THANK YOU to everyone for your sweet, supportive comments on the last post (regarding our unexpected family health crisis). My goodness, what a gift you lovely people are. We all appreciate your thoughts, wishes and prayers so much. (((Hugs.)))
Big thanks to Anna Liffen at A Storm in a Wine Glass for the unprovoked and unexpected shout-out she gave me in this post. Her blog is fantastic!
Thanks to Joanna at Applecrumbles for recommending LJKGW to her readers. Her blog makes me slobber (in a good way).
More thanks to Write from Karen for including my post "Curb Appeal" in her Blogger's Best Carnival for April 2009.
Thank you to Joppa Road for dedicating the Beatles tune "'Till There was You" to me. Dude, you picked one of my favs - thanks!
And thank you to the wonderful Pseudonymous High School Teacher (not to be missed!) for this delectable morsel:
I may have heard a couple of these myself this week! lol
ReplyDeletebwahahahaha...it seems so much funnier when I am not hearing these comments in my own house!!!
ReplyDeleteIf there's one thing I've learned, it's not to accept someone's invitation to "come smell this".
ReplyDeleteOur smells are currently all coming from the dog. Charming. But we did manage to lose and to find several insane things in unexpected places this week. Thanks for the hilarious round-up.
ReplyDeleteSo happy to have you back. Your blog always puts a smile on my face.
ReplyDeleteFunny post! I just need to know what smelled so bad!!! ha
ReplyDeleteSo you're saying I should enjoy these early pre-verbal days?
ReplyDeleteActually - my three are all pretty verbal now - but as toddlers and speech delayed preschoolers, they mainly talk about stuff I can pretend I don't understand.
My Wii remote smells like pancakes.
ReplyDeleteWe'd be set if we could find someone with an Orange Juice scented Wii-mote!
All in a mother's day work. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteA twitch? I am surprised you don't have a full-on seizure after hearing these comments! Great post. Your creativity is an inspiration.
ReplyDeleteEFH
Hilarious! I couldn't write what was heard at my house... I don't know how to bleep things out on a blog.
ReplyDeleteIt is so important to write things down when you hear them, yes?
ReplyDeleteMy son this week said he's changed his mind about wanting to be an orthopedic surgeon. He would rather be a stunt man, or be on a show like Wild Boys.
Welcome back, Dude!
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you up and running again.
ReplyDeleteSoooo, what was the smell?
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The Blue Ridge Gal
So glad you are back and at it. Hope all is well and that smell issue has resolved at your house. Random mystery smells are unfortunage. Once a bottle of milk got pushed under tiny's mattress. That nearly drove me over the edge.
ReplyDeleteThat whole smell thing makes me think of something that happened here last week.
ReplyDeleteSomeone a few miles away kept smelling gas. They called out the utility company -- twice -- but their super-detecto-meters showed nada.
I drove by the blackened shell where their house used to be yesterday....
Now, that was big fun!
ReplyDeleteWow- How do you get your kids to speak in colorful thought bubbles like that? My conversations are in just plain old ordinary clear thought bubbles.
ReplyDeleteGotta start drinking red wine, I guess.
Those are priceless. I'm afraid me and my roommate aren't that entertaining, but I'm thinking that might be a good thing! Great blog!
ReplyDeleteLMAO!!!
ReplyDeleteAs it all swirls around us, we just carry on, twitching.........
ReplyDeleteThis was a a scream because it was so very familiar.
Absolutely the funniest lines in the universe! Thanks for the giant laughs today! Hope all is well!
ReplyDeletesounds like a pretty mellow week, huh? i sure enjoyed reading these, particularly b/c i have to make an egyptian princess costume asap.
ReplyDeletehahahaha...that's so funny, I was just thinking about blogging "things you never expected to hear as a mom." I love it. My favorite at this house so far?
ReplyDelete"Stop licking my leg."
And I'M the one who said it!
Anna, what can I say - I absolutely LOVE you and you crack me up without fail every time there's a new post on here. You are but you're one of a kind! Also saw a clip on YouTube - the air quote is a classic! You had me doubled over!
ReplyDeleteLove the "heard at home" comments. Priceless!
SO glad to have you back - never go away again!! - and I hope that whatever the crisis was, that you and your loved ones are OK now.
Anna
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Wait just a darn minute. I think I smell it too.
ReplyDeleteYep, I definitely smell it.
Don't know what it is, but I think it may be viral.
Thanks for sharing!
Hilarious! My husband would probably be happy if the Wii remote smelled like bacon.
ReplyDeleteLol this is pure gold. Kinda makes living alone seem boring...
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly what I needed after today. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteUr funny. I found you through Nobody But Yourself. Send her a thank you note.
ReplyDeleteI'm subscribing. Hope you don't mind.
I heard this one:
ReplyDelete"Mom, I'm pregnant! Again."
Fortunately, she's 30 and married, so it's okay. :)
That's a fun bowl of comments if I've ever seen one =]
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you're back!
ReplyDeleteYesterday, I discovered that if you keep muddy, sweaty cleats zipped up inside a gym bag, ahem, they don't smell at all!
love it.
ReplyDeleteYou're back!!
ReplyDeleteBut why was the dog chewing gum?
And what were the purple lines on the back of your shapely knees?
If you have a hockey player in your house, especially a goalie, I KNOW what the smell was! Welcome back!
ReplyDeleteI really want to see a dog chewing gum now.
ReplyDeleteYou are making me glad that Lily can't talk.
ReplyDeleteMiss you! Looking forward to lunch with you.
Man, I'm jealous! All I got this week was "Mommy, come quick, there's a worm in my bed!!" This, of course, was at 4am.
ReplyDeleteGoodness! Each blurb was an instant visual. So funny. That was a succinct burst of humor.
ReplyDelete(Now, my co-workers are looking at me with strange eyes wondering what I'm laughing at.)
Thank you, thank u, thank q!
In our house we only have scratch and smell.
ReplyDeleteOh heck, thank you so much for this...was feeling a bit glum (common state of mind) but you've just cheered me up. Feeling slightly queasy about the smells though.....(oh, and wait a minute, there's the sound of the dog hawking in the hallway....right on cue).
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, the flossing on is the best! Sounds so rational doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're back! I am constantly amazed at the things I hear and say around the house now that I have kids.
ReplyDeleteYikes! At least half of those I overheard in my son's bedroom....
ReplyDeleteThe Mister asked me several of these things today. But not about the dog barfing. He is conveniently not home when the dog barfs or there is a large bug.
ReplyDeleteGlad to have you back! Hope all is well
I love eavesdropping in public places ... uh, I mean, listening to random conversations. One of my favorites: "She's going to North Carolina this weekend because she looks to the Cherokee Nation for spiritual guidance -- and pottery."
ReplyDeleteLOL it makes my house seem so bland. And I'm very grateful for that small blessing. Although the one about "I cut it off with my school scissors" had me busting a gut!
ReplyDeleteDid I take the blue pill, is this the Matrix, are we living the same life?
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing the sink and the smell were correlated? So glad you are back and hope all is well now with your famil.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are up and blogging again. Loved this post.
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Very funny! However, it would be funnier if it didn't sound all too much like my week.
ReplyDeleteI missed your post on the family emergency, but hope all is well. I have that same dang twitch. The only difference is I have cat puke instead of dog puke. BAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ReplyDeleteHave you also noticed NO ONE but mom can clean up puke or poop of any kind?
love those quote bubbles! and what was the smell coming from????
ReplyDeleteHilarious. The splinter one happened in my house yesterday.
ReplyDeletehope all is well with your family.
Haha!
ReplyDeleteWere you able to pull off the Mother Superior costume? I can't sew so my daughter would be screwed if she needed something like that.
Well, thank YOU fo giving us htese tidbits from your household. And yes, I have heard a few of those chez moi. Two kids, eleven and eight. Go figure. Many thanks.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from London.
So glad you're back my lovely...
ReplyDeleteI've had a twitch under my eye for the past three years (which coincides with my becoming a principal... hmmmmm....). In my opinion, the twitch should become the *new* normal.
ReplyDeleteAnd why is it that people want to share disgusting smells with the world?
Heh...brilliant examples of catching the public unaware that nothing is private anymore, least of all our conversations. It's when I hear words to the effect of "...and so I popped this boil...", "...and the doctor started probing me down...", or "...and when I got up off the toilet..." that I start to tune them out. There is such a thing as too much information.
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Anna I love how this post looks. Those are so cool.
ReplyDeleteI love the cashier and the purple lines. I love the whole ongoing conversation.
Love Renee xoxo
Any woman that can work the word bacon into a post is A-OK in my book!
ReplyDeleteYou made me LOL.
You have inspired me to keep a record of the all-too-often missed quips of wisdom that bounce around my house.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant!
omg ... your blog makes me laugh waaaay out loud, louder than i have ever laughed at any blog. i must add you to my blog roll!
ReplyDeleteLoved the post about your enlightening weekend as well.
Hysterical! And I totally smell that.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite? "I don't need to floss. I only ate big things." Awesome.
ReplyDeleteThe dog chewing the gum one did it for me :)
ReplyDeleteStopping by to say hi.
Only eating big things sounds like a valid reason not to floss to me.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are back!!