1.16.2009

Laughs for Friday...

Ok, So I absolutely LOVE very funny "fwds". I'm kind of a sucker for them..not the ones that say make a wish and send to 1o people or someone you love will die. Not those. But the funny ones are the only ones I usually forward on to other people. I got this one the other day from my friend and I laughed out loud so loud that I scared my one year old. So I thought I would share it here...

It is titled "Baked Beans"

One day I met a sweet gentleman and fell in love. When it became apparent that we would marry, I made the supreme sacrifice and gave up beans. Some months later, on my birthday, my car broke down on the way home from work. Since I lived in the countryside I called my husband and told him that I would be late because I had to walk home. On my way, I passed by a small diner and the odour of baked beans was more than I could stand. With miles to walk, I figured that I would walk off any ill effects by the time I reached home, so I stopped at the diner and before I knew it, I had consumed three large orders of baked beans. All the way home, I made sure that I released all the gas. Upon my arrival, my husband seemed excited to see! me and exclaimed delightedly: 'Darling I have a surprise for dinner tonight.' He then blindfolded me and led me to my chair at the dinner table. I took a seat and just as he was about to remove my blindfold, the telephone rang. He made me promise not to touch the blindfold until he returned and went to answer the call. The baked beans I had consumed were still affecting me and th e pressure was becoming most unbearable, so while my husband was out of the room I seized the opportunity, shifted my weight to one leg and let one go. It was not only loud, but it smelled like a fertilizer truck running over a skunk in front of a p ulpwood mill. I took my napkin from my lap and fanned the air around me vigorously. Then, shifting to the other cheek, I ripped off three more. The stink was worse than cooked cabbage. Keeping my ears carefully tuned to the conversation in the other room, I went on like this for another few minutes. The pleasure was indescribable. When eventually the telephone farewells signalled the end of my freedom, I quickly fanned the air a few more times with my napkin, placed it on my lap and folded my hands back on it feeling very relieved and pleased with myself. My face must have been the picture of innocence when my husband returned, apologizing for taking so long. He asked me if I had peeked through the blindfold, and I assured him I had not. At this point, he removed the blindfold, and twelve dinner guests seated around the table chorused: 'Happy Birthday!' I fainted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1.13.2009

Sickness...

I was so tired last night I felt exhausted. So as soon as Caleb went to bed around 8, I told the hubby I was too tired and was going to have to go to bed. I brought Jonah with me hoping he would go to sleep a little early...I think I was asleep a little after 9. If you know me, you know that I am a night owl and don't usually go to bed early. So I thought ok, I'm getting sick. Woke up at 4am this morning and could not swallow. It hurt so bad. So I got up watched a little of the news and went back to bed to toss and turn. Finally fell back to sleep and still had the sore throat. At this point my whole body aches and I can barely move. So I get the kids dressed and bundled up to make our way in the cold to the good ol' clinic to get a strep test. Sure enough it was positve. I have strep. Wonderful. So now I'm on antibiotics, so hopefully I feel better by tomorrow. I would love to just lay in bed and sleep but Jonah doesn't take naps anymore so that isn't likely. So today is just a day for rest and reclining!! Which is fine because it is darn cold outside!! Really getting sick of this snow! I swear it's been snowing at least one day out of the weekend since Christmas. It's getting annoying now. You know it has snowed alot when the piles of snow from the plow are taller than I am!! Pretty soon it will all melt. But not soon enough!! Maybe we should just buy some snowmobiles!?!?!