Daddy took Bubs to the reptile show this weekend and came back with this (friendly, but still frightening) King snake.
Have I mentioned that Daddy is quite the tease?...And that I am one of the most gullible people on the planet? (No, really. Try to sell me beachfront property in Kansas. Actually that won't work. I'm too cheap. Anyway...)
So, on the way home, Daddy called and said that Bubby had just absolutely-positively fallen in love with this huge python...so huge, in fact, that it would have to live in one of our 2 bathtubs. I kept saying I didn't believe him, but I did. At least that's a step in the right direction for me...saying I don't believe.
Needless to say, this little-ish, well, medium-ish snake was a big relief. Although I wouldn't go as far as Daddy as to say it is part of the family.
1. You get excited when the toilet paper roll runs out because you've been needing one for an art project.2. You are frequently asked to sound out words like: xsozeutrpqmnbatroyblw3. You have 1 goal for a whole day-clean the bathrooms-and at the end of the day, they're still as dirty as they were when you woke up. Worse actually because a little someone was having too much fun to quite make it to
1. The husband-man calls me "The Human Compass" and, believe me, it's not a compliment. Even the Bubs is always saying I need a GPS.
2. I never used a coupon in my life (except at Roberts Crafts) until last week. Now I'm a coupon FREAK. I mean, who wouldn't get excited about 7 cent cereal? Or free milk and eggs?
3. I am a trichotillomaniac. Yes, truly. I pull my eyelashes out without realizing it. I try to cover it up with mascara and long bangs, but sometimes I have noticeable bald patches. I've been trying to stop for 15 years.
4. A little girl just asked if I'm having another baby. Nope. My belly just doesn't want to leave yet.
5. If my bed is made, it is more likely that Bubs made it than me.
6. I learned to drive in a Suburban. One morning, I hit BOTH the side of the house AND my dad's truck...Now I have my own burb. So far, so good.
7. I recently itched my cheek and discovered baby poop there.
8. My mom says I have stinky feet...and it just so happens that the husband-man can't smell (AT ALL. He never has.) That's just one of the many ways we're perfect for each other.
9. YA fantasy is my favorite genre to read. I love it, but somehow I feel really silly saying that at book club.
10. I'm scared of X-files. When the husband-man used to watch it, I'd go to bed early. BUT I could still hear it and felt afraid. Ya gotta love studio apartments.
Confession 10 1/2: I totally stole this confession idea from my friend's blog. (Hi Jodi!)
So that's me.
How about you? Want to confess your G-rated issues?
Do your kids accidentally swear? Seriously. My kids love to rhyme words...Ham-bam-wham-zam-dam-n.
It's when they're rhyming words like duck or sit that I start to cringe.
It's not just when they play the rhyming game either.
The other day, Bubs was dancing around for like FIFTEEN minutes saying "shoot shoot shoot shake" (only NOT shoot, ya know?) OVER and OVER again. It's all the husband-man and I can do to keep from laughing.
And when we do laugh and they ask what's so funny? We say it's a grown-up secret.
Now the Bubs can't wait to grow up and find out what the speck-beck-heck is so funny.
My friend asked me to cut 13 signs that said, "Did you think to pray?" for a group of girls at church to make signs out of. This one got a little messed up, so I kept it and put it on my wall...and, yes, it IS crooked. I know. It looks better in real life. Maybe.
Anyway, I put it here...
So, the husband-man comes in and says, "I like the new words. Is that so I'll pray the toilet doesn't clog?"
Nice.
What a pretty snake! My cat would love to play with it.
Snakes are really great pets. My oldest son had a number of reptilian pets, including several snakes and lizards. Reptiles are interesting, clean, quiet and easy to care for. My son has given most of his pets away now that he is in college and he is currently down to just one snake. My son is now a biology major in college pursuing a love of animals and wild things that began with the first little ribbon snakes we bought him after surgery he had when he was seven-years-old.
I don't know how I'd do with a snake in the house!