OCD

 (2018) Anyone who knows me well knows I have a BAD OCD problem with vacuuming all the time! I have three Roomba vacuums that run all the time and three upright vacuums that I still use after the Roomba. The kids complain that they can’t hear the TV with the Roomba always running to which I just scream, “Too bad!” 😂😂😂 When I downloaded a vacuuming game app, Debbie Leonard wanted to hold a family crisis intervention. 😂😂😂 I know it’s crazy. I once told Bran when he was about ten that  I took med so I wouldn’t clean and vacuum so much, to which he politely said,”Not to hurt your feelings, Mom, but the med’s not working.” 😂😂😂 Anyway he’s been asleep in his room while the carpet cleaner guy has been here today, who he didn’t know was coming, and I got this text from him that cracked me up! He thought poor old mom had finally lost it while he’d been away at school! 😂😂😂

Bonfire

 (2013) Seriously considering burning all the dirty laundry in a bonfire in the backyard rather than doing it all today!  No one would notice a twenty foot burning pile of cloth in my backyard, would they?!!!

Gerbil

 (2011) Lily just asked me if she could have a JEWEL-BALL.  ????  Finally realized she was trying to say GERBIL!  I think the Jewel-Ball is a better option.

Grandma

 (2011) One of my students accidentally called me "Grandma" today  ... I told them their A in my class was now a C minus!!!!  

Moved

 Saw something soooo funny today ....  a church had apparently moved to a new location and all you could see from the road was their former sign.  Unfortunately, the lone sign was right in front of a graveyard and it said, "We have moved.  Call us at our new number."

Gift Card

 I am cracking up that almost everytime I "like" someone's post on FB now, it asks me if I want to give them a gift card!  "Aunt Bernice just found her lost tabby cat in the neighbors garage ... would you like to help Aunt Bernice celebrate with a Starbucks gift card?"

Grumpy

 (2012)

Lily Claire had to dress up as a fairy tale character for preschool today, which sounded super fun last night, but this morning, Lily wasn't quite as thrilled.  Here is a 7 AM picture of the grumpiest princess you'll ever see!

Raisin Bran

 (2011) How many nights in a row is it possible to have Raisin Bran for supper?  I'll be sure and let you know.  Such is my life during baseball season!!

Lipstick

(2013) So I delivered some news to Lily Claire last night that was followed by ten minutes of uproarious squealing, jumping, twirling, and clapping with delight.  Did I tell her we had won the lottery?!  No.  Did I tell her we were going to Disney World?!  No.  Did I tell her she could wear pink lipstick to her ballet recital tonight?  Yes!  It was a major lipstick celebration at our house.  :)

Concert

 I signed up for this site called "Bandsintown" that tracks when music groups that you like are going to be in town doing concerts.  It automatically gets information from your Itunes playlists and puts those artists in a tracking system for you.  It then gave me some suggestions for some other groups I might want to see in concert based on my current favorites.  I had to crack up when it suggested that I be notified when GENE KELLY was coming in concert!  That concert would be quite a marvel since he DIED in 1996!!  I DEFINITELY want to know about THAT concert so I can be the first to get tickets!

Foreigners

 (2013) Lily comes downstairs after her bath this evening and Skeet says in all seriousness, "Hey Lil, you forgot your pajamas on the bottom."

Lil and me:  "It's called a nightgown, Daddy."

Skeet, "Oh."

Yes, Lily and I live as foreign creatures in a Man Cave.

Moms

 One of my favorite memories of the boys is perfect for Mother's Day: One day when the boys were younger, they were arguing and bickering. Dylan kept telling Brandon what to do.  They came stomping up the stairs with Bran shouting, "DYLAN, STOP telling me how to live my life!!  NO ONE can tell you how to live your life!!!"  Then there was a pause and Brandon added, "Except Mom, she tells everyone how to live their life.” Glad he learned that early!!! Brandon Taylor Dylan Taylor

Irony

 Irony: I’m watching a survival show with Skeet and I’m sitting here harshly criticizing this lady for complaining and refusing to eat a big slimy stingray they caught with a spear. Then I remembered that I won’t even eat at Waffle House. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Weights

 (2019) Lily was using some of Skeet’s handheld weights this evening. After about ten minutes of pumping the weights up and down, she informed me that her arms were now very “musculent.”  😂😂😂

Cough

 (2012) Lily kept coughing tonight so I told her I needed to give her some cough medicine.  She thought a minute and said, "No Mom, I need some NOT cough medicine."  Good point, actually!!!