Teeth Whitening Pinterest activity

So I imagine that we've all seen the TV commercial that if you're not whitening you're yellowing. Here it is in case you haven't.
Crest 3D White :30 Spot from Denise Reynolds on Vimeo.

Well I want white teeth but I didn't want to pay a bunch for it. So I got on Pinterest to find a DIY and found this. at home teeth whitening I have used the whitening strips before and this "toothpaste" felt like the same product that is on them. When I was done though my teeth felt so sensitive! Like a layer of protection had been taken off. Maybe that's what it's suppose to do to help get the gross stuff off but I'm going to stick to the whitening toothpaste I can buy unless someone can convice otherwise. And yeah I'm using the Crest 3D white... The commercial sold me.

Grease...not the musical

Well with the hubs home that means projects are happening.

See all the grease?

He wanted to do some work on the pick up. He was wanting to put in an auxiliary tank which is fine except when he did this to his jeans...his shirt was pretty bad too but, he has plenty of work shirts so the shirt didn't make it... shucks.

Anyway, the first thing I did was roll my eyes because I did not know if this was going to be able to come out.  But then I gathered my products: Cornstarch, scrub brush, Dawn soap, and Borax.

I liberally applied the cornstarch to the grease and went to town with the scrub brush. I should have probably put more elbow grease into it but I got bored.

This is what I used

Scrub it in

After I got the cornstarch absorbed in, I then applied some Dawn soap. I have used Dawn soap on some smaller grease spots before with great success. Those other times were more like from when I spilled something on myself not from the vehicle.

in the washer

Finally I decided to go ahead and put the jeans in the wash. I had some old towels and rags to wash also. I was too chicken to have anything good in the wash just in case the grease would rub on to it. I added to Borax because I have recently heard that it does wonders for laundry.

For the most part I am happy with the results. You can still see some of the grease but, they are work pants so it isn't a big deal. I imagine that if I would have used more cornstarch and more elbow grease that I would have had better results. I will be trying this again.

Final

The Hubs

May 15th started like any other day.  I probably had a hard time figuring out what to wear because I would be a million degrees at work. I was probably late to work because of it. Again normal. Anyway I was just working away trying to get some loose ends taken care of before the baby comes. 

Then a gal comes to my desk and says "Michelle there I someone here to see you." I panic thinking its someone here to yell at me and why haven't I paid their claim etc. I sit fairly close to the door but I stand up and then I can see over the cubicle walls and there is my husband standing by the door!!!! 

I run over to him. Well as much as I can run being 9 months pregnant and I didn't have my shoes on. 

I give him a big hug again, as big of one as I could do with the belly in the way and I start shaking a little. I wasn't suppose to see him until after the baby came and even then I didn't know exactly when.  I didn't cry but I joked about not having shoes on. I then took him to my desk to get my shoes and paraded him around the office. I was just starting to introduce him to some friends when I realized I really had to use the ladies room. Poor guy had to stand around with people he had never met before. It was the fastest bathroom break I ever took. Anyway as I introduced him to everyone about half the office cried knowing that he had been gone and I hadn't seen him since September. 

After introducing him to anyone/everyone and not letting go of his hand he wanted to get home. I got him the key to the car so he could load up his things while I shut down my computer. I was shaking with excitement though and I didn't even know what to do. My manager and my desk mate were outside taking a walk but I wasn't going to just leave a bunch of stuff out. 

Once outside we saw my manager and desk mate so they too had to meet the hubs. My desk mate said he saw someone come to the building in a taxi and was confused about that but ten while they were walking past my car they saw his bags and put it together.

I hardly had to tell my boss that I was going to be done working now as she is pretty dang awesome and probably would have yelled at me if I stayed. 

Driving home!

On the way home we stopped at Speedway so he could understand my obsession with slushie a and so he could get a drink too. I guess traveling for 36 hours or something makes one thirsty.  I kept telling him I couldn't believe he was home. Also I kept touching him to make sure it was real. 

Once we got home I found out that I didn't get the dogs locked up in the kennel so they were roaming the house. I am quite certain though that is the ONLY time during the work week that I didn't get it right. Weird. The hubs was certain though that Charlie would bark at him and sure enough she did. It wasn't for a long time because she soon realized it was dad!!! Then it was all tail wagging and kisses. Poor little Lucy couldn't even get a turn because Charlie was in the way. The hubs stood up though and I had picked Lucy up and they got to have their lovins too. 

I still can't believe he's finally home.

At BWW for the first time in ohhhh 8 months?

Enjoying his first beer - Yuengling of course

Savoring it

ahhh

Pinterest

So all the cool kids are on Pinterest right? I created a board now of projects I've actually completed or had the hubs complete. There really should be a round of applause when I pin something to that board - even if it was a fail. 

I'm not sure what my favorite completed one is yet..the eggless cookie dough just for eating is amazing though. I was even nice enough to add the helpful note to add more sugar. : )

Also, I did get the hubs to be part of Pinterest now too. Not sure if that's good or bad at this point because a few times when we were on the phone when we were both working he'd say something along the lines of "been on Pinterest, we're broke." Hooray for projects though!! As long as they get done...

Michelle


I did it! Pinterest board

Raising the bar

So I was talking with the hubs the other day. He pretty much told me that I'm the most amazing person he's ever met. awwww

Growing a person

He told me that he's all proud of me because since he's gone a lot here I am running the house, taking care of the critters and everything that they do, go to Iowa to visit not only my family but his family as well, I'm making a person, and I still go to work every day. Boom I'm amazing.  But he also told me that I'm not ever going to be allowed to say I can't do something. Is that good or bad?
(Photo credit: Elisabeth Smith Lifestyle Photography)

Speaking of what the critters do....

Belle earned her keep again... gross. But she got a mouse. I was doing laundry and then went into the kitchen and out comes the cat from the laundry room. I knew she had something in her mouth and she was all proud and prancing. I thought maybe she just had some fabric or something else random that she finds. But she went down the hall, then downstairs, then she came back upstairs and I decided to check what the heck was going on. That's when I noticed it was a mouse. Gross. Anyway, this was before church and I decided that I should probably take care of the mouse before church. Gross. By now Charlie and Lucy are fairly interested in what Belle has. Belle came downstairs and so did the rest of us. She eventually just dropped it and I took care of it. Gross.

Flooded Deer Creek

Also it has been raining a lot. Lots of flooding but we live on a hill so things are fine here. That means a lot of mud though.... Lucy isn't a fan but Charlie is. She is getting really good at learning how to get into the tub after only being told once. Then she sits there so nice and lets me wash her feet and sometimes her face. Every now and then someone comes in with a tick.. yeah I take care of that too. Then the other day I was walking in the backyard looking for the dogs because it was nice out and they were just out and about having a good time. Then I looked to my right and saw 6 vertebra  WHAT?! It's still there. I should probably take care of it but, I'm not going to lie, it is actually kind of interesting  I took the picture and then the dogs came running up. They weren't interested. I took a picture to prove it. 

Country

Charlie has been a good guard dog lately. She doesn't spend a whole heck of a lot of time with me. Lucy follows me everywhere... except the bathroom because she hates baths and when it is bath time she runs to the kennel. Then she also gets all sad puppy dog eyes when I pick her up and get her in the tub. She just gets so itchy - not sure if it's allergies or dry skin. I know it's not any sort of bug because I check her out for that a lot and put medicine on both of the dogs for that.  Anyway, Charlie had a full report to give to the hubs the other day. He snapped a picture. 

Well that's all I got for now. I need a slushie. =)

Smoothies/Slushies

Pregnancy is terrific. Nobody looks at me funny when I roll into Speedway and it's brisk outside but yet I get a smoothie or a slushie. They just smile and tell me to have a great day. I will thanks.

That being said, the bowling alley no longer has the slushie machine?! I guess it kept breaking down and nobody ever ordered anything... what... The way I found out was great though. So again, nice and round pregnant lady here. I get up to the counter and ask what kind of slushies they have. One gal said they got rid of the slushie machine but they still have margaritas and daiquiris. I looked at her and then another worker was like "WHAT NO SHE'S PREGNANT." First girl was all embarrassed. So thanks for the notice of no slushies and for the reminder that I can't drink.

Speedway is getting plenty of my business though with their machines. And just in time for my pregnancy to be done there will be a Dairy Queen in Greencastle!!

Cheers with my strawberry/banana smoothie,
Michelle

I am so over winter

First off I do realize that I live in the midwest. 

I am so tired of it being gross outside. Here it seems like it is either raining or snowing. Sometimes we get both in one day. Terrific. 

Last Tuesday (3/5/13) I had to work late at work - we all take turns. It was raining in the morning and I knew the weather may be getting bad so I decided to take the big truck. I left work at about 6:45PM and the rain had turned into snow. I thought no worries, I will just go slow and be safe. Well I don't know what happened but when I was attempting to change lanes on the interstate I started to fish tail. I was like whoa whoa whoa. Please see this link to get the full effect of what I mean. 

Anyway, after I got my bearings and did not go into the ditch about 10 mins later we were all just stopped on the interstate. Now I know that this is a normal occurrence for some people on their way home but, not for me. I don't know how long we were stopped but it did seem like an excessive amount of time. Once we got moving I realized what the problem was.... it's hard work getting up some of these hills and if you don't have 4 wheel you start sliding backwards. So I put it into 4 wheel (which I know now I should have done right when I stated for home).  About now I get a text from my mother asking if we are getting any snow.... 

Speaking of pregnant, here's me on 3/9/13

Finally I get to my exit and the highway I'm on now hasn't been cleared but I've got 4 wheel going so I am truckin' along. Soon enough I see a vehicle clear down in a ditch. I thought hard about stopping to help them until reality hit. Hellllloooo pregnant lady what are you going to be able to do to help them. So instead I call the local police non emergency line and help is on the way.

The driveway once I got home

Next I get to the turn to take me to our road. I have to turn left and it's not a busy road but the truck behind me just decides it can't wait and decides to pass me on the right. I hate it when people do that. There is no lane there and just barely a shoulder for him to fit. I thought for sure he was going to get pulled into the ditch (Read: I really wanted him to get pulled in the ditch). An oncoming car was also going to be turning on the same road. They didn't get stopped in time and slid a little too far, put it in reverse and then made the turn. They pulled over and waved me by but I did make sure they were okay first. I think they really just wanted to follow my path. 

I do eventually make it home at 8pm. My drive is typically 45 mins. Annoying. I still had to plug the truck in (diesel) and that took longer than it should have only because in the morning I didn't put the cord away nice... my own fault. Critters were all happy to see me, be fed and let outside but they were also really happy to go cuddle right back up.

It is now Sunday and at 4:45pm it was 63 degrees out...spring? is that you?

front porch when I got home

Front porch Wednesday morning

Backyard Wednesday morning

front flower pot Wednesday morning