You’re Gonna Have Yourself A Scooby Snack
First and foremost, thank you times a gazillion for all the emails and comments about the direbetes. Y’all are legit. THANK YOU. Now, I had high hopes for this post today, but I have to type this out fast because my mother-in-law is here straight outta Compton Thailand and she’s downstairs playing legos with Troy and I need to keep her distracted before she notices what a shitty housekeeper her son married.
1. In an effort to not appear like the very shitty housekeeper I am, fifteen mintues before she arrived last night, I gathered all the crap lying around my house (see boxes I was going through, paint supplies, toys and more toys, papers, etc.) and chunked it into my office and LOCKED THE DOOR from the inside.
2. Zoe turns 11 on Sunday. The party is going to be a tiny bit overboard, but dude, she got diabetes last year for her birthday. I kinda owe her.
3. I made a huge pot of rice this morning for a casserole that I was preparing for dinner tonight. IN FRONT OF MY ASIAN MIL. I usually use rice of the minute variety, but I can’t disparage our asian heritage. The rice boiled over and kinda burned and she peered into the pot (OH GOD) and was all, “Why you use brown? Brown rice is ca-ca“.
4. Ca-ca is my new go to phrase.
5. I took Troy to the craft store this week and there was lady dressed in all black with a lace headband and some swirly black coat standing near us. Troy was all, “There’s a GHOST” and she turned and told me there was a possibility Troy had clairvoyance abilities. I didn’t have the heart to tell her he was saying that she looked just like some jacked up ghost/zombie lady we saw that morning on Scooby Doo.
He sees dumb people. Dressed in bad fashion.
Happy Weekend.
Hope it’s ca-ca free.
ZDub
MissCaron
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZOE! Hope y’all have an amazing time. Also, LOVE the comment about that lady. For reals people are so weird. Anyway, enjoy your ca-ca rice
Michelle
We’re obsessed with Scooby in our house and OMG I about pissed myself reading #5. I love Troy.
Happy Birthday Zoe!
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Charla
I have a friend who is Mexican and she taught her toddler to say ca-ca when he has a poopy diaper. It’s pretty hilarious.
Jennifer Jayhawk
I could not stop laughing about the way you describe your MIL. Boiling the rice over in front of her is pretty awesome
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Chris (wonderchris)
Ca-ca free is the way to be! Unless you are constipated…and then, sorry.
Happy Birthday, Zoe!!! You deserve a kickass awesome party!!
Troy has skillz of all kinds.
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Michelle
ZDub, both of my kids (3 year old and 6 month old) are napping- at. the. same. time. This time is crazy precious and I use it to stalk your blog. So feel special. This post made me laugh out loud. Thank you.
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Michelle
Uh… whatever that blog is that came up under my name isn’t mine. Mine is: http://funlikewedo.wordpress.com.
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cally
5. Hahahahahaha!!!!!
(and I hope you all have a great party; she deserves, like, a new car or something)
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Kelly @ D2BD
Happy Birthday Zoe!!! I hope it’s a great one, and better be ca-ca free!
I hope you have a great weekend Z – it looks like it will certainly shape up to be.
P.S. I love that kids STILL love Scooby Doo – makes me feel young.
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Gin
I am in a training class today supposed to be learning about IMPORTANT SPACE SHIT and instead I am snorting over the “ca-ca” thing. The failure of this country’s manned spaceflight program is on your head, Z-dub.
Issa
I agree with your MIL on brown rice. ha.
I hope Zoe has a great birthday.
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Elaine
Dude. Your MIL speaks Spanish too? Damn, she IS straight outta Compton. ;P
Hope there is peace in all the land for the remainder of her visit and cannot WAIT to see pics from Zoe’s b-day bash!
Megan
I adore you. The diabetes is awful, but just one of the things that happen and shouldn’t, and she’s lucky to have you for a mother. Think about what it would be like without someone like you – she’s fortunate.
Lisa E
Excellent. The way Troy is sitting in that shopping cart? Makes my day.
Kate S.
Haha, you should have told her!
I have a crazy aunt (paranoid schizophrenic) that says things like that to people . . . she firmly believes her 20-year-old son is a faith healer and has been known to offer his services. Sometimes to people who don’t even know they’re sick yet!
One good thing I will say for her–she makes for great stories to tell at parties.
Ragini
“He seems dumb people. Dressed in bad fashion.”
PRICELESS!
Gini
HAHAHAA! Troy is the BEST!
Happiest of birfs to your beautiful girl.
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Joelle
You’re not a real Asian unless you have a rice cooker. C’mon now!
Happy early birthday, Zoe!
Mo
You guys could play secret Scooby Bingo. Troy gets a prize when he identifies a Fred, Daphne, Zombie, Mummy, etc. at the store!
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Meaghan
My MIL is …not from around here either. On freezing pumped milk, she says with a heavy accent “Not Fresh!” She’s so quotable.
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BusyDad
Whenever someone tries to disparage your rice cooking skills you can tell them “my Chinese friend Jim buys all his rice pre-cooked from Panda Express, sucka.” Keepin it real… convenient.
Troy’s sitting skills, however. I have no idea what part of the world THAT came from.
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merlin513
how is that position even possible without first breaking some bones? Kudo’s for the sons flexability! hope he retains both that & his pyschic powers!
Jade @ Tasting Grace
LOL. It’s a true story. Thai people snub the brown rice. They only feed it to prisoners….because white rice is “beautiful.” So they can sit with their pretty rice and the high blood sugar, while the prisoners get the healthier option.
Happy Birthday Zoe!!
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