Some-pun special for Friday...

I received these in an email...rather than forward and clog everyone's email, I decided that I'd just copy and post here...then I can come back and read and laugh again and again! Some of these are really good...some pretty stupid...it will be par for this blog! Have fun with them and I'll add something personal later...maybe.

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The ability to make and understand PUNS is the highest level of language development...

1. A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at him and says, "I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger."

2. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says, "Dam!"

3. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Suurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

4. Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says, "I've lost my electron." The other says, "Are you sure?" The first replies, "Yes, I'm positive."

5. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal: transcend dental medication.

6. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why?", they asked, as they moved off. "Because," he said," I can't stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer."

7. A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain; they named him "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."

8. A group of friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not. He went back and begged the friars to close. They ignored him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to "persuade" them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he'd be back if they didn't close up shop. Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that only Hugh can prevent florist friars.

9. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and, with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him (Oh, man, this is so bad, it's good) a super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

10. And finally, there was the person who sent ten different puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did.

Y'all have a great Friday! Those in JC, have a fantastic Homecoming...those not in JC...well, you can have a great Homecoming too...just go home. Pretend it's something new and exciting. Have tea and cookies, then relax and laugh about old times. It'll be fun. :)

Couples' Retreat...

Ahhh...what a nice weekend! We got to go to a Couples' Retreat hosted by the Fairgrounds Road church in JC! It was so nice to have a couple of days with other couples and no kids to focus on each other, our relationship and our walk with God.

We saw several old friends and family...met lots of new ones (new friends, not new family--we pretty much already know them!)...and had lots of fun.

But mostly, we learned some things about ourselves and realized some things in our relationship that we need to spend a little more time and energy on. Mark was one of the speakers and as Scott put it, he "made my eyes leak". I'm sure part of it was hearing things that I needed to hear and realizing things that I needed to realize about myself and my role as a wife and mother. But I think another part was hearing it from my brother! He really did a great job! I was really proud of him and how much he was able to teach us. He's really pretty great. If I do say so myself! The weekend was wonderful...and we'll definitely go back! Too bad we'll have to wait two years!

But I think I may not be hungry again until then. *UGH* :o)

This week is looking quite promising...

• Promising to be busy. (Something every night until Thursday!)


• Promising to be cooler! (Temps only into the lower 80's this week!)


• Promising to be fun! (Lunch Bunch with each of the girls at school--Wednesday thru Friday!)


• Promising to have more beds made than last week! (Scott made ours this morning before his shower! First time in I-don't-know-how-long!!)


• Promising to be better listened to...in more ways than I can list!
  

Not bad...

And now I've got to do some work!

Wacky Hair Day & Weekend fun...

This week is the annual book fair at school and they also plan special day for the kids to get to do different things. You know, like team spirit day, hat day, wacky hair day...our favorite is always Wacky Hair Day. It's getting a little more difficult...too many heads to make crazy!! This year was no exception though...the girls were thrilled with their do's for the day...




















So this weekend I get to escape with a couple of girlfriends and scrapbook all weekend! How about that for a deal?! I wasn't going to go, but Scott encouraged me to take advantage of it...the opportunity just accidentally fell into my lap when another girlfriend had to change her plans, but had already reserved a space. Anyway...I'm going and gonna get lots done! And probably wet my pants at some point during the 3 days! lol

I have to say this: Scott is something else. Not only did he tell me I should go scrapbooking this weekend, he signed us up to take food to our newest family of 3 from church...and since I won't be here to make something to take, he's going to handle that too! I know they'll eat well...he decided to cook a tenderloin in the Cajun Cooker. He made one for us last Saturday and it was AMAZING! Talley & Jackie are probably getting a way better deal by having Scott's food than if they had gotten something from me! If you ever get the chance to try any of the meat that Scott makes, you will be in for a treat! He has really been working on his smoking techniques and recipes and he's getting better and better. He has actually podiumed (placed in the Top 10 & won prizes/$$) a few times at some of the BBQ competitions he goes to every month. I thought his ribs were great before, but last month he pulled out a new recipe and they were even better! I now love eating pulled pork--he makes some awesome sauces--one with Cherry Coke and one that he calls BT sauce. I don't know what that means, but it is good. I mean, GOOD. There are always a bunch of dirty dishes when he gets done mixing it all up, but the house smells mighty tasty for a couple of days! Anyway, he's really enjoying his cooking competitions and I think he's getting much better. Who knows, maybe he'll show up on Food Network someday! Until then...I'll wonder how anyone else's ribs could possibly be any better than the ones he makes!


Why did I have to bring that up? Now I want to eat...

Ironing stinks, but bowling smells like smoke.

Does anyone in the world actually enjoy ironing? I'm just wondering. Everyone I talk to hates it and thinks I'm crazy for doing it at all. I wonder how they make it out of the house without having ironed clothes to wear. I mean, really...ironing isn't nearly as bad as wrinkles. Look at all the media chicks. They have their clothes and faces ironed. Shouldn't we at least iron our clothes? Well, I think so. I don't like it, but it has to be done...so I ironed Monday night after Girl Scouts. I don't iron everything. Just the stuff with wrinkles. Some stuff just gets fluffed if it sits too long before folding. Anyway, I got a lot done in a couple of hours: 3 skirts, 4 pants, 6 shorts, 12 dresses and 18 shirts...thought I was doing really good and then I realized I had 3 more loads of laundry that weren't in the ironing pile yet. Oh well...I'll see if I can top my record another day (56 dresses in one afternoon...four girls are a lot to keep up with when the seasons change!). For now, everyone has some smooth clothes to wear. And I have a crick in the top right side of my back...

Bowling...although fun...is also stinky. Why must everyone smoke while bowling? I mean, I don't smoke and I'm feeling pretty good about my 131 average right now...and it will probably come up a bit after this week since I bowled a 166 in my second game! I wonder if I'd bowl even better with a cigarette hangin' out of the front of my face...hmmmm. I'll stick to Mr. Pibb.

And maybe next week I won't iron for two hours the day before bowling...

Minor details...

Do you ever have those moments when you just wonder who your children are and where they came from? We do. I think Scott wonders more than me. He thinks they are so weird. They remind me of well, me...

*You know, when Savannah wears pink paisley knee socks and pink Converse hi-tops with a pair of blue shorts and red t-shirt. Brings back memories of me in high school PE class with bright purple tights under my gym shorts and pink Converse hi-tops. I thought it was great...apparently Mrs. J didn't. She called me Punky Brewster and said no more tights. I hope Savannah keeps her identity...life is just more fun with pink paisley socks...

*Or when Sydney gets her hair cut and it's at the bottom of her ears and she says, "It's too long. I want it up to here." And holds her hand at the top of her ear. I understand. Below the ear is definitely too long. You may as well be Rapunzel...

*Or when Peyton sings and sings and sings in the bedroom, the bathroom, the kitchen, the living room, upstairs, downstairs, in her nightgown...and while she's sleeping...and eating. She just sings. Sometimes it's songs we know and we laugh because it's cute for a six year old to sing the entire HSM2 Soundtrack...sometimes it's a song about bubbles and socks and Polly Pocket. Then we laugh because we can't believe she is making up verses...with the same tune each time...and the same chorus after each verse. With an ending. There's always an ending. Amazing. I love music, but that...well, that's amazing. She gets music. Did I mention that I think that's amazing? She also wants to be Rapunzel.

*Or when Lili can't tell an entire story or answer a question without spinning around and jumping up and down 5 times (give or take a few). Some would say we should have her checked for ADHD...I say we should remember how exciting going to the fair really is when you're 4...and let her jump and spin. Scott had a hard time, but he did it...and he found out that she saw chickens and turkeys (spin, spin, jump) and ducks and geese and cows (jump, jump, jump)and pumpkins and sheep (and Amy and Joshua really like these...jump, spin) and pigs (mommy's favorite!! spin, spin, spin, fall down, get up, jump) and horses and donkeys (jump, spin, jump) and tractors (John Deere!!!!!!--JUMP, JUMP, JUMP, spin, fall down again, get up, spin, jump) fish and a snake (but I didn't want to touch it, jump, jump) and snacks (cotton candy, jump, funnel cake, a cookie but I didn't want it and lemonade!, spin, jump and fall one more time.) So, did she have fun? "Yeah, it was pretty good." And she wandered off...

So we were eating Long John Silvers for lunch yesterday. Well, really we were just eating food from LJS...anyway...I don't know what we were talking about, I think I had said something dumb and realized it too late. Sydney said, "Minor details." I agreed...then she says, "Minor details? I don't even know what minor details means. I know about Minor Prophets. I don't know about minor details." Good one, Syd.

Doesn't really seem all that weird to me...maybe Scott is the weird one...he played basketball in high school and college. Super short hair and paisley socks, Minor Prophets, singing and spinning til you fall down are way more cool.

I think my kids are amazing. All of them. Even Scott...really.

getting back in the saddle...

Well...let's be honest. I'm bad at keeping up with things.

An update is in order...I'm working on one in my mind. Let's just call this getting back in the saddle...and I'll try a little more tomorrow!

We've started school...Lili is going to preschool this year...the other girls are in 1st, 2nd & 3rd grades! (one reason for no updates!) Unbelievable! I'm still plugging away at my "new" job as church secretary (another reason for the year of no updates!) Scott is somewhat recovered from his torn achilles last November (yet another reason for no updates!). We are all well...and still have no tonsils! (this has nothing to do with the lack of updates!)

I'll try to post some pics and more info in the next few days. I'm about to get settled in this job...I think I can work it into my schedule!

Still a little stiff at this, but at least I remembered how to log in and which password to use!

More to come...