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February 2nd, 2010 -- Posted in family, things that make you go LOL |
My son is such a little sunshine in my life, he has the funniest little expressions. His way of seeing the world is so unique and special, especially since he is SO incredibly smart! I have no doubt he’s picked up on the “gifted” genes from both his parents. 
Here are a few favourite Avery quotes from the past little while…
Avery: “I’m so smart I don’t need any other people”.
Avery (after being told to go back to bed as the TV in our room is turned off): “You’re just doing a trick on me – when I go back to bed you will just turn that TV back on again.”
Avery: “I saw the muffin bag on the counter Mom!”
Me: “Oh you did eh…?”
Avery: “So what’s for breakfast?”
Me: “Guess!”
Avery: “I don’t know!”
Me: “Muffins!”
Avery is genuinely surprised and delighted to find this out! LOL 
Me: “Well how did they watch that back then? There were no TVs!”
Avery: “WHAT?”
Me: “In the olden days, TV hadn’t been invented yet.”
Avery: “That is just. not. possible.”
Avery asks his dad: “Was it awesome?”
Avery tells me (as I leave the couch): “But Mom, the game was just so awesome that it *made* me kick the couch. It’s done being awesome.”
And another few that I’d scribbled down (on a note paper that got lost again and found again about a million times!):
“I need you to just do this by yourself.”
“See, I told you it was gross.”
“That so freaked me out!”
“I always share with everyone the candy that I get at Halloween.”
“I obey you to play Xbox!”
June 25th, 2009 -- Posted in domestic engineering, people suck, things that make you go LOL |
I find reading these funny (when they are happening to other people), so I thought I would share my nightmare experience of trying to advise a bank about it’s own technical problem… it’s a classic example of Customer Service Reps who don’t take the time to read messages completely…
May 27th 2009
The “add a new bill” feature in the Online banking is not working. This is the 3rd day in a row I’ve been trying to add a new bill to my list and I get an error message every time. Please advise of ETA of having this fixed, if possible; I need to know if I should find another alternative to pay this bill (due next week).
Thanks,
Kris ——–
Their reply:
Dear Kris ——–,
Thank you for taking the time to write ——–.
I apologize for the inconvenience you experienced while trying to register your bill.
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June 18th, 2009 -- Posted in hill to haven, things that make you go LOL, work/career |
Every time I come down to the basement office , I can now almost guarantee that this spider will be waiting for me!
He hangs out in this little hiding spot under some flipped-up linoleum right beside the door. And as I approach the door and turn on the light switch on that side, he skitters backwards into his little crevice.
It’s become routine which is so not cool because a) ew gross, I hate spiders and b) he’s developing a bit of a personality. This is very bad because it’s much harder to kill something if anthropomorphism is involved. And as much as I loved Charlotte’s Web as a child, I’m sorry but no. My rule is that if we’re outside, bugs can have their space but in my own house they risk their own demise if there’s no easy (and sanity-preserving) way for me to catch them and release them outdoors.
If I find I’m unable to suck him up with a vacuum (my current spider elimination method of choice, as I discovered last week when a huge cousin of the office lurker scared me), then I guess I will just have to suck it up and deal with the creepy crawlies until I’ll no longer be down in this office. About a week to go really, before everything gets all packed up, including my computer!
It’s a toss-up, really. What’s more shudder-worthy: purposefully setting about to destroy a little creature who seems to show enough intelligence to hang out in a certain spot regularly and then vacate it when there is movement or light OR dealing with the phantom sensations of bugs crawling on me while down here?
I think I may go with option C, which is avoiding the basement office as much as possible until the moving transition is complete. Which means trusting my hubby to pack the remaining items in my craft area… Although scary in it’s own way, the sorting through of items that I didn’t pack might not be totally confusing. I’m sure I’ll be able to separate the cross-stitch patterns from the Today’s Parent magazines and spare page protectors.
And hopefully the only “bug” I will unpack in my new (non-basement!) home office will be my Cuttlebug.
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