Snake handling and Fifth Disease

Just found out today the cause of what I thought was a weird spring flu. I had joint pain, a fever, hand and feet swelling, TIRED, rash etc. I have Fifth Disease, normally a childhood illness. It’s one of those things that if adults get it, it’s worse then when kids get it. So my symptoms should begin to clear up, they say in1-3 months. At least it explains why I have not felt right since I had a fever, and headache back on my birthday on May 1st. So this just gives me an excuse to nap more….and of course it makes me even more eager for school to be done. We are done June 9th!!!

Do you think the wild snake handling caused my illness? What do you think, am I cool or what holding that cute corn snake? The picture was taken in my classroom at school, whew it was a good thing I wore lots of deodorant that day! Actually, I had a really cool guy come do a reptile presentation for my students, we all loved it!

What do you think of the picture mom??? Remember how I used to be so afraid of snakes?

Cleaning White Baseball pants

I have never done a WFMW, but I have been wanting to get in on the fun. And if you are here reading this post about getting WHITE baseball pants clean then we must have these things in common.

• You have a son who plays baseball
• You have thought evil thoughts about the MAN/coach who thought white baseball pants “look really sharp on the boys.”
• You have tried everything to get that dirt and red clay from the infield out of those pants.

So I am glad you are here.

Here are my son’s white baseball pants after a rainy weekend tournament. And after trying Tide, Spray and Wash, and soaking the pants in vinegar. I found this little gem of a product called “Iron Out.” It has done the best to get that red clay out of white baseball pants. They were not perfectly white, but they were close to perfect. And that works for me!!!