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This falls under one of those purchases that sound rather boring but turned out to be amazing. Also, another item that Sherry at Young House Love recommended and, once again, she was right (we have different tastes in books, tv shows, fashion, etc. but her home recommendations have always been spot on.) The thing with rugs is that they move, even with heavy furniture on them. Like our bed or the couch. The ones that annoyed me the most were a rug at the top of our stairs and the rug in my room. The one at the top of the stairs didn't have anything on it and shifted CONSTANTLY. That was the first one I taped down and it was amazing and I was left wondering why I hadn't done that as soon as I bought this tape a year earlier. Then I was more motivated to straighten out my office rug and get that taped down as well. It's WONDERFUL to not have those shifting any more. The tape says it's easily removable but since I've only had it down for a few months, I haven't tried that yet. But, SO FAR, this is working very well.
Also filed under boring things that are super helpful. One kid had a wart on his finger that we tried freezing off but that was too painful for him and we were not consistent at remembering the liquid stuff. I found these bandaids at Target and they have been great because he can put them on himself and he's actually pretty good at remembering to do it about every other night. I also had a string of warts on my bottom of my foot which hasn't really been painful but just annoying for a few years. I bought the foot specific ones and they might work even better. I'm treating 3 different spots on my foot so it's taking awhile to get them all resolved but this is certainly easier than any other option we've tried.
There is a picture book she wrote with the same name that we've had for years and we gifted it to many godchildren as well. I used to read it to Sam when *I* needed the reminder that "Don't forget to remember, God won't forget you." regardless of if he needed to hear that or not (who doesn't?? But he was also 3-4 when we read it often so maybe didn't have many worries at that stage of life.) It was years later that I downloaded the song and now it's one I play often, on repeat if I'm particularly struggling with something. It is reassuring and comforting when I need to remember what not to forget.
This is on our morning playlist and is a great reminder as we start our days - God is Good, all the time, even when we can't feel it. Sometimes I just need that reassurance or I'd like my boys to hear it too. Also, it's just a catchy song. I didn't even realize he was a Christian artist until I found this song (I had others by him before). Also, free to download via Freegal with our library login.
Matt got the boys hooked on this, I think they were lamenting something they were watching being over and Matt's like "Oh, I'll find you something with ENDLESS episodes" (due to many remakes of it). This is on Netflix and the deal is the boys can watch it once they are COMPLETELY (besides coats) ready for school, until I say it's time to go. I'd like if something else motivated them but, also, if it saves our mornings I will let them have some Ninja Turtles if it keeps them moving. Sometimes it's 3 minutes. Sometimes it's 20. Depends on how motivated they are to move but they love this so much they are watching it the SECOND time through and even choose this over Sasquatch for their weekend screen time which is just CRAZY because Sasquatch was their favorite screen time for nearly a year.
What have YOU been liking lately?
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