Last night while having a relaxed long distance conversation with one of my daughters she suddenly threatened me with, "You'd better post your Christmas wish list before it's too late." Well, I was stunned. After all I was still under the influence of turkey, dressing, and pumpkin pie to be really concerned about such things. But I knew she was serious when she muttered, "I'm just saying . . . ."
So now you're thinking I want the movie you see here. Not so; I have it. However, I do want you to think back to the nightmare scene in which Spencer Tracy is trying to make his way down the aisle to be part of his daughter's wedding and is sinking into the floor with each step. That is the way my kitchen floor is since the dishwasher leaked this past summer. We couldn't figure out where the leak was, and it took the plumber a while to find it as well, and by the time the truth was known, serious damage had been done. He, the plumber, said to give it a couple of weeks to see if the vinyl would go back down, and I have generously given it four months. It hasn't gone down. The kitchen floor REALLY needs to be replaced, and I must get on that problem because when I don't have that sinking feeling I think I've stepped on a dog or cat and jump over to one side shouting, "I'm sorry; I didn't mean to . . . ." Obviously this is a dangerous situation as well.
Therefore what I'd really like is a gift card I can use anywhere when I finally select the new floor and find someone to install it. It doesn't sound like a very personal gift maybe, but it would be wonderful to me.
7 comments:
lit, you're thinking too small here. you've got to think on a grand scale! and don't tell me you can't, i saw that cornicopia you made. :-)
ok kids, what lit meant to say is that she wants is a brand new kitchen floor installed by professionals who happen to work as strippers in their off season. she would like new cabinets and appliances to go with the custom tile floor she will have designed by the firm of her choosing. and while you're at it she would like these cabinets fully stocked with all of her favorite supplies, be they spices, pans, wines or seeds for next years garden.
but.... since she's your mother she's only asking for help with replacing the floor.
surely you can manage that???
;-) ;-)
I tried to win her tickets to the Thunder Down Under, an Australian male stripper show, but darn, I didn't dial the phone fast enough.
jaz, at least you're trying. don't give up yet. christmas is still 25 days away. :-)
Chill tells me that when she requested a stripper she was referring to home repair, not the dancers. It is just as well that I didn't get the tickets. The show was last weekend, so it would have been a little early, anyway.
Jaz---Shucky darn!!!
Heather---I like the way you think/dream! BIG! However, does it appear to you that my darling offspring have been frightened away? Ah well. . . .
Heather--it just occurred to me that you did not specify that they are good strippers in their off time. That was my mistake. I was trying to get tickets for the successful strippers, and not just any old guy. I'll look into that.
And maybe I can talk Chill into ripping out the kitchen floor. Oyster would love to help. What do you think? Boys and crow bars are generally a happy combination--at least for the boys, if not for the rest of the world. And I am sure that Oyster is old enough to not generalize decide it is okay to attack any old floor.
jaz, how did i forget that?
i meant of course, talented very attractive, young, but not too young men who would be amnieble to the sultry suggestionsof the mistress of the house.
does that clarify it some?
lit, any though that pairs the words 'mom' and 'might still have a libido' have scared off more children than the boogy man. it's the stuff nightmares are made of. lol
cheeks already has nightmare material at 7, poor kid. i hope she finds a good therapist when she gets older. lol
jaz, re: oyster, please see above.
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