Friday, December 29, 2006
ob·ses·sion - noun - 1. the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
Then it moved over to the Handy Dandy Notebook. It didn't have to look like Steve's notebook from Blue's Clues, though. It could be anything ... a homemade one or a hand-held flip notebook would suffice. I could take him to the grocery store with me, and he would have his list and walk beside me, and he could have the best time.
Now we have moved on to paper. Any paper. But he just writes one thing on it. Days of the week, months of the year, the years, you name it. It goes along with an obsession with calendars. While he could entertain himself with these things for hours, he is very particular about a lot of things.
So I really didn't think that I could meet a more uptight individual with a different obsession.
Until the Monkey started with her lip gloss obsession.
It started off innocently enough but it has grown to such epic proportion now that it is difficult to placate her when the lip gloss is ripped from her tiny hands.
We didn't get any lip gloss for her for Christmas because her lip gloss obsession precedes her, and we knew that someone in our family would feed the fixation. And sure enough, the Mominator came through with TWO lip gloss selections, one of which is a bright purple color and that glossy crap.
Now, I can handle her having something that is GOOD for her lips, like Chap Stick or a menthol-treated lip balm, but this stuff... it is sticky and it has appeared on sleeves and shirts.
When everyone else was opening their presents after the hurricane known as my children had whipped through theirs, the Monkey tripped over one of the rugs in my parents house. She fell, hit her chin, and immediately started crying. Daddy was right there to pick her up, and I knew what was going to come out of her mouth next...
I hurt my chin..... I need some lip gloss.
Because you know ... lip gloss fixes everything.
posted by Knitting Maniac at 6:56 AM
I'm a mom of three peeps ... Queen Bee, The Door Man, and the Chandelier Monkey, and wife to Ace, the Helpful Hardware Man. I created this space to get away from the people known as my inlaws, and because life with three kids and a hubby is all Unexplored Territory.
The nine-year-old who seems to be growing older every minute, has an opinion and a comment for everything, and has a true servant's heart.
The seven-year-old who loves the organization of things, will someday be someone's therapist because of his kind soul, and will more than likely be living with us until he is 40 years old.
The five-year-old with the 13-year-old attitude, who has a dictator's personality, asks you to watch her all the time and say "hold on" to keep your attention, and will someday come home on the back of some dude's motorcycle with 10 tatts and a body piercing or two.
The man of the house, the fixer of things, the winner of prizes, and the only person in his family to escape the South.
Baby Jane says...
TT # 23
My new roommate
Kudos to Ace
And you can take THAT to the bank
Let's break out those MLK decorations!
The Aftermath
Merry Christmas From The Knitting Maniac Seeing as...
Simply not to be outdone
And we shall never speak of the antlers again
8 Comments:
Funny. Sometimes I feel like chapstick will cure everything, too. haha
Better than band aids, lip gloss! Funny!
Oh, now that is cute. Love the pictures...she is one determined girl, eh?
M, she totally cracks me up. I'm obsessed with Blistex, I wish it could make everything better. Wouldn't that be nice?
Is her obsession somewhat like the guy in "my big fat greek wedding" who sprays windex on everything? Watch out!
Oh my gosh, Jenn. I totally forgot about that dude in BFGW.
Unfortunately, I think it might be borderline Windex obsession....
Lip Gloss always makes me feel better, too! LOL!
We have my family's Christmas party tomorrow. We do a name-draw gift exchange and one of the names we have is one of my small cousins. She's the same age as Doodlebug and I bought her a cute green Hello Kitty purse and put some bracelets and lip gloss in it. I hope she likes it.
Good god woman..I hope that wasn't by your DIVA cup!!!
:)
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