REALLY?

Did you read my post about my mysterious trip to Michaels, how I walked in and two hours later pulled two very large shopping bags full of crafts I will never do, not to mention the 78.62 price tag?  Well, my son asked me to go back for rubber bands for his loom, and I waited because frankly, I had to pay my mortgage and not spend it in Michaels!

What am I talking about?  The Rainbow Loom

The new nirvana of children, the obsession as you make rubber band bracelets.  Why?

Because you can show that special girl you like her by making her a bracelet.

You can sit and cry when you Cobra weave doesn't work and you did it exactly the way the kid in the YouTube Video told you to do.

You can show how cool you are by the intricate bracelet designs on your arm.

In my son's case, you can get paid by other kids to make bracelets that they then give to the girl of their dreams (yes, he takes after the better half)

So yes, before you judge, I have a son that looms, or weaves, or makes bracelets.

Back to my trying not to drop a mortgage payment in Michaels this time around.

We walk in with a list of the different color bands he wants and imagine my surprise.

Not a single loom in the store.

Not a single band in the store.

Really, who are all these kids weaving their bracelets?  Didn't they realize that my son was running out of black and he will make my life miserable?

He looks at me and I frantically look around store, "What?  No looms, no rubber bands?  What is he supposed to do, weave human hair?"  I yell at the cashier.

She calmly says (I guess i'm not the only Mom freaking out), "You can sign up for our loom waiting list, but if you register for the Rainbow Loom Retreat October 18-20th in Asheville you get a free loom with registration.  It is a wonderful time, there will be looming, meditation and detoxing.  All of our Looming Thursday Group kids love it."

I am speechless.  OK, I'm not the only freaky one - we leave the store with me giving myself a point for not signing him up for the Rainbow Loom Retreat JUST TO GET A LOOM BECAUSE BANDS COME WITH IT.

For now we are in a holding pattern, one woman says to me as we leave, "If you hear of any one with non see through neon green bands, I'm prepared to pay top dollar for them."

I smile at her.

I feel your pain honey, I really do.

How To Create a Mom Cave......

Mom's need that special place away that's jut for them, just like Dad's to or have.  So in honor of all the hard work and toil that Mom's go through here's a quick setup for a Mom Cave.  A Mom cave has to have a lock on the door that keeps prying eyes out and children from going in and taking off with any of the special items.  As Moms we know that whenever we get something that's nice, there's always a child behind us saying, "Can I wear that?" or "Can I eat that, you should share?"

Moms are a funny breed, in a Man Cave most immediately say leather couch, a gathering place for the caveman to sit with his breed and watch men hit each other on the TV screen.  Moms on the other hand always say comft chair or chaise, because this is a retreat of just one where a Man Cave is a retreat of many.  The chair would have a great ottoman in front, with a soft fleece shawl behind it for ultimate comfort.  Man Caves mention the kegerator and the TV, Mom Caves need a stack of favorite books, and all those magazines we never get to along with a fresh supply of chocolate and "flavored.

Some men talk about stuffed animals on the wall, we Moms think about candles, what scent would bring out the creative blossom in our Cave.  We talk about light colors, chandeliers and a special area for all those crafty things that make Moms so special.

So the Man Cave is all about bonding with the male species in a unique area while the Mom Cave is all about bonding once again with thyself after days on end of endless bonding with the family.  If you don't have a separate room in the house for your Mom Cave, there's always the bathroom- picture the tub full of rose scented water, scented candles giving the room golden flow, hot cup of zen tea sitting by the side.  Ahh, a special place for that special person in the family - the Mom Cave.

What would you put in your Mom Cave?