Texting Conversation

Kayla, at school in Biology class, where they are dissecting frogs today:

Kayla: Ew im standing at a far distance
Me: LOL
Kayla: I feel nauseous
Me: At least you're not eating spaghetti for lunch.
Kayla: You are sadistic.

Conversation

Kayla: I don't like this dollar bill. It's all wrinkly and not pretty.
Me: Money is money. Doesn't matter what it looks like. It all spends the same.
Kayla: But I don't like ugly things in my purse!
Lu: Wait...don't you have something in your purse with your picture on it for ID?
Me: (laughing)
Kayla: Yes, of course I do.
Lu: (laughing)
Kayla: Hey!

Conversation

Watching me make her lunch for school today...

Kayla: I'm so excited for my lunch today! All my favorite things, contained in an amazing bag of happiness.

Conversation

Regarding some of the ice issues at the Vancouver Winter Olympics...

Me: One of my friends wondered if there was zamboni tampering going on.
Kayla: What's a zamboni?
Me: The machine that lays down the smooth ice for the skaters.
Kayla: Oh! I thought you were talking about a tribe or something.

Overheard

During the Olympics, a commercial is playing about visiting British Columbia:

Commercial: It's Big.
Commercial: Beautiful.
Kayla: Are they talking about my butt?
Commercial: Sophisticated.
Kayla: Yup.

Conversation

Lu throws a gummy piece of candy across the room and Kayla catches it in her mouth...

Us: (cheering)
Violet: You'd be good at baseball.
Kayla: No, I'd be good at frisbee! (bark)

Today's Quote

Kayla: If people from Utah are called "Utahns", what are people from Tampa called?

Summertime

Summertime means no time to blog. Or read blogs. So as far as the blogging world goes, I suck all the time during the summertime.

But today I will leave you with a summertime moment in my house:

Me: (getting ready to slice the end off a watermelon)
Me: Kayla! Come here!
Kayla: (comes into the kitchen and sees what I'm doing)
Kayla: Yay! You know I love the butt of watermelons!

Text Message Received

Heehee


(Kayla found a beaded ring at a store and put it to good use!)

Texting Conversations

Kayla: My neck hurts
Me: Mine, too. Maybe we have the Swine Flu!
Kayla: Its the giraffe flu

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Lu: I just had my first kiss ^_^
Me: Whoohoo! Was it nice? :)
Lu: It was slobbery ^_^
Me: He'll learn. He's new at it, too. :)
Lu: No because he was going for a cheek but i kissed him on the lips. Then he kind of ran away ^_^
Me: Scaring him off, eh? :)
Lu: Lol yeah. Then he ran off and told the closest friend near him and he ran off to tell vicki and by tomorow I'll be the new gossip of the school ^_^
Me: How many demerits do you think you'll get for that? LOL
Lu: Lol NONE CAUSE NO ONE SAW!! MHHAHAHAHA!!!! :-) lol

Texting Conversation

Kayla: So this OLD nasty man who is so creepy just came up and asked me if i was 18! So i said no im only 16 and hes like oh im on a mission and im looking for young pretty girls who will go on dates with me and so on ew ew!
Me: Creepy! Probably a polygamist.
Kayla: Nasty disgusting grossness of doom

Conversation

Me: Now that you're driving, I want to be sure you know how to change a flat tire.
Kayla: Oh, I already know how.
Me: Really? Explain how to me.
Kayla: You get out of your car, stick your boobs and butt way out, and your tire will get changed in about 5 minutes.

Texting Conversation

Kayla: Ew theres worms everywhere!
Me: That's what happens when it rains. :)
Kayla: Ew ew ew there was a bazillion of them! And some had been stepped on!
Me:Did you spare their lives? :)
Kayla: I wouldn't dare squish those things! Yucky mess and guts everywhere! Ew!
Me: Just think of it as a crude science dissection. A learning moment...
Kayla: Nah if i want to get nausious then id just go watch people get their blood drawn

And later:

Me: I just stepped on a worm.
Kayla: Ew!
Me: Thought you'd want to know.
Kayla: Im about to eat lol nasty!
Me: Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, guess I'll go eat worms...
Kayla: Youre so gross!
Me: Have to have something to laugh about today! :)
Kayla: Or throw up about

Texting Conversation

Kayla: This car in front of the bus has a spazzy blinker lol its like a hummingbird!
Me: Those are weird blinkers. :)
Kayla: Those blinkers had way too much coffee lol


(Go visit Kayla at her new blog!)

Blog Encouragement

So I told Kayla she was "featured" on my Tuesday blog post. She was a little worried about what I'd said ("Not me-- it's what YOU said.") until she had come home from school and checked it out herself. :)

I told her, yet again, that she should start her own blog. Her answer?

"But I have nothing to write about. What would I say? 'Today I went pee. It was amazing!'"

Then she asked me if it was true that people eat about a pound of small jumping spiders in their lifetime, while they sleep. She heard it on the radio. And then proceeded to act it out. LOL!

Maybe one of these days I'll convince her to start up her own blog. :)

Random Tuesday Thoughts

Today's Random Tuesday Thoughts are brought to you by Kayla, age 16. These are some quotes I've been quietly collecting over the past month or so.

• I think spiders try to torment me on purpose. Jumping spiders are the worst to try to kill-- it's like playing ‘Whack-a-Mole’.

• The heart is stronger than any one man's will.

• I'm just very talkative when I have a lot to talk about. Which is all the time.

• I love ponies! They're so cute and stubby. They are the midgets of horses.

• I frickin' LOVE that store! I want to marry it. Goodbye, paycheck!

• Life isn't about finding yourself. It's about creating yourself.

• I love strawberries. If Jesus was reincarnated into a fruit, it would be strawberries.

• Something is wrong with me. I think my whole body is dislocated.

Texting Conversation

From this morning...

Kayla: I almost thought i forgot my phone lol i would of died!!

and...

Kayla: wow i got so cold this morning. The stupid bus driver decided to not show up til it was way late!
Me: Maybe he had to go pee.
Kayla: For ten minutes? He has issues lol
Me: Too many prunes.
Kayla: Ew

Happy Valentine's Day!

Yesterday at work, I was a witness to the sweetest Valentine present ever-- Jean's sweet husband hired a barbershop quartet to come to her desk and sing some romantic songs to her. I wish I had my camera so I could have taken a video of the event to share with you. It truly was a tear-inducing moment.

For the rest of us, I direct you over to Blogger Dad's. He wins the GreenJello Jiggler Award again for this Valentine's post!

And finally, I leave you with a picture text message I received from Kayla... she had just finished counting all her money before leaving on a clothes shopping spree:



Kayla: Money. . . My one true love!!!! <3

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

Texting Conversation

Kayla: I think winter is stupid
Me: Move to Arizona. :)
Kayla: No way lol cactises are pokey!
Me: Then you'll have to suffer.
Kayla: Psh ill go to california
Me: Too many people!
Kayla: Thats because its the best weather down there!
Me: Then you get more crime and more pollution because of all the people.
Kayla: Ill move to England
Me: England is rainy and cold. LOL!
Kayla: But at least its pretty! Actually ill go to australia its warm there
Me: Yeah. 115 degrees warm!
Kayla: Perfect!
Me: Too hot!
Kayla: Beaches! Yay!
Me: Deadly stinging jellyfish! Boo!
Kayla: Ill wear shoes lol
Me: In the water? They won't give you any protection against jellyfish. Didn't you learn anything from "Finding Nemo"?

Texting Conversation

Kayla: The lack of education brings many possibilities to destruction.
Me: Wow. Where did that profound thought come from?
Kayla: Myself :P
Me: Excellent observation. :)
Kayla: Well these guys in the back of the bus were in a heated discussion about the economy and mexican immigration. They knew nothing of both, just that "it was the presidents fault" and "those stupid mexicans have no right to live like we do". If they took the time to learn about it, they would feel much differently. They didnt make me mad or anything, i just felt pity. A life without knowledge is simple but without it you will never see how the world or sense have potential for greatness. All they see is whats right in front of them.
Me: You are one smart chica. :)
Kayla: Lol if teenagers ever thought about this i bet they wouldnt drop out of school.
Me: Another excellent observation! Those who drop out realize later it probably wasn't the best decision. Life is a tough teacher.
Kayla: Some dont even realize that. Like i said, uneducated people only see whats in front of them.
Me: I think it is a shallow life. There's so much more out there.
Kayla: But they would never know they were missing anything. They only see what they want or know to see.
Me: Very true.
Kayla: Oh well to everyone their own.
Me: Do you think they're happy in their ignorance?
Kayla: No one is happy in ignorance. They dont know any better to be happy or miserable. I think they're just content.
Me: Do you think that education and awareness brings more contentment?
Kayla: No. I think awareness of what happiness truly is brings happiness. You can know whats on the other side of the river, but you can choose not to care.