The flower that continues to bloom: Hoof in Mouth Disease?

Friday, June 12

Hoof in Mouth Disease?

We got home from our second trip to California last night. This time we went for fun, to visit my sister and her kids. Daltonboy picked us up at the airport. We were hungry, so discussion ensued regarding where we'd pick up some grub.

Lola: I want ice cream.

Me: It's over, Lola. The free-for-all is over. No more junk food.

Lola: It's not over until the cows come home, Mom.

Daltonboy: The cows are home!

brief silence

Daltonboy: Uhhhhh . . . I didn't mean . . . shoot!

Yes. The cows are home. Feel free to drop in. We are accepting callers.

Moo.

1 comment:

Lady Steed said...: Poor DB, but thanks for the laugh.; 10:58 AM

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What's the blog title about?

In 2010 I came across a series of vintage booklets entitled "Amy Vanderbilt Success Program for Women" (copyright 1965) at a thrift store. I didn't look inside any of them: the titles and cover art were funny enough that I had to have them. And it didn't hurt that I got four booklets for 25 cents. My favorite was "How to be a more interesting woman." Who could pass that up?

A few days later I started to look through the book for a laugh, and found myself almost immediately absorbed by the author's wisdom and wit. She made some good points . . . she made a lot of good points. This was something I could use, for who doesn't want to be more interesting? And here in my hands was a surprisingly progressive manual on how to do it.

So, in my newfound quest to be more interesting, I thought I'd use this forum to try things out and reflect on my efforts. In short, I hope to become the kind of person that continues to flower and grow.