• Never decorate your bathroom in shiny black tiles.
  • Always check the pockets of everything you are donating to Goodwill.
  • Those little fake tea lights are much better than the real thing if you a) tend to burn yourself, b) have a cat who waves her tail over flames, or c) have a mother who freaks out over lit candles.
  • Toddler snacks in sweet potato flavor are really very tasty.
  • Never try to take more than 5 pills at once.
  • The tape that they use after you’ve had blood taken has a million uses at home.
  • In periods of severe stress, sometimes your hair will fall out. A lot of hair.
  • Your hair stops falling out after 6 weeks (this is approximate).
  • Never underestimate the healing power of touch.
  • There are many people out there who are situations much worse than yours so stop complaining.
  • Turn off your electric toothbrush BEFORE you take it out of your mouth.
  • Flush out your sinuses twice a day.
  • If you are near-sighted, be extra careful that the screen door is actually OPEN before you walk through it.
  • Too much sorghum syrup will cause diarrhea.
  • As many times as you tell an 18 year old to register to vote, he will ultimately forget because there are so many other things in his life that he has to remember. He’ll be sorry later.
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