by frazzledmama on March 15, 2012
Recently, I started carrying a deck of cards in my purse.
I really dislike the disengaged way the kiddos and I have been “waiting” for things. Waiting for pizza, waiting for a lesson to wrap up, waiting for orchestra to finish….You get the picture. We have been blessed with an old iPhone that no longer functions as a phone, but runs apps fine, and an iTouch. The kiddos love them, and they are a great help to me, but I think we have grown too dependent on them.
So, out came the cards, and we have really enjoyed them, can you tell?
by frazzledmama on January 12, 2012
Tuesday while doing school Little Man needed a black marker. Well, all of the kiddos’ black markers were in use, so being a sweet and kind mother, I loaned him my Sharpie.
Parenting Fail!
Well, not really, but see he had his paper on top of his brand new 3-ring binder. Can I just tell you how much I hate buying 3 ring binders?!?!? They are so expensive. Well, that morning I broke down and bought six new 3 ring binders…. Hey, at least they were a BOGO, and I had a 15% off coupon, and I had my teacher discount….so, it could’ve been worse.
Back to my story. So, he colored his paper, with a Sharpie on top of his six-hour old binder, and it bled through.
I was not a happy camper.
That evening Mr. OverKill’s aunt came by and I mentioned what had happened. She asked why I didn’t just take it off with a dry erase marker.
Huh?
I was willing to try anything, so using my trusty dry erase marker, I colored over the Sharpie.
Then grabbed a tissue and ….
Well look at that, good as new!
Who knew? I was tickled pink!!! I haven’t had a reason to try this method out on any other hard surface…but I am curious to see what else it will work on!
