(2013) Life with two brothers means that everything gets eaten or used up before Lily Claire can get to it, most of the time! Whenever we buy chocolate milk or doughnuts or ANYTHING, it is usually all gone by the next day when Lily is looking for it, because the boys have gotten to it first. It makes her really mad! Anyway, she went into the pantry this week and the light bulb had burned out. She came out with her hands on her hips, scowling, and said, "Great! Now the brothers have used up all the electricity, too!"
True and funny stories from the lighter side of raising my sons and daughter. As the Southern mama of this crew, I'm usually somewhere between "Bless your hearts!" and "Y'all act like you got some sense!" If we ever need to find our way home, we just follow the trail of red clay and glitter.
Followers
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Lucky
Robert Skeet Taylor, you are quite possibly the luckiest man on earth. All I could find tonight to put on my poison ivy was diaper rash cream, so it is currently all over my face and neck and hands and arms and ears. Paired with its delightful smell and my scratching, it looks especially nice with the old flannel PJ pants I’m wearing that are covered with faded polar bears. I’m also stopped up from the pollen, so I have a breathe-right strip on my nose, and my contacts were hurting my eyes so I have on black glasses with rhinestones. Skeet couldn’t ask for more gorgeous dream woman to hang out with tonight!! #luckyman 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sunday, May 22, 2022
Checks
Life with Jen and Skeet …
We just ordered checks with our new address on them.
My design has pictures of neon colored popsicles with googly eyes and smiley faces dancing on piles of colorful confetti.
Skeet’s are gray.
😂😂😂
Hunk
(2013) Lily was describing Robert Skeet Taylor at lunch: "a person with black white gray hair, wrinkly forehead, hairy arms, and a scratchy face." WHAT A HUNK!! I am laughing soooo hard!!! 😂😂😂
Saturday, May 21, 2022
Golf
(2020) Conversations I had with Skeet on the golf course today… He’s such a lucky man to have me by his side!! 😂😂😂 Wonder if he’ll invite me again soon?
“It’s humid out here”
“Uh oh. I hope you brought a lot of balls.”
“That lake is like a putt putt trap.”
“I’m going to watch from the shade.”
“Aww! Look at that cute dog!”
“I am going to look this tree up on plant app ...”
“I need a drink.”
“Somebody left tees everywhere.”
“They need to empty the trash out here.”
“Why are you using that club?”
“I’m sweating.”
“The woods are lovely, dark, and deep...”
“Woah! Look where this ball is. Somebody did terrible.”
“ I wonder who designs the shape of the sand traps.”
“Don’t get poison ivy getting your ball.”
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood...”
“Maybe you should’ve brought your glasses.”
“What’s with all the ant hills?”
“Hold on. My tennis shoe hurts.”
“This is a no judgement zone.”
“That dude must be burning up in that long sleeve shirt.”
“Oops. It’s ok. Try again.”
“Look at all the dandelions!”
“Wow. We look super white in these shorts. We need a tan.”
“Are there fish in this lake? I just saw bubbles!”
“Don’t hit that guy over there.”
“They should make golf balls out of stuff that fish can eat for when they go in the lake.”
“Should I stop keeping score?”
Friday, May 20, 2022
Praise
(2014) One of my sweet fourth grade boys said to me today, "Mrs. Taylor, the only better woman in my life other than you is my mother." Absolutely precious. I don't think there is any higher praise possible than that!
Thursday, May 19, 2022
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! 😂😂😂
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
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.
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
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!
Friday, May 13, 2022
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. :)
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Lily informed me that she will NEVER kiss anyone NOT in our family because if you go on a date, it's a complete stranger and he could ha...
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