. I have to tell you a story. I keep my toilet paper under the sink in the bathroom. A few weeks ago I herd a loud water Spraying sound and ran to see. A pipe had burst under the sink and of course I had just put 24 double rolls under there. They filled a large garbage bag full of heavy soaked toilet paper. Needless to say we were out of paper and had to use paper towel. Kristine in Michigan.
- March 4, 2008 at 7:15 AM
- Sarah R said...
Remember that "Mad About You" episode where the wife demonstrates the simplicity of changing the toilet paper roll?? LOL You'd think it was sooo easy - but my hubby still has a problem with this concept. I sometimes ask him - "How DID you manage when you lived on your own without me?"
Hope everyone feels better!
- March 4, 2008 at 7:43 AM
Do you remember the Mad About You episode with the changing of the tp roll? Every time I find an empty roll, I think of that demonstration :) and here's hoping your family gets well, soon.
Thanks for making me laugh everyday! You are a source of happiness to me :)
- March 4, 2008 at 8:20 AM
;) I discovered these nifty stainless steel hangers that fasten to the rim of the toilet tank, so you have a spot for a spare roll ON the toilet.
It helps remind my kids to change the roll, but even more importantly... if they forget theres a roll handy for ME!
- March 4, 2008 at 9:32 AM
- Michelle said...
I must be the only person in the western world to never have watched Seinfeld, Mad About You and Everybody loves Raymond.
Hope you and your brood feel better soon Dawn!
- March 4, 2008 at 9:59 AM
- ashley nicole said...
Aww, poor kiddies...feel better everyone!!
I think only moms are allowed to change the toilet paper roll b/c nobody else seems to do it in our house but her...
Have a great day!!
- March 4, 2008 at 10:00 AM
- The Huffs said...
OMG I think it is genetically impossible for men to change a toilet paper roll. One time, I didn't replace the toilet paper roll deliberately, to see how long it would take my husband and two male children to replace the roll on the holder. After the 7th roll of TP that was balanced on top of the holder? I gave up. I finally figured out that they just don't give a crap, so to speak. LOL
Oh, and that gives rise to the whole "over or under" argument, as well. I'm an "over" gal, and will turn around any TP roll that is under. hee!!
- March 4, 2008 at 10:15 AM
- Momma Rachel said...
I understand! But here is my problem... my kids don't seem to know how to flush!! I have 3 boys and 1 girl. They also seem to have a problem with aim!! God help us all - I am threatening to lock all bathroom doors, and they have to come get me to monitor their bathroom usage. AIM and FLUSH!! Is that soooo hard??! sigh....
- March 4, 2008 at 10:36 AM
- The Huffs said...
p.s. I'm a sympathetic puker, so it is REALLY hard for me to smell, hear, or even read about puking. Makes my stomach upset and nauseous just reading about it here. LOL
Some mommy I was . . . gagging and trying not to barf while trying to help my kids when they were little. OMG I can't do barf.
- March 4, 2008 at 10:38 AM
We experience a similar problem with reversed culprits at our house. Multiple times a week DW gets out of her car in the garage and puts trash ON the lid of the garbage can. Newsflash - garbage can lids open for for women as well as men, we don't hold a secret combination or anything... and I've never even mentioned it to her...because I love her that much (no, I'd much rather annonymously rant about it here.)
As for the Over/under debate. We have ammicably settled on "Over is right" until we discovered that "Under" is harder for 1 yo's to unroll....food for thought for all you over-hangers.... but they do learn how to cope with this obstacle pretty quickly too.
- March 4, 2008 at 11:10 AM
- The Huffs said...
iarainman...had to laugh at your comment. Isn't it funny how some jobs around the house are gender-based -- i.e. it's the "man's" job to take out the garbage. Well, we women are so relieved to hear that there is no secret combination to the garbage can lid. See, we thought only men held the magic key that would open the lid. Geesh, and to think that all this time, I could have taken out the garbage instead of letting it sit around, stinking up the place! LOL
Tongue-in-cheek, of course. But your comment so aptly describes how each gender has it's little "quirks". LOL
Thanks for the laugh.
- March 4, 2008 at 11:32 AM
My 3-year-old steals our spring-loaded tp holders and plays Star Wars with them. They make great kid-sized light sabers!
- March 4, 2008 at 11:40 AM
- La said...
I love reading your blog :)
I have noticed in the past couple days though, whatever you added recently causes the windows to freeze up, scrolling freezes up, it's really hard on the computer. Scripts, java, or something?
- March 4, 2008 at 11:46 AM
- Meari said...
LOL, we have THAT same conversation about the toilet paper roll at WORK! How pathetic is it that grown women can't put out a new roll? That reminds me... I need to buy TP.
I didn't realize you're close to my neck of the woods. I'm in NW Illinois.
- March 4, 2008 at 12:39 PM
- Michelle said...
I noticed you don't have anything from San Antonio.. Let me know what you need. I will see if I can be of assistance..
- March 4, 2008 at 12:45 PM
- Mrs Nespy said...
Is it any less frustrating than trying to explain this to a grown man of 35?
- March 4, 2008 at 1:13 PM
- Lisa said...
I thought learning to changing the roll was part of potty training and a necessary job to earn the privilage to use the potty chair. We have 5 of our 6 kids trained already.
Also my kids have never thrown anything in the potty chair, and they pick up after themselves and... and if you believe all that.....
well maybe I could sell you the Brooklyn Bridge also. LOL
- March 4, 2008 at 1:46 PM
my IN-LAWS do the SAME thing!!! when they come in they NEVER change the roll. so instead of putting the new one on they just use the new one and stick it back in the basket. drives me crazy!!!!!
- March 4, 2008 at 2:06 PM
You're only a month or two behind me on this tirade. I not only have to put up with the toilet paper issue at home with hubby but at work too. I share a bathroom with 4 other women and I'm apparently the only one who change the roll. Not only that, but I'm the only one who stocks our bathroom with tp.
- March 4, 2008 at 2:07 PM
My husband takes the empty roll, folds it together and slides it INSIDE the new roll. And then puts the new roll on the counter - because of course it won't fit onto the holder now! I don't know why he does that, it's an obsession...
- March 4, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Me again - I found my name on the map. And as I said on my postcard, there's something I'd like to share... We've been living in Dakar, Senegal (West Africa) for over a year, and I got involved in charity work. One particular programme really caught my attention and I posted about it on my blog. One of my readers was so touched about the story that she made a web page.
Here it is:
If your kids whine about their school... please show them these pictures!
(Dawn, if you don't want to put this online, that's ok, I mostly wanted your family and especially Austin to see it - as you were interested in knowing how people live elsewhere...)
- March 4, 2008 at 3:09 PM
I think that I have come up with a way to get people to change the roll, or at least I hope. Next time I see a roll getting close to empty, I am going to tape a dollar bill to the holder(so that it can't be seen unless you take the paper off) in the hopes that if they find a dollar, they might think there might be another one next time. I will let you know if this works. By the way, this is the first time I have read your blog. Love It!
- March 4, 2008 at 4:37 PM
- Afton said...
Hey, if 2 squares are good enough for Cheryl Crow, they should be good enough for the rest of us. Acutally, I heard a rumor that celebrity butts don't need as much TP as those of us with non-famous butts.
- March 4, 2008 at 4:49 PM
- MaryLu said...
My favorite episode of Mad About You has a short at the beginning where Jamie comes out and changes the roll right in front of Paul. "It easy, really!" Cracks me up!
- March 4, 2008 at 4:57 PM
- whitetrashmom said...
Don't you know? THE Toilet paper fairy comes in and takes care of it. Same with the trash.
- March 4, 2008 at 5:54 PM
- Sarah said...
Seriously?? Yours doesn't change itself? LOL (It seems I always get stuck with the "end" of the roll.)
- March 4, 2008 at 6:00 PM
My Solution...
2 Bathrooms...
One for Me and the other for them...
Seems to work well, other then sometimes I think there is dog poo in my house (and we dont have an animal)... straight to the bathroom for a bath... the joys of being 5 and walking around with icky butt.
- March 4, 2008 at 6:07 PM
Dawn, Normally I would not send you something I received via email, but lately I have been feeling underappreciated (scratch that, I really mean UNappreciated) and downright resentful towards my family. I am out numbered 3:1, males to lone female. While I have some wonderful friends, I do not have any family(well MY family)in this neck of the woods. I have always had close female family ties, I can really get bent out of shape when I do not have said family to laugh with, cry with, converse with and just simlpy hug. So all of this pity I have just unloaded on you has brought me to the following email I received. It really put everything into perspective for me! I think you will appreciate it, too.
I'm invisible.
It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, the way one of the kids will walk into the room while I'm
on the phone and ask to be taken to the store. Inside I'm thinking,
"Can't you see I'm on the phone?" Obviously not. No one can see if
I'm on the phone, or cooking, or sweeping the floor, or even
standing on my head in the corner, because no one can see me at all.
I'm invisible.
Some days I am only a pair of hands, nothing more: Can you fix this? Can you tie this? Can you open this?
Some days I'm not a pair of hands; I'm not even a human being. I'm a clock to ask, "What time is it?" I'm a satellite guide to answer, "What number is the Disney Channel?" I'm a car service to order, "Pick me up right around 5:30, please."
I was certain that these were the hands that once held books and the eyes that studied history and the mind that graduated summa cum laude - but now they had disappeared into the peanut butter, never to be seen again.
She's going ... she's going .... she's gone!
One night, a group of us were having dinner, celebrating the return of a friend from England . Janice had just gotten back from
a fabulous trip, and she was going on and on about the hotel she stayed in. I was sitting there, looking around at the others all
put together so well. It was hard not to compare and feel sorry for
myself as I looked down at my out-of-style dress; it was the only
thing I could find that was clean. My unwashed hair was pulled up
in a banana clip and I was afraid I could actually smell peanut butter in it. I was feeling pretty pathetic, when Janice turned to me with a beautifully wrapped package, and said, " I brought you this." It was a book on the great cathedrals of Europe . I wasn't exactly sure why she'd given it to me until I read her inscription:
"With admiration for the greatness of what you are building when no one sees."
In the days ahead I would read - no, devour - the book. And I would discover what would become for me, four life-changing truths,
after which I could pattern my work:
* No one can say who built the great cathedrals - we have no
record of their names.
* These builders gave their whole lives for a work they would never see finished.
* They made great sacrifices and expected no credit.
* The passion of their building was fueled by their faith that
the eyes of God saw everything.
A legendary story in the book told of a rich man who came to visit the cathedral while it was being built, and he saw a workman
carving a tiny bird on the inside of a beam. He was puzzled and asked the man, "Why are you spending so much time carving that bird into a beam that will be covered by the roof? No one will ever see it."
And the workman replied, "Because God sees"
I closed the book, feeling the missing piece fall into place.
It was almost as if I heard God whispering to me, "I see you. I see
the sacrifices you make every day, even when no one around you
does. No act of kindness you've done, no sequin you've sewn on, no
cupcake you've baked, is too small for me to notice and smile over.
You are building a great cathedral, but you can't see right now what it will become."
At times, my invisibility feels like an affliction. But it is
not a disease that is erasing my life. It is the cure for the
disease of my own self-centeredness. It is the antidote to my strong, stubborn pride.
When I really think about it, I don't want my son to tell the
friend he's bringing home from college for Thanksgiving, "My mom
gets up at 4 in the morning and bakes homemade pies, and then she
hand bastes a turkey for three hours and presses all the linens for the table." That would mean I'd built a shrine or a monument to myself. I just want him to want to come home. And then, if there is anything more to say to his friend, to add, "You're gonna love it there."
As mothers, we are building great cathedrals. We cannot see if
we're doing it right. And one day, it is very possible that the
world will marvel, not only at what we have built, but at the
beauty that has been added to the world by the sacrifices of
invisible women.
author unknown
- March 4, 2008 at 6:13 PM
- Kristen said...
I know this is going to sound kinda strange....but I would really like to know where you purchased the t.p. holder in the picture. I really like it and really like that it's not the "spring-loaded dead rod". If, by chance, you remember where you got it, I would love to know.
- March 4, 2008 at 6:14 PM
- Lucille said...
Ha, ha, ha! SEE this is the perfect time to say to your kids and hubby - WHO'S GOING TO TELL YOU? :)
Sunday question: How often do you do grocery shopping and do you buy in bulk from Sam's or Costco? Also where on earth do you store all the food an toliet paper?
And I know you don't get to read blogs for leisure anymore but it you can stop by in the next week I'm having a really COOL CONTEST that I think you would enjoy entering! (I'm such a tease...)
See ya!
- March 4, 2008 at 6:24 PM
- SAHM: Surviving Assorted Home Mayhem said...
I loved the post, but I have to say some of the comments you got on this one were priceless! [Yikes--TMI alert!] I also thought of you today as I was posting the hilarious instructions I received for repairing my failing diaper pail-- it was one of those; "Gee, I wonder what Dawn would have to say about this" moments! I know you would appreciate it.
- March 4, 2008 at 7:07 PM
- Korkie said...
I'm just glad they use the stuff....
especially since I do the laundry!!
- March 4, 2008 at 7:12 PM
I never realize changing the roll of toilet paper could become a "You kids have it so easy! When I was a kid...." speeches- LOL!! Thanks for the laugh, and good luck with the tubes.
- March 4, 2008 at 7:50 PM
- I am Trish Marie said...
I have determined that I am the only person in my house that can A. recognize an empty toilet paper roll and B. figure out how to change it. Also, it's apparently my fault because I hide the new rolls. You know, in the same spot they have been in for the past few years.
- March 4, 2008 at 7:51 PM
- Tammy said...
I try to take the low roll off the holder (and put it in a drawer close to the toilet) and replace it with a new roll. Then if the roll ends up empty, I have a back-up and I never end up "stranded." DH has his own bathroom.
- March 4, 2008 at 8:07 PM
- AmandaMcGregor74 said...
Now this may annoy everybody to no end, and I dont understand it myself but... Since my youngest son was 2 he decided that refilling the cane basket where we keep the spare toilet rolls was the best job in the world, plus replacing the empty one on the holder was awesome too. On toilet cleaning day he used to see me wander through the house with the toilet cleaner stuff and come racing up pestering to be able to refill the basket. Then one day, not long after this started he was in the loo, then came out with the empty roll and put it in the bin. I just had to check the toilet and lo and behold there was a new roll on the holder. I was stunned (and had to scrapbook the event). He got so much attention for it that he has kept doing it to this day (he is 5 now). Wierd child, but he is going to make his wife very happy some day.
- March 4, 2008 at 8:58 PM
- Valarie said...
Tell me if you figure out how to get your kids to change the toilet papaer roll, because I can't manage to get my husband to!!
- March 4, 2008 at 9:02 PM
- March 4, 2008 at 9:09 PM
Not only are mom's the only people to change the toilet paper, we are the only people who put things away. Once, as a test, I left the vacuum in the middle of the kitchen plugged into the wall for FOUR DAYS! People just walked around it. No one even asked why it was there!!!!!! I give up.
- March 4, 2008 at 9:11 PM
Not changing the toilet roll/ overuse of roll/ pieces left on the floor
Toilet seat in upright position
Dirty clothes on the floor next to the basket/ all over the room/ in with clean clothes
Garbage on top of the bin/ to side of bin/ within 2 feet of bin
Overflowing garbage containers
Sticky substances/alien objects down the couch cushions
Footprints on a freshly cleaned floor.
Empty shoes with tied laces/ velcro fasteners with dirt in them.
Shoes/skates/ alien objects in path of emergency exit (doorways/stairs)
Self motivated essentials ( keys / biros/ phone ) mysterious move by themselves
- March 4, 2008 at 9:16 PM
- Too Busy said...
This happens at my house all the time. My first question is how did you use a roll so fast. We often have lessons on how much paper it takes to wipe. My DH is the worse. He will take a new roll and put it on the counter right above the holder.
- March 4, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Oh my! Well, it's obvious misery loves company - I had no idea the whole TP issue was THIS common of a problem! I have always used ScotTissue (as did my Mom), so ours doesn't need changing quite as often, but still !!
I also wanted to chime in on the over/under topic. While it's obvious that over is the correct way to do it (after all, that's how they do it in the nicer hotels), I also remember reading 16 years ago when I was expecting my first child that if you put it on backwards they aren't as likely to be able to unroll the TP all over.
- March 4, 2008 at 10:21 PM
The TP fairy doesn't come here, either - I'm always the one replacing the rolls (from over the top, thankyouverymuch). I also have the "dishwasher? what dishwasher?" crew - couldn't get a dirty spoon or glass in the thing if their lives depended on it - although they're pretty good at stacking stuff in the sink, which is RIGHT NEXT to the dishwasher... I ask them if they're 'dishwasher-blind'. Doesn't help.
- March 4, 2008 at 10:43 PM
- Pinay Jade said...
Hahaha this is so funny,can't wait to get kids...LOL.
Something similar to this happened to me:
me: hubby can u please put the trash out?
(hubby came to the kitchen and saw the trash bag still in the bin,he just walked away)
me: where are you going? (looks at me confused)
hubby:i don't see it
me: you think you can open the bin and get it?
hubby:oh ok
haha he's so funny!
- March 5, 2008 at 12:46 AM
- Corey said...
OMG! The TUBES!!! I had tubes 7 times. I always had to explain why i had earplugs when i went swimming. I had so many ear infections when I was little. I think the doctors at work only recognize me from the scarring on my eardrums. Everytime I get my physical they say oh I remember these eardrums...
- March 5, 2008 at 8:53 AM


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Gerry Pfeil retained her seat in the Shawnee Board of Education Office 5 seat. Additionally voters passed two Grove Public School bond issues.
Gerry Pfeil retained her seat in the Shawnee Board of Education Office 5 seat. Additionally voters passed two Grove Public School bond issues.
Pfeil carried 60 percent of Tuesday's vote, over her opponent, Judy Chance who took 40 percent.
"Thank you to the voters of Shawnee Public School district, for your votes and support," Pfeil said. "I will serve to the best of my ability representing the patrons of the district during the next four years."
Pfeil was initially appointed to the position in October, after the office was left vacant for two months.
The other Shawnee Board of Education seat, Office 7, did not draw an applicant. The school board will begin accepting applications for the seat at their next meeting.
Grove Public School had two propositions, both of which passed at 80 percent.
According to a fact sheet provided by a school official, Proposition No. 1 asked for $290,000 to improve and upgrade the school's security system, as well as to construct a bad weather canopy on the area of the northeast bus loading doors. Funds also will be earmarked for driveway and paving repairs and to construct a bus barn.
Proposition No. 2 asked voters to approve $180,000 in transportation funds, with the fact sheet showing those funds will be used to purchase two new school buses.
Other school board elections included Earlsboro School Board Office 3. Phyllis Crosswell took the seat with 67 percent, compared to opponent Tracey Poe's 33 percent.
Jerry Skaggs carried the Pleasant Grove School Board Office 1 election with 80 percent of the vote, compared to Timothy J. Lawrence's 20 percent.
Maud School Board Office No. 3 will have a run-off, as no candidate took 51 percent of the vote. Amy Bassett took 41.3 percent of the vote. She will run against Scott Bruno, who took 31.3 percent of the vote. DeCarla Wallgren took 27.4 percent of the vote.
The run-off will be in April.


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Monday, October 25, 2010
Contest Time!
I've been meaning to give away a skein of Sock-a-licious and my Bellingrath Pattern for awhile now!
Kollage also donated a set of square DPNs and a clear project bag too!
The contest is easy....just leave a comment :) And if you having any thoughts on the following, that would be great too (you guys always have the best info/recommendations!)...
*favorite new-to-you blog of any kind
*favorite app for an Android phone (I've had the Sprint HTC EVO for a few months now and feel like I still don't know much about all the "extras")
*the "it" knitting pattern for the holidays or what you want to knit now!
*any other favorite you want to share
I'll announce a winner at the end of the week. In the meantime, don't forget about my pattern sale. Receive 20% off any of my individually sold patterns by using the coupon code stitcheseast from now until Nov.1.
And check back soon for the new patterns being released! It is going to be a great week here, I can feel it!
Happy Knitting!
xoxo Irishgirlieknits
107 comments:
- Allison said...
Oooohhhh, am I the first comment?! My new favorite blog is my friend, Allison's blog: http://alliholtkamp.blogspot.com/. We live in the same town, have the same name and share the same love of all things yarn!
- October 25, 2010 at 12:58:00 AM PDT
After a few years of knitting with semi-solids, my new favorite yarn is STR. It makes me feel wild about my sock knitting. Trust me, I have been "eyeing" your destash.
- October 25, 2010 at 2:57:00 AM PDT
- nestra said...
My new favorite blog is called Style Underdog, it is a style blog with the sassiest author.
P.S. Its my birthday today, and I am on a yarn diet.
- October 25, 2010 at 4:13:00 AM PDT
I can't answer any of the questions since I follow the crowd on which blogs to read and haven't seen any new ones that I can recommend. However, that yarn (new to me) and the pattern (favoured on Rav) mean that I'm going to send some friends a link to your blog.
- October 25, 2010 at 4:54:00 AM PDT
- judi said...
My new "must knit" is jared flood's Celes.
- October 25, 2010 at 5:06:00 AM PDT
- Amanda said...
Hmm, the pattern I've seen the most talk about lately is Whippoorwill. http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/whippoorwill
It's in quite a few queues and I've already bought it for after holiday knitting. Although, I guess if you're adventurous or quick you could knit it for the holidays!!! :)
- October 25, 2010 at 5:09:00 AM PDT
- dianne said...
I hope to see you at Stitches! If my calender stays as it is now, I may be able to come to the market for part of the day Friday :-) Anyhow, my favorite app for my droid is Mancala. I play it all the time while I'm sitting waiting somewhere. And I think I'm going to be knitting a few of these http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/a-noble-cowl for gifts this year.
- October 25, 2010 at 5:25:00 AM PDT
- Renee Anne said...
Personally, I find blogs all the time but I can't remember the last "new" blog I discovered, besides Brooklyn Tweed...which, in my defense, I had heard about, just not linked to.
But, as far as things I want to make NOW go...I have a bug in my pants to make another sweater. I don't know why. Nesting? Winter weather? No idea...
- October 25, 2010 at 5:29:00 AM PDT
- Carla said...
Wow- yum- I have an iPhone so can't help you there- I just started to crochet and found Attic 24 very pretty. also I am making a ton of coffee cozies this christmas as little package toppers etc.
- October 25, 2010 at 5:34:00 AM PDT
- Melissa B said...
Thanks for having a giveaway! The pattern I am dying to knit right now is the Dark & Stormy cardigan - just got my yarn in the mail but I have several things to finish before I cast on. And I hope you get some good comments on Android apps - I got an Incredible a few weeks ago and I still don't know much about it!
- October 25, 2010 at 6:12:00 AM PDT
- liz said...
Thank you for this opportunity! I've been wanting to make your Bellingrath for the holidays. My favorite "new" blog is redheadwriting.com. Erika is NOT for the faint-of-heart, but definitely tells it like it is. Enjoy!
- October 25, 2010 at 6:20:00 AM PDT
I'm a pretty basic girl, but my next knit is a sleeved wrap from Simple Style. It will give me a chance to learn how to knit cables.
And that yarn is pretty!
- October 25, 2010 at 6:21:00 AM PDT
Android Apps:
Astrid Tasks- Best checklist app ever!!! It not only lets you prioritize, but you can set reminders, have it link to your Google calender and more (it's been a life saver)
Pandora- For those times you don't have your ipod and just want some tunes.
TallyBee- Pretty simple app that replaces the standard row counter when knitting/crocheting.
Handcent SMS- Replaces the existing messaging app. Allows you to personalize each contact, and my fav... it will notify you of texts while you're on the phone!! For some reason Android left that capability out of their standard settings.
- October 25, 2010 at 6:21:00 AM PDT
- Ebony said...
My favorite app is foursquare. I love winning the badges.
- October 25, 2010 at 6:23:00 AM PDT
- katygirl said...
Hoping to meet you at Stitches and get you to sign my favorite sock pattern- Slip Jig! I've got a serious sweater-knitting thing going on right now, and am just aching to get started on something for NaKniSweMo. Can't decide what though!
- October 25, 2010 at 6:24:00 AM PDT
My favorite new pattern is the Winthrop cardi from Kelbourne Woolens. It's a simple knit but has really pretty slipped stitch details around the cuffs and yoke. I can't believe more folks aren't knitting it! I'm a slow cardi knitter but I'm shooting to finish mine before Thanksgiving.
- October 25, 2010 at 6:24:00 AM PDT
Yours is my new favourite blog, I just found you via a 'recommend a knitting blog' post on Ravelry:)
- October 25, 2010 at 6:28:00 AM PDT
- Mujercita said...
Oooh! Enter me! I don't know what the "it" pattern is, but I can tell you what my fingers have been itching to knit- those little penguins and polar bears from the new Webs cover, and the Back to School U-Neck Vest from Fitted Knits.
- October 25, 2010 at 6:48:00 AM PDT
Hmmm...Got an error message with my first attempt. Excuse the second post if the first one show up. I have been eyeing all the Nutkins on ravelry's socktoberfest group. I think my mom would love a pair for the holiday.
- October 25, 2010 at 6:49:00 AM PDT
- Katie B said...
Who doesn't love a contest that includes free yarn?
I'm making yarn harlot's one row scarf, it's so quick and easy. Loving it for tv knitting and it's knitting up quick enough that I should have plenty of time to make one more before Christmas for gifts. (I'm a wicked slow knitter)
- October 25, 2010 at 6:51:00 AM PDT
- Amy said...
Thanks for this contest. I am looking forward to making a bunch of French Press Knits slippers for Christmas gifts this year.
- October 25, 2010 at 6:54:00 AM PDT
- AmyT said...
A new to me blog would be Tanis Fiber Arts. Her yarns are amazing. Her blog is enjoyable. I don't have the cool App Phone, so unfortunately no help there. I do enjoy Scrabble on my Ipad though. and my Kindle app. I am currently working on a Mara Shawl, and when I finish I have lots of socks I want to make. Maybe a lacy baktus. And another shawl called Fog Lifter. I am sort of on knitting overload. My fingers can't keep up with my brain on what I want to knit.
- October 25, 2010 at 7:16:00 AM PDT
- Ms. Knitpicky said...
I've been adding new blogs so quickly right now that it's hard to pick a favorite.
This is a fantastic giveaway!
- October 25, 2010 at 7:26:00 AM PDT
- Team Lewis said...
That sock yarn is beautiful! Who does not love a great sock yarn in the middle of fall. The constant trying it on and watching it get bigger in yout warm little hands as you knit and watch a movie. I love Fall!!!
- October 25, 2010 at 7:30:00 AM PDT
- Jo said...
My favourite new blog to read is a cooking blog: http://picky-palate.com/
I like her blog because the recipes aren't complicated, and she has two children, so many of her recipes are geared toward what kids might want to eat.
- October 25, 2010 at 7:47:00 AM PDT
- Channon said...
I added a new blog to my reader on Friday, but alas, I cannot recall the name.
I'm loving the laceweight cardigans, but I have knitter's ADD right now and can't seem to finish anything but hats.
- October 25, 2010 at 7:51:00 AM PDT
I don't have a cell phone so can't comment on the app..but I do love the new pattern Watershed by Amy Swenson..I want to knit 2 for Christmas.
I am searching blogs for spinning content..so could use a link if anyone has any...
ps; I don't have any of the accounts that they talk about at the bottom so will pick anonymous.
- October 25, 2010 at 7:58:00 AM PDT
- JelliDonut said...
I want to get the September Circle neck warmer on the needles RIGHT NOW but I have a couple of WIPs complaining. Thanks for the great giveaway.
- October 25, 2010 at 8:06:00 AM PDT
I have roughly four sweaters-for-me that are on my MUST KNIT NOW list (I started this autumn with one & haven't knit any yet just so you know how pathetic my output is). My most recent addition to the list is Kate Davies "Deco." Though at least with that one I can say that I'm waiting for the pattern!
Happy Stitches East to you. Enjoy.
- October 25, 2010 at 8:20:00 AM PDT
- Scrabblequeen said...
Can we do a blog I've started loving recently, not about knitting, but about books?
http://littlebookish.blogspot.com/ and I don't have an android, so I'll skip that one. Pattern I most want to knit asap? Your new scarf!!
- October 25, 2010 at 8:29:00 AM PDT
- Andrea said...
That is a great shawl pattern and a beautiful skein of yarn! Thanks for an awesome giveaway!
- October 25, 2010 at 8:35:00 AM PDT
- LizzieK8 said...
Super yarn! Thanks for sharing!
*favorite new-to-you blog of any kind
*the "it" knitting pattern for the holidays or what you want to knit now!
- October 25, 2010 at 9:03:00 AM PDT
- gMarie said...
Oh - very pretty yarn and pattern. I Love that you count trips in "sleeps until."
Knitting - I'm designing right now! ACK! I'm in a sweater mode but that's not what I'm knitting. How does that work?
Blogs - I try to limit my puter time and have scaled way, way back. g
- October 25, 2010 at 9:12:00 AM PDT
- Jennifer said...
Lovely pattern!
New to me blog that I love:
It pattern for Christmas (so declared by my sister): Beaumont
- October 25, 2010 at 9:15:00 AM PDT
- Neuroknitter said...
Oh goody!! I need to fight the Monday blahs, too...this sounds like the perfect way!!
No smart phone...so no app recommendations. No new blogs to think of (I really need to get out more!). I don't know what the "it" pattern is, but I have a bee in my bonnet to knit the Annis scarf with beads instead of nupps.
- October 25, 2010 at 9:20:00 AM PDT
- Christine said...
Oh, enter me please! Lovely pattern & yarny goodness!
Fun new to me blog:
I just love their crafts & fun photos.
- October 25, 2010 at 9:25:00 AM PDT
What a generous contest! I am still giggling over the panopticon's latest post http://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/
- October 25, 2010 at 9:35:00 AM PDT
- chemgrrl said...
Oh, I'll bite. I haven't been around lately, either commenting OR blogging, and it's sad. I'm miss you guys. :(
ANYway, I haven't been around because I'm deep in the throws of thesis-writing, and I should be done soon. Waiting for me at the end is a gorgeous pile of Manos silky blend and Hannah Fettig's latest sweater pattern, the Effortless Cardigan. It will be a lovely treat for me, I think.
- October 25, 2010 at 9:36:00 AM PDT
- Knitika said...
Lovely yarn and lovely pattern!
My newest interesting blog is http://www.artisanbreadinfive.com/
I've been quite into making bread lately, and love all the suggestions from the authors of the cookbook that got me back into bread.
Knit on!
- October 25, 2010 at 9:44:00 AM PDT
- Megan said...
I'm making 'Knucks' and 'Koolhaas' hats as gifts, but I don't know how many I will get done. Christmas is sneaking up on me. Thanks for hosting the contest!
- October 25, 2010 at 9:52:00 AM PDT
- Kelly-ann said...
I love the color of the sock yarn! What is the thing to knit for the holidays? I am thinking the Brambles Beret from Knitty. Who doesn't have a skein of 220 hanging around and a person to knit for?! My new favorite thing to eat...a huge bag of Kettle Corn from Costco that disappears like a small bag :) It is crack in a popcorn bag.
- October 25, 2010 at 10:14:00 AM PDT
- Sandy Z. said...
Carrie, thanks so much for the discount! I've just used it.
- October 25, 2010 at 10:15:00 AM PDT
- martie said...
Best android app? NESOID play old school games on your phone for only 3.99! Wohoo. DH wastes way too much time with this.
- October 25, 2010 at 10:17:00 AM PDT
- Mary Beth said...
My favorite "go to" pattern for holiday knitting is the Gloria Cowl by Orinda5 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/orinda5/2131384346/). Just hold two strands of sock yarn together, and pretty soon you have a gift.
- October 25, 2010 at 10:59:00 AM PDT
- Caffeine Girl said...
Awesome contest!
My favorite new blog is Angry Chicken.
The pattern I wanted to start yesterday is the Bird In Hand mitten pattern.
My favorite yarn is Impulse of Delight.
- October 25, 2010 at 11:07:00 AM PDT
- *Sarah said...
Oh, that yarn is the best color in the world!
As far as Droid apps. My fav is sticky notes. I use it to remind myself what row I'm at on my knitting projects :)
- October 25, 2010 at 11:36:00 AM PDT
- Jen said...
A favorite blog, well, I have a google reader addiction and I recently discovered your blog through their recommendations.
I want a Droid!
- October 25, 2010 at 11:45:00 AM PDT
- Graywolfie said...
Beautiful yarn..!
Your blog is new to me..
- October 25, 2010 at 11:53:00 AM PDT
I wish I knew the name, but last week I happened upon a friend with an app for analyzing thread! She could figure the amount of twist, and then we could closely estimate the thread weight (right word?) The thread band said it was a superfine alpaca in a sport weight but we found it to be more DK. And I could drop down in needle size and have enough for socks. I want the app. And, if I win, I will get the name of the app for you!:^)
- October 25, 2010 at 12:03:00 PM PDT
- sticks said...
I like brooklyn tweed's blog- I know its been around forever but I discovered it when I was checking out one of his patterns
I like the sticky notes app.
my favorite pattern is the Icord Baby hat as I learn how to do an Icord for my grandson's hat
- October 25, 2010 at 12:22:00 PM PDT
fingerless mitts are my gift to give this season
- October 25, 2010 at 12:23:00 PM PDT
- Terri said...
I really enjoy your blog. Thanks so much. I think the bellingrath is lovely. I also read windrosefiberstudio.blogspot.com
- October 25, 2010 at 1:18:00 PM PDT
I am wanting to start some South Fork socks and maybe Syvia Harding's Tallulah socks.
I love reading your blog!
- October 25, 2010 at 1:50:00 PM PDT
- Turtle said...
oooh! pretty! love the looks of that lacy shawl!
For me right now i am on the quest for the perfect everyday cardigan. Have 2 in mind, the traveling sweater and a new freebie lion brand sent out last week.... love them both but looking for a deal on yarn.
Can't believe the holidays are so close already, i best get busy!
- October 25, 2010 at 2:03:00 PM PDT
- Jodi said...
I can't wait for the pattern for the Common Ground hooded cardi to come out!
- October 25, 2010 at 2:31:00 PM PDT
Hi there
Can I comment on 2 blogs? One of my favourites is 100% rain - the patterns are amazing and I am doing the Mystery Sock 2010 KAL on Through the Loops which is great too!
Have a good day
Traci (down under)
- October 25, 2010 at 2:56:00 PM PDT
Oooh, I love the color of the yarn! I've been wanting to try it for some time now but haven't had the chance yet. I'd love to give it a whirl on your beautiful shawl!
While your blog is my most recent fave, I also luvinthemommyhood.com!
I don't have a particular must knit at the moment...I have umpteen of them!! ;-)
Thanks so much!!
Purlygig on Rav
- October 25, 2010 at 3:00:00 PM PDT
- KnittingMysteries said...
I haven't found any new blogs lately, but the new KnitWits podcast is hilarious! And I've really been wanting to cast on Pogona by Stephen West. Need to get a few more Christmas presents done first though!
- October 25, 2010 at 3:24:00 PM PDT
- Kassia said...
Oooo pick me! Beautiful pattern and gorgeous yarn. :) As for knitting this season...I'm dying to start some new sweaters. However, I've already got 3 on the needles so I better finish those first!
- October 25, 2010 at 3:39:00 PM PDT
I would love a chance to win~ Just today I received a skein of Zen Yarn Garden's Serenity Silk (from Canada) to knit Rosemary Hill's newest shawl, "Elektra". Thanks for entering my name....
- October 25, 2010 at 3:54:00 PM PDT
Have fun at Stitches Carrie! Right now I'm knitting up Kirsten Kapur's Wood Hollow Mittens in Dream in Color Classy Grey Tabby. The yarn is so luscious and the cables really pop!
- October 25, 2010 at 3:55:00 PM PDT
I would love to win Bellingrath and a skein of Sock-a-licious. I purchased a set of the square dpns at Rhinebeck this year. Can't wait to try them. Thank you for the contest!
- October 25, 2010 at 4:32:00 PM PDT
- Donna Arnold said...
My favorite blog is The Yarn Harlot (she makes me smile). My new "must knit" is Moonstruck (blue moon website).
- October 25, 2010 at 4:37:00 PM PDT
I'd love to win the pattern and yarn! My favorite (non-knitting) blog is The Smitten Kitchen, and you are my new favorite knitting blog!
- October 25, 2010 at 4:42:00 PM PDT
Great giveaway!! I am planning on knitting a Sagano Shawl as one of my Christmas gifts!!
- October 25, 2010 at 5:32:00 PM PDT
- Magda said...
New to me blog? I love Neuroknitter's (Rav) blog, http://weheartyarn.blogspot.com/ . Also Vegan Dad, http://vegandad.blogspot.com/
And for Christmas? I am knitting Vilai for my Momma. I had made her some Skews and they ended up WAAAYY to big...So the "origami moment" socks went to a girlfriend with larger feet :)
- October 25, 2010 at 6:03:00 PM PDT
- weezalana said...
I don't know about Android, but Angry Birds is the most addicting. app. ever. Sudoku2 is another fun one. All these I play on my iPod touch, while I wait patiently for Christmas and hope Santa brings me an iPhone. ;)
- October 25, 2010 at 6:28:00 PM PDT
- Nebraska Knitter said...
I love the pattern and the yarn color is intriguing. My favorite Droid app - Word Feud. The free version of scrabble.
New must knit - some kind of cowl in soft yarn. Still thinking about my choices. Winter is on the way.
- October 25, 2010 at 7:33:00 PM PDT
- CC said...
Beautiful combination of Pattern and Yarn! I'd love to win.
- October 25, 2010 at 8:02:00 PM PDT
- KD's Korner said...
I enjoy the Sticks and Strings podcast...it is put together by an Aussie Bloke (guy) :) who is a knitter :D (sticksandstrings.com)
- October 25, 2010 at 10:00:00 PM PDT
I think my next large knitting project will be a sweater for my hubby. It needs cables!
- October 25, 2010 at 10:30:00 PM PDT
- donna said...
I read a million blogs and couldn't pick one! What do I want to be knitting? Anything but the never ending Christening shawl I am working on at the moment!
- October 26, 2010 at 2:37:00 AM PDT
Imagine that...just the package I have planned to purchase att Stitches!
Favorite new app! Easy. Peapod. Yup, I can order groceries from my phone and have them delivered! BEST thing ever!
See you on Friday my friend!
- October 26, 2010 at 4:14:00 AM PDT
- Kate B said...
I love my Android! I have a bunch of favorite apps - but my newest favorite is the retro camera app. It takes photos and makes them look like they were taken with old photos. The program tells you what effects you'll get with the different cameras available and what they are best used for. And - there's a free version!
- October 26, 2010 at 6:48:00 AM PDT
-favorite new to me blog is "The Knitting Wannabe" - too funny!
-don't have a smart phone so don't have a favorite app, but if I did it would be an app to find the nearest Starbucks where-ever I am.
-favorite yarn is some locally "grown", spun and dyed wool blends
- October 26, 2010 at 6:52:00 AM PDT
- Kristina said...
Newest blog I've been reading? That would have to be Lilith Saintcrow's site. Most of her posts have to do with the daily nuts and bolts of being a consistent writer and her experiences as a published author.
As for the cell phone apps? I'm still in the stone age with mine (I can text!) but at least I can contact folks while away from home.
Pattern-wise, I'm still working my way through a pair of Uncle Frank socks. Two more cable repeats and I'll be to the heel turn!
- October 26, 2010 at 7:05:00 AM PDT
- Jocelyn said...
The Pioneer Woman's blog is something new to me. I must have read back over months of old posts and it is just awesome. I think if Ree was a knitter - she'd be kick-ass at it. Check out her recipe for cinnamon rolls - I must try that in this lifetime.
- October 26, 2010 at 7:19:00 AM PDT
- 3bagsfull said...
My new favorite blog is from a local girl with a really quick wit and fantastic knitting projects. Her blog is drivebythinking.typepad.com.
But the newest 'must knit' is the one I am working on the Mariner Pullover in IK Weekend Knits for this fall. It is really a great pattern and I am knitting it in STR Heavyweight In the Navy. I am loving it.
- October 26, 2010 at 8:59:00 AM PDT
My favourite blog is my friend's reading blog. She writes reviews of books on her blog "The Dog-Eared Soul". She has the best book recommendations!
- October 26, 2010 at 9:15:00 AM PDT
Trying to get 2 more pairs of socks, a scarf & a hat done for Christmas.
- October 26, 2010 at 9:15:00 AM PDT
- D Louise said...
I love the color of that yarn, and I love learning about new blogs. Thanks for doing that!
- October 26, 2010 at 10:33:00 AM PDT
- cksknitter said...
My latest knit was the Carnaby skirt from the latest edition of knitty.com. I think it will be so cute with tights and riding boots.
- October 26, 2010 at 11:24:00 AM PDT
- Jana said...
Favorite new to me blog: http://goknitinyourhat.blogspot.com/
Popular Holiday pattern has to be http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sockhead-hat (the sockhead hat) a pattern which I actually first noticed on TurtleGirl's wonderful blog (though not new to me, longtime lurker) http://turtlegirl76.com/
My new favorite yarn still is String Theory Colorworks Continuum self striping yarn -- nice thick stripes AND she does custom orders :)
Hopefully the link will work.
- October 26, 2010 at 11:33:00 AM PDT
- KnittySue said...
What beautiful yarn and pattern, a new to you blog would be a friend to knit with..which I wish I had in real life.
- October 26, 2010 at 11:38:00 AM PDT
- kaykatrn said...
I am finally learning to do cables and lace on socks and mittens. I have a great love of Cookie A patterns. For Christmas--shawlettes for the girls and balaclavas for the boys. I like the pattern you are giving away, and will always be interested in yarn!!!
- October 26, 2010 at 12:25:00 PM PDT
- Rebekah said...
What a lovely give away!
I am currently loving The Salvage sisters at: http://salvagesisters.wordpress.com/
and the story of a girl from NC, my home state, living in England at:
- October 26, 2010 at 12:57:00 PM PDT
- SoccerMomKnits said...
What a great giveaway!!! What I want to knit now: A swingy sweater for myself in black for the office. No pattern located yet and besides, I have to finish my daughter's sweater first.
- October 26, 2010 at 1:19:00 PM PDT
- Mya said...
Love those colors! I've been enjoying reading http://tippytoediet.com/ from a woman who lost over 100lbs without doing some crazy diet thing. She's not a knitter but perhaps we can persuade her...
- October 27, 2010 at 5:34:00 AM PDT
Love the color of that yarn! I have the HTC Eris...my fav apps are Jewels, Pandora and Stitcher (for podcasts)
- October 27, 2010 at 6:15:00 AM PDT
- Cindy said...
Android apps! There are a bunch of good ones, and I haven't paid for a single one. I love the Angry Birds game, Google voice is probably my favorite app (I didn't really 'get' it at first, you just have to start using it to appreciate it). Retro camera is pretty cool too.
- October 27, 2010 at 7:50:00 AM PDT
YAY Bellingrath! One of my favorite blogs is Oiyi's Crafts - oiyi.blogspot.com. Her new shawl is gorgeous!
- October 27, 2010 at 8:06:00 AM PDT
- bdeyes4u said...
I haven't found any new blogs for a while, have just been reading my favorites. With winter coming on and more "inside" time, I'll be looking for new ones. I'm going to read all the comments on this post for inspiration!
- October 27, 2010 at 9:41:00 AM PDT
- Susan said...
Although I love your patterns, I am not (yet) a sock knitter, so I mostly just drool over what you have designed. But I do knit scarves and shawls, and I have loved this pattern since you first introduced it. I would LOVE to win the yarn and pattern and get started making one for myself!
- October 27, 2010 at 10:29:00 AM PDT
- Rebekah said...
another day, another entry... is that okay? I am absolutely in love with your new pont neuf cowl. As soon as I finish the current round of birthday and Christmas gifts, it is going on my needles!
- October 27, 2010 at 11:11:00 AM PDT
- momwhoknits said...
My new favourite blog is The more the messier by the Suburban Correspondent (http://www.suburbancorrespondent.blogspot.com/)
I know it's not new, and I don't know where I have been - but I love her observations.....
- October 27, 2010 at 11:52:00 AM PDT
Another great give-away Carrie - thanks!
1. I am really loving Tanis Fiber Arts blog tanisfiberarts.blogspot.com
2. I don't have an Android phone. :o( I have to admit I wouldn't have the slightest clue what to do with an AP.
3. I am really dying to knit a sweater of any kind, which would be my first. But I will have to wait until the beginning of the year, I just have too many UFO's to tidy up.
- October 27, 2010 at 1:47:00 PM PDT
- Laura said...
A fun sock pattern is Cookie A's Summer Sox socks. I made the for my niece for Christmas in her favorite yellow. They go up to 80 stitches, down to 50 and back up again. And I'm all set to start Anne Hansen's Pea Vines shawl once I finish some wip's.
- October 27, 2010 at 2:20:00 PM PDT
I love the sockalicious yarn. Made my granddaughter a really cute pair of socks with it . . .
- October 27, 2010 at 6:31:00 PM PDT
- Joann said...
New to me blog is 101cookbooks.com. Yum!
- October 27, 2010 at 10:21:00 PM PDT
- Joan's Good Life said...
Hello, I'm still relatively new to knitting. I discovered your blog from a friend and I must say how much I LOVE your blog! I am currently knitting a free pattern I picked up at (gulp) Hobby Lobby and I actually managed to finish ONE of the fingerless glove but am having the MOST difficult time finishing the second one. The way they did the right hand is different from the way they are doing the left hand. Anyhow, i've ripped it out a dozen times already but I am determined to figure it out and finish it! If I won your pattern and the yarn, it would be a nice project to look forward to making next! ;-)
- October 28, 2010 at 6:15:00 AM PDT
- Joanne said...
A blog that I really like is:
Natalie designs gorgeous shawls! And, in June I started knitting shawls and am addicted...
- October 28, 2010 at 7:51:00 AM PDT
- Victoria said...
I just discovered Regretsy.com, and I'm obsessed. It's not a knitting blog, but it's hilarious.
Also, I'm in love with the patterns in the new Berroco book, 303 Remix. I'm pretty sure my sister's getting the purse and someone's getting an adorable baby sweater.
- October 28, 2010 at 12:34:00 PM PDT
My current "want to knit" ... the Central Park hoodie, but without a hood.
However. I have to finish two more scarves for the Orphan Foundation. AND I just picked up five skeins of Cascade superwash to make hats for Navy personnel on the Decatur. Both have deadlines looming...
can't think of any "new" favorite blogs, but I'm seeing lots in the other comments that I think I might need to check out!
- October 28, 2010 at 2:52:00 PM PDT
- Rebekah said...
Just realised that in my last comment I raved about the pont neuf cowl, and I do like it. But what I'm actually in love with and can't wait to cast on (just have to get all those pesky Christmas presents out of the way) is the infinity scarf!
And again, this is such a lovely giveaway!
- October 29, 2010 at 2:03:00 AM PDT
- littlebird said...
I love the new patterns! Especially Pont Neuf, the infinity cowl version. My "have to knit" right now is definitely the Austin hoodie - I can see the pattern winking at me, but I have to relocate the yarn I bought for it when I shoved it all in the closet for parental visitation...
- October 29, 2010 at 10:35:00 AM PDT
- sabina said...
The newest to me blog is smitten kitchen. I love the story writing that goes with the recipes. Yours is also a new to me blog. I love the way that knitters can express their passion for yarn and knitting in writing and in photos. It is so inspiring.
- October 31, 2010 at 8:52:00 AM PDT
- TigerEyess said...
I LURVE that colour! One entry for the contest, please!
- November 2, 2010 at 9:22:00 PM PDT


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Make sure to get your sweet potatoes nice and crisp; you need that texture in the soup. Those chicken bouillons really do make a difference, so try to use them. This soup freezes really well, just make sure to freeze it straight away after about 15 minutes of a cooldown. You might want to serve this in a sourdough, marble, rye bread bowl. That would be fabulous. Adding roasted or grilled chicken to this would be great too. Even chunks of lobster meat.
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3 – 4 large sweet potatoes, cut into 2 inch chunks and roasted
1 cup of chick stock
2 cans of creamed corn
8 ounces of cream cheese, room temp
½ cup heavy whipping cream
1 cup of half & half
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Product Review: Ardell Lash & Brow Growth Accelerator
Did you accidentally over tweeze again? Or did that hyped up mascara pull off your precious lashes? Well have no fear! Ardell is here!
31 comments
- Xuanie said...
Interesting how many people are talking about their brows when im in a brow crisis myself. I bought the Ardell growth accelerator stuff right after the lady messed up my brows and i think its making the area's hair grow faster then usual.
- March 11, 2008 at 9:58 AM
- Violet Honeybee said...
I'm the opposite.. I don't need my brows to grow any faster than they already do since they're like big black caterpillars on my face. >.<
Maybe I'll try them for my lashes though lol
- March 11, 2008 at 11:02 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
ohhh i love this stuff too! it really does work...i kinda fell off in using it though, but i'm jumping back on the bandwagon thanks to this review!
- March 11, 2008 at 11:07 AM
- (g)ezebel said...
really?? i was wondering if this product was for real. i mean, you know "if it's too good to be true." shoot, now i gotta buy one with my next madam madeline order.
p.s. if i ever get around to getting my shirts done, i will definitely send you one. but only if you pose in Maxim wearing it and a matching bikini bottom. :0P
what's your ring size? i'm still looking for a silver vendor who makes smaller ring sizes -- right now, i think i only have sizes 9 and 10 -- i can't even wear my own rings!!! how 'bout a pendant? i'll custom make one of my faves for ya.
- March 11, 2008 at 11:08 AM
- standupforme said...
that's great! i thought this is too good to be true too.
I have really short and skimpy lashes. I would love to try this!
thanks for the review!
- March 11, 2008 at 11:33 AM
- standupforme said...
that's great! i thought this is too good to be true too.
I have really short and skimpy lashes. I would love to try this!
thanks for the review!
- March 11, 2008 at 11:33 AM
- ilurvemakeup said...
I love this stuff! I remember my first ABB entry consisted of me advertising how amazing this thing works lol I've been using it close to maybe 2 yrs now ;)
- March 11, 2008 at 11:43 AM
- Christiana Divine @ Memoirs of A Shopping Addict said...
i think i need this then... since i'm in the process of growing out my brows... it's worth a shot. LOL. :D
- March 11, 2008 at 11:45 AM
- e said...
I thought I heard something about castor oil doing the same thing...I definitely remember that vaseline is suppose to strengthen your lashes over time as well.
Your thoughts Vanessa?
- March 11, 2008 at 12:29 PM
- Fabu-less Beauty said...
OOOoooO makes me want to go out and try this. Love your blog!
- March 11, 2008 at 12:44 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thanks so much for posting a review. I am SO anxious to try this, now! My poor, little lashes could use it! :)
- March 11, 2008 at 1:05 PM
- Esraa said...
MUA has plenty of reviews on it too :) and progress pics
- March 11, 2008 at 1:31 PM
- KiuKiu said...
I LOVE this product. The eyelashes on my left eye used to be shorter than those on my right eye until I used this. Now they are longer! (I only used it on that eye) Now I need to start using it on the right eye instead of the left, lol.
- March 11, 2008 at 3:58 PM
- yummy411 said...
great. I wasn't trying to go any further than vaseline on the lashes but you make me wanna try this. stop nessa!
- March 11, 2008 at 4:46 PM
- karen, makeupandbeautyblog.com said...
I've seen it before and it terrifies me (but maybe I'm just a wimp like that). If I were these Ardell folks I'd find a way to turn that into hair growth on male pattern baldness! Then I'd never have to work again (le sigh).
- March 11, 2008 at 5:22 PM
- Lani said...
thank you so much vanessa! i was at a drugstore last night and i was going to pick this baby up. but i was thinking to myself, "nah i should wait for vanessa's review" lol. serious as a heart attack. now i have to go back tonight and get it! lol.
- March 11, 2008 at 5:42 PM
- edm325 said...
I have always wanted long eyelashes...it's a dream of mine. I will try this because I am interested in anything that will give me long lashes.
- March 11, 2008 at 6:50 PM
- Sara said...
Hey doll! This product seems promising, might need to try this out sometime! Do you know of any good eyebrow gel thats TINTED? what about an eyebrow dye?
- March 11, 2008 at 7:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
Where can I purchase this product? Thank you!
- March 11, 2008 at 10:05 PM
- Anna said...
this works but it takes toooo long for me =/
- March 11, 2008 at 10:14 PM
- Bliss said...
Great Review, i need something for my sparse eyebrows heheh.
- March 12, 2008 at 5:35 AM
- mrslanielovesmac said...
Vanessa, great review and very tempting! I heard a lot of people raved about this product and I am so tempting to try it because my eyebrows are so sparsed from excessive plucking. LOL! Anyway, do you think other drug stores carry this product since Ulta is not nearby my location? Thanks!
- March 12, 2008 at 9:37 AM
- mrslanielovesmac said...
Vanessa, great review and very tempting! I heard a lot of people raved about this product and I am so tempting to try it because my eyebrows are so sparsed from excessive plucking. LOL! Anyway, do you think other drug stores carry this product since Ulta is not nearby my location? Thanks!
- March 12, 2008 at 9:37 AM
- mrslanielovesmac said...
Vanessa, great review and very tempting! I heard a lot of people raved about this product and I am so tempting to try it because my eyebrows are so sparsed from excessive plucking. LOL! Anyway, do you think other drug stores carry this product since Ulta is not nearby my location? Thanks!
- March 12, 2008 at 9:37 AM
- Nic Nic said...
i want some of that stuff! cant find it anywhere... lol. anyway im trying out some french eyelash serum atm hope - better than nothing LOL.
- March 12, 2008 at 11:27 AM
- Sheila Ferrari said...
Innnnnteresting product. I should try it on my nose hairs. haha :)
- March 12, 2008 at 1:26 PM
- Nic Nic said...
Hi Vanessa! i;m back :P guess what? i found that Ardell lash and brow growth accelerator! thanks to your review, im gonna get it xD lol.
- March 12, 2008 at 5:13 PM
- Emilee @ GMM said...
Thicker lashes? I am so there! Thanks for posting about this, Nessa.
- March 13, 2008 at 4:46 AM
- Vanessa said...
Glad it worked for some of you ladies! It's available I believe in most drugstores...
Anonymous- Try a drugstore or find it on ULTA.com
- March 13, 2008 at 5:05 AM
- marsha said...
I hope you all are serious about this product. I bought Walgreens brand rogaine but have been inconsistent out of fear. I just ordered "billion dollar brows" eyebrow kit and used it for the first time tonight. I'm totally annoyed because I paid $55 for the kit. I'm so desperate. I NEVER allow anyone to do my eyebrows-took a try for mother's day and lost all. They were fairly decent brows but very light colored. I used to use a pencil -now I need a magic marker. :(
- May 21, 2009 at 8:35 PM
- jrona824 said...
i had this product in my drawer for 4mos,i'm just lazy to use it, but i saw it 3weeks ago while i was cleaning my room, and use it every night,at first i thought it's not gonna work, but i just notice my lashes,thicker and curler! it work but it will take a while,but it's worth the wait,and it's cheap!i'm asian but one day somebody ask me if i'm hispanic,because of my thick lashes!
- September 2, 2010 at 3:28 PM