.Wacky Words for Your Weekend.

As I lay in bed last night I felt something in my eye. I started blinking rapidly, and I exclaimed to Jim Oh no, I think I have an eye-winker in my eye! Sure enough I did, and I was able to blink it out. After I had settled down I turned to Jim and noticed him looking at me with a strange look on his face.

What? I said.

I just think it's so cute that you say eye-winker. He laughed.

This was not the first time that I had been alerted to the fact that I have a vocabulary littered with wacky words, however it was the first time that I realized that eye-winker is indeed a wacky word. We laughed together and talked through some of those words, and then Jim suggested the idea of writing a few of them here - so here I am.

And here are a few of my wacky words - feel free to practice incorporating them into your vocabulary today. {wink}

eye-winker - an eyelash that is no longer attached to ones eyelid.

humdrummer - the vegetable drawer/cripser in a refrigerator.

orts - any kind of leftover meal.

zitty - a word used to describe static on a television, telephone, or radio.

Do you use any wacky words?


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.Getting Dressed.

I thought I would add something fun for Friday. Actually I have been waiting all day to tie up a few loose ends for our t-shirt fundraiser. I may be able to post about it shortly, and I am so excited!

Can I let you in on a secret?

I lay out my husband's clothes for him during the week and on Sundays. Please don't think I'm weird. {grin} I like doing it, and it blesses my husband. But the real truth is, while my husband truly does have good taste, sometimes he just does not get how to put together an outfit. He doesn't understand the rules. You ladies out there, get this, right? Please don't tell me I am alone here. There are rules to follow when getting dressed.

My husband has repeatedly asked me about these rules. I believe he truly wants to understand them. Occasionally he will wear something that I have not pulled together for him. I will grimace and groan and explain to him how he cannot possibly wear that with that.

He stares at me blankly. Why? He sighs.

And this is where I get stuck. I don't know why. I just know it is a rule, and that you don't do it. Have I been taught these rules? No. I just know them. My husband doesn't get it, and he gets mildly irritated. Poor guy. How do I explain to him that because I was born into the female gender I just intrinsically know when he is committing a fashion crime?

He really gets confused with the dress shoe and sock thing. Oh, he has learned that white socks with dress shoes is bad. Really bad. He also knows to wear dress socks with dress shoes, and to never ever put his naked foot into a dress shoe.

But this confuses him. These shoes -

which I happen to love. They are trendy and go with his style so well. He wears them year long, and he wears them with jeans, shorts, and khakis. The other day he came home for lunch saying he was so hot (it was a warm day for us). I happened to notice he was wearing a polo, khakis and these shoes, and a really thick pair of dress socks.

Honey, I said, you didn't have to wear socks today.

He lost it. I had lectured him so many times on the evils of not wearing socks with shoes. How in the world could this time be any different?

I shrugged my shoulders, and said it just is. This rule has an exception with those shoes.

How do you know?? He said through clenched teeth.

I just do. I replied with a little grin. I just do.




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.I Would Rather.

I would rather....

cook than bake

read than watch TV

sleep when it is hot than when it is cold

text than talk on the phone

load the dishwasher than unload it

spend time with my children than time with adults

go to the dentist than to the doctor

have music playing than have a completely quiet home

get up early than go to bed late

soak up the sun on a beach than at a pool

eat shrimp than beef

read three books simultaneously than one book at a time

clean the bathroom than clean my floors

be with my family at home than be with anyone else anywhere else

drink coffee than drink soda

be a mommy than a career woman

live without my computer than live without my camera

shop for shoes than for jeans

I would rather be the woman God created me to be than be anybody else.

How about you?





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