Happy Birthday Danny!

Happy birthday to my brother, who deprograms my children when they’ve spent too much time with their grandfather. Danny quote of the day – “Only Republicans don’t wash their hands.” Danny: “Wash your hands. You don’t want to be a Republican.” Noah: “What’s a Republican.” Danny: “Somebody who doesn’t wash his hands.”

i sing the body prosthetic

In a few weeks, my mother will be getting two new knees. I am sincerely interested in anyone’s advice, ideas or stories about their experiences with knee surgery.

Grandaddy says

Cathy – “Dad, do you want to go with us to see “Cars” tomorrow?” Grandaddy – “What kind of cars?” Doug – “The kind that talk.” Update – The credits are the very BEST part of the movie. Toy Car Story, bwa ha ha!

don’t fear the reaper

My father loves to talk about his eventual death.  I would like to blame this on his circle of friends since every single time I visit his Sunday school class someone is doing the “heaven is going to be so much better than being alive” cheer, but I think his own parents used to behave […]

attention attractive females

Apparently, if you are an attractive female, you can rear-end my father’s car, ding his door and pretty much get away with anything.  “It’s ok.  I’m fine.  Don’t worry about the car.”  If I find a pretty nurse to put up with his antics, will he complain less and behave?

Amy & Gabriel say

Amy’s cousin Gabriel is staying over tonight as Amy’s first sleepover guest. Mom – “Goodnight Amy.” Amy – “I’m gonna dream about Santa.” Mom – “Goodnight Gabriel.” Gabriel – “I’m gonna dream about dinosaurs eating Spiderman.” Boys are sooo different than girls.

a + b = c

Today, Tommy passed his CPR test and is now certified to perform CPR. Today, my Mother realized that we have THREE birthday parties this week. My mother may need Tommy’s assistance. I would say that I will definitely need it to make it through the week, but I suspect that Tommy would just stand by […]