When Magoo asks for a geek, I get him some jews.
When my friend’s daughter asks for her hippy, she prefers the valveless variety with no handles.
This morning Magoo is dining on jews, chi, and faffles.
What are some of your favorite childish mispronunciations?
Being shot down by a three year old who’s almost 4 but still 3 but almost 4 but still wears pull-ups to bed so I’ll call her 3 is too funny to be painful.
Every night at bedtime she gets to pick 2 songs for Dan and me to sing. Sometimes they’re church songs. Sometimes she chooses something peppy. Frequently she requests Continue reading
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Tips are now back on Tuesdays because, hey, I’m the boss of this blog.
My sister-in-law and her roommates used to always ask me for romance advice because I’m totally married so I know pretty much all there is to know about dating and romance. The advice was so good that a couple of months ago she set off on an 18 month adventure as the Mormon equivalent of a nun.
Good times.
Today please give me signs that a relationship is just not meant to be. Here are mine.
It’s just not meant to be if:
-You excitedly take the big step of going home with your true love to meet the fam, only to have him introduce you by saying, “This is Kathryn. She lives in my apartment complex and she didn’t have anywhere to go for Thanksgiving.”
-You have to call Delilah to find out what “your song” is.
Now you go…
When the giant bottle of Lycopene smashed to the ground 5 minutes ago, I said it.
When Laylee asked if she could lick it up off the floor, I said it again.
I believe there are much worse words I could be using at times like these. At least Magoo doesn’t think “friggin’ crap” is the answer to all of life’s questions, or anything like unto it.
Are your kids on a first name basis with your car rental return guy? 12 hours ago I would have said “Neither are mine.” Not anymore, people, not anymore. We are all now intimately acquainted with Brian and he with us.
When he leaves our side, Laylee asks, “Where’s Brian?”
“Oh, he just went to forage for food or check on the road conditions,” I will answer, “He’ll be back in a minute.” Continue reading
