WRITER'S WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY

Time once again for MamaKat's Writer's Workshop Wednesday and like always I am a little late but you know they say better late than never!! Good thing someone created that quote I just wish it was regarded with all my high school tardies!!

Let's see.....what to do....

2.) Describe a situation that forced you to confront a neighbor.

Really? Has someone been watching me? I found it funny that this was a prompt since I had to confront my neighbor 2 nights ago. If you are new, then go here first then here for the back story! If you are a follower, then you know about my neighbor situation and many of you have emailed asking for an update ~ here it is! After an air conditioner mishap involving water leaking, parts of the ceiling falling and ceiling stains, I was cleaning up the dinner mess. THAT air conditioner post will come soon! Isaiah comes screaming and crying into the kitchen saying, "Daddy is mean!" I said, "Well what happened?" since he says this almost everytime he is in trouble which is quite often. Hubs comes storming in telling him to tell me what he had done to which Zay replies, "She told me to take my pants down so she could see my weiner!" while crying REALLY hard! Hubs had walked outside to take the trash out and caught Zay with his pants down, literally. I knew Zay was telling the truth since he has NOT ever called it his "weiner" ~ EVER! Now some may shrug this off as curiosity but with the back story to the situation I was peeved to say the least! I immediately stormed out of the house and walked over to their house. The little was standing in the open garage. I said, "Can I speak with your Dad?" She quickly responded with, "NO!" I said, "Well I really need to speak with your father." She said, "Well you can't b/c we are about to eat dinner." Not willing to accept this answer I knocked on the front door. The older brother answered and let me in. The father was sitting in a recliner watching television and the mother was beside him in another chair smoking IN the house. They respond with "What did she do?" and the little girl runs up the steps screaming. I proceeded to tell them the situation and although they appeared shocked I didn't feel it was honest. I won't go into everything I said but basically told them she was saying and doing things that are inappropriate and they needed to speak with her. He turned the television off and called for the girl who by then was screaming her lungs off. Not crying just screaming! He said something and she screamed, "I am going to kill myself!" SERIOUSLY! He said, "Why would you say something like that?" My only thought was "hmmm.....it is time for one of us to move!" I then went home to have "the talk" with my 4 yr old son that I hated having the first time.

3.)Tell us about Grandpa.

I easily have many things to say on this topic but since I miss him terribly, his birthday was a few weeks ago and I just saw my Grandma yesterday, I don't think I can type it without crying! You can go here to read a post a did awhile back if you like.

INSTEAD I will talk about my Dad and his "Papa" skills! My boys LOVE their Meme and Papa! Papa is the type to teach them checkers, play Memory or teach the grandkids how to play cards. He is stern but always handing out hugs for his little buddies. I have countless pictures of the boys as babies sleeping with Papa in his throne, the recliner, and they are some of my favorites! He lets them "help" with repair projects and other activities like washing the cars, watering the lawn or building a small fence. He is the maker of tall tales and seems to be able to create a funny but kid logical answer to otherwise avoided questions. I don't get how he comes up with them so quick but they are normally funny. He is smart yet able to relate to his inner child! He is funny and loving so what more could you ask for in a Grandpa! We love him!

4.) Which appliance in your home would you most miss living without if you had to live without.

NONE!!

Hmmm......I was going to say the diswasher since I HATE handwashing dishes but I think the washer would be harder to live without since we have so much laundry!! WAIT....I guess I could take the clothes to the laundromat and get many loads done in a shorter time frame which I could not do with the dishes so I will have to stick with the dishwasher!!

SOME THINGS ARE BETTER OFF A SECRET

As I told you last Friday, we spent a week at my parents' house. Housesitting, dogsitting and babysitting the baby girls' my Mother babysits while they went on an anniversary trip. Upon arrival last Monday night, I went to put our bag in my parents' room to find this strategically placed on my Father's pillow

Now I don't know what is more disturbing

1. that my Father actually owns these underwear


2. that he is considered a "sex instructor"


3. that he "gives lessons"


4. that his underwear took up about 3/4 the size of the pillow

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A THOUSAND WORDS THURSDAY: BAD CASE OF BOREDOM

When Dad closed the business, I was not the only one left unemployed. My Uncle, my dad and I along with about 13 other employees were all officially out of work. Now ME.......I know I am bored, sad and ready for a job to just hop in my lap but I thought it would take Dad a little longer to feel that way. You might want to write this down ~ I was wrong!! Although Dad is sad about the store closing, he was looking forward to rest ~ needless to say I think he is rested now and has a severe case of boredom.

YOU KNOW YOU NEED A JOB WHEN............

You eat three desserts Easter Sunday ignoring your diabetes!

Then when you are bored and in your own little world, you find fun in balancing your cane on your glasses. You may think no one is watching BUT in fact I was taking pictures!

When you have the first cane balancing act perfected, you must move onto more difficult tricks. For instance, balancing the cane vertically on your forehead should be harder who says this isn't "work"!

After all that exercise and massive quanities of sugar, it must be nap time!

THAT'S MY DAD!

Very very bored!

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TWO CENTS TUESDAY ~ INSPIRATION

OOPS!

If you are here for Wordful Wednesday, then I am sorry but I linked up with the wrong post and will link up again with the right post later!

Sorry!

Who inspires me?

My parents

My parents have been married for 45 years ~ need I say more!!

Yes they have had ups and downs but EVERY marriage will.

Although they are not perfect, they have made it through the good, the bad and the ugly and made their marriage a priority unlike others who put marriage on the back burner.

They are still in love even though they still don't love every thing about each other.

They fight like any other human who wants to be right but their fights are funny to me!

I know it might sound bad but I hope when it is their time that they will go to heaven together b/c I could not bare to see the pain of them being apart from one another!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

Today was my Dad's 63rd birthday! We had a small family party and it was nice to have relatives still in town from Mikala's wedding yesterday to celebrate with us. My Mom's brother and sister were in town and Mom pulled out boxes of old picture for us to see. It was hilarious looking mainly at pictures of my Uncle Terry and Uncle Russell....wow how times have changed their looks for the better!!! Ha!

Mom got Dad a little puppy cake especially for him and wait until you see what he did.....he ended up not eating it because he is a huge chocolate cake fan! Ha! Attention Mother: I don't think diabetics are supposed to have a personal cake for their birthday unless it is sugar-free!!!! Hello!

Now you know where I get my sick humor!

My Mom with her siblings Uncle Terry and Aunt Joyce were here from Illinois