Feeling Old? Let me help...

The people who are starting college this fall were born in 1990-1991.

• They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
• Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
• The CD was introduced two years before they were born.
• They have always had an answering machine.
• They have always had cable…and satellite...and cell phones.
• Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
• Popcorn has always been made in a microwave.
• They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
• They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
• They’ve never heard: 'Where's the Beef?', 'I'd walk a mile for a Camel ', or 'de plane Boss, de plane'.
• McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
• They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

Feeling old now? :-)

Overheard: In the Ladies' Room

...conversation apparently started outside the restroom...

Mom (in sugary sweet voice the WHOLE time): now, Ethan, don't be like that. I want you to be a nice boy. Can you do that?

Son: No. I just want a piece of candy

Mom: I said you could, but not until after we eat something good. I don't want you to get a tummy ache.

Son: but I can have another piece?

Mom: yes, that's what I said. but not until later because I don't want you to get a tummy ache. After we eat something else you can have a piece of candy. Or a cupcake. Or Mrs. Allen made really special cookies for you. Would you like a cookie?

Son: I'd like a cookie. Can I have it now?

Mom: well, ok, but that's the last thing until after we eat some dinner.

... out the door...

UM - hello? Mom? You totally just got schnookered by your kid!

Weird List Wednesdays: Fall-Related Items

Since the first day of fall was this past Tuesday, I wanted to list everyone's favorite fall items - activites, festivals, foods, etc. I got a lot of diversified answers, including some great ones from my kids. Hope you find some great things to do, see, eat & drink this fall!

EVENTS/PLACES TO VISIT

• Back in the Swing Retail Therapy
  (Greater KC area, KS & MO)
• Jared Coones Pumpkin Run/Walk
  (Olathe, KS)
• HillOween costume party
  (Kansas City, MO)
• Louisburg Ciderfest
  (Louisburg, KS)
• Maple Leaf Festival
  (Baldwin, KS)
• Circleville Pumpkin Show
  (Circleville, OH)
• Wikipedia list of Fall Festivals in the US
  Find one near you! :)

ACTIVITIES

• football - playing & watching!
• watching marching bands
• visiting pumpkin patches
• carving pumpkins
• corn mazes
• hayrides
• picking out our Halloween costumes
• visiting with family on Thanksgiving
• making a bonfire
• cuddling by the fire
• trick-or-treating
• handing out candy to the little tricker treaters
• raking leaves
• hunting
• picking apples
• jumping in leaves
• Homecoming
• leaf fights
• costume parties

FOODS / DRINKS

• chili
• ham & beans w/ honey cornbread
• apple cider
• hot cocoa
• apple cider
• cider donuts
• apple crisp
• pumpkin pie
• candy corn
• caramel apples
• pumpkin pie
• turkey & dressing
• cranberry sauce
• big Thanksgiving dinners

MISCELLANEOUS

• cooler weather
• breaking out the favorite hoodie
• extra blankets
• jeans and sweatshirts
• watching the leaves change color
• smell of leaves on a cool morning with blue skies overhead

Happy Autumn Everyone!!

Weird Lists Wednesday: Football-centric Movies & TV Shows

In honor of college ball starting this past weekend and pro ball starting tomorrow, I made this week's list pretty easy - movies or TV Shows where football play a central theme. See how many of these you would have guessed!

MOVIES

• 1st and Ten
• A Gift of Love
• Air Bud: Golden Receiver
• All the Right Moves
• Any Given Sunday
• Angels in the Endzone
• Big Fan
• Brian's Song (both versions)
• Charlie Brown Movies (ALL of Them!)
• Cheaper by the Dozen 1 & 2
• Everybody's All American
• Facing the Giants
• Forrest Gump
• Friday Night Lights
• Good News
• Invincible
• Jerry Maguire
• Johnny Be Good
• Leatherheads
• Little Giants
• Necessary Roughness
• North Dallas Forty
• Quarterback Princess
• Radio
• Remember the Titans
• Rudy
• Semi Tough
• The Game Plan
• The Grid Iron Gang
• The Last Boy Scout
• The Living End
• The Longest Yard (both versions)
• The Program
• The Replacements
• Varsity Blues
• Waterboy
• We Are Marshall
• Wildcats

TV SHOWS

• 4th & Long
• Against the Grain
• Coach
• DCC: Making the Team
• Evening Shade
• Football Wives
• Friday Night Lights
• Hard Knocks
• Playmakers
• Two a Days

And I, for one, am really looking forward to Sandra Bullock's movie to be released on 20 November - "The Blind Side"

Weird List Wednesday: Rainy Day Activities

Since Kansas City is about to have another string of rainy days, I thought today's list would give you some ideas on what's great to do on a rainy day - with the family of course!

• Pray for sunshine
• Order the new exotic Designer Snuggie
• Drink a Hot, Buttered Rum
• Eat some GOOD chili
• Sleep
• Read a trashy novel
• Reading outside on the porch
• Cooking a pot of beans, split pea soup or chili
• Catch up on the DVR
• Have a picnic inside
• Eat tomato soup & grilled cheese
• Read a good book
• Bake brownies
• Sit and listen to the sound of the rain
• Take a walk in the rain
• Look at old family photos
• Do a puzzle in front of an open window
• Play scrabble
• Make homemade popcorn and watch a movie with the kids

Overall, I got lots of repeats or similars for reading, sleeping, cooking and tv/movies. If you can't find something to do on THIS list, let me know what you end up doing during the rainy days this weekend!

Me? I'll be heading to a football game for my boys. Yeah - football in the rain ROCKS! :)