funerals

My husband and I attended a receiving of friends tonight for the grandfather of a very dear friend to us. My husband's aunt was gracious enough to watch the kids for us while we went. When we returned home, we were discussing how out of place I feel and fear of saying the wrong thing or not knowing what to say. The comment was made about some people commenting on how good the deceased person looks (I'm sure out of kindness or because they don't know what to say). So I got to thinking that when I die, I want someone to really do a bad job on my makeup. I want tacky eyeshadow on and my lipstick to be crooked and reddest blush they can find. I want people to be able to walk past my casket and laugh out loud and be happy because I will be happy!

On another topic relating to funerals: Dear Abby recently responded to a person's concerns about dead people not being buried in their underwear and socks. I thought about how embarrassing this would be for me (if I could see it)- I have large breasts and if they don't put a bra on me (and I'm laying in the casket on my back), I know my boobs are going to fall to the sides. I really want them to look better for all those that have to come by and look. What is even sadder is that I think about these things!

can I?

Last night was Pumpkin Pie's piano recital and she done wonderfully. She was one of the few that did not make any mistakes and we are so proud of the hard work that she puts into practicing. Sweet Pea has been requesting for the past year to take Violin lessons and we have put it off because we think she may be a little too young to start. So, last night, some of the other kids in the recital played violins. Sweet Pea was listening to one of them play, looked at me and said, "Can I play hers when she is done?" She thought that she could get up and play the Violin at the recital (and know how) just because she wants to play. I am thankful for her self-confidence and we are now going to look into Violin lessons.

Piano Recital

Pumpkin Pie has a Piano Recital this week and I thought I would give everyone a special performance. She will be playing "When the Saints Go Marching In" and does an excellent job with it. I am so proud of her!

Joke

I just typed up a whole thing and accidentally erased it...Ughh!
Anyway, I thought that I would share a joke with everyone today. It is something that we heard on Backyardigans but my husband tells it to me when I am getting irritated with something. It is not a funny joke, more corny than anything. So here it is...

What do you call something that is big, red, and eats rocks?


A big, red, rock eater! (Cheesy huh!)

On another note, I have been unable to recall the funny things that Pumpkin Pie said the other day but I will blame that on my migraine today that just recently eased up a little bit.

R.I.P. Angel Grace; Welcome Mario

I blamed Matt for Angel Grace's departure at first. I typically clean the fish bowl and I asked him to on Friday. Saturday morning, Angel Grace was floating. We decided to spare the girls and simply replace the fish. Wal-mart had one gold fish left but it was not for sale at this time due to it being ill. The guy disclosed that the woman who sold us Angel Grace sold her out of the sick tank and all of their goldfish have been ill. So Matt went over to Pet Care Warehouse. It must be an epidemic because all of their goldfish are sick as well. We ended up with a Beta that the girls have named "Mario". Pumpkin Pie understands that Angel Grace died. However, Sweet Pea insists that Angel Grace got bigger and turned into a boy. I decided that it was not worth correcting her at this point. An added bonus: the guy at the Pet Care Warehouse says that Mario should live 3-5 years in the bowl where goldfish need to be in a filtered tank. He thought Brandi's survival of seven years was a miracle!

the humans are back

Yes, I feel guilty about it but we had fast food again today but it was all because we had plans to take the kids to Dollywood today (stupid storm)! I am having brain freeze right now because I am tired and will try to post again tomorrow as well (as there were quite a few funny things that Pumpkin Pie said today and she is typically the more solemn child).

We are in drive thru at Wendy's when Sweet Pea starts whining that daddy didn't order her cheeseburger. I state several times in my efforts to appease her that he did order her cheeseburger and I would make sure that she got the cheeseburger. Out of her mouth comes, "That HUMAN is not going to give me my cheeseburger" (referring to the lady at the window). Pumpkin Pie then asks why Sweet Pea has to refer to everyone as a HUMAN. I, being a smartellic state, "Because your sister is from another planet." Pumpkin Pie did not laugh.

Stay tuned for tomorrow's post...if I can remember it.

songs

I heard a cute story today from one of my patients that rings true. How many times have you sang a song only to realize later that you had the words all wrong? My one that sticks out in my mind from childhood is "Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind..." I was convinced that the words were "I'm in the Vaseline..." More recently a friend was singing a country song with me and we were being silly. The words actually state "put a lead foot down on my accelerator..." but my friend thought the song said "put my left foot down on the accelerator..." and even went so far as to ask how hard it would be to drive like that. I had to laugh for a little while and then explain the words.

So to the story...I typically don't like to share anything about my patients but this was too cute. A patient was telling me today that she heard the song "Hit me with your best shot" and later in the day, they were driving somewhere when her sister started singing "Hit me with your pet shop".

I guess we all do it from time to time but sure is fun to hear about it. So share yours!