gomommyblogger: Some Hellos (ticks, President Eisenhower, and craziness in a car)

Hello there!
Today is a GREAT day to simply check-in and say hello!

Hello view from the lookout at President Eisenhower's farm
Hello little boys playing in leaves
Hello friend from IN (The Bubbling Birthday Boy of 1985*) in town for a fun visit
Hello learning to like my eyeshadow application...it's the little things...and lots of YouTube videos
Hello fun weekend approaching
Hello, catching up with a dear friend yesterday

What do you have to be thankful today?

Don't forget the little things...they are so often and gentle.

Need a laugh?
Check this out:

After the lookout tower on President Eisenhauer's farm, we were driving into town: IN friend in passenger's seat, 4 and 2 year old in tow.
I was driving...and eating trail mix. It was hot, which meat that the chocolate chips were melting into my hand next to the raisins and peanuts.

Gettysburg/President Eisenhower lookout

4 Year-Old: Mommy, There's a spider on me!!
Mommy: Where? quickly turned head to see a TICK on 4 year-old's arm
Oh man! That's a tick! Made a quick grab at said tick...while driving and holding a handful of melting trail mix.
After grabbing the tick, I threw it out the open window.
Done.
Success.

That was when I realized that the trail mix had made my right hand a sloppy mess, having had rendered me one-handed.
In a flash, I poured the mix into my left hand -to separate the melted mix from the solid mix- and very quickly, I dumped the mix from my left hand into my mouth- I mean, I needed at least one hand with which to drive.
It was AT THAT MOMENT which it occurred to me that I never quite saw the tick get off my hand -my LEFT HAND- and fly away...nor did I see it get thrown out the window in the manner of kung-fu...which is my more-honest recollection. All of this made me wonder, mouth full of solid trail mix, hand full of melted trail mix, did I just put the tick in my mouth!!??

Naturally, I turned to my open window and began spewing the mix to the ground...not successfully keeping it all out of my vehicle.
So, with a sloppy hand, a messy car, a mouth full of...who knows what...I pulled over and cleaned up.
My friend in the passenger's seat, yeah, he was laughing.

In truth, it was quite a fun moment...horror of the tick and annoyance of the mess, and all.

In light of having have had some really difficult days lately,

today was A-OK in my book.

transforming health
On a serious note, our 7-year-old twin neighbors have told us that ticks are supposed to be bad this year.
You have been warned.
Here are some great ways to be preventative:

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Before You Go Outdoors

Know where to expect ticks. Ticks live in moist and humid environments, particularly in or near wooded or grassy areas. ...
Products containing permethrin kill ticks. ...
Use a repellent with DEET on skin.