Elisa's Journal

I'm sure the minute you guys read this entry you're all going to run, not walk, to the nearest bookstore to return my book (if you bought it.) You know...Raising Children Who Think for Themselves? Seems I need to write a new one: Raising Mommies Who Think at All. Even A Little Bit. Ya see, I got bored yesterday and I had heard that if you put dry ice in a plastic bottle, then add alittle water, tighten the cap, leave it somewhere and then run, it makes a cool but "harmless" (Ha!) explosion. Naturally, I don't have enough sound in my house anyway, so I decided to try it. In my house. I didn't want to upset the neighbors. Hmmm. So I made a small one after making sure all my kids were in another room, completely safe. Then I covered it with a heavy Igloo cooler and ran like Hell. Well it did explode alright, and turned the cooler into the Space Shuttle taking off for the ionosphere, much to the chagrin of my ceiling. Since, I've been suffering under the admonishing gazes of my kids and sheetrocking in the hole. Just finished sanding and putting the knockdown texture this morning. Needless to say, my husband, Officer Safety, wasn't too pleased. But as I see it, more mistakes, more materials for my books.