When the fly came to my house this month, he saw what makes me happiest: time spent with my family and the freedom to blog about them. I love the quirkiness that runs in our gene pool and have always taught my children to embrace their inner weirdness.
If you were a fly on the wall at my house, you would have overheard some of these oddball comments in our home:
"Close your mouth while you're eating. You sound like a cow chewing cud.""I can't eat my scrambled eggs by the window anymore. The pigeons on the sill think I'm eating their cousins."
"Any teenager who sprays Axe throughout the house deserves a good throttling."
"When the office pooper takes a break, everyone knows it's goin' down in toilet town."
"I just burped up a piece of chicken and re-chewed it. That was my after dinner snack."
"I saw lots of spandex camel toes at the gym today."
"What are you doing with this fossilized granola bar in your purse---saving it for the zombie apocalypse?"
"For Christmas, I'm going to ask Santa for an artificial urinary sphincter.""The pugs are tearing the sofa pillows apart!"
"Ahh….but the entertainment value of a pug tug-of-war is priceless."
"I gave you the energy drink so that you'd be pumped up to do yard work, not play air guitar with a rake!"
"Got a new bag of nuts for you, son.""Are you saying I need to grow a pair?"
"I was on a safari in the bathroom and I just spotted a South African toilet snake."
"Nutella is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
"No….just fat."
"This coffee doesn't work for me anymore. I think someone is punking me by filling the pot with decaf.""I tried to hide the Halloween candy but our son is like a drug sniffing dog when it comes to chocolate."
Hope you enjoyed your little visit to Happy Town, where toilets require a double flush and the air smells like Axe cologne. Be sure to stop by and visit all of the other bloggers crazy enough to share a personal slice of their home life with you!
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How easily my guys can get into an argument. The discussion stemmed from the regurgitated chicken, with my son saying it isn't a burp if solids come up, and my husband insisting it is. Really? Well...thanks for the lovely conversation starter ;-)
ReplyDeleteBy the way - those pugs are the cutest things ever!!! I may have to re-think my "no more dogs" stand.
Lorinda--that's so funny!!! And yes--I was never really a dog person until I discovered pugs!
DeleteToilets require a double flush and are you telling me to grow a pair.... Love it
ReplyDeleteLOL I know YOU know how these things go….
DeleteWow, he's rockin that rake Mama!
ReplyDeleteHahaha don't encourage him or else he will never stop!!!
DeleteI think any place where the toilets need a double flush is lucky to smell like Axe cologne. Just sayin'.
ReplyDeleteYou are SOOO correct! I would rather smell the Axe than his….south African toilet snake!
DeleteNow, a snake in the toilet is not a good sign, especially if your knees are bent :(
ReplyDeleteAnd God didn't tell you to eat the whole tub of nutella did he? So you can't blame him for the extra calories covering the thighs, ha ha ha.
The burped up chicken made me feel sick. I can just imagine it all chewed up, half digested, smelling and gross then someone actually eating it again, yukky.
Have a wonderful crazy weekend Mama, I'm rushing off to read more of your great posts In The Powder Room. It's a great way to start the weekend.
Ohhh I just love you so much, RPD. Your comments make my day. Sorry about the re-chewed chicken thing made you sick. It made me feel queasy, too! Thanks again RPD for always being here for me! XO
DeleteMy eyes go to the pugs.. Since we are pug owner..
ReplyDeleteAren't they adorable?!?!?
DeleteHahahaaaa! This is great!
ReplyDeleteI can't eat my scrambled eggs by the window anymore. The pigeons on the sill think I'm eating their cousins." made me LOL!!
What a great idea for a blog post too...
Stefani McCune
mama-preneur.com
Glad you liked it! Seriously--I can't eat eggs by the window. We have a LOT of birds in our yard every morning because we feed them seeds. But then they sit on the window sill and watch me….eat eggs…it just feels very awkward….
DeleteI wish I could get the people in my house to double flush :)
ReplyDeleteI have an extra large plunger in case those double flushes don't work!
DeleteLove this SO much! I want to be your neighbor and with the way things are going we will probably be moving again in another 6 months. Then again in another 6 months... I could use a new state to add to the list! ;)
ReplyDeleteCome to Florida! I'll bake you some cookies and we can share coffee together!!!
DeleteI love these posts, I find myself trying to figure out who might have said what... I am probably way off but it is funny :)
ReplyDeleteHahahaha I would LOVE to hear your thoughts on it--as to who said what! The answers might surprise you!
DeleteVery fun! Very fun! Haha! Whee!
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it, Jeanne!
DeleteWow, this is so awesome! I love it! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks of coming by, Nate!
Deleteheheh,, funny maim!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, Sangay!
DeleteOh my gosh, Marcia, I can relate to SO MANY of these *she says as she finally remembers to toss those granola bars into the trash*
ReplyDeleteHahahaha I figured you would relate, Shay. I know how crazy your family is--and I mean that in the best way! XO
DeleteFun post. Looks like you have a fun family. A bit of disfunction makes t even better!
ReplyDeleteHappy Town, where toilets require a double flush and the air smells like Axe cologne - sounds like our apartment! At least that's what my gal tells me!
Wherever there is a man, there is a need for a double flush….and air fresheners.
DeleteI SO look forward to my visits with your family! I think you should title this Fly OFF the Wall! :)
ReplyDeleteOhhhhh…. I like the way you think!!!
DeleteSomeday we will be toasting our good fortune on our private train... and we'll talk about stinky axe spray and poop and all of that stuff and no one will bat an eyelash, because we are that cool. LOVE LOVE LOVE... XO!
ReplyDeleteYup--we're the cool ones eating crap pockets and ear wax casserole!
DeleteMaybe my family is TOO weird. I'm not always "allowed" to write about what goes on in our crazy lives. You're lucky that your kids don't mind.
ReplyDeleteOh, they mind…..but the gave up fighting it a long time ago….
DeleteWhen I lived in CT I used to write for a local free alternative paper. I sometimes wrote about family-related stuff, and they all learned to be careful what they said around me...because it could end up in a column in the paper the next week :)
DeleteMy kids no longer have a choice. Anything they say is fair game now….
DeleteLove it... Happy Town is completely Crazy Town. Y'all have a great Thanksgiving, Slu
ReplyDeleteIt IS Crazy Town here! Have a great holiday, Slu!
DeleteHello Mama~We're home!! Hi Marcia we are new to your blog by way of mutual blogging bud, Phil The Regular Guy NYC. & we have to say, we've fallen in love with the craziness of your posts & comments & didn't want to leave. This post had us laughing to the point of cryin' especially loved the spandex camel toes at the gym today. Priceless!! Hope you don't mind if we knock around your site for a while & take in the brilliance of Meno Mama. :)
ReplyDeleteOh wow I LOVE having you here! If you like my craziness that much, then I can tell we are going to get along famously!
DeleteFlorida State Seminoles, my alma mater, woooooooot!! :)
ReplyDeleteMy husband says funny things like this and we pretend not to get it or think it's funny just so we can hear him laughing at himself when he thinks about it five minutes later. :)
That's cute! Hey, GO NOLES!!!! I think we have a good chance of winning the whole thing this year because Winston is AWESOME!!!!
DeleteHahaha! Mark wanted to buy a dual flusher for the main bathroom. I can't imagine if it makes a different sound..I'll know what's going on!! Ugh. I love to see your husband rocking that rake and love even more that your whole family is so funny i.e., lovable. I hope you are doing well. <3
ReplyDeleteI am very blessed to have this funny family--they keep me smiling all the time no matter what is happening in my life. It has been ridiculously busy here but I'm loving it! Thanks for stopping by to say hello, Michele. I've missed you! XO
DeleteAs usual, I want to be adopted! lol
ReplyDeleteThink that will ever pass? The hearts are gone tho! I had nothing to play with :( haha
So sorry--I was told to revamp my site to make it more professional, plus the heart cursor slowed it down quite a bit. And yes, we would LOVE to adopt you!
DeleteYour house always brings the funny! And it's not truly a home with teenage sons unless you're choking on Axe fumes....
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