[blparent] Momories

[Barbara Hammel]

So did you tell them that there will be a second Tuesday of next week when 
there's a dry frost and it clears up cloudy?
I used to have a neighbor who told me that all the time.
Barbara


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From: "trishs" <slosser at metrocast.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 8:30 PM
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent] 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!
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> Trish Slosser MT
> ALWAYS SEE
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> YOUR HEART
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