humor

If you've been following me on Twitter (GeekMomMashup), you've already heard this story. But for the rest of you, I thought it would be worth repeating, because it is pretty funny! Well, funny in a dark, creepy way... muah-ha-haah!

Last week, my six year-old son woke me up in the middle of the night. It must have been about 2:30 AM. As long as I was up, I figured I'd make a pit stop. So I shuffled to the bathroom, where I debated with myself over turning on the light.

My internal dialogue went something like this:

"Its not pitch dark, and I know where the toilet is. The light will be too bright, and it will hurt my eyes, and make it harder to go back to sleep."

"But what if there's a spider in the toilet? You know how I always have that in the back of my mind."

"There's not going to be a spider in the toilet. You worry needlessly, and there's never a spider in the toilet!"

"Well, there's hardly ever a spider in the toilet, and there's probably not a spider in this toilet right now. Fine."

So I left the light off and walked to the toilet. Before taking a seat, I glanced down into the bowl. I noticed a dark spot on the inside of the bowl. Above the water line, below the rim. Hmmm. What could that be? Better turn on the light.

I flipped the switch, squinted, and walked back to the toilet. I peered into the bowl again, and saw a nickel-sized, black, slightly hairy, spider! I'd almost sat on the toilet with that spider in there! What if I hadn't noticed it, and it had jumped onto my bare bottom?! What if it had bitten me? What if it had gotten stuck in my underwear?

I quickly flushed it down and did my thing. Afterwards, I thought I should have taken a photo, but it was too late. The moral of this story: There's probably not a spider in the toilet, but there could be one... Remember this the next time you need to "go" in the dark!

I don't know how I missed out on seeing this video earlier, but it is hilarious! Especially for busy moms -- but funny for dads and kids, too -- Anita Renfroe sings a fast mashup of the most popular mom sayings, to the tune of the William Tell Overture. Listen carefully, because it goes by so quickly! Anita has made another funny video in conjunction with a promotion for Luvs diapers. As part of this new "say no to pricey diapers" campaign, Luvs is also offering a limited-time $5 off coupon, starting today.

My middle child is very thoughtful. He is six years old, and he's always asking questions and pondering things. He asks questions like, "Mom, why do we have cheeks?" How do you answer something like that? I said, "To protect our teeth and the bones inside our faces." My husband said, "So the food doesn't fall out when we chew." Hubby likes to be funny. :-) A couple of nights ago, this boy was taking a bath. He noticed the label on the shampoo bottle, which said "3-in-1," and asked what "3-in-1" means. I told him it's because that product does three things to help us get cleaned up. It's a body wash, shampoo, and hair conditioner, all in one bottle. He thought for a minute and came up with this: "Hey, what if it was 13-in-1! Then we could get super-clean, and it would keep out the tangles forever! We would smell good and stay clean for 13 days!" I love that boy, and I love the way he thinks.