Saturday, January 23, 2010

I am not quite sure if I am a squid..........

Overheard......

D mopping all my floors for me last Saturday singing,

"Thaaaaa first noel,
the angel did say,
yourrrrr husband will mop
the floors today"

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Trying to get CB down for a nap, I tried to cut some back room deals....

A- If you take a nap, I will read you a book first, then when you wake up I will give you a piece of candy.

CB- No, Momma. I will have the candy now.

A- First we have to read a book and then take a nap.....then you can have a piece of candy.

CB opening the book - Once upon a time there was a little kid who did not want to take a nap, and he didn't......the end (shuts the book) Now can I have my candy?

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We waxed May's eyebrows again. May left the waxed eyebrow strips on the bathroom counter.......all day apparently.

When D got home from work, M & I were checking something out on her email.......

D- What is all this sticky hairy paper in here on the counter???!!

M- Oh, that's my eyebrows. I forgot to throw that stuff in the garbage...

D- Amy, tell May to come in here and get her hairy eyebrow friends off the counter, they're scaring me.

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Overheard at the doctors office..... some women going over texting illiteracy......

Woman - Yeah, I tell you.... my mom thought LOL was "lots of love" instead of "laughing out loud" and she was using it to sign her sympathy cards.........

That crap was funny as all get out to me.....

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Speaking of being "hip & cool," my brother was getting off the phone with me some time back and said "Holla".....

In my mind his phone is breaking up and I need to "holler," you know speak a bit louder, so I am all, "BYE!!!!, I LOVE YOU!!!" He snickers and hangs up.

Apparently after hanging up with me, he immediately calls my mom to tell her I am a total squid. They get a good hoot out of this.

Mom tells me later in the evening how amused they were at my screaming goodbye into the phone. She relays to me that "Holla" means call me, and I am supposed to say, if I am cool or something......"Holla back" which means call me back or you call me....or something dang it.

So the running joke is for me to convey super loudly "HOLLA BACK!!" when I say goodbye to either of them.

Here is the thing, at first when I relayed this story to people, they laughed at me too, cause they all seemed to know this.

This topic came up again this past Wednesday at Awana, I could not find a single adult or young person who knew what this meant.

So I am at a crossroads, am I cool or not?

Maybe only city folks know how to "Holla" and I am not a total squid after all.....

....it's all just perplexing.....

2 comments:

Linear Heritage of Women said...

Amy, I had no earthly idea what "Holla" meant. I have never even heard of it before!

I laughed my butt off at your blog today!

Sandi said...

Amy...There is nothing more precious than someone who can have a good laugh at themselves. You totally crack me up!!! LOL... I'm still laughing, and you ARE totally cool. No, I didn't know what "holla" means.....but I do now...which makes me totally cool:) Thanks for the endorphin rush! I LOVE your authenticity!