How do you get candle wax out of the drain?

So, the other day, my two year old son was supposed to be taking a nap. Well, little did I know that his busy little hands had made their way into the bathroom. I had a candle burning on the bathroom sink, and it had been lit for a while. I walked into the bathroom and found the candle in my son's hands, burnt out, with no wax in it. I looked into the bathroom sink, and saw green wax everywhere. He had dumped all the liquid in the candle down the drain. Well, as you can imagine, all the wax from the candle hardened and clogged up the drain. For a while we were pouring Drano down the sink, and after a couple of days, we realized that wasn't working. Then my husband got a brilliant idea and boiled some hot water on the stove. We poured that down the drain, and found that all the wax came bubbling up from the drain. We cleaned it out of the sink, and then melted what was left with the rest of the hot water. I don't know, may be our son was trying to teach us a lesson. Like a science experiment. Whatever was going through that crazy little head of his, we now know how to get candle wax out of a drain. So, there's your little intellectual nugget for the day in case anyone ever asks. Or maybe the best thing learned is - don't put a lit candle by the bathroom sink when there's a two-year old in the house...

Crazy Days are Here Again...

Last night we had a terrible ice storm! One of the limbs on the tree in our backyard split in two from the weight of the ice and fell on our house. I praise the Lord no one was hurt. That of course, woke my 2 year old son, who wanted a drink, tried to get it himself, and spilled water all over his bed. (I had to lay a Superman towel over it to get him to back to sleep). When we woke up this morning, we found we had no power. That was TOUGH! Our heat turned off, we had no water, and we didn't want to open the refrigerator because we didn't know how long the power would be off, and we didn't want the food to spoil. (Which it occurs to me now we could have just taken it and set it outside. Duh!) Anyway, in the middle of all this fun we were having, my son tells me that his tummy hurts. His eyes started to water, and his mouth started to pucker like he had eaten a bug, the next thing I know, I've got puke all over me, and all over my new couch. (now, remember, we had no running water-YUCK!) Our power is turned back on now, and boy am I grateful! Anybody else have a good "losing power" story??

Just a couple of thoughts on what to do if you lose power:
- Make sure to stay warm by adding extra layers and wearing hats
- Check on your elderly neighbors and make sure they're dressed appropriately. Also, if they have medical   machinery that runs on electricity, make sure they are moved to a place where they can find electric
- Be careful when going out, because there may some traffic lights without power as well
- Call 911 and report any down traffic lines

Stay safe in this cold weather!!