Goose

Raise your hand if you were on your way to work at 6:30 AM this morning and stopped the cars on both sides of Five Forks at Sugarloaf during heavy rush-hour traffic to get a little yellow baby gosling safely across the road? Oh ... just me?! 😂 I’m sure some of the drivers were mad at me, but a mom goose and her baby goslings were caught in the middle of the road during heavy traffic and the babies were running all under the cars. Some cars weren’t even stopping, and the mom  was in a panic (and so was I!). Lily and I pulled over into the turn lane, and I hopped out and stopped the cars so that I could try and shoo the babies and their mom safely to the other side. I almost had everyone to safety when I looked back and saw that one of the little baby chicks could not get over the median. It was running all under the trucks and cars that were stopped. The mom bird came rushing back and was squawking and freaking out because the baby couldn’t get over to where they were. A nice man and a lady got out to try and help me. They held the traffic while I chased this little fuzzy yellow baby chick all over Five Forks Trickum Road! I was finally able to bend down and pick up the baby and carry it over to the side. The mom was squawking and honking and flapping her wings because she was scared I was taking her baby. I was scared she was going to bite me! But she didn’t. She calmed right down and all was well when I set the baby back by her
side in the grass away from the road.

We all may have been a little late for work today, but there’s a little goose family tucked safely in the bushes near the woods tonight.  I figure we moms have to stick together and
help each other out, even if one of the moms happens to be a goose. ❤️🦆

Awkward

Weird story for the day ... I went into McDonalds to get the kids a biscuit for breakfast before church, and while I was waiting a lady walked up to me and said, "My husband wants you to know that you have the most beautiful toes he's ever seen."  Ummmmm  ... thanks?  Awkward on so many levels!!!! Hahaaaaaa!!!

Nightgown

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.

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 remember that I won’t even eat at Waffle House. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Mom

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!!!  :)

Ice Cream Cone

(2012) You gotta love 3rd grade baseball ... it was super hot at the field, one kid overheated, one kid broke his thumb, the team lost .... but the coaches took them to Dairy Queen after the game so all was right with the world!  Apparently, a chocolate dipped ice cream cone is the best cure for just about anything when you're 8 years old!

Monstrosity

ONLY for her 17 year old son would a true Southern woman ever be caught dead ordering something at Wendys called a TRIPLE BACON-ATOR BURGER with extra bacon, gynormous supersized fries, and enough sweet tea to fill a bathtub!  Even the lady at the counter was laughing as I stood there ALONE in my pink sweater and pearls ordering that monstrosity!!! I must have said "It's for my son" eighteen times!!!! Next time he's getting a side salad and a diet coke.

Shot

(2013) Lily Claire had her five year old check up today to get ready for Kindergarten registration on Thursday. When discussing her finger prick tonight, she said to me, "I needed a band-aid for my finger today because the doctor shot it."

Girls

(2014) Yep .... Middle school is on the horizon!  Dyl asked tonight if he could invite some GIRLS to his birthday party at the skating rink.  Those ole yucky girls aren't seeming so bad anymore! 😉. The more things change, the more they stay the same ... girls, pizza, and and skating rinks STILL add up to livin' the dream for an eleven year old boy!

Mouse

Most HORRIBLE event of my day.... I noticed that the outside recycle bin was full of rain water so I gingerly picked it up and dumped out the water right near my foot. Out slid a stiff drowned mouse ... I FREAKED and am still completely creeped out!  I think I may have to take a sick day tomorrow for severe mental distress and trauma!! This definitely ranks up there with the time the squirrel jumped out at me from the outdoor trashcan onto my shoulder ... I am no longer having anything to do with the trash around here!!

China

(2014) Life with Dylan 101.
He was assigned a project in his Social Studies class to learn about China. His task was to bring in a Chinese artifact of some sort and explain about it to the class.
Me: "How did your Social Studies sharing go today? What did you take in for your Chinese artifact?"
Dylan: (whipping out a John Cena wrestling action figure). "This."
Me: (dumbfounded) What? Why?!!  John Cena has NOTHING to do with China!!
Dylan (emphatically): "Yes he does, Mom!  It says right here on his foot, 'Made In China'!"

Great. Can't wait to see the stellar grade we get on that one.

Uno

I am cracking up at this notice from FB on my wall "Jennifer likes Uno and The Bible."  I hope God knows it's not necessarily in that order! 😂😂😂😂

Hooligan

(2014) Had a nice ride with Brandon at the wheel this evening after supper!  He took me up to Kroger to buy some flowers for the kitchen, then we stopped by Grammie and Papaw's house to say hello!  He did a great job!  Tomorrow he's going to drive us to church.  Best quote of the night from Bran:  When a car in front of us didn't use a turn signal, Bran shook his head and said, "Geez.  What a hooligan."  Cracked me up!

Survival

Robert Skeet Taylor loves the show Naked and Afraid, and I must admit, it sucks me in every time! The other night while we were watching an episode, I asked him, “Do you think we could survive 21 days in some terrible, wilderness, survival situation?”
Skeet: No answer.
Me: What?? You don’t??
Skeet: Not really.
Me: ... Why?? Would I be the weak link?!
Skeet: No answer. (smart man)
Sheesh!! I have NO IDEA why he would think that!! I only constantly complain if I’m tired, hungry, thirsty, hot, cold, dirty, itchy, cut, scratched, sunburned, sore, wet, damp, near a bug, or in any way slightly uncomfortable!  WHY would I not be the ideal partner in the jungle for a month?! 😂😂😂 Skeet must be crazy to pass up that kind of paradise!

Skunk

(2013) Dylan came home all dirty and sweaty from his batting practice then played outside until dark.  When he came in, Lily took one step toward him and said sternly, "Dylan, you better go get a bath or your friends will think you're a skunk."  No one loves you like your sibilings!!!  Hahahaha!!