OH NO!!

What does not make for a happy mommy?

White laundry, red crayon, dryer.

Oh yeah.

That's what happened to me today.

I almost died right there on the basemement floor.

I'm in the midst of doing laundry and packing for our trip to Florida that we leave on tomorrow. Everthing is going great. The house is reasonably clean, I've wrapped all the presents, have all ingriedients for the cookies I'm going to make later in the day, kids are happily playing together, lending a hand to me when needed. I go to get the white load out of the dryer so I can get the last few items to pack (mostly socks and panties for the girls, although there are also some white turtlenecks they need too) and I am met with a sight foreign to me.

At first, it doesn't register. I'm confused. I thought it was some trick of the dim light over the laundry area. But confusion turns to shock and then utter disbelief as I pull out item after item and it is smeared with red streaks. AHHHHH!!! is all I think. Okay, I actually did let out a small, quiet scream...can you blame me?

I IM my husband at work thinking he'll rush home to help me in my hour of need. Nope. Just offers sympathy and a computer hug. Thanks. Just what I need. (I didn't really think he'd come home, I didn't even ask, but I guess I was hoping he'd just offer?!)

I quickly google how to remove crayon stains from laundry. I love google. I mean I LOVE GOOGLE. I was able to find information on how to remove the nasty stains using 4 different laundry soaps, bleaches, stain removers, etc., none of which I have in my home. I'm desperate so I throw clothes at the kids (yes, we were all still in jammies), we all jump in the car, run through the rain to Publix, buy the stuff, run home, do what I was told on google and HOLY COW...IT WORKED!!! Well, not perfect. But honestly, I don't care about the socks (except the lacey ones I just bought the twins) or the panties. But the stuff I scrubbed and worked on, it's spotless...SPOTLESS!!!!!!!

So, if this ever happens to you. Just email me, or google it. Did I mention I LOVE GOOGLE!!! And this stain remover called "Zout"! I love Zout!