THIS ISN’T A REAL POST

I could literally apologize for every single thing I put on this blog.  I’m sorry you are here, about to read what I’m about to write.

Because its nothing, really.

The other day I was up at work and we were talking about difficult customers and I had a brief memory flash.  Sometimes I get those….

I worked in a fabric store in down town Chicago for a while.  It was in Old Town.

 

We had big signs everywhere saying “NO DOGS” because the city folk liked to bring their stinky, sweaty (?) dogs in there and they (the dogs) would rub all over the fabric. Plus there was an allergic employee.

So one day, not only did this lady bring her enormous, ratty, dirty poodle into the store…. she brought it in wearing a soggy diaper (the dog, not the lady).

 

All the other “designers” were busy so I got stuck with her.

 

I HAD to tell her, man!  It was the rules!  I even pointed out one of the 47 million signs that said so.

She went ballistic.

 

I don’t remember EXACTLY what she said, but I know the B-*-*-C-H word was involved.  I was like, “Chill homey.”  She left.

Aaaaaaannnnnnd thats about it for that lovely memory.

But look at these pictures I took the yesterday.  I wanted to get a cute picture of me and the boys for my Mama.

I was like, Come on Siegfried, make a normal face (after he knocked Boy off the step with his spazzing)

 

Dude.  Really.

The only thing that distracted him was when our neighbor pulled up and set the alarm on his car 12 TIMES.  And then he came back out and did it 4 MORE TIMES.

“Why he do dat?”

18 Comments

  • My wife and I, back when we only had one kid, tried taking a family picture in front of the Xmas tree. Our daughter, 3 or 4 at the time, made with the faces just like Seigfried. The one we finally used drew some comments. “Did you, like, give your daughter a gallon of coffee before you took this picture?”

    We’re tempted to take all our family photos while the kids are asleep.

    • That is hilarious! Its like mission impossible
      Yeah we have zero family pictures.

  • Laughed out loud at the photos. Sigfried is such a handsome little man. You know, I always figure it’s the spazzy kids who will be the ones to change the world. Sure, the model children might be EASIER, but the exhausting ones will make history.

    • Thank you for that! I hope he makes history for good things….

  • At least you look cute! I tried to get my girls to sit for one stinking picture and I ended up taking sixty and then sticking the only two decent photos together to make one decent photo of the two of them. My oldest kept sticking out her top teeth because she was “pretending to be a woodchuck”, while the youngest kept saluting. I have o idea why. It’s amazing how impossible it is to get a picture where everyone looks normal. Especially with kids involved.

    • Oh that kills me! So funny! I remember turing into a statue for the camera. It never occurred to me to ham it up.
      ….that’s bizarre now that I think about it…

  • Ah, give the kid a break. He knew he could get away with it because you didn’t have Boy in the picture anyway.

    • Boy was conveniently disposed of.

  • Hey, I’ve been to that store before they had to close it when n the foundation cracked! I never took a dog in. Just down the street I saw a girl buy a papasan chair at Pier 1, then try to stuff it in a cab to get it home. We stood and watched for like 10 minutes. Never know what you’ll see in Old Town!

    • Is that why they closed? I was just wondering that. Interesting!

  • People are funny about their dogs. Sure, I’m a dog person, but I accept the fact that there are places that don’t allow pets.

    Perhaps your son will grow out of the ham-for-photos stage. Then again, my husband is in his thirties, and the moment someone pulls out a camera he strikes a pose (usually a ridiculous one).

    • My husband throws punches….

  • You draw RigReid so well! You get his expressions. Man he is cute. You all are!

    • Thanks Pish! He is a freak. I love him!

  • For our 10th wedding anniversary last year I thought it would be nice to have a family portrait taken. We went to our favorite photographer, who we trusted to get our boys to look somewhat normal. Well, guess what? The little one (4 at the time) had to have the last word. Our family portrait includes him wearing a dinosaur tail and head/hat. Yep.

    • That. Is. Hilarious!
      Priceless. I think everyone should wear a costume for a family photo.

  • You shouldn’t apologize so much! That dog in a soggy diaper is very disturbing, but the pics of you and the kids more than compensate. I was actually a little sad when Millie finally learned the standard camera smile. Those pictures with her eyes and mouth stretched wide are kind of precious now. More so since I can barely even remember when she was ever that small!

    • I can’t imagine her big! I can’t wait to see her in November!

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