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I didn't notice that I bought grapes with seeds in them! Now I don't care for grapes with seeds, so I can only imagine how gross they seemed to autistic boys with lots of food issues...and very healthy gag reflexes! My first clue to the seeded grapes were all the seeds spit out on the kitchen floor. ha.
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I found Taylor sleeping on the living room couch the other morning. He said when he got in bed the night before that it was full of ants. Great. Of course when I went to investigate, he had 3 days worth of dirty dishes on the empty side of his bed. Ants...duh! Smart, cute college guys can be ...well, lazy. Hopefully he learned a lesson after he changed his sheets, vacuumed, removed the dishes and sprayed bug killer. Sigh.
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Remember me losing my hub cap on the van and Taylor miraculously finding it while he out...20 miles away? Well, as excited as we were...the tabs were broken off and it can't go back on. Poor van...it's looking pretty bad with it's naked wheel, rusty paint, possessed wipers and missing gas cap cover. The Mister says we look like the Clampetts. I think we look worse! LOL!
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My regular readers know that my coffee maker is on my bedside table. I use it as an alarm clock and have my first cup before getting out of bed in the morning. It's a wonderful treat...unless you sit your full mug in front of you on the bed and reach a little too far for a Kleenex....spilling the whole thing on the mattress!
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Speaking of coffee, I start saving the used grounds in a canister beside the kitchen sink every spring. When it's full, I take it out and dump them in my garden soil. In a rush last week, I quickly dumped the wet grounds...oops ....into the wrong canister! They landed on 3 pounds of newly purchased Ghirardelli chocolate chips. Oh my.
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Yes, I'm laughing...so laugh with me! Oh my, oh my....this is a crazy, crazy life!
OK...I need more coffee....
You had me at the o being take away..then it got even funnier! You must have a great sense of humor...how else could you handle it all?! :D
ReplyDeleteyour good, bad and ugly posts always make me smile
ReplyDeleteyikes on the choc chips and coffee wet mattress.
and your son sounds like a very typical college boy - I used to cook for 2 different fraternity houses and life was never dull there either.
Julie ~ when that key got sucked away I said "Oh!"...haha...not realizing that I was calling it's name! hee.
ReplyDeleteRhonda ~ I seem to recall saying something to Taylor about this not being a dorm! ha.
ReplyDelete"O" my! I like the idea of the coffee maker by your bed. I have a very hard time getting up and that might help. Glad you didn't get burned by the hot coffee : )
ReplyDeleteNO! NO! NO!
ReplyDeleteNOT the chocolate chips Betsy!!!
That Taylor!!! He shoulda had to SLEEP WITH the ants!
Your are absolutly amazing, how you take everything in stride. What a great mom. Now . . . coffee by your bedside? Interesting concept to ponder.
ReplyDeleteOh...Besty...tooooo funny...
ReplyDeleteSad about the coffee grounds 8-(
I would have alot of Good, Bad & ugly posts with my crew...
I may have to post some now & then.
Take care.
Mommy 2
P.S. I wish the plants around here
where as pretty as yours...
though I would probably be sneezing away.
You are one funny lady !
ReplyDeleteIt's a good thing, since it seems you have to deal with lots more drama than the average mum.
What I'd give to be a guest in your house for the night, I'm sure I'd laugh my frock off, (not literally), a corny old English expression for belly laughing ;0
Your one in a million, and I like ya.
Corners ~ well, I've learned to laugh at just about everything...including myself. I mean, really now...what else can you do sometimes!? hee.
ReplyDeleteThese posts always make me smile. We all have those "good, bad, or ugly" moments in life. If we can learn to smile, it make life so much easier. I think I'm learning this along the way... At least I didn't cry last July when my only set of van keys ended up going home to Syracuse in the bottom of some stranger's purse. I was blessed that she found them before she was scheduled to leave for "the mission field". *sigh*
ReplyDeleteHow can I be so rude to LOVE your Good, Bad and Ugly.
ReplyDeleteI should be feeling sorry for you, but instead I'm rolling on the floor laughing so hard, because your words give me a better picture that any words could!
Oh my, Betsy, you are just a hoot! I love coming, Oh, how I love coming, for laughs, tears, inspiration and recipes...Does it get any better than this!!??
Betsy, I meant to say your words give a better picture than a camera could!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh no, not in the chocolate chips....
ReplyDeleteDid you really spill the cup in the bed???? What did you say? ha
I love The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly!!!!!
Yes, more coffee in deed and mix it up with chocolate. Perfect.
ReplyDeleteWho are the "Clampetts", btw? Some TV show I imagine.
I could relate to Taylor's dishes--used to do the exact same thing... as a teen though. Yes, nasty moldy mugs of tea all over the place and plates of toast crumbs. Hmmm.
I have to say, i was surprised to read you actually sifted through the dust for that key. LOL. Love your stories here.
Many cute college guys grow up to have wives just like their mom, so I am sure you future daughter-in-law appreciates that he had to clean the mess up himself. :)
ReplyDeletePity about the chocolate chips. That would never happen in this house. A three pound container of chocolate would only be a one and half pound container of chocolate by the time I got it home from the store.
i am laughing with you...coffee pot on the bedside...i still need to try this...who needs an 'o' anyway...l l
ReplyDeleteJo ~ laughing your frock off...oh, that IS a funny expression! I love it! ha.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good thing that coffee and chocolate taste good together. I think I would have tried washing the chips off to see if I could salvage them.
ReplyDeleteI heard on TV today that your keyboard has as many germs on it as a toilet seat! Oh My!
Nanny ~ yes...the whole mug right on the mattress! Fortunately, the pad caught it all and I just had to wash it and the sheets.
ReplyDeleteSounds like things are never dull there. I told my wife about your caffeine alarm clock, because she can't function without that first cup. She said that she had considered it but then she has to figure out how to keep cold milk there.
ReplyDeleteMatty ~ well, those little individual liquid creamers don't have to be refrigerated. I keep those and sugar packs in my table drawer. :)
ReplyDeleteI had to pop back over and suggest to Matty that a dorm sized fridge would make a perfect night stand.
ReplyDeleteAlways an enjoyable and funny read. Such a sad loss of chocolate chips though.
ReplyDeleteFunny...I'm still laughing!! Thanks for that!
ReplyDeleteBetsy...I love the idea of a bedside coffee pot...That way I wouldn't have to get up and fumble downstairs for my first morning cup...and the creamers and sugar packets there, too! Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteRebecca ~ it's a wonderful habit...I don't think I could ever give it up! And it's one special thing that I do for myself.
ReplyDeleteThe bit about the "O" key reminds me of when I purposely removed the "Caps Lock" key on my previous computer's keyboard. I wish computer keyboards didn't even have them sometimes, as they're too often struck by mistake... plus, there are too many people who still don't realize that writing in all caps is the internet equivalent of yelling. Maybe that key should be placed in a seldom-used area of the keyboard?
ReplyDeleteHi Betsy, I'm trying to catch up.... Life never gets dull, does it???? Glad you found the typewriter key....
ReplyDeleteWe save our coffee grounds also --and put them on our compost pile.
Love the sepia train picture. My Dad worked for the railroad --so I have good memories of being around trains all of my childhood.
Those cookies look fabulous. I love peanut butter ANYTHING..... ha
AND--my Daddy used to eat orange gum-drops all of the time...
Hope you have a great week.
Hugs,
Betsy
I love this post. It makes me feel that I am not the only one with dust, ants and coffee grounds everywhere but where they are supposed to be. Can you rinse choclate chips? I think so.
ReplyDeleteAnita ~ I did rinse them in very cold water and they dried on paper towels. :) Great minds think alike!
ReplyDeleteHere's what you do Betsy. Take that letter "O". plant in in a small pot with plenty of those old coffee grounds. Water occasionally. In about three months it should have grown just large enough to fit onto your naked wheel. Sorted.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant, Alan!
ReplyDeleteAlan ~ I agree with Mr. Fox! That is brilliant..and I lauged OUT LOUD at that one! heehee!
ReplyDelete@Betsy: And you were even so flustered, you misspelled "laughed." What a doll.
ReplyDeleteMr. Fox ~ Oh gosh....after our conversaton yesterday, I TOTALLY deserved that! ha.
ReplyDeleteNot a typo?
ReplyDeleteOur "conversaton?" Oh, this is getting good! ;-)
ReplyDeleteshhh...maybe we better switch to email. ha.
ReplyDeleteThe horror! Spilling the coffee, that is, heh, heh...
ReplyDeleteAnd dusty as it may seem, I'd rather dig thru' th' vac bag than a dumpster again, wot? Um...nevermind...
Subby ~ hmmmm....sounds like a story!?
ReplyDeleteBetsy~ um...yeah...about th' dumpster divin'...eeewwww!
ReplyDeleteSubby ~ done a few of those dives myself...um..not fun.
ReplyDelete@Betsy and Subby: Uhhh... I'm startin' t'worry 'bout you two... ;-)
ReplyDelete@Silver Fox~ I'll fill you in on Sunday, muwahahahaaaa! Okay, it's not too gross ;)
ReplyDeleteOh Betsy! Your stories have made my morning just a bit brighter!
ReplyDeleteI seem to recall The Mister telling me a story a long time ago about his hidden lunches and ants. It reminded me of Taylor.
Thanks again for the laughs!
Your stories make me smile. I have a 20 year old son with autism and there is never a dull moment.
ReplyDeleteI love that you have coffee by your bedside. Me time is very important. I love a diet pepsi in bed and we have a waterproof mattress pad because of a spill here and there!
These posts are some of my favorite of yours! Ants in the bed, eeeek! Oh dear, not the chocolate chips... you'll have to make coffee-chocolate chip cookies.
ReplyDeleteGreat entry. I HAVE to do the coffee maker on the bedside thing!
ReplyDeleteMagnolia ~ oh, that was a story about Taylor, too! He was about 5 years old and was throwing his PB&J sandwiches behind the couch every day. We thought he was eating them until about a month later when we had ants in a mountain of old, dry sandwiches. ha.
ReplyDeleteFragilemom ~ Donna..yes, you MUST! You deserve a morning treat, too! :)
ReplyDeleteThese are great. The chocolate/coffee ground story got to me though ... This is what life looks like 'on the ground'. Such a cute way to share it -
ReplyDeleteBless you~
This is too wild... crazy things... the other day I dropped a glass plate in the kitchen and it broke into a million pieces.. so far we haven't picked up a stray piece in our barefeet. Have a great crazy day! :) The Bach
ReplyDeleteI love your Good, Bad & Ugly Post. It is nice to hear that life is like this for other people. I'm not alone!
ReplyDeleteI've got sons too that love to decorate their rooms with empty cups,plates & wrappers of all varieties, so I feel your pain with this one!
I remember the Clampetts & they were a lovely family!!!
Oh my stars, right on the chocolate chips? Sad, sad, sad chips! ha ha I'm laughing with ya girlfriend!
ReplyDeleteI thought i had commented on this but can't remember what I said now. oh dear. hee. Anyway, another delightful look in the days of Betsy's life! Love these.
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