Friday, July 22, 2005

Kids Talk About Love

Just another silly e-mail forward...but I thought it was funny.

"What does love mean?" These are answers from 4 to 8 year olds.

When my grandma got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toe nails anymore. So my grandpa does it for her now all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.
Rebecca - age 8

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouths.
Billy - age 4

Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.
Kari - age 5

Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your french fries without making them give you any of theirs.
Chrissy - age 6

Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.
Terri - age 4

Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him to make sure the taste is OK.
Danny - age 7

Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My mommy and my daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss.
Emily - age 8

Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.
Bobby - age 7

If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate.
Nikki - age 6

Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it every day.
Noelle - age 7

Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.
Tommy - age 6

During my piano recital, I was on stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.
Cindy - age 8

My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.
Clare - age 6

Love is when mommy gives daddy the best piece of chicken.
Elaine - age 5

Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.
Chris - age 7

Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.
Mary Ann - age 4

When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.
Karen - age 7

You really shouldn't say "I LOVE YOU" unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.
Jessica - age 8

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Peeves...the Pet Kind

I should probably learn to better communicate these to people. I usually just end up sitting around irritated for a little while, until I learn to either deal with it, or fix the problem in a manner that irritates me less. Without much more ado...Allow me to present:

Novel's Eating Pet Peeves:

  • gulping sounds in the back of people's throats while drinking
  • clinking and scraping ceramic/porcelain/glass bowls/plates with metal utensils
  • talking with their mouth open--food spilling on their lap and other people
  • teeth scraping metal forks/spoons--eat the food, not the fork
  • shoveling food off plate and rushing off
  • ingratitude for a meal that someone's worked hard to cook--it's not hard to say a simple "thanks."

    Novel's Kitchen Pet Peeves:

  • Moldy/bad/stinky food in the fridge or on the counter
  • having to re-wash dishes from the dishwasher because people didn't load it right or didn't rinse. Some machines are built to blast the food off with the bacteria...Others just sanitize the dishes you already wash. It's important to realize which one you've got.
  • utensil mixing in the utensil holder in the dishwasher (only when I'm loading)
  • putting utensils that are too tall in the utensil thing--just put them on the top shelf, please?
  • dishes being put away with food bits stuck to them...If they're not clean, they need to be re-washed.
  • open cabinets
  • Sounding OCD for bringing all this up.

    I'm probably too protective of the kitchen right now--funny thing is though, that I only get this way when I've got to clean it myself, or part of it myself. If I get help, I'm all smiles and understanding. As soon as I have to do it alone though, I get grumpy.

    Moral: Novel Hates doing most chores alone most of the time, and she needs to sleep.
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