Mom: Where do you even get music like this?
Laura: Just go to Australia and hit record.
February 28, 2010
On ambient music...
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February 27, 2010
On projectiles...
Kara: Hey Lisa, can you grab me mom's nail file from that top draw- oh! I just got hit in the face with one of my toenails!
Posted by Lisa at 2/27/2010 0 comments
Labels: Kara
February 26, 2010
On wedding television...
Laura: She looks really pretty. And she's the ugly one.
Laura continues talking.
Jenna, to Kara: That's what we'll be saying at her wedding.
Posted by Lisa at 2/26/2010 0 comments
February 21, 2010
On loyalty...
Laura: Jenna - switch seats with me so you and Lisa can share the dessert.
Jenna: Or I can stay here and have a little of everything. I don't wanna commit to just one dessert.
Laura: Don't ever get married.
Posted by Laura at 2/21/2010 0 comments
February 18, 2010
On suction cup glass markers...
Mom: They like to stick to a glass with alcohol in it.
Jessie: Yeah, who doesn't?
Posted by Lisa at 2/18/2010 1 comments
February 17, 2010
On performance...
Jessie: You're fired. Get away from my children.
Mom: Oh, I've been fired so many times I don't even hear the words anymore.
Posted by Lisa at 2/17/2010 0 comments
February 16, 2010
On misdirection...
Mom tried to direct Grandma to a recipe website, but left out a hyphen which apparently led to some sort of adult entertainment website.
Mom: She didn't see any chocolate muffins.
Lisa: You'd see a different kind of chocolate muffins on that kind of site.
Mom: Well, I just sent my parents to a porn site. That's. Just. Great.
Posted by Lisa at 2/16/2010 0 comments
February 15, 2010
On junk...
Jessie: I like showing off my junk when I work out.
Mom: My seam moves around.
Jessie: That means your junk is lopsided.
Mom: My junk is straight on! Rick, they're talking about my junk! And they're not being very nice about it!
Posted by Lisa at 2/15/2010 0 comments
February 14, 2010
On technology...
Mom: Lisa, are you tagging your twitter to post and flicker... nevermind. You look confused. This is clearly over your head.
Posted by Lisa at 2/14/2010 0 comments
Labels: Mom
February 13, 2010
On desertion...
Mom: Hey, where is everybody going?
Jenna: Mom, I'm right here.
(Pause.)
Mom: Hey, where are all the good people going?
Posted by Lisa at 2/13/2010 0 comments
February 12, 2010
On drinking ages...
Mom: Ooh! Ooh! Jocelyn's got rum!
Posted by Lisa at 2/12/2010 0 comments
Labels: Mom
February 11, 2010
On changing allegiences...
Kara: Noah, that baby used to be mine. Her name was Nicole.
Noah: Kara. Hey, Kara. She doesn't like you.
Kara: I raised her!
Posted by Lisa at 2/11/2010 0 comments
February 10, 2010
On fashion...
Jenna: I'm supposed to wear a dress to dinner with my friends tonight.
Lisa: My friends don't have dress codes.
Mom: It's cold though! Wear a sundress with a turtleneck under it. That's your fashion tip of the day. You'll get another one tomorrow.
Posted by Lisa at 2/10/2010 0 comments
February 09, 2010
On adding a sibling...
Jessie: Noah, should Mommy and Daddy have another baby?
Noah: No, that would be awful.
Jessie: Noah! Don't say that, it would be fun! Remember how tiny Jocelyn was and how you could hold her and she just slept all the time...
Noah: Ok, fine. Go ahead and do it.
Posted by The Johnston Family at 2/09/2010 0 comments
On childhood exclamations...
While playing with a toy.
Noah: C'mon, you crease-a-crap!
Posted by The Johnston Family at 2/09/2010 0 comments
Labels: Noah
On peeing her pants...
Noah upset about something during dinner, crying.
Noah: NO! Don't do this to me, PEE!
Posted by The Johnston Family at 2/09/2010 0 comments
Labels: Noah
On foodstuffs...
Lisa: You are retarded.
Mom: Oh, this isn't edible! It's a bead!
Posted by Lisa at 2/09/2010 0 comments
February 08, 2010
On definitions...
TV: It means we were obsolete.
Mom: nods wisely.
Jenna: You don't even know what that means.
Mom: Yes, I do. It means we're see-through. Or not see-through.
Jenna and Lisa: That's OPAQUE!
Posted by Lisa at 2/08/2010 0 comments
February 07, 2010
On Fringe...
Mom: Well, why wouldn't William Bell want to meet with him one of these episodes?
Dad: He's in an alternate universe.
Mom: Oh, don't give me that crap.
Posted by Lisa at 2/07/2010 0 comments
February 06, 2010
On safety...
Mom: Jenna, the roads are slippery. Do you know what that means?
Jenna: Drive as fast as I can to avoid slipping.
Posted by Lisa at 2/06/2010 0 comments
February 05, 2010
On cuteness...
Lisa: Did you just hiccup and tug your pants up at the same time?
Laura: Yup. Wasn't it adorable?
Posted by Lisa at 2/05/2010 0 comments
February 04, 2010
On non-surprises...
Snape: I'm the half-blood Prince.
Mom: Well that's a surprise! Looks around. To all of us, I think!
Posted by Lisa at 2/04/2010 0 comments
Labels: Mom
February 03, 2010
On language...
Laura: That bastard!
Dad: Laura! Watch your mouth, you jackass!
Posted by Lisa at 2/03/2010 0 comments
February 02, 2010
On indigenous species...
Mom: It's a Walmart Bird!
Posted by Lisa at 2/02/2010 0 comments
Labels: Mom
February 01, 2010
On stinks...
Mom: Hey, Muffin! You smell like a fart.
Posted by Lisa at 2/01/2010 0 comments
Labels: Mom