Monday
Jun082009
Four Kids and Not Enough Back Up Material
Monday, June 8, 2009 at 11:27AM My mother has become very resourceful over the years. I guess that she has to be to put up with four children. My sister plays on a softball team, my mom coaches, and they are required to wear a Little League patch on their jersey. A couple of weeks ago, my sister had a game but still did not have her patch on her jersey. About an hour before the game my sister and mom were shuffling around the house when my sister yelled from across the house that she did not have her badge on yet. My mom ran to my room and asked me for the thread. I told her that I knew exactly where it was. As I walked over to my closet, (I have to admit that I thought I didn't even have a prayer of finding it as I looked through all of those stacked up boxes and piles of papers behind the messy shelves and over stuffed drawers.) I walked slowly over to the dresser that I usually keep stuff in - stuff that I would use sooner or later. "Junk" as my mom says. But anyway, I couldn't find what she was looking for. I gave up my search and went off to do the rest of loading the car of all of the equipment that they would use at the game. They both came out of the garage door - my sister's patch was sewn on. I didn't find out exactly how they did it until after the game. My sister explained to me that during the game, which was a practice game, they had to put their jerseys on inside-out so that their little league badges were not showing. But, all of the sewing that my mom had done to attach the patch was clearly visible now that the jersey was inside out. A man who helps with the team asked my sister what that thread was on her jersey. It looked like dental floss. My sister blushed a little and tried to make an argument that it must be some mysterious thread that just happened to smell like mint. So... next time you're in a jam, and can't find your thread, just use dental floss. That way you can smell minty fresh and be as resourceful as my mom.
Another example of her resourcefulness was when my sister had yet another softball game. When we were all leaving the garage, my mom rechecked the car and made sure that everything was there for the game. She realized that her clipboard was missing, which she uses to hang the batting order on the side of the dug out. But, that was definitely not the biggest problem. She also uses these little velcro strips to connect the board to the outside fence. Those were also missing. My mom soon found a solution for that problem as she whipped out her handy pack of band-aids.
Sierra
Reader Comments (4)
Hey Sierra, your story is totally hilarious, although Audra probably didn’t think the situation was so funny at the time! Hopefully Audra doesn’t suffer any big cuts while playing softball this year. It wouldn’t be a pretty sight to see your mom whipping out that needle and dental floss to sew up her wound! Yikes!! And just a warning for you for the future……………When you are talking with your mom about your dress for that first big Prom Dance, hide the duct tape. Your mom just might get the idea that it would be quite easy and cost-effective to make your prom dress out of it. Duct-tape prom dresses can look real pretty, but I imagine they are a little uncomfortable to wear. Randall :-)
Randall-
I am so glad that you enjoyed my story. At sunday school you really inspired me to write some more. I love it that you continue to talk to me, thanks for all that you do!!
Sierra
Okay Sierra..........now that you have shared some fun stuff about your mom and Audra, how about the boys in the family??? I think your dad is getting off way to easy so far!! I'm sure there is something "interesting" you could share about that cool daddeeoo of yours. And since Buck swears he isn't going to blog this summer, maybe you should blog a little bit about him...............it might inspire him to let some words fly of his own :-) Hope you all have a MARVELOUS vacation. Randall
Okay Sierra..........now that you have shared some fun stuff about your mom and Audra, how about the boys in the family??? I think your dad is getting off way to easy so far!! I'm sure there is something "interesting" you could share about that cool daddeeoo of yours. And since Buck swears he isn't going to blog this summer, maybe you should blog a little bit about him...............it might inspire him to let some words fly of his own :-) Hope you all have a MARVELOUS vacation. Randall