Making fun of Mom
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You are going as a grumpy librarian …
Life with boys … “Hey, I am going over to visit with our neighbor” … Boy: “It is Halloween night, where is your costume? Never mind I see it … you are going as a grumpy librarian, you even have the two wrinkles between your eyes” … he thinks he is so funny … Continue reading
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Be gentle with me …
Life with boys … Me: “Hey, be gentle with me I am fragile and delicate” …Boy: “You are neither fragile or delicate” …Me: “I am not sure if I should be offended or not by that statement” Continue reading
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Keep up with the Joneses …
Life with boys… Having a discussion in the car about future goals and what is important when selecting a future path and I said something about trying to “keep up with the Joneses” … to which the boy said that he has never heard that term before… Me: “it is a pretty common idiom” …… Continue reading
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Getting lost is inevitable … I am going to roll with it
Life with boys … Me (while driving the car) “why are you looking at me like we are about to get lost?” … Boy: “I have resigned myself to the fact that getting lost is inevitable. I am going to roll with it” … Me – recalculating … Continue reading
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You do look like a hospital patient …
Life with boys … Boy 1: “You should probably go upstairs before people come over” … Me: “is there an issue with me in my pjs?” … Silence … “So, it is ok with you if I go to the store in my pjs, but not into the TV room?” … Boy 2: “Well, you… Continue reading
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You are so old you’re almost dirt again …
Life with boys … Boy: “You are so old you’re almost dirt again” …“Hey” … “Well if you think about the big scheme” Continue reading
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So, you are totally normal then …
Life with boys … “you ok?” … Me: “feeling a bit off” … “so, you are totally normal then” … Continue reading
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Constantly surrounded by a set of orange cones …
Life with boys … We were talking about about perception, so I asked if I am a tough and I can handle anything person or someone who needs to be looked after … Boy: “you are the kind of person who should be constantly surrounded by a set of orange cones” … Me: “For my… Continue reading
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I am collecting brain cells …
Life with boys … boy places (new, clean) plunger over my face … “why?” … “I am collecting brain cells, don’t worry, I got all three” … jackass … send ice cream Continue reading
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Mom is even more brain dead than usual …
Life with boys … “Mom is even more brain dead than usual” … pretty sure I do not appreciate what this implies … Continue reading
About Me
I started this site so my mom could get news about her grandkids without me having to walk her through the process of trying to open and email attachment several times a week. Since then she has passed away and I’ve fallen off the blog wagon, but I’m inspired to pick it up again now.
