Things to celebrate....and some thing not to celebrate!

Today is a big day in the Glasmann household, today is the day the last Glasmann graces the local high school! No more getting up to say family prayer before Josh heads off to seminary at 5:45am! No more Josh stressing out because he may not get an a++ on some test! Josh is on of about 20 valedictorians in his graduating class. That doesn't make the accomplishment any less though! We are really proud of him. Josh graduated with a 4.0 and plans to attend BYU-Provo in the fall. Way to go Josh!!

Some other things to celebrate this week:
~Jayme and Virginia finally completed all their obligations in Utah and made the long trip back to Oregon.
~getting the moving van unloaded and things put in storage or in their room...as the case may be.
~ Jackie, Zach, Keegan, and Kayden down for the whole weekend!
~Josh getting ordained an elder!
~ A sunny warm Sunday after weeks of cloudy, rainy 50 degree weather!
~finally getting my b-day present, a new phone. I got a blackberry which is nice because I can email and all that jazz while I"m out and about. If you don't have my number and you want it send me an email and I will give it to you.

And because the good always comes with the bad...some things not to celebrate:
~The price of gas
~the utter chaos created by 10 people in a house with three rooms and two bathrooms....I think I counted 8 towels in the downstairs bathroom today.
~The dog Riley getting sprayed by a skunk last night.
Here we are all sitting inside with the windows open watching a movie and all the sudden there is a strange smell....Jackie noticed it about the time I was going to say something and we identified it in time to shut the windows before the house was engulfed in skunk smell. We have never, ever, in the 30+ years that Harward/Glasmann's have inhabited, and roamed all over, this property seen a skunk. Perhaps it has something to do with the weird weather...or something. Anyway the dog was relegated to the out of doors until we could get something to eliminate the smell. Our family is a fan of mythbusters and so the first thing to come out of every one's mouth after the dog got sprayed was "Tomato juice doesn't work". Great...but what does? So I go to the wide world of internet to find out the answer to my question. I got a host of links for my google search and decided to go straight to the most official looking, which happened to be animal control. Now I did get a handy recipe that worked wonders. However since they were dispensing a recipe that worked apparently they felt at liberty to insult the average web page visitor. I mean does anyone have cause to go in search of a recipe for getting rid of skunk smell unless they have been sprayed? Allow me to quote the website (with my comments added):
"So. You or your dog or even a part of your house has been sprayed by a skunk (no ya think), and now you want to get rid of the smell. How do you eliminate the odor once you have been sprayed by a skunk? Well, first of all, you or your dog should have know the warning signs ahead of time. (Seriously, is there a course you need to put your dog through as a puppy cause if so we missed the boat on that one) A skunk will give many clear signals before it sprays. If threatened, it will stamp its front feet, arch its back, and shuffle away. If you don't leave right away, it will turn its posterior toward you, raise the tail, and release the smelly mush, a sulfur-alcohol compound, from the special glands near the rear. This spray not only stinks, but burns and can cause temporary blindness if it is sprayed directly into the eyes. (ok I will be sure and review this information with my dog so that next time he comes in contact with a skunk he will recognize the warning signs...thanks for sharing) Since you didn't take heed and got sprayed (seriously...amazing), here is how to get rid of the smell:
(this really does work but you may want to save yourselves the insult and just write it down somewhere for future reference. That way if your dog wanders off and gets sprayed you can just make the stuff without the insults ticking you off further)

*1 quart 3% hydrogen peroxide
*1/4 cup baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)
*1 teaspoon liquid soap or dish detergent
mix these together and bather (shampoo in or rub down) the spray victim thoroughly. Be sure to use the mixture immediately after it is created, as it is unstable. Rinse with tap water afterward, and repeat if necessary. For spray in the eyes, flush with water as soon as possible.

The spray victim in happier times!