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My friend sent me this email joke that is a list of second grader’s responses to the question “Why God Made Moms?”

It’s really cute, and I’ll post the entirety of it later, but one of the responses that caught my eye in particular was to the question “What ingredients are Moms made of?” The first response is “God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.” and that just got me tickled.

But then I had a second thought….and cried.

It was the “one dab of mean” that got me going. This child may have a mother who is super sweet and nice until her day falls apart and then that dab of mean comes out. How hard it is for a child to live like that. Alchoholic parents are often that way - wonderful while sober and harsh while drunk.

Anyway, for your reading pleasure, here is “Why God Made Moms”

WHY GOD MADE MOMS

Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions:

Why did God make mothers?
1. She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.

How did God make mothers?
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my Mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.

What ingredients are mothers made of ?
1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men’s bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.

Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
1. We’re related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than othe r people’s moms like me.

What kind of little girl was your mom?
1. My Mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don’t know because I wasn’t there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.

What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer?
3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?

Why did your mom marry your dad?
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my Mom eats a lot.
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that Mom didn’t have her thinking cap on.

Who’s the boss at your house?
1. Mom doesn’t want to be boss, but she has to because dad’s such a goof ball
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.

What’s the difference between moms & dads?
1. Moms work at work and work at home and dads just go to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3. Dads are taller & stronger, but moms have all the real power ’cause that’s who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend’s.
4. Moms have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.

What does your mom do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don’t do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.

What would it take to make your mom perfect?
1. On the inside she’s already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic sur gery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I’d dye it, maybe blue.

If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?
1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I’d get rid of that.
2. I’d make my mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me.
3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the back of her head.

Hope you got a laugh

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There’s a new service “out there” called Twitter Feeds that I posted about a few days ago, but I’ve also found a plugin for Wordpress blogs called “Twitter Tools“.

So, if you’re using Wordpress blogs as your blog platform, here’s another option to get your feeds on twitter. I found it very easy to set up (although I was disappointed that the auto install plugin didn’t work on this one — that’s the lazy in me :lol:) and it works just fine.

You do need to have a Twitter acount, so if you don’t already have one, head on over to Twitter.com to set one up.

Thanks, Alex for another great plugin tool!

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I sometimes think I have a mental illness. I have these weird associations that sometimes pop into my head; like I was looking at one of those lights in Fred’s the other day — you know the one with the strips of nylon sticking out in a bunch like some kind of exotic flower? (see photo at left)

For whatever reason, the thought popped in my head that you could call those fiber optic cables. Even though I KNOW they aren’t, that’s the off-the-wall association that came to mind when I looked at them.

I have other equally odd mental associations with things that actually have nothing to do with one another.

I don’t think I’m going to tell you what lava lamps bring to mind….

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We had a company Christmas Party today at work. Lots of good food and the lady who organized it had a special treat for is in the way of a spoof she created online from www.elfyourself.com that included our CEO along with several of our area managers. I laughed until tears ran down my face, but I guess it’s only funny to those of us who know the people spoofed.

Anyway, of course there was a gift exchange and this year’s was a Chinese gift exchange or Yankee gift exchange (whatever you know it by) where you all bring a generic gift and people get to steal from others, etc. I had to laugh at some of the gifts that were brought. There was an Armor-All car set (which was what I appropriated for my husband’s new truck!), a Josh Brogan CD, several gift cards from various places and one of those “as seen on tv” Clap On devices - you know - where you clap and your lamps turn on?? Remember the jingle? It’s been playing in my head all afternoon :\

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