Did I really just post last night that Im thankful for my daughter? How ironic. So heres the story of why I wanted to sell her to gypsies an hour ago. After a busy morning and not much sleep the night before (and the night before and the night before and the night before), I was really looking forward to a little bit of rest during nap time. The time arrived, we did our naptime routine and she was snuggled in bed, apparently close to drifting off. I went down the hall to do the same with Henry and fell asleep myself after thirty or forty minutes. Mistake. Not Josephine, she got out of bed and went downstairs to play after I was asleep. I woke up after a little while and heard her happily chatting to herself and playing downstairs so I decided to let it go and rest some more myself. Mistake. Shortly after that she came upstairs very excited and telling me about a very special surprise that shes been making for me. I hear this about two dozen times a day so I wasnt worried. I should have been. Heres the surprise she was cooking up: a pot containing 13 full bottles of vanilla beans, caraway seed, xanthan gum, poultry seasoning, lemon grass, powdered ginger, mustard powder, dried lemon peel, dill weed, fennel seed, bay leaves, almond extract, and orange extract, plus one boullion cube, mixed with shakes of turmeric, thyme, garlic salt, and garlic powder (because she couldnt pry the shaker tops off to do the whole jars), layered with lots of potting soil and parsley seedlings, and a few strings of Mardi Gras beads thrown in for good measure. Imagine my delight as the extent of this mess and waste of expensive ingredients sinks in. Imagine the aroma. Regrettable words and actions followed. Im am writing this down because I will surely find it funny someday, and many of you will find it funny today. The worst part is that she genuinely thought she was making a special treat and the look on her face as she realized that her raging mother was not at all pleased with her efforts was really heartbreaking. Aaaaaarrrrgggghhhhhh.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 23:11:28 +0000
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