iPhone Mishaps

So I was charging my iPod with my iPhone charger today - it works great - no problemo - then I decided to switch back to charging my phone... which is its actual purpose. I plug it in and get a hilarious notification: 'Charging is not supported on this device' - WHAT??? It's for that device!!! I would get it if it the charger was connected to the computer or something, but it's just a wire! Why did my iPhone seem to know that I'd charged my iPod? Hilarious... sometimes tech stuff just makes me laugh. It worked as soon as I unplugged it and tried it again, but still. Silly charger.

Cashier Tales: Baskets

So... being on baskets at the Nofreehomeless store can be quite fun. You get to make faces and chat it up with your co-workers as you gather them. You get to dance them down to their spot. All around good. Yesterday I definitely spun a basket into hitting me. Painful. Unexpected. Unexplainable. I don't know how I managed it... I tried to reenact it... how??? Fail.

Lessons

Yesterday... the yesterday that was 5 minutes ago... I learned a valuable lesson. I learned that when you're trying to retaliate in a 'shooting things out of your nose' war - well, you should blow your nose first. Yep... I used someone as a tissue. That is now probably my most embarrassing moment. I share it for your enjoyment.

A Veggietales Birthday

It's a Limabean one ;) I've used all of my words for her already... so I'll share hers instead.

To Kae: "You never painted my tails"
... yes yes toenails, but that would have been interesting.

To Milne: "Check for the tinfoil on top of the roof"
... fridge... I liked that one ;) I think mostly because I automatically thought of those crazy person tinfoil hats to block out brain scanners... bhahaha!

A happy (old fashioned Azusa Street) birthday (a perfecto age one) to her :D

Also... I'm liking that awkwardly saying the word awkward is spreading... it makes me laugh :P

Hallmark Moments.

I was reminded of this one last night. See... I'm a cornball... an emotional sap... it's just a little bit hidden... or maybe it's not at all :P This was quite some time ago. I was watching a tv movie... Hallmark you may presume... you're right. Nieceamine had come home from school about three quarters of the way through. Before abandoning a sinking ship (every Hallmark movie ever), she sat down for a few minutes. Commercial time (yep... commercial... this isn't even about a movie!) - queue up an old, like old old, person... reading to their grandchild. It's for recordable storybooks. Then the narrator says something like "capture their voice before their long journey"... insert me and Nieceamine looking at each other and crying for 20 SECONDS OF NO WORDS - because they're old and they're going to die - then these ones: "to Cleveland". Plain old mean tactics. They were obviously alluding to more, but didn't want to absolutely unhinge people. Crazy Hallmark. You know what though? This is not the first time one of their commercials have bested me. Years and years ago (like a decade - its weird being able to class time as a decade) I was with all my sisters when one such commercial came up in conversation. I decided I could describe the one, because there were many going around - I totally failed - bawled my face off... laughing at their victory the whole time - seriously I couldn't even tell it! I stand by the idea that everyone would cry. It's the one with the old lady who can't really walk - you know... she struggles all the way to the mailbox everyday and is so sad because she gets nothing - then her neighbours family sends her a card and she WALKS ALL THE WAY OVER TO THANK THEM! You'd have to be nuts not to be a wee bit emotional... okay I'm crying now... Hallmark (half yelling at my once again defeat)!!! I'm defending myself quite nicely here, but in truth I cried yesterday because I saw a baby raccoon that was going to die... I may just have to accept Hallmark as a continual victor, instead of only giving them credit for the two instances (which in fairness have been thought over way more than two 'in the moment' viewings). Here's to a day of happy!

In a car with Nieces and Nephews...

Will laugh. It's almost a certainty (I'm really big on humorous oxymorons right now... I hope it's a phase). Here it is... it can't even be improved by extra words.

Mister Giggles:
"Hey! I can read Chinese letters!"
.... time passes....
"Bonjour"

Sunshine:
"It says Martial Arts!"

Oh to be a youngest... bhahaha... I AM!!!

Sunshine vs Her Auntie's Pasta

So last night I made some jerked chicken pasta. It was somewhat spicy. Most people avoid being around even the assembly of such a dish. It's referred to as 'Kamikaze Pasta'. Only Mr. Si can handle the heat. Nenners has never even tried it. This morning Sunshine asked Nenn if she could have pasta in her lunch. Nenn thought she meant the homemade Mac and Cheese that sat next to it. The poor kid. I don't even know how she packed it without her eyes watering. I've been told yelling for juice boxes and any form of relief occurred during lunch time. That was not a happy or a filling lunch for her (though she was well-cared for by friends and teachers), but it is a hilarious story to share about a non-spicy eater and an all around good sport ;) So - these words are for that brave one - towards tomorrows lunch being infinitely more satisfying for Sunshine!!!