Archive for the “Funny Stories” category
Anger management.
by julie on April 15, 2009
Before I begin, I need to apologize in advance to my son Grant. Should this blog live another 10 years (it’s already been around longer than that) he will be an adult and will hopefully be able to laugh at (…)
Signs that make you go “Hmmm.”
by julie on September 30, 2007
I’ve compiled a mental list of signs I’ve seen lately that make me scratch my head. I’ll add more (and possibly photos of them) as time goes on. Here’s a few: Taco Bell’s “If asked to pay a different amount (…)
Figure the odds.
by julie on January 9, 2006
So, I’m turning into the parking lot of the Holiday Inn Express in Fayetteville after a not-so-bad-but-long-enough-to-be-numb drive from Little Rock to our NW office and I pull into the closest parking space to the lobby — only to see (…)
Something that rhymes with Venus.
by julie on October 31, 2003
No use keeping it secret any longer. The love affair with my new car officially began one week ago, today. Amazingly enough, it’s Halloween night and 80 degrees outside. Even Grant declared “Man, I’m sweating!” as we turned up our (…)
Snickers, my favorite.
by julie on December 10, 2002
We got our first Christmas card in the mail today. It was exciting until I opened it and saw it was from our home security system office. I’ve been slow getting out the decorations this year. Grant and I went (…)
Chances are …
by julie on October 30, 2002
My dear friend (and fellow avid book-reader) Karen sent this to me. It’s too good not to share. A couple goes on vacation to a fishing resort in northern Minnesota. The husband likes to fish at the crack of dawn. (…)
Abe and Eve.
by julie on October 10, 2002
Sixty-six degrees outside and I’m celebrating with chili for dinner. The other day I picked Dean up from school and out of the blue he said to me, “I know who the first people on the earth were.” “Oh really?” (…)
Mom, I have an idea.
by julie on August 31, 2002
We started giving Dean a monthly allowance, which means he is now paying for his Game Boy purchases and running out of money the day after we give it to him. So the last couple of weeks he’s been coming (…)
He’s mad as…
by julie on September 30, 2001
Grant went through his first night of pacifier withdrawl. It was a rough night, to put it mildly. The crying began around 2 AM and by 4 AM it was full body-slamming against the side of the crib. Eric got (…)
Major blunder.
by julie on August 27, 2001
I love to laugh at myself whenever possible. So, I’m going to let you in on something that happened to me today, so you can join in the fun. For those of you just tuning in, my husband Eric is (…)