Steve

(2018) We have home phones that will "announce" who is calling once the phone rings.  It's a lady computer type voice that can be hard to understand sometimes.  Anyway, the other morning I was super busy trying to arrange haircuts, get house chores done, etc.  And, of course, the phone kept ringing and ringing all morning.  Every time the caller ID said, "Call from ... Steve."  I never actually looked at the phone or number since I was busy and by the third call from "Steve," I was shouting back to the caller ID, saying things like, "STEVE, I don't know you!" ... "Steve, Quit calling me, I'm busy!" and "STEVE, GIVE IT UP!  STOP CALLING!!!"  Finally after about four or so calls from Steve, I stomped over to the phone as it rang again and I actually READ the caller ID ... which said "SKEET" NOT "Steve," as the lady computer voice kept saying!  (Guess she didn't have anything in her database for the word SKEET.)  Poor Skeet had been calling all those times from Pep Boys, needing a ride home while they worked on his car.  Oh dear.  I will definitely be taking calls from STEVE from now on!  Hahahaaa!  Sorry, Skeet!

Relish

 (2019) Lily and I were at Kroger yesterday, and I was buying some egg salad at the deli. I said to Lily that I hoped it didn’t have relish in it because I don’t like relish.

Lily: What’s relish?

Me: It’s sort of like chopped up pickles. I don’t like it. 

Lily: Oh! It’s what Papaw puts on his hot dogs!

Me: Yes!

Lily: No, I don’t like relish. And I don’t like hot dogs either! 

Me: You don’t like hot dogs??

Lily: No. Well ... I guess if it was the Great Depression I’d eat one, but otherwise no. 

😂😂😂😂 Ok! Good to know we have our Great Depression plan in place!!

🌭 🌭 🌭 🌭 🌭 🌭 🌭 🌭

Dry Clean

 (2013) Embarrassing moment of the day:  I took some clothes from our trip to the dry cleaners and obviously had not done a good job of sorting out the clothes in my suitcase when we got back.  Case in point:  after I dropped off the clothes to be cleaned, the nice, Indian dry cleaner man chased me down in the parking lot to return a pair of my underwear and a bra I had mixed in with the dry cleaning.  Nice.

Cute

My 14 year old daughter just very politely and diplomatically asked if I could wear a “cute outfit” to her high school registration on Thursday instead of, in her words, “what you usually wear around the house.” 😂😂😂 

I’m not recalling the boys ever asking that!! 😂😂

 #girls #shouldibeinsulted

Adored

 I am one lucky gal to come home EVERY evening after all these years and be COMPLETELY idolized and adored and smothered with undying love and kisses; to have a best friend who NEVER leaves my side, loves and appreciates everything I cook for dinner (even if it’s reheated McDonald’s chicken nuggets from lunch), hangs on my every word, AND watches Hallmark movies with me without EVER complaining or changing the channel to ESPN ... yes, indeed, you are the BEST puppy ever, Buddy Taylor!! (What? You thought I was talking about someone else???Robert Skeet Taylor 😂😂😂)

Rushing

 (2016) Got tickled today at Walmart observing a teenage worker who was moving so slowly that I was concerned if she even had a pulse!  When we encountered her again in the store, I noticed her t-shirt said "Rushing Toward Success." It's going to be a long, long journey at that pace!!! Hahahaaaa!!!

Citizen’s Arrest

 (2014) We bought a special promo cup for Brandon at RaceTrac that you can refill through August 1st for free every time you are there.  Today he drove past there and went in to fill his cup and leave.  Some older man (another customer) chased him out of the store screaming, "Hey!  Hey!  You didn't pay for that drink!!!  Come back and pay!!!"  Bran turned around and said, "It's a promo cup you can refill for free."  The guy said, "Oh." and went back in the store.  Guess it was a Mango Slushie Citizen's Arrest of some sort!  Sheesh! :)

4th of July

 (2011) Lily Claire, age 3, was looking at all the 4th of July decorations for our cookout tonight and asked, "Mommy, who's birthday is it?"  Thinking I was being clever, I said, "It's America's birthday today!"  Lily thought a minute then asked, "So when is America coming over?"  Oh well.