[blparent] Momories

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

I remember a shop teacher once told a cousin of mine to "put a little elbow 
grease in it" when she was sanding her wood project.  She didn't know what 
elbow grease was, so she looked all around the room for it and couldn't find 
it.  When she asked the teacher where the elbow grease was, he thought it 
was funny, so he said he wasn't sure but she should go and ask the art 
teacher, since maybe he had it last.

That's a cute "momery."

Jo Elizabeth

It is easy--terribly easy--to shake a man's faith in himself. To take 
advantage of that to break a man's spirit is devil's work. Take care of what 
you are doing. Take care.--George Bernard Shaw in "Candide"
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From: "trishs" <slosser at metrocast.net>
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Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 7:30 PM
Subject: [blparent] Momories


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> Subject: Momories
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> I wanted to share this with you all.  Hope you get a good chuckle.
> Last evening, after my girls' friend left, I told them it was time to 
> clean up the kitchen.  As sybs do, they argued over who would clean which 
> mess.  I interceded, and gave K.  who is 9, the table to clear off, and T, 
> 10, was to get the broom and sweep up the popcorn.  T.  took the broom, 
> and began playing the witch riding her broomstick.  I battled between 
> telling her "You can play when you're finished," and telling myself to 
> relax, she's a child.  Pulling patience from some unknown stock pile 
> somewhere in the universe, I played along, telling her to "Capture all the 
> popcorn kernels; don't let any get away."  K chimed in and asked "Mom? 
> Can I have a magic broom?"  Playing along, I said "Of course you can, 
> dear."  She asked "When can I have it?"  I told her "Umm, how about the 
> second Tuesday of next week?"  I wish I could have seen the looks on their 
> faces!  T.  knew, at first at least, that there isn't one, but she went to 
> the calendar with her younger sister anyway, and began checking.  K. 
> asked "What about the 13th?  I said "No.  That's the second Tuesday of the 
> month."  They tried other dates, and I finally told them to call their 
> Grandmother.  They asked which one.  I said it didn't matter, knowing both 
> would enjoy that!
> It will always make me laugh out loud to think of my 9 and 10-year-old 
> girls at the calendar looking for the second Tuesday of next week!
>