What My Kids Think About Me...

OK..here's my kids' (Erik-17, Corrie-15, Gracie-11) answers to random questions about their mom- and a few of my comments thrown in for good measure........

1. What is something mom always says to you?
E: Be nice to the cat.
C: Deal with it.
G: Go MAD (This means Go Make A Difference; I holler this at her as she gets out of the car for school)

2. What makes mom happy?
E: A hot bath with Richard Lederer (he's an author...not anything else, thank you)
C: Office supplies
G: A clean house

3. What makes mom sad?
E: Clutter
C: When Masterpiece Theatre is cancelled.
G: A messy house

4. What does your mom do to make you laugh?
E: She pampers the cats
C: When she tries to be cool
G: When she tries to dance “hip” (2 out of 3 think I am uncool...what's with that?)

5. What was your mom like as a child?
E: Prim and proper
C: Probably really boring and stuffy. I think she read all the time.
G: My mom was a child?

6. How old is your mom?
E: 37
C: In dog years or human years?
G: 39

7. How tall is your mom?
E: 5’8”ish
C: Taller than dad
G: Taller than my dad

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
E: Take a bath with a book
C: Clean
G: Read

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
E: Sleep
C: Clean or facebook
G: Go to the zoo (this is true)

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
E: Speaking
C: Winning “Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader”
G: Singing

11. What is your mom really good at?
E: Speaking
C: Spouting off random facts about random things
G: Singing

12. What is your mom not very good at?
E: Biking, running, hiking, camping…anything outdoors
C: Saying “no” to people except me...she's very good at saying "no" to me
G: Being “hip”

13. What does your mom do for a job?
E: Stays at home with me
C: Speaks
G: Volunteer and clean

14.What is your mom's favorite food?
E: Those little ball things from Target
C: Lindor chocolate things
G: Chocolate

15.What makes you proud of your mom?
E: Knowledge and wisdom
C: When she gives a good sermon
G: Her ability to serve God without being scared that people will be all “blah” about her

16. If your mom were a super hero, who would she be?
E: Wonder Woman
C: Mrs. Clean
G: Wonder Woman

17. What do you and your mom do together?
E: Study
C: Watch documentaries
G: Eat and read

18. How are you and your mom the same?
E: We look alike…sort of
C: This question scares me
G: Looks and voice

19. How are you and your mom different?
E: I like it cold and she is a lizard
C: Music tastes
G: Our music that we like

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
E: She spends time and money for my education
C: She will listen to my music
G; She tells me all the time that I’m her favorite

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
E: His character – he is caring
C: He has nice eyes…she has this “thing” about eyes
G: He stays with his family

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
E: Texas
C: cemeteries
G: the bathtub or church

It would be interesting to ask these questions in another 10 years and see what the answers are!

I'm getting a new bathroom!!! Hooray!

I love my old house! However, the adage is true: When you own an old house, the only thing that always works in it is YOU!

When our house was built indoor plumbing was unheard of. So when they added indoor bathrooms sometime in the 40's they converted a coat closet to a sink and toilet room (you can't be "fat" and use the downstairs bathroom at our house) and then took what must have been a small storage area upstairs to put in a bath, toilet, and tub. No one thought to add electrical plugs. After all, what could you possibly do in a bathroom that required plugging in?

60-some years later, there are ALOT of things to do in a bathroom that require plugging in, especially when you have teenage daughters. We also have found that 60-some years of nastiness going down a tub drain tends to clog the drain and that pipes get old and refuse to give much water when they are elderly.

SO...thank to the generosity of my father who, figuring his money may disappear in the stock market anyway, has agreed to give me a portion of my inheritance early, I can do something with my old bathroom. (Gee, that makes me sound like the prodigal daughter.) Personally, I think he is just tired of visiting me and having to shave in the bedroom because there's no place to plug in his shaver in the bathroom.

We are taking the bathroom upstairs and turning it into TWO bathrooms and adding a shower in the basement. This will give us two showers, three toilets, three sinks AND electricity! WOOT! Hopefully, it will also give us more water pressure so that we have more than a dribble in the shower. Who knows? We may even be able to do laundry at the same time someone is in the shower.

AND we won't be greeted on Sunday morning by the sight of Corrie drying her hair in the living room. YES!