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“Oops!” my nine-year-old said as she opened the orange juice.
“Did you spill it everywhere?” I asked.
“Not everywhere,” she said. “I didn’t spill it in Japan.”
Can’t argue with that logic.
Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. (I’m just going to pretend you’ve noticed and have been concerned.) Now I seriously want that delicious looking glass of o.j. With a little something extra in it. Triple sec? Amaretto?
What’s your drink of choice?
Good situational awareness on her part and the first part of solving a problem – understanding the scope of the issue.
with OJ isn’t vodka the preferred choice?
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It is if you’re Andrew Reynolds. That’s what I’ll do next time, in your honor! (Picture me holding up a glass and facing north.)
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What a fun child to have around! Probably a challenge to raise someone so precocious!
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Ha! She’s got NOTHING on her little brother, however. 🙂
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Great title – got my attention.
Funny response from your daughter. Clever.
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Thanks, Larry. 🙂
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he made an excellent point, and everything is relative. ) my drink of choice is sparkling water with a splash of pink grapefruit juice
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That drink sounds wonderfully refreshing!
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it is!
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I do worry when I don’t see bloggy friends post in awhile. HOWEVER you seem like you’re doing well, so swill your OJ at your leisure. I’ll take mine with a shot of vodka please.
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Two votes for vodka. I’m being easily swayed. 🙂
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My drink of choice depends on my mood and the time of day. I won’t turn down a Bloody Mary, tequila soda, glass of wine, Old Fashioned, or sour beer ever.
Using your daughter’s logic, I did not spill coffee in China, milk in Afghanistan, or Kombucha in Croatia. So, ha! Take that!!
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You’ve outdone a 9-y-o. Proud of yourself, Mark? Our local Wild Barrel has reopened and specializes in sour beers. I’m so eager to get there again.
Currently listening to State of Love and Trust from MTV Unplugged. Oh, how enamored young Betsy was with Ed Ved back then. Today is the last day to enter the sweeps for the PJ B-day Package! But, if you’re only hearing about this for the first time from me, you must take me with you if you win. Sorry, Tara. Them’s the rules. https://www.fanatics.com/p-3902672 You can get one entry for free. (scroll down, on the right.)
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Haha…yes, this was the first I heard of it. I am sure Tara will understand while we’re rocking out to “Even Flow”! I’ll buy her a t-shirt. 🙂
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Good thinking. A concert t-shirt heals all disappointment woes. Pretty sure that’s in the Bible.
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Fun post….
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Thank you, Nabeela! 🙂
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My pleasure…. Long time…. I too took a break so I thought you may have unfollowed me…. How is your life???
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I’m woefully behind in blog reading.
Life is good! Things are opening up a bit more as the world seems to heal slowly, slowly. How about in your neck of the woods?
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Here in michigan, things are getting better…. I am spending more time with my son….
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Awh… that’s nice. 🙂
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Great comeback line by your daughter! I’m not an OJ drinker, so my drink of choice is water (boring I know) and wine. 🙂
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You sound healthy, and that’s not boring, Jill! 🙂
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Iced coffee. Homemade. No coffee shop makes it as good.
And I noticed. 🙂
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AND your daughter is brilliant.
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She is a cutie!
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Of course she is!
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Yep, I could go for some iced coffee. Steubenville had a Tim Hortons that served a DE-licious iced frappe.
And you noticed. Ahhh. I can always count on you, CM. And also you, Chatter Master. 😉 😉 (Never gets old. Haha.)
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No it does NOT get old 🙂
I miss the funnies the kids used to say at home. So thank you for sharing yours. Tell your daughter I appreciate it!!!
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I will. Thank you for sharing in my enjoyment. 🙂 ❤
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My pleasure 🙂
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What a witty girl. You should be proud, Betsy. She’s going to go far.
My husband and I rarely drink and yesterday I told him that we need to get the ingredients for mojitos. I could use one. 🙂
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I could go for a mojito.
She is truly a treasure. In what my mother calls a midlife crisis, I went to a rock concert for a band called Thrice. I crowd surfed two times. (Yes, I did! Never too old, I say.) This daughter said I should’ve done it one more time. Why, I asked. “Because then you could say you did it Thrice.” Love her!
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Ha ha ha. Following in her mother’s footsteps!
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Thanks, D. 🙂
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Well I’m glad to hear that Japan avoided that sticky situation! Too funny!
My drink of choice is situational and time dependent with coffee coming in at number one in the morning, New Age on ice with a splash of lime juice on a lazy, summer afternoon, and a nice IPA or porter in the evening.
Nice to see you blogging. I blog more in my head that I actually do, but some of them make it out and onto the screen. Amazon delivered your book awhile ago and it is in my summer reading pile. 🙂 Hooray!
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Your lazy summer afternoon sounds ideal.
Blogging more in your head!–Ha. Guilty of that, too. But how dare we deprive the world of our brilliant inner thoughts?!
Hooray to my book arriving! Should be good for at least two laughs. 😉
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I am never without all the ingredients to a bloody mary.
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You and Swinged Cat would get along well. I can hardly stomach tomato juice, so you two have at it!
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Yes, I did notice (I checked your page several times :)) But just figured life happened and you got caught up somewhere else.
Oooh, haven’t had OJ in a while – now you’ve got me thinking (read: fixated). Another run to the grocery store????
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Awh, PP, you noticed! I’m so honored. I hope you find some orange juice soon!
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Brilliant answer from your daughter! You do realize if she and Joe team up you are going to have quite the sideshow on your hands (then again, they might get great tips 😀 ) And mimosas are always refreshing in the summer, although I’d rather use cranberry juice than orange juice, with a tasty sparkling white 🙂
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Oh, man, Julie. I used to do the oj/cran combo all the time. I’d forgotten about that! Seems weird to me that they sell cran/grape and other cran combos, as well as oj with different fruits, but why do they not team those two up? The world is a crazy, crazy place, I tell ya.
If my children become the greatest show on earth (because it will be a circus, no doubt), I hope they’ll put me up in the GOOD retirement home. 😉
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Hi Betsy, I am always in awe of what comes out of children’s mouth. Funny and wise. I would go with the Triple Sec.🙂
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That’s my hubbie’s fave. 🙂
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Hehe! Unbeatable logic! 😉 My drink of choice would be a whiskey. 😄
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You are so cool, Sarah!
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Nah, just too lazy to prepare a fancy cocktail. 😉
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My drink? Coca-cola. Daddy mixed it with the milk in my baby bottle.
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Wowsa.
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I like ginger beer. Why don’t you try putting tequila and Galliano in your OJ and have a Freddie Fuddpucker. Don’t spill it in Mexico.
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Don’t even know what Galliano is, but I’ll look it up! Thanks for the tip.
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How sweet and you couldn’t get mad with an answer like that! Coffee for me!
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I wasn’t mad. It was an accident, and not a major one, at that. Drinking my coffee now, Diane! 🙂
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Nice
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Thanks!
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Were r u from
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U.S.
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Ok thanks
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Ha, ha! Does everyone in your nest have the same humor? My drink of choice is hands down a margarita from scratch. Cheers!
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A margarita from scratch is always a winner! They’re not all that funny, but we each have our moments. Thanks for reading, folia. 🙂
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