lice theory

(to go along with Ben's germ theory)

I have overcome the urge to strip all of our carpet, replace all of our furniture with plastic IKEA versions, and install a detox shower in our house.  Between our encounters with lice, and the fact that all kinds of nasty flu, strep, and stomach cooties are striking all around me, I feel a wee bit paranoid.

I have still not found a single live bug this round, but have found a couple of eggs here and there on the two girls throughout the week.  I know that it's going around in our area, so I really don't even know if this round was from something in our house or they got lucky and picked something up somewhere else.  My brain is a pile of powder from figuring out where I could have missed something.  I know, I need a chill pill, bad.  Nonetheless, I took advantage of Ryan's presence this weekend and had him totally remove the girls' beds from their bedroom (they're taken apart and sequestered to the garage) and then vacuumed and steamed their carpet really good.  I am planning to paint the girls' room finally while they're out of there, and then sometime soon when Ryan brings our stuff back from CA they will use the beds from out there.  I have psychological issues with their beds here now.  :-D

I ordered a super duper magic lice comb that will come this week.  I also spent a good chunk of yesterday reading about and then ordering some magic lice potions, that will also come sometime this next week.

Lice -- BRING IT.

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For those of you who would like to close your ears and sing LALALALALALALALALA really loud when I talk about that, here is a nice picture of my kitty.

She doesn't give a diggity dang about lice.  Or germs.  She sneaks into the bathroom after someone uses the shower, and licks the leftover wet spots.   Mmmm.

Comments

[SassyButt Friend Misty]

You and I need to plan a girls night or day to go to IKEA:) Love the kitty pic...take a deep breath, this too shall pass;)

[Jeannie]

I'm soooo sorry about the lice, that makes me head itch just thinking about it!!! *scratch scratch* We haven't had it yet but I'm sure it will come one day especially since I noticed all the coats hanging together at school (uh..hello...) but we do have all other kinds of cooties that have shown their head here, we're fighting a 3 week stomach bug right now... good times... :}

PS If you come up here to go to Ikea, you better make it a day trip and come visit me, I'll even disinfect and ban my children to their rooms so you don't catch our nasty bugs :)

[Jen]

HATE lice!! We had it go through our house a couple of years ago - NOT fun!!! Hugs!!!!