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This week, Carl asked his coworkers to use caddywompus in a sentence (I might add that it was the first time I'd ever heard the word). And he didn't just ask them to use it with him. Oh nooOOOo. He works for an airline and asked them to use it with a customer. Nice!
Olivia ran up to Carl and I after soccer this past week, bursting with excitement. Our Bunker girl joyfully and seriously declared, "LOOK! I'm lucky 'cause I found a 3-leaf clover!"
Reece, the little imp, was apparently taking a hard core approach to sharing the Gospel with others, what with getting in trouble for hitting little girls with his Bible at AWANA. Then again, he asks such precious questions like, "Momma, does it rain in Heaven? I think it does because I like to play in the rain."
Cierah, well, you know the story. My girl has had a baaaaad week. And it didn't end with bee stings and hair ornaments. She also scored a big goal in soccer this past week. What a clear shot it was too, what with the other team letting her breeze by as she took her best power shot and put it in,.....the wrong goal. However, she did manage to gain some control after her downward spiral for the week. She informed me she refused to wear an animal mask at AWANA "because I just wanted to hang out with my friends." Um, does a four year old even know how to hang out???
And as for me? Well, I definitely have a very dear friend in my new BFF, Miss Sniz. I mean, she's now seen my hair transformed to Roseanna Roseanna Danna right before her very eyes and didn't run away in fright. That's true blue, people.
And I witnessed a soccer dad who locked himself out of the car, was attacked by a bee, and then was thrown up on by his baby. And it wasn't even our soccer Dad. Otherwise, it's business as usual.
Toni
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business as usual~ uh.. huh...
I tagged you for a meme at my place, and yes, you must play! :)
Good morning RRD (Rosanna Rosanna Danna)!
You tease. You never told us how Carl used that word with a customer! I want to know!!!
Wish I could have seen that soccer dad. I would have laughed but I would have felt bad about it! So Reece is a Bible Thumper, huh? And if Cierah is already "hanging out with friends", I think you're in for a wild ride with her in the upcoming years!
I see you've been tagged twice for the same meme (how DO you say that word???) So you HAVE to do it!!! And when you check out JAN's blog, let me know if you think it's as great as I do. (What'r you gonna say after that?)
Have a great time in San Francisco.
Your power-walking buddy
Oh Sniz, I can't believe I didn't think to label Reece as a bible thumper. ROFLOL!!!!!! And I checked out Jan's blog in the wee hours of last night (uh, this morning) and she's TERRIFIC! I'll be back to "see" her again.
I told Carl, "My girl can POWER WALK!" We had that conversation this morning at 6:30am because uh, he was supposed to be up at 4:30 for work. Can you say, "slept in"? I knew you could. So, I went to bed just before 2am and he had me up at 6:30. Ouch! And I am officially RRD. When I refer to my RRD hair, you'll KNOW what I mean, lol.
Blessings,
~Toni~
I love how sniz said "Bible Thumper" that just cracked me up. Gives true meaning to it though!
The caddywompus story is a page right out of corporate life for me. At one of my old jobs, I used to work right next to the three inside sales people. They were on the phone all the time dealing with customers. I would regularly e-mail them with the "word of the day" and it was their job to use it while on the phone with a customer. They were VERY CREATIVE in carrying out the task. In many cases, they'd use it multiple times in a conversation and even manage to get the customer to say it. This would earn them "bonus points" (which, of course, had no real monetary value).
The other thing we liked to do is attempt to get each other to "lose it" while on the phone. In fact, I still do this with a co-worker today. I know it seems like a poor decision to make with your own customers, but it lightens the day. if you totally crack up, the best thing to do is just hang up the phone immediately and then call them back when you've settled down. At this point, you have to explain that you were accidentally disconnected.
Bahahaha! Good stuff, Mr. Shumway. Which reminds me, sometime I might need to blog about my days in nursing. I was no Patch Adams, but I did have a few such tricks up my sleeve to make my patients laugh.
Blessings,
~Toni~
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