Saturday, October 31, 2015

Grandpa-isms of the Week

We had Grandpa all week and he was full of little gems for us.

Scene:  G'pa sitting on couch.  Jim and I on either side getting ready to help him stand up.

Sherri:  You ready to head to bed?
G'pa:  Wait.
Sherri: Take all the time in the world.
G'pa (smiling and raising his hands): I'm [the] king of the world!
Jim and I laughing: Yes. Yes, you are.

Just Need the Walker at the Titanic Railing!

Scene:  Waiting in the car for Tylor to get out of school.

G'pa:  Why are we here?
Sherri:  We're waiting for Tylor to get out of school.
G'pa:  Why is he here?
Sherri:  He needs an education so he can go to college.
G'pa:  He should play soccer.
Sherri:  But he needs to go to college so when he can't play soccer anymore he has a job.
G'pa:  Jobs suck.

So True!

Scene:  Sitting on the couch with me.  Steve is watching baseball and I am balancing checkbook.

Sherri:  Ugh.  That's done.
G'pa:  What?
Sherri:  I balanced our checkbook.  Never looks as good as I hope.
G'pa:  Why?
Sherri:  Kids are expensive.
G'pa:  I bought cars for [muttered word] mine.
Sherri:  Well, that's not in the budget.
G'pa:  [I] got this.

NICE!

Scene:  Steve getting haircut from pretty Asian woman.

Sherri:  So, Grandpa, how's the haircut look?
G'pa:  Good.
Sherri:  Can you say thank you to the stylist?
G'pa (smiling):  Can I stay?
Sherri:  What?  Why do you want to stay?
G'pa (smiling bigger): She's nice. [I] look good, too.

Uh-huh.  We're still leaving Old Man.






Monday, October 12, 2015

LIVE! (from the backseat)

Steve and I took Lauren to guitar.
On the way home she regaled us with her latest tunes.
 
That's as close to a smile as I was getting.

This one said, "She's good!"

Yes, she is.


Costume?

We were at Target picking up a fake
pumpkin for a project.
Steve:  Hand me that.
Me:  What?  The pumpkin?
Steve: Yeh and that. (pointing)
Me:  That? (handing him the hat)
Steve:  How's this?
Me:  Absolutely fabulous!

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Ask And Ye Shall Receive!

Jim call us while we were in the car yesterday. 
Jim suggested lunch but I said I was too busy.
We said our goodbyes and hung up.
Grandpa asked where Jim went.
What?
Why can't [we] do lunch with Jim?
Uh...
Called Jim back.
A voila!  Lunch with Jim.


A little Mexican food.

And another bite....

Get Me A Panda

Me: Um, what?
Steve: I want Panda.
Me: What? Wait. You want food?
Steve: Yes. (Note the eye roll here)
Me: Oh, Panda Express! (turning around)
 Steve: Uh, yes. Now.
 
Sometimes I'm the slow one.