Anecdotes

04.23.2009 Anecdotes, Food, Kids, Thursday 3

Thursday 3: The Willies

Three creatures that give me the willies:

1. Leeches
2. Maggots
3. Young kids who are allowed to get their food from the buffet without their parent’s supervision.

I’m serious about that last one. I once saw a kid stick her finger up the frozen yogurt dispenser at the MGM Grand Hotel buffet for a taster. Appalled, I told her not to do that. She looked at me like I was confused/crazy. (Who is this strange woman actually talking to me?) Needless to say, I did not subsequently get myself any frozen yogurt.

03.30.2009 Anecdotes

Spared by the Grace of God

The other day I was sifting through some book boxes for donations and I found a BLACK WIDOW SPIDER on the lid of one of the boxes! My heart pounded so hard! I had been shaking the box lid and I’m lucky the darned thing didn’t attack me.

God made those things seriously scary looking.

Now I’m askeered of digging around our garage.

Have you ever had a close encounter of the poisonous arachnid kind?

03.05.2009 Anecdotes, Thursday 3

Thursday 3: Pass the Kleenex

My CP and good friend D’Anne can attest to the fact that I don’t cry often. She might even say that crying more often might be beneficial to me. Perhaps. 🙂 Here are the last three times I cried.

1. Saturday, Feb. 27: My Cousin Warren passed away last week. He was 57 and I loved him a lot. He was a force of nature–jovial, cuddly in a fierce sort of way, larger than life, a big Chinese teddy bear. If you saw the King and I movie, remember the scene where all the princes and princesses are being introduced to Anna? There’s one last prince that scurries in late right between Yul Brynner’s legs. THAT was my Cousin Warren. 🙂 ‘Course, he wasn’t big then. Rest in peace, Cuz.

2. Two weeks ago: I was watching a performance of Honk, Jr., a middle school play my son was in. The little girl who played “Ida” the mother duck made me cry as her character cried over what she thought was the dead body of her duckling.

3. Last month: my son hurt my feelings when he told my husband he’d rather go skiing than see a production Phantom of the Opera, after I’d spent two hours on the Internet trying to find good, cheap seats that wouldn’t break our bank account.

So, D’Anne! Three times in the past month. Are you proud of me???

02.11.2009 Anecdotes

What I Did for Love

I was at See’s Candy this morning to buy a little something for The King. OMG. You couldn’t have fit any more people into that tiny shop. There were, no lie, 15 people in line ahead of me, and that was for prepackaged candy. There was a whole other line for custom boxes.

The lady behind me had no sense of personal space, because she kept touching me every time the line moved forward. I had to keep taking a tiny step away from her after we’d settled. Sheesh! This must have happened at least seven times.

So, all I can say isThe King better appreciate his molasses chips. I do not like being stranger-bumped over and over. Bump me once; I can forgive. But after that, lady, you should, you know, get a CLUE.