Overheard: Charlie's Sub

Charlie: My sub today had an accent.
Ryan: She must have been very embarrassed.
Charlie and me: Huh? Why?
Ryan: She had an accident.
Charlie: No Ryan, she didn't have an accident. She has an accent.

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Cassette Tapes, Answering Machines and Other Old Things

Today my boys were in awe of all of the technology that we were able to live without, way, way, way (wait for it....) back in the 80s.

It all started when the boys got Wii Just Dance this morning from the Easter Bunny. Charlie really thought the new song, "Pump Up the Jam" was awesome. He asked if he could get that CD. Explaining to him that only really rich people had CDs back then and the rest of us just had tapes, proved to be a difficult endeavor. Having never seen a cassette tape, Charlie wasn't quite sure what I was talking about, so I googled it and showed him a picture. Only then did I remember what a huge pain in the butt it was when the tape in the cassette would come out was next to impossible to put back in, rendering the cassette tape useless. Thank God for CDs!

Later today when we were putting in our Easter call to my elderly grandmother in SD, I said, "If the answering machine comes on, just say 'Happy Easter!'" Ryan looked at me like I was crazy and asked me what in the heck is an answering machine. I had to backtrack to our earlier conversation this morning about cassette tapes. From there I explained that each house had a phone and an answering machine. If someone wasn't home, or just didn't want to answer the phone (no caller ID!) you would have to wait for the beep and leave the person a message. Your voice would be recorded on a cassette tape for people to play when they got home. You couldn't just push a button on the phone to hear your messages, you actually had to push the play button on your answering machine to hear your messages. He thought that was weird.

Now, for your viewing and auditory pleasure, please enjoy the following clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K7fL5s_1ac

L8R,

Sarah:)

Ryan's Questioning Ways

It was about 5:30 and we'd just finished supper. I hadn't sat down at the computer since the morning, which is looooong time for me.

Ryan asked in a very kind, non-judgmental way, "Why can't you just do the normal things that a mom does after supper?"

I replied, "Like what Ryan?"

Ryan said, "Well, like do the dishes or laundry or something like that."


That ended our conversation and I sent him straight to his room for talking back to his mom. No, no, I really didn't send him to his room. But I do wonder where he comes up with these ideals!

You could call me a lot of things naggy, cranky, unable to handle too much noise, but not June Cleaver!

Charlie's Mint Question

We were driving home from swim team when Charlie asked, "Mom, if you are running late for work one day and you don't have time to brush your teeth, is it ok if you just have a mint instead?" Wonder where he got that from?

Ryan In Ohio

I'll set the scene for you. We were all sitting down to a breakfast of Lucky Charms and Shredded Wheat when Ryan declared that there are a lot of states that do not know about lightsabers at all. He then told us that he's sure that no one in Ohio knows anything about them. Ryan now wants to go to Ohio so he can educate everyone about lightsabers. He wants to make his entrance as Yoda. Go figure!