Quotes……... Gotta love them! Often powerful, frequently funny, occasionally baffling………. Following are a few quotes that caught my attention this week.
“Mrs. Hislop, are you single?” [Asked me by an 8th grade student]
“I was on the court demonstrating how to move in a proper defensive stance when—BOOM—I felt like I’d run into a brick wall.” [Coach Hood telling how Grace set a screen on him during basketball practice. Grace has been called many things before but, at 5’5” and just over 100 lbs, a brick wall is not one of them.]
“I don’t think she’d ever played on an organized team before. When she tried out last year she had entry level skills.” [More from Coach Hood, about Grace—who had never really even touched a basketball before last year’s team tryouts—as he gave her the “Most Improved Player” award.]
“I have to feed the fish.” [Miles said when he returned to the table. The family was gathering for dinner. Everyone had finally arrived and Lance had asked Chick to say the prayer when Miles hurriedly and inexplicably dashed off. ???? Since when is feeding fish more important than feeding me?]
“I like you but I do not like science.” [Statement by 8th grade science student.]
“I’ll take the shot.” [Miles choosing a ache-producing injection in the thigh over swallowing tablets because the shot would cure his strep throat in 24 hours (instead of 48) and enable him to play in the next day’s soccer tournament.]
“If tragedy drops you to your knees then it becomes a victory.” [Patti Todaro Roehrie, maybe]
“I am never going to eat that; it is TOO gross ………May I have more?” [Statement of 8th grade science student before and after tasting the butter we made in class.]
“The rock cycle is happening under your feed right now!” [Miles said, referring to the heat and pressure that metamorphoses rock deep within the Earth, as we took a Sunday stroll along the walking trail.]
“What is a Ram truck’s favorite maneuver?........A ewe turn!” [Chick quoting Grace who was quoting one of her friends.]
“Opportunity never arrives. It is here.” [Anthony de Mello. I think I am going to file to run for the State Board of Education.]
“Life is under no obligation to give us what we expect.” [Margaret Mitchell. This could be my life story…in significantly less than 100 words.]
“I like your hair poufy in front. You should get lots of compliments today.” [Miles to me as I was getting ready to go to work.]
“Do NOT write about this in the blog.” [Tanah]
“I love you” [Chick said through his actions when he cleaned all the dead leaves from the back porch and patio, pruned the June-bearing raspberries, spread sheep manure over the garden, and drove to the vet to get an anti-inflammatory for the lame ewe.]
“Chick, did you go to school like that?” [Asked by Tanah when she noticed during dinner that Chick’s shirt was on inside-out.]
“Life is the stories you can tell.” [Phil Davis and Tess Noel as they meandered along a Pioneer Trek path somewhere in the Uintah National Forest several decades ago.]
“That’s one way to take care of the problem.” [Said by a passer-by in the parking lot as he witnessed me using a Leatherman tool to cut off the section of the bumper that had been flapping in the wind as I drove down the freeway.]
“Pooh” [Responded Miles in Church when asked “What rhymes with shoe?”]
“Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling…..It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for.” [Rachel Jankovic, in Neil L. Andersen, “Children”, Ensign, Nov. 2011, 28]
“Yes” [Said by me when Miles asked her to play a board game with him, even though her task list was longer than the line to the women’s bathroom during intermission at Hale Centre Theatre, because she had recently read the above quote.]
“Fascinating.” [Said by me to Lance at the Fly Fishing Film Festival where I noticed that the line for the men’s bathroom stretched across the entire Peery Egyptian Theater lobby whereas there was no line for the women’s restroom.]
“You’re my fav.” [Spoken by Tanah when her iPod battery died and I offered to loan her a cell phone.]
“Everything can have drama if it’s done right.” [Said by Julia Child and practiced by most teenage girls.]
“I love you.” [Said by me to all you. And you can quote me on that!!!!!]
Teresa
“Mrs. Hislop, are you single?” [Asked me by an 8th grade student]
“I was on the court demonstrating how to move in a proper defensive stance when—BOOM—I felt like I’d run into a brick wall.” [Coach Hood telling how Grace set a screen on him during basketball practice. Grace has been called many things before but, at 5’5” and just over 100 lbs, a brick wall is not one of them.]
“I don’t think she’d ever played on an organized team before. When she tried out last year she had entry level skills.” [More from Coach Hood, about Grace—who had never really even touched a basketball before last year’s team tryouts—as he gave her the “Most Improved Player” award.]
“I have to feed the fish.” [Miles said when he returned to the table. The family was gathering for dinner. Everyone had finally arrived and Lance had asked Chick to say the prayer when Miles hurriedly and inexplicably dashed off. ???? Since when is feeding fish more important than feeding me?]
“I like you but I do not like science.” [Statement by 8th grade science student.]
“I’ll take the shot.” [Miles choosing a ache-producing injection in the thigh over swallowing tablets because the shot would cure his strep throat in 24 hours (instead of 48) and enable him to play in the next day’s soccer tournament.]
“If tragedy drops you to your knees then it becomes a victory.” [Patti Todaro Roehrie, maybe]
“I am never going to eat that; it is TOO gross ………May I have more?” [Statement of 8th grade science student before and after tasting the butter we made in class.]
“The rock cycle is happening under your feed right now!” [Miles said, referring to the heat and pressure that metamorphoses rock deep within the Earth, as we took a Sunday stroll along the walking trail.]
“What is a Ram truck’s favorite maneuver?........A ewe turn!” [Chick quoting Grace who was quoting one of her friends.]
“Opportunity never arrives. It is here.” [Anthony de Mello. I think I am going to file to run for the State Board of Education.]
“Life is under no obligation to give us what we expect.” [Margaret Mitchell. This could be my life story…in significantly less than 100 words.]
“I like your hair poufy in front. You should get lots of compliments today.” [Miles to me as I was getting ready to go to work.]
“Do NOT write about this in the blog.” [Tanah]
“I love you” [Chick said through his actions when he cleaned all the dead leaves from the back porch and patio, pruned the June-bearing raspberries, spread sheep manure over the garden, and drove to the vet to get an anti-inflammatory for the lame ewe.]
“Chick, did you go to school like that?” [Asked by Tanah when she noticed during dinner that Chick’s shirt was on inside-out.]
“Life is the stories you can tell.” [Phil Davis and Tess Noel as they meandered along a Pioneer Trek path somewhere in the Uintah National Forest several decades ago.]
“That’s one way to take care of the problem.” [Said by a passer-by in the parking lot as he witnessed me using a Leatherman tool to cut off the section of the bumper that had been flapping in the wind as I drove down the freeway.]
“Pooh” [Responded Miles in Church when asked “What rhymes with shoe?”]
“Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling…..It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for.” [Rachel Jankovic, in Neil L. Andersen, “Children”, Ensign, Nov. 2011, 28]
“Yes” [Said by me when Miles asked her to play a board game with him, even though her task list was longer than the line to the women’s bathroom during intermission at Hale Centre Theatre, because she had recently read the above quote.]
“Fascinating.” [Said by me to Lance at the Fly Fishing Film Festival where I noticed that the line for the men’s bathroom stretched across the entire Peery Egyptian Theater lobby whereas there was no line for the women’s restroom.]
“You’re my fav.” [Spoken by Tanah when her iPod battery died and I offered to loan her a cell phone.]
“Everything can have drama if it’s done right.” [Said by Julia Child and practiced by most teenage girls.]
“I love you.” [Said by me to all you. And you can quote me on that!!!!!]
Teresa
The garden is tilled. Spring--Bring it on!!!
And the first planting is done; spinach, carrots, onions, peas, beets, and lettuce. Radishes, cabbage, and broccoli could go in too, if you were so inclined. (I am not.)
It's not a pansy....but its not poop either!
Soay who share a father and whose mothers are mother and daughter. What would you call their relationship?
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This is the van, post-bumper amputation.
Suffolk twins
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