APPARENTLY, I’M DATING AGAIN
Posted by Karen on Mar 22 2007
Yes, another Nick-ism. I have no idea where he gets this stuff.
We had some family time in the hot tub the other night. It was the first time we’d gotten into the hot tub in awhile seeing as it was either negative 12 degrees or pouring rain. We spent the time chatting and playing a few rounds of 20 questions. It was Mike’s turn to secretly pick a person, place, or thing. He thought about it for a bit and then the questions began. It always cracks me up when the kids start with very specific things rather than trying to narrow it down. Instead of “is it a boy?” or “is this person related to us?” they immediately go to “is it Grandpa?” or “is it Walt Disney?”
But the other night Nick threw out a zinger of a question. About 4 questions into the guessing, Nick asks “is it the cowboy that is dating mom?”
WHAT? Of course, three other heads spin in Nick’s direction. HUH? What did he just say? Apparently I have a new cowboy boyfriend. This was news to Mike. And, by golly, it was news to me! We have no idea why Nick said this. Nick has no idea why he said it. He just thought it’d be funny. And it was. Well, it’s funny because it isn’t true. If it was true, I don’t think it’d be so funny!
Anyway, I’ve always maintained if women had enough time to have an affair, they’d get another load of laundry done instead.
So fast-forward a couple of days. There has been a heap of empty boxes in our basement just waiting to be filled with ebay goodies and shipped out of here. But that time hasn’t come and is likely not to come for quite awhile. Our cat has found it amusing to knock over the heap of boxes, hide behind them, and ambush us as we come down the stairs to the basement. It’s gotten annoying to trip over boxes and get an ankle clawed up trying to get a Popsicle out of the freezer.
So yesterday I was determined to take care of the heap. I smashed boxes and cut apart boxes and folded boxes one into another. It took about 45 minutes, but the job was done. The area was cleared. The cat has lost his “box fort.”
When Mike came home from work, I purposely sent him to the basement to get something from the freezer. He was shocked at how good the basement looked and gave me a pat on the back. I told him I had help. I told him that my cowboy friend had come over and helped me clean up the basement. He raised one eyebrow and said, “Hey, if you’re going to have a boyfriend that helps get some things done around here, I’m all for it.”
Hmmmmmmm………
on 23 Mar 2007 at 1:05 pm 1 Debbie Mohollen said …
Karen,
Just a quick note to say that I’m enjoying your blog. Dr. Mike has been talking about it each week and I’ve just now had a chance to read through. Nicely done and a great compliment to the podcast!
Debbie
on 23 Mar 2007 at 1:56 pm 2 Awesome Mom said …
Lol! I joke with my husband all the time about my secret boyfriend Eduardo. He gets blamed for a lot of things.
on 24 Mar 2007 at 12:53 am 3 jen said …
Darn, I can’t use that around here, Tom works from home! LOL
on 06 Apr 2007 at 5:42 pm 4 katharine said …
After a long day of being crawled on by two children my husband and I have a favorite joke about his girlfriend. At some point my husband got a call in the middle of the night. He swore it was a wrong number (which I’m sure it was) but I’ve always maintained it was his girlfriend. After a long day as a human jungle gym I tell my husband I’m really glad you got that girlfriend, it saves me from having one more climer around here :).
on 31 May 2007 at 8:13 am 5 PediaScribe Blog » THE MUSIC OF MY LIFE MEME said …
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