Izziosyncracies

Funny Zee stories.

1. Came running to me yesterday and told me that her toy told her that she had to roast a marshmallow over the fire. So I told her to go roast a marshmallow then, and she got really indignant and said, "But princesses don't roast marshmallows over the fire!" Okay then.

2. Came up to me and announced that boys have peanuts and that Daddy and Cooper have peanuts. I said yes, they do (just because it's easier). She then got a very pensive, quizzical look on her face and asked, "What do you call it what we eat in the restaurant?" Okay, so it wasn't easier after all.

3. My lips have been extremely, painfully, inexplicably chapped lately, and I just bought some medicated chapstick. I was looking for my new chapstick and realized that I had accidentally left it in my pants pocket, and my pants were in the washing machine, so I said, "Uh oh!" Zee asked why I said that, so I told her. A minute later, she came running up to me and said, "I brought you my red chapstick!" I keep a strawberry-flavored Bonnebell chapstick in her bathroom, and she remembered and brought it to me! So kind and sweet. Proof that Jay and I are doing alright as parents.

4. Just got out of the shower, Zee, May, and me, and Zee was complaining about being cold. She always complains about being cold even though it's hotter than sin here. She was fussing and I told her that she didn't have to fuss, and she said yes, she did have to fuss. And I said no, she didn't have to fuss. And she said, "Yes, I do have to fuss. It's in my story!" Hahaha, way too much Super Reader on PBS! Zee is really starting to use logic, even if it's not correct logic.

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Okay, that last line was Zee. She was checking her email =).

Thankful for God answering prayers, even if it's not the answer I wanted or asked for. God knows my heart better than I'll ever know, and He knows what is true and good, and I have faith in Him.

Honey Do....

Hahaha, this is a funny one!

Jay really has one consistent chore (that doesn't mean he only does one thing!), and that is to take the garbage to the curb on garbage day. Jay consistently forgets to do this chore. Inevitably one of two things happens come Wednesday morning, depending on my schedule: either I take the garbage down myself or I yell for him to ruuuuuun to get the garbage out as I hear the garbage truck passing by our house. It's usually the latter....

So today, I heard the familiar rumble of the garbage truck passing our house and I yelled out for Jay. He jumped up, and I went to check out the front window to see if it really was the garbage truck. And lo and behold, our garbage can is already on the curb! I ran to Jay and told him how sweet he was for remembering to put the can out last night. Awwwww, he remembered! But then he looked confused when I thanked him. He didn't remember putting out the can.... But he has a bad memory, so it's entirely possible that he just plain forgot he did it. I decided to go outside and make sure it was our can and not somehow a neighbor's misplaced (on purpose) can.

And I saw our neighbors dragging our can back up the cliff we call a driveway. They started laughing and saying they hoped we didn't mind. I said, "No, thank you for taking out our garbage!" And they said, "No, thank you for letting us use your garbage can!" Haha, they're in the process of moving and had too much garbage, so they needed another can. We keep ours out on the driveway, and they tried knocking to ask permission. I didn't hear the knock, so they used it anyway (which we, of course, don't mind). We had a good laugh over the mistaken garbage-taker-outer identity!


Things to be thankful for:

1. Small universities. I've experienced both small and large, and while small does have it's cons, the pros outweigh the cons by a mile. The personal atmosphere...nothing compares to it.

2. An unexpected hour to finish my homework sans kids. Now I have the afternoon and evening to spend with my family.

3. Homemade bread...soooo good! I don't really have anything to add to this =).