Deciding she needed some examples that were a “little older”, she asked who I mighted have “swooned over” in my day, adding, “Robert Redford? Burt Reynolds? Sean Connery?”
Excuse Me? Let me turn on my hearing aid, daughter. Not sure I heard you, what with all the shuffle-board noises going on.Apparently my daughter thinks I have a thing for old men, considering the aforementioned were all born in the 1930’s. Either that, or she thinks I was on the same yearbook staff as the Golden Girls. Neither option is very flattering.
I responded with “Ewww” or something equally loquacious and suggested perhaps Matthew Broderick or Tom Cruise (both of whom are still older than her dear old mom . . . )
She quickly changed the subject and we discussed the next potential opportunity to spend some quality time together in the same time zone, because CLEARLY we have some “pop culture” issues to discuss . . . of course, this is assuming the nursing home will give me a weekend pass.
I suggest the weekend of the 14th, which she thinks might work:
1) Unless she and Nathan decide to go to Florida
2) Unless she gets tickets to the Kelly Clarkson concert
3) Unless the Aztecs were right, but had their numbers mixed up, and the world ends next week instead of 2012 . . . OR
4) Unless there is a “Family Guy” marathon on TBS
“But,” she says, “if we can ward off all those things, I think we’ll be good.”
I responded, “You forgot about the possibility, according to Dateline NBC, of gas reaching $20 a gallon. Or, of course, alieos invading.” (I meant “aliens”, but I was multi-tasking and didn’t catch the typo.)
She asked, “Are “alieos” the off-brand version of Swiss Cake Rolls? Or are they alphabetized Cheerios?”
“No,” I replied, “Alieos are invaders from Italy. Alphabetized Cheerios would be ‘abieos’.”
At that, she remarked that if gas went to $20 a gallon, I could just buy them plane tickets.
In case anybody wonders, Kevin is my favorite child. At least this week.
(Photo fun by www.yearbookyourself.com)
2 comments:
Stephanie, I've been "stalking" your blog for over year now, and decided it was time to comment.
You are an absolute riot! I can always count on your blog for a pick me up, and there is something about the way you write that just makes me feel like we are long-time friends (though I live in Texas!)
I also thought you might want to know that I decided to go back to church as a result of your blog. I grew up going to church, but left during my college years because it just seemed so hypocritical. The way that you seem to love your church and the way that you sometimes just pour your heart out when life gets frustrating helped me see how much I have been missing out on. And the blog you did on confession one time helped me see a reason for living my life different than I have been for the past 10 years. Anyways I just wanted to say thank you, and one day my preschool daughters will want to thank you as well. God bless.
Oh and I forgot to say that you give great parenting tips too. You are pretty much an all-around benefit to my life. I just wanted you to know.
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