Yes, I fixed her hair for formal.
Yes, I will have some sort of step by step instructions.
No, she’s not in pain.
Yes, shes singing.
No, she is not a good singer.
Yes, she is very funny.
Yes, my bathroom mirror always has some sort of smear on it.
Yes, I hate that wallpaper…and the towel bars…and the paint color.
No, I’m not going to remodel it, because…
Yes, I share that bathroom with five of the grossest people on the planet.
Yes, those people are my children and my husband.
No, I’m not going to spend my time and money making the bathroom pretty for those gross people…because…
No, I’m not stupid. But,
Yes, I will eventually have to get that wallpaper out of my life. And then…
Yes, I will blog all about it.
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April, I have become a daily reader. I enjoy myself so much! Although I’m older than you, we have the similar need to LAUGH! Your relationship with Ellen is so much like mine with my only daughter…who is 30! We had our “moments”, but we’ve always been kindred spirits. Now that she’s grown,so has our friendship. While she was growing, I was her mother and friendship grew as she did. Now, she isa true friend AND daughter. She is my confidant, critic and still my baby! How lucky we are to have daughters! You have wonderful times ahead.
I am really enjoying your blog! Your daughter is such a trooper to be on here so much and she is so pretty! I hope I am as close to my daughters when they are teenagers as you are to her.
Come see my house – I’m so over it! ;D Oh, but would you look at your daughter…wow, what a great kid! Just voted for your ‘Webbie’! ;D
Hilarious as usual. You really crack me up!
I love that you have passed on your fun and energy to Ellen. What a wonderful gift of joy you have given her.
Hey, wait until the kids are all off at college and turn one of their rooms into the bathroom of your dreams!
The Park Wife
I love it!!
Someday your master bath will come!
(It is so nice to not have to share…)
No video? After the cries of pain I was looking forward to hearing her sing.
Why…
who…
what…
where…
did she…
Oh, never mind I guess you covered all my questions.
You two are awesome. I HOPE that you watched Cranford and Return of/to/whatever Cranford, together
I’ve seen worse than your bathroom. In a few years it will be in style, so just hang on. That’s the true frugal way!
April you sure are Super Mom! Hope you weather isn’t too bad. We are freezing our buns here in Illinois.
Yeah, sure! You say she is singing, but perhaps she is screaming in pain. We, out here in blogland, can never really be sure!
Actually, I kind of LIKE your bathroom. Yep, that wallpaper and paint. Am I weird or what?
I’ve been enjoying your blog!
Hi: I found your blog through the bloggies award nominations. Yay! I hope you win for best kept secret.
Keep having fun,
Candylei
What a sweet sweet mom you are. My daughter would be in tears if I tried to fix her hair – from the pain and from the result.
Boys are gross in the bathroom…what’s up with that?
Will you be my mom—even though I’m older than you?
Ha! Too funny. Nice laugh for a Friday morning
I love any post that involves you and Ellen together. You’re hilarious.
haha, love it. i need to take a page from your book. i keep insisting to my husband that i can have nice things around with three boys but, really, i have absolutely no evidence to back that up!
your relationship with your daughter seems so sweet!
Lovely and fun. Perfect! I pray you get your own bathroom someday. I don’t have one either, but did get to remodel what I have after almost 15 years. Thanks for sharing!
I found your site from the Pioneer Woman, and I LOVE it! You are living our dream – does that make you feel good or what? We want to move to the country and get us a coupla chickens and, get this, a dairy cow! I still crack up thinking about it! We’ll see if it ever happens, but in the meantime, I can live vicariously through you. By the way, we have 4 kids – 3 boys and a girl, and we got out of debt with Dave too – but I like your name better – I usually just said, “Damn that Dave Ramsey!” and your way is so much more succinct. As you can see from this comment, I really value being succinct. It helped me to listen to Damn’s radio show while we were getting out of debt to stay motivated. Right now, we are trying to get healthy, and so I am watching Dr. Oz’s show and trying to think loving thoughts toward salmon. I need to come up with a name for him. Thanks for the laughs – I’ll be reading you all the time now, and someday, when we finally get to move to the country, I’ll be asking you questions about chickens and squoinking – or whatever you said.
–>Just found your blog recently and it’s very entertaining. I hope she wasn’t singing Pants on the Ground!
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I just found your website from Pioneer Woman. LOVE IT! This post reminded me of special times with my Mom; it brought back hilarious memories. I went through your archives and must say that you are a new favorite. Love your wit and honesty!!
Looks like you’re doing a great job on the hair! The bathroom doesn’t look bad.
I love it all!
Thanks for giving us a photo of real life, smears and all.
-FringeGirl
Hi April!
SO glad to have found your blog now and be able to see how you’re doing again! Found your blog through Pioneer Woman (which I found through Melanie Carter…who said I should be set up with Josh…and that you met Ree…so jealous). Adding it to the list of favorites. We miss your tallness (and your wit!) at Providence.
April, I just read your blog for the first time yesterday. What a hoot! I’m so glad I’m not the only other grown up on the planet sharing one bathroom with her kids (almost six of them!). I know all about the bad decor, the smeared mirror, and the constant puddle of tee-tee around the bottom of the toilet (was that TMI?).
Damn is also changing the lives of my husband and me. We have $9,000 to go to be out of debt (except the mortgage). We currently are longing for a 15 passenger van and a larger home, but are trusting God to provide, and I’m trying not to curse Damn too much.
I was supposed to be an independently wealthy lady of leisure. I’m not sure where the miscommunication occurred.
Yep…I understand the desire to upgrade a bathroom. I’m waiting until I no longer step on various piles of pee on my trek toward the toilet.
Love your blog! =)
Mindy
http://www.thesuburbanlife.com
Your daughter looks excited.
So cute, so fun! I had a friend talk me into some of the ugliest “formal” hairstyles when I was around Ellen’s age. I’m so glad some kids are smarter than me.
Love your blog. I love your sisters also. Is she serious about loosing her faith?
So funny, as always !! Thank you for your joy !
mom used to pull my hair all the time and it hurt like hell. But in the long term it made sense, I will always have long hair so, it doesn’t hurt when someone else works with it. My hairdresser can now pull my hair and it doesn’t ever hurt.