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Saturday, May 17, 2008

"Wax on, Wax off" (If you're lucky anyway)



On a stormy Friday evening, I was relaxing watching the tube, when suddenly there was a quick rap at the door, and Taylon burst in out of breath. He had run up the stairs to bring a tale of woe and misery, a tale, that would ultimately lead to utter destruction! Panting, and hardly able to control his desire to get his brother and sister in trouble, he spilled a tale of pillows being thrown in the living room, and one landing SMACK! right in the middle of my Scentsy. (It's basically a large candle warmer). As I ran down the stairs to take inventory of the damage, I was beside myself, and as governor and president of this house, I thereby declared it in a state of emergency! There was wax on the walls, wax on the splash board in the kitchen, wax on the floor, wax in the sink, wax on the soap, wax on the dishes, you name it, and it was splattered with red smelly wax! Ali was frantically scrubbing the wall, scrubbing so hard infact, that she scrubbed the paint right off the wall, as well as the wall beneath, creating a lovely, if not a bit modern and contemporary hole--or new addtion to my living room--it really is quite lovely, I wish you could all see it. It is now well after the actual occurrence, and still, I am scrubbing wax out of grout, and finding wax bits everywhere! Curse you wax maufacturers, for not making a kid friendly wash away wax. I'm going to patent the Karate Kid candle, it will say, "No worries mom! wax spill? Wax on, wax off! It's as simple as that!"

3 comments:

Justin and Michele said...

ha ha ha ha after working in a candle factory for 3 years I can really feel your pain Julie!!

Niesja said...

I knocked mine over the other day accidentally and got it all over the wall and scrubbed the paint off too.... WHY ARE WE ALWAYS GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING ALL THE TIME?

Brenda Lee said...

Julie - Congrats on graduating!! Your family is growing up so big and beautiful, so fast! My friend's Scentsy spilled the other day too (a sinister foe must be at work here!), the wall and carpet. Her husband used a hot iron, cloth, and the wax came right out of the carpet onto the cloth. Go figure? I think he did similar to the wall, no left overs. This is your "Fly Lady wanna be" tid bit for the day. BTW - I have a friend/coworker who just moved to Lexington so her husband could go to dental school. I have told her about you. She looked in her ward directory but didn't see your name. Maybe a stake directory? Anyway...she is like the little sis I can't stop picking on. Haha. She is a great kid (yes, sadly I/we are the elders here. Anyway, if I could give her your address, would that be okay? Keep up the great posts. I love reading your blog! Brenda