I didn’t get a ton done for the garden this month. Oh well. I scrapped a bunch of pages for no reason and I ran out of time. It’s been a while since I scrapped just for fun… And it was fun. 
I’ll post them later.
As far as our dog search, we met a couple of the dogs we like on Sunday. We had to test and see if they passed Matthew’s allergy test. The initial result is that the test failed. He ended up getting really itchy eyes on the way home. 
There are several factors involved that could’ve caused his reaction, so the dog isn’t totally out of the question, but it definitely took the wind out our sails. I’m not all gung-ho anymore. We might try again later, but I’m not in a hurry right now.
And the passive-agressive me finds the need to ask The Internet (as if it’s a magic 8-ball) what would’ve happened if I’d gone with what I wanted to do this afternoon in this situation:
Sitting down to eat at Arbys with three of my kids (and they were being pretty good), the guy at the next table, only a couple feet away, says to the girl he’s with "And you want more than one?" to which she replies, "yes." And he snorts and says "Look at them!"
At this point, what I really wanted to do was say, "Hey, (*eta*) idiot, I can hear you."
Internet? What do you say? What happens next?
(the real-life ending: moment passed before I could say it, and I decided it was for the best, since the kids didn’t need to see me get all agressive to a bigmouth. But I’m wishing I could rewind and perform this little experiment…)
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A) Ok, seriously — you’ve NEVER thought that before in your life — when you saw mom who was totally overwhelmed (and we’ve all been there) — I think we’re just smart enough not to say anything, mostly we feel sorry.
B) You could just look at him and tell him how great it is, great things about each of your kids. Make him feel like the lunatic that he is.
ohhhh, that’s bad!
i don’t even know what to say.
but aren’t you glad that you are the lady with the 3 cute kids at arby’s.
and not the guy that makes rude comments.
chances are your the happier one.
no, no dude..you belt it out. We’ve discussed the young mom curse before. You just speak your mind. They already think you are shiza. Why not help them cement the thought?
And on the dog front…what about a poodle? I have a fantasy of getting one of the big giant ones and grooming its fur into a spiral. That should stop the kids from turning their noses up at the old lady dog…
AND they are hypoalergenic. Too bad boys don’t come that way, eh?
my question would be
“you want to have kids with HIM?”
Oh man I wish I was sitting with you. I would have egged you on. First of all because I think it would have been funny to hear you swear and second of all to see the schocked expression on the man’s face!
oh man, some people just don’t get it!!
ha ha, what katy said : )
that was a stupid person. remind me to tell you about his nasty brother who sat in front of us on the airplane in april. ugh.
ok, so i just now figured out that this is a PAGE, not your beautiful little girls holding a giant “S” that you cut out that was so big. i was trying to figure out how in the heck you managed to do that. i can’t believe i even admitted this, that i was this dumb. : )
Don’t let “The Man’ get you down. You know your children are a blessing. I have 4 boys and people always ask me if they are all mine, like it is an impossible feat or something. I just smile, ruffle their hair (my kids hair, not the stranger’s. Although, thinking about that made me laugh.) and say “Yep”.
Elizabeth, I thought that was a huge “s” too! I didn’t realize it was a scrapbook page. I was trying to figure out what it was.
Shannon, Just popped over here from kellicrowe’s blog. Sorry about the jerk!
I would have said, “YOU probably don’t need to have ANY kids.” If I was able to think about it in time.
Yorkshire Terriers are great for people with allergies. They have human quality hair and no dander so those who are typically allergic to dogs don’t typically have a reaction to Yorkies. They also make great family dogs.
I would have been a smart-a** and said something like:
“only real men can handle big happy families”
“It’s even harder remembering who their daddies are!”
That would have made his jaw drop huh?
Don’t let the jerks get to you!!!
ps–love the layout!
that is a beautiful photo of your girls, and i love the design in the center, an “s”? very cool! and yes, that guy was a complete ignorant one to say the least!
I love what Katy would have said. People can be jerks. God has blessed you with those beautiful babies Shannon and you are a great mother. You are the bigger person for not saying anything, but that doesn’t mean your inner voice can’t say something like, “yes, look at us and how fabulous i am with three very well behaved children and how sucky you are without even one.” or “hey a$$hole, i can hear you” i’m sure the girl dumped him immediately after getting her free lunch. =)
In a perfect world, I would have walked up to the woman and said “Don’t have more than one…there would be more of a chance they would turn out to be a jerk like him”. Sigh. But that would be rude and two rudes don’t make a right. You have three great kids is all that matters.
I am sorry. That kind of stuff can really make me feel bad, even though the person who said it is obviously really clueless and doomed to a life with his idiot self.
what a jerk! sometime i just don’t get people like that.
you go on with your happy self and your beautiful kiddos.
on the dog front….i love yorkies too. they are the cutest and they fit virtually everywhere. but…they’re expensive.
good luck finding the “right” dog.
- g
Being the mom of four daughters (the youngest are twins) I have had some pretty rude statements and comments from people. Once a lady walk up to us in the mail and asked if all four of the girls were mine. My reply was yes then she proceeds to ask if they all have the same father (which they do) my oldest at the time was 7 and says “Yes we do” my response was “Honey that doesn’t even deserve a response” and I walked away.
Hugs to you and sorry you had to hear something so nasty.
Being the mom of four daughters (the youngest are twins) I have had some pretty rude statements and comments from people. Once a lady walk up to us in the mall and asked if all four of the girls were mine. My reply was yes then she proceeds to ask if they all have the same father (which they do) my oldest at the time was 7 and says “Yes we do” my response was “Honey that doesn’t even deserve a response” and I walked away.
Hugs to you and sorry you had to hear something so nasty.