WAR OF THE UTENSILS

  How come we can never keep equal amounts of forks and spoons? And why are knives exempt from disappearing? In my house there are currently 2 spoons and one of them looks like it lost a fight with the garbage disposal. Someone either has to wait for someone else to finish eating, or use a fork and try to scoop the soup quickly into their mouth. Here are a few scenarios I've come up with as to why this is happening:

• The forks and spoons are rival gangs and right now the forks are clearly winning. I wonder if they toss the spoons out of the drawer in the back where no one can see. Is there a graveyard of spoons somewhere between the cabinet and the wall? How are sporks holding up during this violent time? 
• There is a spoon genocide. I don't know why anyone would want to make all of the spoons disappear, but it's happening in my home. Maybe the kids are doing it because they rebelling against soup. In my defense, it is still winter and soup is great during the winter!
• Someone (I won't name any names) keeps taking our tupperware and utensils to work and not bringing them back home. I'm sure their co-workers have a nice collection of our stuff by now.

I don't know what's going on around here, but since I've started writing this, we lost another plate at the hands of the little one. When will it end?

THROUGH THE EYES OF ANDY

We let Andy have our old, but very functional, digital camera. He took to photography like fish to water. He takes it everywhere and takes pictures of everything. He especially loves taking "selfies." I'm definitely curious to see how he develops as a photographer. Keep in mind, he's only 4 years old. Not too bad eh?

CHRISTMAS WISH LIST 2013

I'd like to think my requests are reasonable. Every woman likes to smell good so perfume is a must. We can always use a comfortable pair of boots. Caftan's are amazing and I NEED one in my laid back life. As we get older, we tend to carry more bags; A neat little camera bag never hurts. Jewelry. You can never have enough jewelry.   Last, but not least, thermal pajamas. They're cute and comfortable and I can lounge around in them, if I'm not wearing a caftan that is.

P.S.

How could I forget the one thing I for sure wanted? This stuff is amazing! I'm talking long lasting to the 13th power!

MY HOME CREW

PRODUCT REVIEW: CURL FORMERS

My cousin let us borrow her curl formers. She swears they are one of the best creations ever. The feeling is now mutual. Doing my daughter's hair is quite a task and these were so simple to use, and as you can see, the results are fantastic! I know I'm on the late bus with these, but I really must invest in my own. The installation process is extremely simple, especially if you've already detangled and sectioned the hair. I used lotta body with olive oil and her hair is very soft and bouncy. I was afraid of using gel because I didn't want it to come out crunchy. I would definitely recommend this for someone who wants a beautiful curly look without heat.

CHILLIN' AT THE BEACH

While daddy rode his bike, we decided to hang out at Venice Beach.

MOM FILES: MOMMA KNOWS WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG!

For the past 9 years, I've noticed something strange with my sons eyesight. I would take him to an optometrist and they would tell me his eyesight is fine and send us on our way.  Yet he kept doing the same awkward movement while watching television. More recently, he started to get frustrated while reading and has occasional headaches. Something is clearly not right. I took him for an eye exam last year, same thing, his vision is 20/20, everything is fine. I questioned this and was assured there was nothing to worry about. Fast forward to two weeks ago and during a routine physical, an eye exam was administered. Nurse says he definitely needs to see an optometrist, his vision is 40/50. I wasn't surprised because I knew everything wasn't as good as it seemed. I brought this up to the doctor who happened to catch my son in the process of the awkward movement and put in a referral to an ophthalmologist. I felt like I will finally get somewhere with this awkwardness.  So today I find out the optometrist from the previous year (you know, the one that told me his eyesight was fine) had actually written a prescription and noted that he had an astigmatism.  WHAT? Yeah, the doctor asked if we filled that prescription and I was dumbfounded. Looks like I was the negligent one in this situation. I was extremely upset about that. I felt like he was being set up for failure. He struggled so much his last semester, and now I know, it was because he couldn't see! I'm seriously contemplating contacting membership services because they lied to me. They told me one thing, but noted something else to cover their ass. I'll definitely be more mindful about my after visit summary and will hold on to it to cover my ass while they put in contradictory notes to cover theirs. Now we know he has some sight issues and probably will be wearing glasses for the rest of his life. During the exam, I just kept thinking, "My goodness, my child can't see!" I'm just glad we know what is going on and have a plan to fix it. I'm glad I pay attention to my instincts and trust them, after all, momma knows when something is wrong!