I'm going into the t-shirt business. I'm tired of saying the same things over and over again and I figure everyone else must be, too. For example:
Three weeks ago we moved into a new house around the corner. [Less expensive, fenced yard, closer to school, the landlord is not a Nazi...you get the idea.] Our family/neighbor friends helped us move our stuff. Here's the t-shirt that I needed that day: WHY DO WE HAVE SO MUCH CRAP?? (I know that the 'C' word isn't very refined but it's accurate. We have a lot of crap.)
Here's one for Sunday morning: CHURCH STARTS AT NINE. WE NEED TO LEAVE IN _____ MINUTES!
I thought this one would be handy, since I feel that my flat hair needs an excuse and yet, for some inexplicable reason, my hair rarely comes up naturally in conversation: MY HAIR DRYER DIED THIS MORNING (Sad but true. My hair dryer is dead. My hair is flat.)
I would also sell buttons for kids. Here's one that will singlehandedly (single buttonedly?) make me a millionaire: I DRESSED MYSELF. This would be a nice, no-nonsense way of explaining why Olivia is wearing a pink plaid skirt with her yellow pajama t-shirt on backwards.
Last but not least, I want a shirt for when I go running. I run on the Snow Canyon Parkway trail, early in the morning. For some reason I feel obligated to acknowledge the other runners/cyclists on the trail. It's ridiculous and, frankly, I can't spare the breath. I need a shirt that says: "...(gasp!)...Mornin'!" Problem solved.
7 comments:
I'll buy some of those!!
i love it! you got a good belly laugh from me!
Hey Elisey-linna you REALLY should submit some of your stories to newspapers and magazines - you could make a living being at home with the kids. You are very clever!
So, did DJ give you that idea of the "I dressed myself" button from my Sunday School Class. I swear I have pitched that in class before! You really are a great writer, I can't wait to frequent your blog and chuckle and giggle. Thanks again for letting my borrow Tess!
everyone tells you to publish this stuff, but I said it first...in fact I think I can scroll to your very first posting and prove it!
I would totally buy the "I Dressed Myself" Button and I would laugh so hard if I saw it on another kid!... seriously... there is a shop on main street called "GrUn" next to 25 main (place with great cupcakes)...The girl who owns it is named Rachel- she'll make that button for you!(She's made buttons for me for mother's day gifts) Really, go get one made, tell her I sent you....do it...5,4,3,2,1
Jenn--
Was that where I heard that "I dressed myself" idea? It's been floating around in my brain for a while now. You're a GENIUS. :)
I wasn't trying to steal your thunder. And you can't call me the Genius. If I remember correctly is was Martha Brockenbrough in her book "It could Happen to you! A Diary of Pregnancy and beyond". One of the most knee slappenest, laugh out loud books I have ever read! When you are pregnant with number 5 I will let you borrow it.
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