oops! it's been a while...sorry.
Well, it looks like I have really slacked off in my writing blog posts. Sorry about that. It has been rather busy around here. In the last three weeks I have done a lot of running around getting kids to this activity and that activity. Plus...the big highlight...Nele was home for two weeks! It was an awesome visit!!! It was great to see her again, but it was sad to see her go. The time together was just too short. I can't wait to have her here again. I miss her. :(
On a much lighter note I have a very humorous story that is sure to leave you in stitches. First, a little background to set up the story. On friday I was out of work due to being sick with the stomach flu. Yuck. As most of you know that is my most dreaded sickness. I hate it. Anyway...it did set me back a little but I am bouncing back quite nicely. In the past it has taken me 3 days to be able to eat again, but this time it was only one...that's a huge difference. Okay, so on saturday I went to a little craft show in Harrodsburg (well, more like the backwoods of Burgin...don't know where that is...yeah! nobody does!!! hence the small turnout at the show) to help my dear, and dare I say best!, friend Kari with manning her jewelry booth and taking care of Nehemiah. Quick side note...her stuff is AWESOME--she is truly talented! Anyway, we had been sitting at the booth for about 5 hours and Nehemiah was being a very good baby (as usual because he is the best baby in the world!) so everyone that came by wanted to talk about him. One lady in particular had stopped by for a second time and was talking to Kari about him, and asking lots of questions about her other kids (beautiful Myra and Lizzie), etc. At this point the woman, who was like 45-50 years old, looked at me and said, "are you the grandmother?" :-O I will have a hard time expressing to you exactly what I was feeling about this horrible question, but use your imagination! Come on people!!! I'm 35! Not 55-60!! I don't even look close to that. I know that I was bouncing back from being sick, but give me a break! Now I will say that my mom (hi mom!) looks VERY good! She looks about 10 years younger than she actually is. However, and no offense to women in their 40's, but I don't look like I'm in my 40's, let alone like one in her 50's!!! I was completely stunned and set aback. I didn't know what to say. I finally gave her a somewhat whispered "no" and she soon departed our booth (never to return...thank goodness). We all had a good laugh about it, and I'm still laughing, I just wonder if there was something totally great I could have said to this woman but I was just too dumb-struck to find the words.
Now the question is...what would you have done if someone had said this to you? Keep in mind the following things: I'm in my 30's!, I have young children of my own, and Krissi was NOT holding Nehemiah at the time this horrid comment was unleashed upon me. Leave me a comment!
On a much lighter note I have a very humorous story that is sure to leave you in stitches. First, a little background to set up the story. On friday I was out of work due to being sick with the stomach flu. Yuck. As most of you know that is my most dreaded sickness. I hate it. Anyway...it did set me back a little but I am bouncing back quite nicely. In the past it has taken me 3 days to be able to eat again, but this time it was only one...that's a huge difference. Okay, so on saturday I went to a little craft show in Harrodsburg (well, more like the backwoods of Burgin...don't know where that is...yeah! nobody does!!! hence the small turnout at the show) to help my dear, and dare I say best!, friend Kari with manning her jewelry booth and taking care of Nehemiah. Quick side note...her stuff is AWESOME--she is truly talented! Anyway, we had been sitting at the booth for about 5 hours and Nehemiah was being a very good baby (as usual because he is the best baby in the world!) so everyone that came by wanted to talk about him. One lady in particular had stopped by for a second time and was talking to Kari about him, and asking lots of questions about her other kids (beautiful Myra and Lizzie), etc. At this point the woman, who was like 45-50 years old, looked at me and said, "are you the grandmother?" :-O I will have a hard time expressing to you exactly what I was feeling about this horrible question, but use your imagination! Come on people!!! I'm 35! Not 55-60!! I don't even look close to that. I know that I was bouncing back from being sick, but give me a break! Now I will say that my mom (hi mom!) looks VERY good! She looks about 10 years younger than she actually is. However, and no offense to women in their 40's, but I don't look like I'm in my 40's, let alone like one in her 50's!!! I was completely stunned and set aback. I didn't know what to say. I finally gave her a somewhat whispered "no" and she soon departed our booth (never to return...thank goodness). We all had a good laugh about it, and I'm still laughing, I just wonder if there was something totally great I could have said to this woman but I was just too dumb-struck to find the words.
Now the question is...what would you have done if someone had said this to you? Keep in mind the following things: I'm in my 30's!, I have young children of my own, and Krissi was NOT holding Nehemiah at the time this horrid comment was unleashed upon me. Leave me a comment!
posted by Cari Chase | 9:52 PM
1 Comments:
You could've said, "no, I'm the great-grandmother" with a sweet and sinister smile on your face!
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