And even though today will be busy enough, I can’t help but post some random observations and thoughts from my Thanksgiving Break.
For years, psychologists have differentiated between a person’s chronological age (how old you really are) and mental age (at what average age you are mentally functioning). In fact, that’s part of the basic formula for figuring IQ scores. I think there needs to be a third category of age: "fossil fuel age." I can’t for the life of me figure out why people get consumed with the cost of gas as they get older. If it weren’t for the deep respect I have for people that are older than me, I might have tried to intervene like this in several conversations I overheard – “You know what? Gas is expensive. But nobody is going to get rich or go broke based on whether you save 3 cents a gallon. If you fill up with 15 gallons, you'll save a whopping 45 cents. If you do this once a week for a whole year, you'll save about 23 bucks. You all can stress over gas prices every day if it suits you. I’ll skip a meal at Chili’s once a year and call it even.”
I asked my 5 year old son what he was Thankful for this year. He gave a pretty typical list:
- my brother
- my mommy and daddy
- grandma and grandpa
- my clothes
- food
- candy
- paper
- God
- heaven
- everybody
- everything
I do like the last two additions. I guess Parker wanted to cover all his bases.
Then I asked my 2 year old. Here’s his list:
- God
- daddy
- my arms
- pencils
- holes
- eyeballs and eyes
- daddy’s watch
- heaven
- books
- lamps
- toys
- mommy
He cracks me up.
Funny comments of the week include:
“Man, I wish we could say ‘dang’ in my family!” by Parker to his cousin, frustrated by a video game.
“And, you know, I really like that Mozart!” by my grandma seeing some connection between Meerkat Manor (a show with a meerkat of that name) and Man vs. Wild (the show the rest of us were discussing).
I love my family. I love Shanda’s family, too. Can’t wait to see them all again at Christmas.
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2 comments:
Your boys absolutely crack me up!! They are hilarious!
Did you really have to open up the gas prices can of worms? Yes, it is worth it go to the cheapest gas station to save several bucks.
I just like it when gas prices are under $3.00. For some reason even $3.01 causes me to stress. But you are right in the long run....does stressing about it make a "hill of beans" difference? No!
If we are really concerned we would stop driving so much.....but that doesn't happen does it? If it goes to $4.00 I'll probably car pool for a couple of weeks until I realize again that I really like being in charge of my own schedule and not have to think about other people's.
Your boys are a "hoot!"
Gotta love family, that is for sure!!!!
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