Laughter is the Best Medicine

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Each day on Facebook memories from your past posts pop up and I've had a few come up recently which made me laugh out loud. A few years ago I started writing down funny little conversations that happened at my house from time to time.

 I thought I'd share a few here today so you can see the craziness that abounds in our household periodically. Plus, they say laughter is the best medicine so hopefully these will brighten your day!

12/27/2013

Conversation at my house during a monopoly game.

Nathan (after losing his property): "You mean I don't own anything?"

Dan: "That's like your real life!"




3/15/2014

Me: "I feel so grouchy today." "I hate when I feel like this!"

Emily: "You???!!!!" "I hate when you feel like that too!!!!!!"



2/17/2015


Conversation in the car about relationships.

Dan to kids: Loving someone is very easy. Living with them is a nightmare.

Me: What???!!!!!!!!




11/24/2015


Conversation in my house early this morning.

Me: "Dan, I got the results of my blood test back from the life insurance company."

Dan: "Really?"

Me: "I only had two results that were considered high and had a red exclamation point next to them. Umm......the first one is called.....I can't remember the name."

Dan: "BMI (Body Mass Index)?"

Me: "No, that's not the one though it was on the list. It was...HEY!!!.....why would you automatically think that was the one?!!!"

Dan: (nervous laughter and changes the subject)



4/10/2016

Conversation in our car.

Dan: (As we drive by a sign next to a garden shop): "What are open seeds?"

Me: "I think it said, OPEN - seeds"

At least he keeps me laughing! In his defense, there really wasn't any punctuation on the sign.



11/27/2016

Conversation in my house.

(Dan is talking about Cleveland Browns.)

Nathan: "Why do you always stick with teams that are losers?"

Dan: "It's like being married. You stick with your wife no matter what."

Me: "Wait. Are you calling me a loser?"



3/16/2017


Oh my word, Emily just made me laugh out loud.

She comes over to hug me for the umpteenth time because she's happy about registering for freshmen orientation. I hate to say it but I rolled my eyes and said, "Now what?"

She said, "There is a cloud around you, Mom." "You're like a thunderstorm and I'm the sun." "You're killing my rays!"

She cracks me up!



5/24/2017

Conversation between the boys.

Steve: "Nathan when you come in at night, please don't shine your flashlight in my face to see if I'm awake ."

The hazards of sleeping in the sunroom.



5/27/2017

Conversation today.

Steve: "When you and Dad are old I'm going to let you choose the nursing home I put you in."

Emily to Steve: "When they're old, I'm buying them a house."

And he wonders why Emily is my favorite!



8/8/2017


My daughter cracks me up sometimes. This comment made me laugh out loud.

Emily (as we were discussing her personality): "I love who I am!" "In fact, I'd marry myself if I could!"



11/12/2017

Conversation in my house.

Steve: So what are you now, 55?

Me: Yep.

Steve: You look pretty good for your age.

Me: Ummmm, thanks, I think.



3/29/2018

Conversation in my house:

A commercial comes on for this horror movie called, A Quiet Place.

Stephen: "Oh this movie sounds interesting."

Dan: "What is it?"

Stephen: "This family has to live in silence because these aliens hunt and kill anything that makes noise."

Dan: "That would be hard for me."

Me: "You would be the first one killed!"




5/4/2018

Conversation on elevator.

Nathan: This says the maximum weight is 2,500 lbs. (he pulls out his calculator and starts asking everyone their weight.

Dan answers, Steve answers, and then Nate looks at me.

Me: “Don’t even think about it!”

Nathan: “I know better!”

Smart kid!



10/28/2018


Conversation with Emily after encountering a screaming child at a rest stop.

Emily: “Do you know what town I’d love to live in?”

Me: “No, which one?”

Emily: “The town in the movie, Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang, where children were forbidden.


They keep me laughing almost every day! I had a ton more

recorded but thought I'd leave you with these few tidbits.

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