Questionable Brain Function

Some days I sit here listening to what is going on around me and have to question the function of the brain of certain people in this house.  Now if it's under 18 people, I can't blame them entirely.  I must blame their father, (clearly it isn't MY fault!).

Bubba was brushing his teeth tonight and spit into the bathroom sink several times.  Afterwards, Dad walks into the bathroom and yells, "Bubba, come rinse out the sink!"
Bubba: "I can't"
Dad: "What do you mean you can't?"
Bubba:" The water isn't working right"
Dad: "What do you MEAN that water isn't working right?"
Bubba: "It isn't spraying everywhere like it's supposed to!"
Dad: "It got fixed a two weeks ago, it wasn't SUPPOSED to be spraying everywhere"
Bubba: "Oh, well, then I can't clean out the sink", as he walks in and cleans out the sink.

Sitting here listening, I'm thinking...hmmm.....I'm SURE we have Clorox Wipes around here...but let the boys figure that one out (sorry MEN).

I pointed out to Bubba that if he AIMS his spit better it will go right down the hole and he won't have to clean the sink.  I'm not sure Dad was impressed with that idea....

Putting Banana to bed tonight, Daddy reminded her to use a Pull Up.
Banana: "Why? I don't wike pull ups!"
Daddy: "Because I do your laundry and I don't wanna clean pee and poop out of your underpants!
Banana: "I won't. I PROMISE!"
Daddy: "You're right, you won't because you will have a Pull Up on!!!"
Banana: "But I ALREADY pee'd in my underpants today!!"

Daddy and I just kind of looked at each other.  Banana put on her Pull Up and put her underpants in the wash.

Thank Goodness for Daddy's and their patience....after a crazy busy day at work...I was NOT so patient.  (I bet Daddy wished he was a rabbit today!!!)

I suppose, if I look SUPER close I could find a few MINOR brain function deficiencies of my own.  But I'm sure there are not many!  For instance....

Yesterday at work everyone BUT me was cold.  I was pretty sure I was gonna have to run naked around the office just to be semi-comfortable.  HOWEVER, I was nice and turned up the thermostat.  Listening closely I noticed the furnace didn't kick on.  Well, ok, it's been sitting awhile...probably just needs flushed....but I decided to text our electrician JUST IN CASE. 

The electrician text me back telling me to call the oil dude.  OK...I call the oil dude who promises to come "today" to look at it. 

Oil dude DID show up....fifteen minutes prior to closing time.  He went down to the basement and yelled up the stairs to turn the thermostat ALL the way up. 

"OK" I think, and turn up the thermostat.  Then I stand there awaiting my next direction.  As I stand there, I happen to stare (don't ask me why) at said thermostat...after a few seconds of staring it occurs to me...I turned the thermostat UP but I never turned it ON.  So, I did what comes natural...and turned on the switch.  The furnace comes right on!

I yelled down the stairs..."I FIXED IT!!"  The oil dude comes up and asks what I did...I of course replied, "I turned it on".  However, he was then convinced that something HAD to be wrong (because clearly it couldn't have been that simple, he wouldn't get paid for it if it was) and spent the next hour flushing the system.  I'm pretty sure the system was just fine.

I DID however text the electrician back and told him his first question to me SHOULD have been, "Did you turn it on?" At which time I would have realized the problem..THEREFORE...clearly it's the electricians brain malfunction and NOT mine!

A bit of a rant

So this situation with the Baltimore Ravens in which they have fired Raymond Rice has been all over the news lately.  I must take a few minutes to rant about it.

FIRST....Raymond Rice should have been fired immediately not merely suspended for a few games.  The ONLY reason the Ravens finally fired Rice is NOT because he abused his then fiancé (now wife), but because there is a video of that abuse and that video has gone public.  The Ravens name has been sullied by one of their own....THAT is the reason Rice is gone. 

THIS IS WRONG!!! This would be the PERFECT opportunity for the Ravens to take a stand AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!!! A perfect chance for pro sports teams EVERYWHERE to say, WE WILL NOT PUT UP WITH THIS BEHAVIOR FROM OUR PLAYERS!!!   A perfect chance for pro sports teams EVERYWHERE to say, OUR FEMALE FANS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US AND WE CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM!!!!

SECOND....the press is asking the WRONG question!  The question is NOT...WHY DOESN'T SHE LEAVE?   The question is, WHY DOES HE ABUSE???  I put it simply to someone today.

Me: "Do you have a pet?"
O: "Yes"
Me: "Do you love your pet?"
O: "Yes, my cat is part of my family!! I can't imagine my life without him in it!"
Me: "Has your pet every hurt you?"
O: (shows me a scratch):"Just this morning he scratched me and made me bleed".
Me: "And how did you respond?"
O: "I put him down, went and washed off my arm and put a bandaid on then started petting him again".
Me: "What?? You didn't just leave??"
O:(laughing) "Of course not...I love him."
Me: "You didn't kick him out?"
O: "No, he doesn't scratch me all the time, just sometimes when he is irritated with me, but it's never that bad"
Me...just waiting for the lightbulb to pop on.

It's always fun watching the light bulb come on!

I haven't posted any family stuff recently because my kids have not been particularly funny.  However, I will say that this morning Reno got into trouble for peeing in Banana's room.  Now, while Reno INSISTED he did NOT do it, I was sure he had so he was sent outside, IN the rain for  a bit.  He came back in and since no one else was home decided that he was on Doggy House Arrest and pouted until he fell asleep (I know this because he told me...and I saw it on the camera). 

When I got home from work today, Banana finally admitted to me that it was SHE who had peed on her floor and not Reno.  I made her mop it up because her room was stinky, and I apologized profusely to Reno.  I'm pretty sure he had NO idea what was going on, but he loved the attention anyway.

In the meantime, I have been researching (if asking on FB can be called research) how to brush Banana's hair in the morning without being screamed at, hit, spit on, kicked, etc.  The other morning, MISS STUBBORN PANTS was refusing to do ANYTHING I requested.  So, standing with the hair brush in my hand, I finally said, "DON'T ANGER THE WOMAN WITH THE HAIR BRUSH!!!"  I'm pretty sure that during the brushing she was second guessing her behavior.  But her hair looked good and she had a good day at school.

I should have just eaten her....a rabbit would have!