Are You Frickin’ Kidding Me? An Aug/Sep Surprise Trip... (12/01) Hakuna Matata

[Gretchasketch]

Following. Oh man, the car must have had you so stressed out! I couldn't even imagine!

I love how you told your daughter. Very clever!

I can't wait to hear how the rest of the trip goes!

 

[irene_dsc]

(I was not going to be the first parent not to send something in)

Just wait until they stop celebrating birthdays in school - big hallelujah!

It's been pretty stressful and most nights I just flop onto the couch after she goes to bed and don't want to move.

Awww...feel better, PrincessK! Take care of yourself, too!

 

[Iamthequeen]

So sorry to hear PrincessK is sick - hope she is better soon.

My youngest son's, who will soon be 30 , birthday is on Christmas. I decided when he was in second grade to make large decorated Christmas cookies for each kid in his class. There were about 24 kids. It took forever to roll out the dough and decorate the darn things. And then I had to make extras because of the broken ones....

 

[ForeverDance]

Oh, man! I'm so sorry to hear that!

Thanks. I'm waiting to see today if I get a call from the school that she's thrown up... here's hoping shes good today.

Oh, geez. I feel like a total prat, now.
Don't worry about it, just take care of your DD and take care of yourself!

Don't feel bad. You couldn't have known. Besides it was just as likely that I got caught up in a video game or book and was just neglecting my TR.

Looking forward to reading about the rest of your trip!

Thanks for reading along. I'm really looking forward to writing it. There were lots of interesting moments that I can't wait to share.

Awesome trip report. I cannot wait to read more!!!

and thanks! Hopefully you won't have to wait to much longer... no promises

Following. Oh man, the car must have had you so stressed out! I couldn't even imagine!

Glad to have you following along.
The car definitely caused a great deal of stress. Funny enough it's not something I ever imagined happening. I mean we drive every time and have never considered that we might get into some kind of accident. I'm just glad no one was hurt. I credit Grumpy and his quick reflexes that we didn't flip over or get knocked into other traffic.

I love how you told your daughter. Very clever!

Thanks.

I can't wait to hear how the rest of the trip goes!

Should be coming soon.... hopefully.

Just wait until they stop celebrating birthdays in school - big hallelujah!

Funny. I don't remember this being an issue when BGirl was in school. I don't remember sending anything.... maybe I was just "that parent" and didn't realize it

Awww...feel better, PrincessK! Take care of yourself, too!

Thanks. She seemed a bit better last night. She ate dinner anyway. We'll see how she does at school.

So sorry to hear PrincessK is sick - hope she is better soon.

Thank you. She's in good spirits and hopefully we have turned a corner... only time will tell.

My youngest son's, who will soon be 30 , birthday is on Christmas. I decided when he was in second grade to make large decorated Christmas cookies for each kid in his class. There were about 24 kids. It took forever to roll out the dough and decorate the darn things. And then I had to make extras because of the broken ones....

Yeah we had a few broken ones too. I made the sacrifice and ate them so that they wouldn't go to waste

 

[Dinohood]

aww hope your dd gets better.

 

[ForeverDance]

aww hope your dd gets better.

Thanks. She should have just finished eating at school and <knock on wood> no phone call yet... so far so good.

 

[ForeverDance]

You’re On Tire Duty

August 22, 2015

I was lying in bed sleeping when I felt something stir beside me. Even in my hazy, practically asleep state I realized that something was off. Whatever was moving around was too small to be Grumpy. Hmm… the cat then? Nope too big to be the cat.

I slowly opened my eyes. Peering at me with the biggest smile on her face was PrincessK.

Right. Double beds. I shared with PrincessK to give us all more room. It was all coming back to me….

… the car


I glanced at the clock 7:45am. Later than expected.

Grumpy and I had decided the night before not to set an alarm because we were so tired and it was likely going to be one of the only days the whole trip where sleeping in would be an option. Besides, I figured PrincessK would wake us by 7 am anyway.

I guess she was tired too.


I climbed out of bed and began the morning ritual of getting PrincessK dressed and her breathing treatment completed. Last chapter I said she did chest percussion but she actually does something called PEP (positive expiratory pressure) now. Chest percussion is what we did when she was too young to do PEP. This really just involves breathing into a device over and over again. And she hates it. I was hopeful that the excitement of the trip would keep her focussed and get her to complete it without complaining and on this particular morning it did.

Grumpy woke up shortly after I started getting PrincessK ready and by the time her breathing was completed we were ready to hit the road. We grabbed our bags, checked out of the hotel and made our way down to the parking lot where were where greeted by this lovely site:




Note: this was taken when we got back home… there was no way I was taking a picture at that exact moment… just don’t think it would have been good for the marriage.


PrincessK: “Oh No Daddy what happened to your car?”
Grumpy: <inaudible grumbling>
Me: “Oh the car got bumped last night while you were sleeping. Come on let’s get you buckled in.”

While I buckled PrincessK into the car Grumpy got down and took a closer look. Once PrincessK was all buckled in I left the door open and walked over to see what was going on (I swear I left the door open so that PrincessK wouldn’t get too hot in the car and not because I wanted to force Grumpy to keep his cool). Grumpy got up from where he had been crouched down. “I think it’s mostly cosmetic. If the car starts I think we’re golden.”

Grumpy opened the driver side door and placed the key in the ignition.

Here it is. The moment of truth.

He turned the key… the car started with a pleasant whir. Not a single cough or sputter. Inside the car there was one orange light shining on the dashboard: the washer fluid indicator.

Relief swept over my body. As I closed PrincessK’s door and climbed in, I happily pushed away all thoughts of locating the closest dealership and car rental place and gave a silent thanks to the Disney gods for allowing us to continue our trip.

We drove away from the hotel and almost immediately we arrived at our first destination.




That’s right. The whole reason we pushed to get to Kentucky and this particular exit was for iHOP. We discovered this gem on one of our first trips to Disney and it’s become a tradition for us. We don’t have these in Canada… well at least not many and certainly none near us, so we like to plan our overnight stops accordingly.


Once we were seated and ordered our food we started a conversation that I was pretty worried about:

“So PrincessK we have something we need to tell you. “
She looked up from her colouring

Me: “We aren’t really going camping. We’re going somewhere really fun instead but it’s a surprise.”
PrincessK: “Why did you lie to me?”
Grumpy: “So we could keep it a surprise.”
Me: “It’s going to be really fun and I know you’re going to love it”
PrincessK: “Will my head still explode?”
Grumpy: “Definitely”.
PrincessK: “OK… I’m disappointed because I never been camping you know.”
Me: “I know sweetie. Maybe we can do real camping next year.”
PrincessK: “OK”

And back to colouring she went. Then about a minute later:
“How will BGirl know how to find us?”

We explained how we told BGirl before we left and that she knew exactly how to find us. PrincessK seemed satisfied. All in all I thought the exchange went very well. She certainly didn’t appear to be harbouring any bad feelings:




A short while later our delicious breakfast arrived. It is at this point that I should tell you that I did not partake in much food porn (read basically none). I know people really enjoy seeing other people’s meals but I just can’t bring myself to take pictures of everything we eat before we eat it. I don’t know… I guess I just feel weird about it.

In any case, I can tell you that I got the Sirloin Tips & Eggs and Grumpy got the T-Bone Steak & Eggs and we both thoroughly enjoyed our meals.

PrincessK got the Funny Face Pancake which she was very excited about.





She said she liked it, but she didn’t eat a whole heck of a lot so I wasn't convinced.

At 9:30am, satisfied with our delicious breakfast, we hopped into the car to begin the long day of driving.


Not too long after setting out Grumpy piped up with “Well I guess it would have been cheaper to fly”.

We both laughed about it for a while and then had a long and serious discussion about the merits of driving vs flying. In the end we both agreed that flying would be ideal but if we had to drive we would not drive after dusk… which was all well and good but we both knew that we had a straight through drive waiting for us at the end of the trip.

At 12:25 pm we made Tennessee where we grabbed some snacks and switched drivers for the first time. This is not unusual for us. Grumpy actually really likes driving and I… do not. I don’t hate it but I drive out of necessity not for enjoyment. So when we make road trips Grumpy does most of the driving.

A couple hours later at 2:45pm we made another rest stop. PrincessK and I were in the washroom when she looked at me quite concerned and said “Did you lie about there being a bathroom there? Because if you lied about that I will be very angry”.

I tried to keep a straight face but I’m pretty sure I failed.
“I promise that there is a bathroom there. And we didn’t really lie, we told a fib so that we could surprise you.”

Great mothering. Now I’ve basically told a 3 year old it’s okay to lie if you call it a fib.

“Do you understand the difference between a lie and a fib?”
She shakes her head no.
“Well a lie is when you don’t tell the truth to get out of trouble. A fib is when you don’t tell the truth right away because you want to surprise someone.”

There. Much better.

Once I finished filling my daughter’s head with nonsense that was sure to make my future self very sorry we were on our way with Grumpy driving once again.

At 3:40 pm we crossed into Georgia and about an hour later our bellies were grumbling. We saw a sign that indicated that the next exit had Applebee’s, Cracker Barrel and Ruby Tuesdays. We weren’t sure what we wanted but decided any of those would be fine. We exited, turned left, and were just about to make a decision between Applebee’s and Cracker Barrel when Grumpy got a big grin on his face, pointed out the window and said “can we go there”?


How could I deny the man? His smile looked so cute!


We took a left and then turned right into the parking lot of this fine establishment:





“You think they have big steaks here? I mean it is the U.S. They must”
The man was already drooling.

Since it was fairly early, 4:44 pm to be exact, the restaurant was pretty empty and we were seated right away. Our server came over and he was fantastic. After taking our drink orders he left while we looked over the menu.

“Honey, honey, they have it! A big steak! Look!”

He shoved the menu in my face… because obviously I couldn’t use my own. Yep, right there, exactly 2.4 cm from my eyes, was the “big steak”. The LongHorn Porterhouse –Fire grilled 20oz USDA Choice seasoned bone-in porterhouse.

He was in steak heaven. You see once upon a time there was a restaurant in our home town called Armadillos and it too served a 20oz steak. But sadly it closed and try as he might, Grumpy could not find another place that had a steak of that size.

I can’t imagine why. I mean doesn’t everyone eat 20oz of meat in one sitting


The server came back out to take our order.
“Yall from the north?”
“Yep. London Ontario Canada”
“I knew it… I could hear it in ya accent”

Grumpy and I shared a look and tried not to laugh. I know to them we’re the ones with the accent but his southern accent was so thick it just seemed so funny.

Grumpy ordered his steak and he and the server had a nice long discussion about the merits of a “big steak” and how amazing the steak was going to be because the cattle were from right there in Georgia.

I myself ordered a 6oz Cheddar and Bacon stuffed filet. Only 6oz… what is wrong with me??

PrincessK got chicken tenders, her go-to food.


When our dinner came Grumpy looked like a kid in a candy store.





Everything was delicious. We both devoured our steaks and PrincessK made a half decent attempt at her chicken tenders. The kid just doesn’t like to eat… unless it’s chocolate… usually.

After settling up the bill, which we found to be ridiculously low for what we ate, we headed back out to the car to continue on our way. Before leaving the parking lot Grumpy made sure that I made note of where we found that restaurant so that we could go back another time (i75 exit 312 Calhoun Georgia if anyone’s interested). At 5:40pm we were back on our way.

Georgia is an interesting state. Once you get to the southern side of Atlanta the i75 is lined with sign after sign. Usually I don’t pay much attention to them because, despite the allure of “couples welcome” and “hot shower available”, for some reason I just don’t find myself interested in stopping.

Interspersed between the more interesting signs you’ll find signs for the local farms and markets. Selling things like fresh peaches and pies. As we were driving I noticed a series of these signs:


“Boiled Peanuts”


“Chocolate Pecans”


“Frog Jam”


Frog Jam???? What the ????

“Grumpy, what’s frog jam?”
“What?”
“Because it can’t possibly be what it sounds like. I mean who would ever eat that? I know people have different tastes and all but…”
“I’m sure it’s not what it sounds like”

I texted BGirl.

Want us to pick you up some Frog Jam?
What is that
No idea. We past a place advertising boiled peanuts, chocolate pecans and frog jam
That sounds gross
Are you somewhere where you can look it up?
Yup
Will you please and let me know because I’m very curious
I’m hoping it’s not what it sounds like
…
Frog Jam is a shorter way to say Fig, Raspberry, Orange and Ginger Jam

Huh. Well that’s doesn’t sound so bad. Definitely much better than the alternative.


It was starting to get late when we finally got to the very southern part of Georgia. Despite our earlier conversation Grumpy decided that he wanted to at least make Florida so we continued on… in the dark.

As it started to get darker we started to notice quite a bit of lightning. This was definitely par for the course for us in Georgia. We have always found it to be a pretty stormy area. Since the lightning was not being accompanied by rain, we pushed on.

At 10:48pm we crossed into Florida. We had about 35 mins left until we would get to our destination (want to venture a guess why we had a specific location in mind). The weather seemed to be holding up.

Or not.

About 20 minutes from our destination it began to pour. I don’t mean a little. I mean the kind that leaves a sheet of water on your windshield and makes it nearly impossible to see anything. Grumpy pulled into the right most line, slowed down, and put his 4 ways on… and kept driving. He said he didn’t want to stop because he was afraid someone would end up driving right into us if we didn’t keep moving.

“We should keep going until we find an exit. You’re on tire duty”!!

I sat up straight and leaned all the way forward so I could kind of see out the window in the 0.27 seconds between swipes of the wiper blade. For the next 10 minutes I focussed all my attention on looking out for any truck tires that might be in our path while Grumpy focussed on not crashing.

Eventually we found an exit with a gas station. We pulled off and filled up. I attempted over and over to catch the amazing lightning show with my camera but to no avail.

When the rain let up enough to make driving safe again we got back on the road.

It took us much longer than the 35 minutes to get to the hotel but we did eventually arrive safe. The rain was bad enough but the wind that had picked up at that point was incredible. It was battering the hotel and I thought it might just blow us all away.

As we stepped out of the elevator to head to the room, the power flickered. I don’t know if the flicker would have caused the elevator to stop but I was really glad I didn’t need to find out.

It didn’t take long for us all to make our way to bed. PrincessK had been sleeping in the car and had to be woken to get ready for bed but she made very few complaints and quickly fell asleep again. Grumpy and I watched the weather for a while before deciding that we weren’t actually going to be blown away and heading to bed.

Tomorrow the long drive would finally be over.





Up Next: Got Salt?

 

[Born 2B a Princess]

I lived in Georgia for 13 years and, in fact, since you drove down I-75 you were within about 3 miles of the home we lived in there! Yes, there are tons of billboards along the freeway in Georgia. But they come in handy when you're playing the alphabet game on long car rides...LOL...

 

[jandlinz]

I hope your little one is feeling better.
What a rough travel day you've had! Hopefully things turn out ok and you enjoy your vacation. Your little one seems to be a great little traveller. I'd love to hear your tips.

 

[Chief Powhatan]

Your trip report is awesome so far... I can't wait to read more!

 

[NJlauren]

Joining in!!

Wow! You did start off this trip with a bang! I can't wait to hear what happens when you finally get there and your lie is exposed!!!

 

[Dinohood]

wow that is one smart kid and fine with the change of plans aka the lie.

 

[pkondz]

I was lying in bed sleeping when I felt something stir beside me. Even in my hazy, practically asleep state I realized that something was off. Whatever was moving around was too small to be Grumpy. Hmm… the cat then? Nope too big to be the cat.

Holy smokes. I was sitting on the edge of my seat there.
I was so sure some critter had crawled into bed with you!

I glanced at the clock 7:45am. Later than expected.

Ah yes. And in about 10 years, she'll get up around noon and you'll say "Earlier than expected."

she actually does something called PEP (positive expiratory pressure) now. Chest percussion is what we did when she was too young to do PEP. This really just involves breathing into a device over and over again. And she hates it.

Googled it. Do you do it for the full half hour?
I can see why she'd hate it... I'd hate it!

We grabbed our bags, checked out of the hotel and made our way down to the parking lot where were where greeted by this lovely site:

Ya know, that's not as bad as I'd pictured it.
At least there's no body work dragging on the ground or rubbing against the wheel.
Not great, but I see now why you were able to keep driving.

He turned the key… the car started with a pleasant whir. Not a single cough or sputter. Inside the car there was one orange light shining on the dashboard: the washer fluid indicator.

Phew!

That’s right. The whole reason we pushed to get to Kentucky and this particular exit was for iHOP.

I've yet to go to one. Maybe I'll have to try one next time I drive down.

Me: “We aren’t really going camping. We’re going somewhere really fun instead but it’s a surprise.”
PrincessK: “Why did you lie to me?”

Yeah Mom. Why did you lie to her?

And back to colouring she went. Then about a minute later:
“How will BGirl know how to find us?”

I love that about kids. Go back to what they're doing... and then the pragmatic side will show up.
But Mom & Dad will have an answer and everything will be all right.

Still, I can't believe she didn't ask where you were going.

It is at this point that I should tell you that I did not partake in much food porn (read basically none).

Uh, huh. See next comment.

No food porn. Sure. Yep.

I know people really enjoy seeing other people’s meals but I just can’t bring myself to take pictures of everything we eat before we eat it. I don’t know… I guess I just feel weird about it.

I read an article the other day about food porn being banned in Germany.
Apparently "taking photos of a chef’s food is a potential copyright violation".

In any case, I can tell you that I got the Sirloin Tips & Eggs and Grumpy got the T-Bone Steak & Eggs and we both thoroughly enjoyed our meals.

Steak and eggs. Something I've eaten only once or twice.

Not too long after setting out Grumpy piped up with “Well I guess it would have been cheaper to fly”.

I guess so!

In the end we both agreed that flying would be ideal but if we had to drive we would not drive after dusk… which was all well and good but we both knew that we had a straight through drive waiting for us at the end of the trip.

So when we make road trips Grumpy does most of the driving.

Same with us. Ruby does little or (more likely) no driving.
Not because she can't or won't. I just prefer to drive and she prefers to not.

PrincessK and I were in the washroom when she looked at me quite concerned and said “Did you lie about there being a bathroom there? Because if you lied about that I will be very angry”.

OMG!

Great mothering. Now I’ve basically told a 3 year old it’s okay to lie if you call it a fib.

Bad Mom! Bad!

“Do you understand the difference between a lie and a fib?”
She shakes her head no.
“Well a lie is when you don’t tell the truth to get out of trouble. A fib is when you don’t tell the truth right away because you want to surprise someone.”

There. Much better.

Not bad. Not bad at all.

We exited, turned left, and were just about to make a decision between Applebee’s and Cracker Barrel when Grumpy got a big grin on his face, pointed out the window and said “can we go there”?


How could I deny the man? His smile looked so cute!

Just a big puppy dog, huh?

“You think they have big steaks here? I mean it is the U.S. They must”
The man was already drooling.

This is just killing me!

He shoved the menu in my face… because obviously I couldn’t use my own.

OMG. We do that, don't we?

I can’t imagine why. I mean doesn’t everyone eat 20oz of meat in one sitting

Oh, just a pound and a quarter of meat.
Sure.

Maybe 20 years ago... but now? Not so much.

The server came back out to take our order.
“Yall from the north?”
“Yep. London Ontario Canada”
“I knew it… I could hear it in ya accent”

Yep. I totally get that.

When our dinner came Grumpy looked like a kid in a candy store.

That picture is hilarious!

“Frog Jam”

Uh... what? Thank goodness for friends with Google.

Despite our earlier conversation Grumpy decided that he wanted to at least make Florida so we continued on… in the dark.

About 20 minutes from our destination it began to pour. I don’t mean a little. I mean the kind that leaves a sheet of water on your windshield and makes it nearly impossible to see anything. Grumpy pulled into the right most line, slowed down, and put his 4 ways on… and kept driving. He said he didn’t want to stop because he was afraid someone would end up driving right into us if we didn’t keep moving.

Wow. Absolutely no fun. Can't drive, 'cause you'll crash. Can't stop, 'cause you'll get crashed into.

I sat up straight and leaned all the way forward so I could kind of see out the window in the 0.27 seconds between swipes of the wiper blade. For the next 10 minutes I focussed all my attention on looking out for any truck tires that might be in our path while Grumpy focussed on not crashing.

You guys probably needed either a massage to relieve neck tension after that, or a drink. Possibly both.

As we stepped out of the elevator to head to the room, the power flickered. I don’t know if the flicker would have caused the elevator to stop but I was really glad I didn’t need to find out.

The end to a perfect day....

Tomorrow the long drive would finally be over.

And a sigh of relief is heard round the world.

 

[irene_dsc]

He turned the key… the car started with a pleasant whir. Not a single cough or sputter. Inside the car there was one orange light shining on the dashboard: the washer fluid indicator.

Yay!

Frog Jam is a shorter way to say Fig, Raspberry, Orange and Ginger Jam

Huh. Well that’s doesn’t sound so bad. Definitely much better than the alternative.

I never would've guessed that! Good thing you had her look it up! I was picturing frog legs - not quite the same thing...

And, um, ponzi pretty much got all the other necessary quotes out of the way already, so I won't bother to duplicate them...

 

[ForeverDance]

I lived in Georgia for 13 years and, in fact, since you drove down I-75 you were within about 3 miles of the home we lived in there! Yes, there are tons of billboards along the freeway in Georgia. But they come in handy when you're playing the alphabet game on long car rides...LOL...

Nice to have you along.

We've never played the alphabet game and PrincessK is still to young for it, but those billboards would definitely come in handy.

I hope your little one is feeling better.
What a rough travel day you've had! Hopefully things turn out ok and you enjoy your vacation.

and thanks so much for your concern. PrincessK is still struggling a bit but didn't throw up yesterday... or today so far... so hopefully we are finally getting past it.

Your little one seems to be a great little traveller. I'd love to hear your tips.

This was the one thing I was most stressed about. You see PrincessK has not been a good traveler in the past. When she was a baby she hated the car. I mean scream and cry from the second you put her in until she got out. I was so jealous of other parents whose children would fall asleep the second you put them in.

Things got a little better when we got to turn her around to be forward facing. And then better again when she moved to a booster seat. But I think what really helped was when we got season tickets to Canada's Wonderland. It's a 2 hour drive from our house so we started driving a lot more, but to somewhere that she wanted to go.

In any case I had a plan for this trip. We brought:

• iPad loaded with movies and games she hadn't seen yet
• A new colour and sticker book (Frozen of course!)
• New foam dolls (sticky on the back) that she could dress up any way she wanted
• A set of interlocking "blocks" that she hadn't played with before
• Her princesses (these just came because she spends a lot of time at home playing with them)

I think having the novel toys/games/movies really helped. She hadn't seen them before so even though they were pretty much throw away (the toys were from the dollar store) she enjoyed them a lot.

Your trip report is awesome so far... I can't wait to read more!

and thanks so much! There will be more coming... at some point

Joining in!!

Wow! You did start off this trip with a bang! I can't wait to hear what happens when you finally get there and your lie is exposed!!!

Thanks for joining.
It wasn't a lie... it was a fib remember

wow that is one smart kid and fine with the change of plans aka the lie.

Actually she is quite a smart kid... not that I'm biased.
She's also really good with "rolling with the punches". I mean she has Grumpy as a father so she pretty much has to learn to live with constant changes

 

[ForeverDance]

Ah yes. And in about 10 years, she'll get up around noon and you'll say "Earlier than expected."

Too true.

Googled it. Do you do it for the full half hour?
I can see why she'd hate it... I'd hate it!

She currently has very healthy lungs so we are fortunate that she only has to do 6 sets of 15 breaths which only takes about 15 minutes... when she does it properly.

Ya know, that's not as bad as I'd pictured it.
At least there's no body work dragging on the ground or rubbing against the wheel.
Not great, but I see now why you were able to keep driving.

Funny enough that was my first thought to. "Huh not as bad as I remember". Grumpy on the other hand... well it's his car and he loves it so he was just not going to see it as anything but horrific.

I've yet to go to one. Maybe I'll have to try one next time I drive down.

You should. It's very good

Still, I can't believe she didn't ask where you were going.

We sort of prepared her for the whole surprise thing in the weeks leading up to the trip. Twice we took her somewhere as a surprise: once to the movies and once to Canada's Wonderland. She asked a lot about the first surprise but only once on the second one. Of course she did have it figured out before we got there. We stopped at a rest stop that is the last "onroute" before you hit Toronto traffic and she piped up "Momma I know where where going. I think it's Canada's Wonderland because we stop here when we go there".

I read an article the other day about food porn being banned in Germany.
Apparently "taking photos of a chef’s food is a potential copyright violation".

Just a big puppy dog, huh?

Pretty much.

That picture is hilarious!

That man loves his food!

Uh... what? Thank goodness for friends with Google.

I was so glad she could look it up because I just could not get past the picture I had in my head.

You guys probably needed either a massage to relieve neck tension after that, or a drink. Possibly both.

If only.
No way we were running out in that weather to find some though.

 

[pkondz]

She currently has very healthy lungs so we are fortunate that she only has to do 6 sets of 15 breaths which only takes about 15 minutes... when she does it properly.

Glad to hear the lungs are healthy.
15 is better than 30.

Funny enough that was my first thought to. "Huh not as bad as I remember". Grumpy on the other hand... well it's his car and he loves it so he was just not going to see it as anything but horrific.

I get that too.

Of course she did have it figured out before we got there. We stopped at a rest stop that is the last "onroute" before you hit Toronto traffic and she piped up "Momma I know where where going. I think it's Canada's Wonderland because we stop here when we go there".

Looks like ya got a smart girl on your hands, there.

I was so glad she could look it up because I just could not get past the picture I had in my head.

Was it frogs in a blender? Because that's what popped into my mind.

 

[ForeverDance]

I never would've guessed that! Good thing you had her look it up! I was picturing frog legs - not quite the same thing...

Frog legs is much much better then what I was picturing!

And, um, ponzi pretty much got all the other necessary quotes out of the way already, so I won't bother to duplicate them...

Oh that ponzi, stealing all the fun

 

[pkondz]

And, um, ponzi pretty much got all the other necessary quotes out of the way already, so I won't bother to duplicate them...

Oh that ponzi, stealing all the fun

Hey!
I resemble that (those) remark!

 

[ForeverDance]

Glad to hear the lungs are healthy.

Thank you. We are very happy about that too

15 is better than 30.

Looks like ya got a smart girl on your hands, there.

Don't I know it. She seriously scares me. Here are just some of the things she has asked in the last couple of weeks:
"How do we see? Like I know with our eyes but how does that work?"
"How do I feel the table?"
"How does your skin stay on your body?"
"What makes a boy become a boy and a girl become a girl?"

Was it frogs in a blender? Because that's what popped into my mind.

Basically. I just kept thinking of gooey green slimy stuff in a jar