1. The crocuses are blooming! What a happy sight to see. They're so dainty and cheerful, and I love how the petals close up each night and then open when the sun shines on them in the morning.
2. I had a Temple Recommend interview with the Stake this week and had been in the waiting room for 15 minutes before realizing I was wearing 2 different shoes!
I can't figure out how I didn't feel the difference as soon as I put them on. I must have been very focused on getting there because they feel nothing alike...duh. Also, I need to wear nicer shoes.
3. The other day I got in the car and about jumped out of my skin when the cat from across the street tapped me on the shoulder. I love this cat (and have made reference to her before), but have never met up with her in my car before! I grabbed my camera out of my purse to get a picture of her in my backseat, but she hopped into the front and out the window so all I got was this sphincter shot as proof! Crazy.
4. While running into Costco yesterday I was reminded of one of my quirks. I am strangely afraid of dropping my keys down a drain. I have no reason for having such a fear, and yet whenever I am near one of those drains I cling to my keys like they were my most prized possessions. Is this normal?
5. I went into Whitney's class to read books for 25 minutes so her teacher could take a long lunch for Teacher Appreciation Week (all the room moms did this). It made me realize how much I enjoy doing this. I used to do it regularly when Whitney was in Kindergarten and 1st Grade, but this isn't something her teacher this year has parents do.
When I was done reading I said, "We've got to take a picture" and this is what I got. I did NOT say "Being as freaky as possible" or "Try to appear Special Ed" (though clearly that's the look Whitney was going for) they just automatically did that.
**Do you have any flowers blooming yet?
Have you ever worn two different shoes
without noticing for awhile?
What do you think of my cat story?
Do you fear dropping your keys down a drain?
Does harking back to when kids
were little make your heart hurt?**
Have you ever worn two different shoes
without noticing for awhile?
What do you think of my cat story?
Do you fear dropping your keys down a drain?
Does harking back to when kids
were little make your heart hurt?**
28 comments:
Thanks for making me chuckle so many times! :)
I don't think I have ever worn two different shoes...my husband has worn two different socks!
You leave the windows down when you park your car at home? I find this amazing! Love the cat picture!
When I look through old scrapbooks and see pics of the kids and read the things I wrote about them, I am always so glad for my hobby. Looking at their photos usually makes me smile :)
Um...your drain story was slightly amusing :). I don't have that fear but I do have plenty of other really odd quirks (driving by semis on the freeway terrifies me!).
LOVE the hilarious class photo and your line, "Try to appear Special Ed." Helping in the classroom is one of the joys of being a mom for me...
This was great. We don't have any flowers blooming yet, and I can't wait. I have never worn two different shoes and that made me laugh out loud! I can't believe you didn't notice immediately. Did you point it out to the member of the stake presidency interviewing you? It probably would have made his night of interviews to get a laugh like that.
I too was surprised that you leave your windows down, it doesn't sound like you. And I can totally imagine your reaction to finding Roses in your car...
I don't know if I've ever really thought about dropping my keys down a drain before, but I definitely do get slightly panicky when I pass semis on the highway.
Harking back to my tiny kids does make my heart hurt, and I had the same reaction when I saw that photo of Whitney.
Thanks for saying "Being as freaky as possible" and "Try to appear Special Ed" (even though you didn't really say that), because I needed a good laugh! Damn bloody noses.
I'm afraid me or the kids will fall in the grate. So the key thing is not that weird.
i took pictures of irises today! and earlier this week i was sitting outside the white house and noticed that the tulip magnolias were blooming. saints be praised.
i dropped my keys down the elevator shaft at DT (future cougars won't even know what that stands for!) once. talk about a nightmare...though i am concerned about grates and storm drains like we had in california. who do you call if you lose something down one? 911? i have a feeling that whichever government employee you reached would, in no uncertain terms, tell you that you were sol (can i say that here?)...
i remember in high school every. single. time. we took a group photo at least one person would throw the westside gang sign. seriously, i'm sure facebook is packed with pictures of gap-wearing yuppies trying to be all 'what-what' with their gangsta selves.
i wore my shirt inside out all day once. didn't realize it until i got home from work. and *that* is the definition of awesome.
and, i'm going to be saying 'sphincter' all day now.
sPHincter
sphINCter
suh-phincter
Those crocuses are so vibrant and refreshing looking!
That is so funny about your shoes!-I can't say that I've ever done that before--but this mishap sure made for a great opportunity to show your cute feet! I am so envious of your toes!--Mine are like long fingers!
Sooo funny about the sphincter shot there! I could not stop laughing when I read that! Guessing by the angle, I'm guessing Roses is a "she"--hee hee
I have an abnormal fear of the drains as well (more so in NY than here in PA since there were so many there)--After my keys are secure, I can't help myself from peering into them to see what things are lurking below...
(Remember Charlie found the coin that he bought his golden ticket with in the drain!) Maybe my lucky day will come!
I'm going to Jake's school in about an hour to be the mystery reader...I never thought to bring my camera, but I'm going to, now...
I'm trying to capture as many nice things that I do for my kids as possible as proof to them someday that I really did love them...
That's a sweet picture of Whitney--
I have to say that although you had 2 shoes on...your toes looked fabulous!
I do the same thing when I am near a drain! I actually try to avoid going over them at all.
Ah, the photo of Whitney is sweet.
This post is GREAT. From the two different shoes, to the cat INSIDE your car. It's quite funny if you've ever TRIED to get a cat in your car on PURPOSE. Too funny!
I just kinda giggled through this whole post...LOL! :P
I have the same fear about the keys falling into the grate.
We have crocuses blooming as well. I their bright color!
I am dying over the shoes! I have done that once with flip flops that were brown and black. This is hilarious.
I am surprised you leave your windows down! It would have freaked me out big time to have a cat in there!
I confess, I do fear the keys down the drain thing! I think of it every time I pass one and wonder why they make the sections so big and wonder if there are keys down there right now, and who would you call to get them out? And would you really want them back?
Harking back to the little kid days makes my heart ache! Kaylee is going to be 2 in a couple weeks. I know she is still in the little kid days, so I guess I am missing the sweet baby ones. Sigh.
oh jill- this post is classic. the sphincter shot- i'm going to laugh about that all day.
i can't believe you wore 2 different shoes! that sounds like something i'm prone to do these days. don't you love how you never figure it out until it's too late, too?
blooms?!?!? BLOOMS!??!?! i live in freakin' alaska- i'm coming to terms with that. we likely won't see any blooms for months. like until august. this is ridiculous. i love your cat story, too.
harking back to when k was little hurts my heart so much i cry. it happens daily lately. i can't believe how fast they grow up. it makes me incredibly sad- but i hate to stunt his progress, you know? every stage is fun...but wow- does it have to yank your heart out so much?
sorry about the shoes... you really must have been in a hurry there!
I never thought about drains much until I visited NY. Like shannon said, there are so many there. In NY- I can't help but think of rats when I see the drains... eeewwwww.
I think I would've jumped threw the roof if a cat surprised me in the car!!!!!
Totally afraid of keys down the storm drain! I tell myself it is normal.
you think you have a fear of the drain...a cat "attacking" me from the backseat of my car would cause me to need medication (I know Roses didn't "attack" you but I would have felt "attacked" Roses might as well have been Cujo)
I also have a a major fear of dropping my keys in a storm drain! I either walk around them or cling on to my keys. I think it's because of TV show that were on when I was a kid. It seems like there were a bunch that showed things falling down the storm drain and the struggles to get them out. Who knows, it could just be a good ole' case of OCD!
I laughed about the shoes. That's something I would do! At least they were the same color, right? :)
So funny about the shoes and I can totally relate to the drain fear.
Your shoe shot is hilarious. At first I thought you needed help picking one to wear. How funny!
Oh how I wish we had flowers blooming. Thanks for sharing a bit of spring with me.
I like the cat story, the butt shot is sick and funny at the same time.
Ok, I can't believe that you wore two different shoes and had no idea!? Really? How is that possible, I mean, they look alike but they're such different heights. So funny.
I always thought the cat was really named Roses! Even Ashley calls her that. I wonder what her real name is??
That was nice of you to be there for the teacher. I also love being at school, reading to the kids, or just working in the class in general. I think it's such an important place to be (singing Whitney Houston in my head...) seriously. I think it's awesome that you spend so much time there.
blooms!
we have just a few daffodils peeking out. next week they should come out i hope.
you getting that cat photo is as great as our monkey that jumped in our car.
the shoes, oh my that is so funny!
The flowers are beautiful. You don't see many flowers around her because the deer eat them faster than you can enjoy them.
Your shoes crack me up. It's hard to imagine you couldn't tell the difference, but I know I've done something like this before. Actually I think I walk into church one sunday with my slippers on.
A cat in my car would have not only thrown me into sneezing fits, but it would have scared me to death.
Love the picture of the class. I have loved getting to know the kids in my girls classes.
Wearing two different shoes is something that would happen to me in a bad dream! Too funny. The thing that made me laugh the most in this post is "I did NOT say 'Try to appear Special Ed.'" You crack me up!
Having a cat jump at me unawares in my own car would certainly freak me out.
WE don't have flowers blooming yet...just the stems coming up for our tulips and daffodils... I can't wait!!
I don't think I've ever worn two different shoes before. But, I do keep my shoes in a shoe hanging thing, so that must help.
I am completely with you on those drains and keys! I do the same thing, I think oh my goodness what would happen if I dropped my keys down there. It reminds me of a story Amy Wise posted on her blog about her son dropping her keys down a drain at the beach. They had to call someone to come get them out!
And yes, it does make my heart hurt to see older pics of my kids. THey've grown so much so fast!!
Your two different shoes kills me! I did this, but had to spend all day in them at work - who knew I had two shoes that seemed so close to each other in feel - but were completely different in color!
i have left the house with different shoes on before - so embarrassing! honestly, i'm a little relieved to know i'm not the only one! :)
seeing old photos of the kiddos definitely tugs at my heart strings. oh man, that just grow up way too fast.
We have daffodills, snowdrops, buttercups and the forsythia is just barely budding! (We are expecting a hard freeze tomorrow night.....yuk!)
I have come close to wearing two different shoes, but can't recall ever really doing it!
I do wish we all blogged back in the day when our kids (you and Michelle!) were little!
I hate walking over grates and drains! My spike heels don't like it either!
I'm laughing so hard at the different shoe thing...I've done that before. I love the photo of the cat's rear end...our cat likes to give us that view often...what's up with that?
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