One Up-er

Loki: Stella stole my heater today. My feet are freezing

Stella: This is a blog subject? For real?
Stella: Your cold feet?

Loki: Well you could make another comment... like how your feet are warm now in this ice box. We could talk about the train ride we are about to take
Loki: or about how you are going to lose 10 lbs this week. Because you said it, it must come true
Loki: or your love of facebook stalking.

Stella: How about this? My brother punched me in the boob the other day. don't you think that is inappropriate?

Stella: I told him I was going to kick him in the balls.

Loki: oh my

Stella: Dad agreed that I had one free kick.

Loki: Man Child punched you in the boob?

Stella: Another time my brother pinched my nipple

Loki: Did you kick him?
Loki: that freaks me out. I have no idea why any brother would pinch their sisters nipple....Its just wrong

Stella: No. But I think I gave him a "tittie-twister" first.

Loki: thats different. he is a boy

Stella: So he just decided that it wasn't fair and tried to give me one too.
Loki: it is NOT the same

Stella: P.S. I'm not stalking anyone on facebook at the moment.

Loki:No one can pinch or punch my boobs... they will get squirted with some milk
Loki: haha

Stella: I already agreed that was inappropriate behavior.
Stella: That is Disgusting. I can't believe you would say that OUT LOUD

Loki:I just love how I can see your computer so I know what you are looking at all the time.
Loki: not as disguisting as discussing your brothers punching and pinching your boobs

Stella: You're a creeper

Loki: you are lucky my eyes are so bad...otherwise i might be able to see what you type
Loki: You are a creeper too... you like to read other people's emails. in fact...have you snooped through mine yet?

Stella: no

Stella: why would you have any good ones?
Stella: to mother?

Loki: no...i think i deleted them all as to not offend you ...because I knew you would snoop

Stella: I like to read what Mom writes about me. That's all. It's not being nosey. I just want to be informed. Most of the time she's just complaining about me being stuck to her like a leach or how she doesn't like when I'm not doing something correctly with Bella.

Stella: I gotta know these things

Loki: Well thats what happens when you are with someone ALL the time. She just needs a place to vent.

Loki: Because if you realize what other people think about you, it will help you adjust your attitude and be a better person?

Stella: I agree.
Stella: I'm enjoying my time alone.
Stella: Correct.

Loki: So if i say something negative about you... you will interperet it as my outside opinion and correct said attitude?!
Loki: Umm No.. you would swiftly kick me in the balls.
Loki: (not that i have any)

Stella: That's what I like about people. To hear their real honest opinions. Why do you think i'm so blunt and straight forward?
Stella: No sugar coating please.

Loki:I think you are a liar

Stella: I don't lie.
Stella: So I don't want people lying to me.
Stella: That's what I'm getting at.

Loki: There have been many times I have been MAD at you and vented to my mother and you have read it and gotten very angry at it. You didnt call me up and say "Oh Loki I understand how you feel, I apologize!"

Stella: You never understand anything I say because you have a different brain than me.
Stella I didn't say I would apologize.

Loki: thanks for that... im glad we dont share one brain. we are 2 different people

Stella: But did you have to write that same email/complaint again? No.
Stella: See, there.
Stella: I'd hate being you.
Stella: No offense

Loki: What?
Loki: why?
Loki: thats ridiculous

Stella: I just like me. I'm like being me better.

Loki: there is nothing wrong with me
Loki: Oh puuhlease. Who is talking better... you make everything a competition. Like I am trying to "Outsmart, Outlast, Outplay" you. Im not. there is no rivalry here.
Loki: Speaking of, could you win survivor?

Stella: Let me elaborate oh sensitive one.
Stella: I wouldnt' want to be the firstborn... who was therefore the first rebellious teenager.. I wouldn't want to be married to that man who has all those crazy ideas... I wouldn't like to be tall either...
Stella: And I wouldn't like to have to work full time

Loki: well gee. would you like me to list the reasons I dont want to be you. Do you even like my spawn?

Stella: haha. or Pay bills.
Stella: And had to learn the hard way at everything.

Loki: so you dont want to be a grown up

Stella: Take it or leave it muchacho.
Stella: I didn't say you had to list anything.

Loki: but havent you learned through me. Havent I taught you the things you dont want? You have never had to try because you see what and where I got. Maybe you should pay me a penance
Loki: for teaching you
Loki: a sisters tax

Stella: No, I wouldn't last on Survivor. Because when I get hungry- like extreme hunger- I get all hot and sweaty and cranky and I feel like I'm gonna die or pass out or poop.. and I would NOT survive.
Stella: Besides that I'm not into nature. Much like dogs, it sounds nice... you know camping.. living off the land. But when it comes down to it, put me up in a nice hotel and let me go shopping.

Loki: like you are going to die and lose all control of bodily functions?

Stella: On the other hand, I would like to go on Amazing Race, even though I have no sense of

direction. However, I have yet to find a person who will agree to audition with me. I asked Dad once and he said he would do it if I could navigate him to our parking spot (when we were going to a Thunder game) and I was successful!
Stella: People who die do lose control of bodily functions! DUH!

Loki:I know silly but hunger should not make you feel like dying!!!
Loki: NO ONE will go with you....if they know you.
Loki: to the amazing race that is
Loki: you would get mad at something and then quit talking to them.
Loki: Dad would try to get you to do something you didnt want to do and then you would get all sulky because he yelled at you or something.

Stella: I don't think so. I'm not that tempermental.

Loki: they totally should put you on the show because it would be sooo entertaining
Loki: for real? You dont think so....have you seen Bella... thats you Stella. Thats you

Stella: Well then maybe I would make some good drama. But maybe not. You're WAY more dramatic than I am.

Loki: Oh yes but I dont deny it

Stella: When I got my epidural I wasn't freaking out about my feet being numb for hours and hours like a whiny cry baby.
Stella: I was clear, calm and collected. I had that baby like a pro. You were the one acting like a wild woman.

Loki: i would be entertaining on the show as well. Sign me up, I dont know who would provoke more insanity out of me...

Stella: me or who?
Stella: Big t?

Loki: Big T

Stella: He'd be the most ANNOYING partner of all time.

Loki: oh yes,. he would be the guy yelling at me to DO IT>.. COME ON!!!
Loki: We would have to have marriage counseling after that if we went

Stella: He'd get you SO LOST and he'd be so convinced that he was right and you'd lose.

Loki: I am not discussing my birthing experience with you, You are NOT me. It was NOT fun. I was sinking through that bed...

Stella: Whatever. I had back labor.

Loki: poor you, i had to get CUT open.

Stella: At least you didn't RIP open

Loki: The first time I looked in my baby's face... I had to turn my head and puke
Loki: I wont ever tell her that... it might give her a complex

Stella: This post is not goign to be a G rating and will scare Saucy if we continue this subject.

Loki: lets continue! haha

Stella: That's awful. I looked down on my baby with love and smiled.
Stella: Clearly a superior mother. Ahahah

Loki: i did later...once I woke up from being knocked out.
Loki: OH CLEARLY.
Loki: now you are trying to "out-mom" me
Loki: its ridiculous. You have competitive issues with me. ENOUGH!

Stella: I have nothing to prove.
Stella: I was being funny.

Loki: well quit trying to one up me
Loki: all the time

Stella: I have this thing called a sense of humor, maybe you didn't get one.

Loki: maybe that was one other thing you are better at.
Loki: anyway...

Stella: Yes, I'm a comedian.. And I travel around the world... And I make millions of dollars

Loki: I wish you would

Stella: I wished that I could have a castle and so now I have one... And then I wished that you would have to be my servant, so guess what? Now you are...

Loki: well at least Im pretty

Stella: Well I was voted the Prettiest girl here at work... cuz I'm a model ya know.
Stella: Do you not watch SNL?
Stella: Obviously not.

Loki: Yes I do... but you need to be petting your head while saying such things
Loki: SORRY

Stella: Well look over here and I'll pet my hair.

"I'm on a special diet"

Man's Best Friend

Loki: I was laying in bed at 6:30 a.m. feeding Baby Blue on my day off when I received a phone call from some 800 number. They left a message telling me they found my dog Bear (the microchip people.) First of all, my dog is not named Bear.. Although unbeknownst to me, Bear happens to be my dog's middle name. I didn’t realize dogs had middle names... Secondly, I didn’t realize my dog had even been missing. But after searching the entire house and yelling outside, we realized that yes, Boomer Bear was missing. Apparently, Big T forgot to let him back in after his nightly bathroom break, and the windstorm blew open our gate that night. I guess it is a good thing that we spent the $40 to get him chipped. (Boomer has gotten out before without being chipped and we have spent many hours yelling “Boomer!” up and down streets… I am sure people think we are some nutty Sooner fans trying to get people excited! So I guess it’s a good think we didn’t name him ChooChee or something else you wouldn’t want to be screaming out loud.) Anyway, the microchip place connected me with the guy that called in, but he didn’t have the dog. He said he just knew what area he was around. What??!! Why would you take the time to look at the dog's coller and call into the missing dog place, but then let him wander off?? So after a brief search, we did in fact find Boomer. So then I had Baby Blue and a wet, muddy dog in my car. I ran out of the house without grabbing a leash so I had to pick the dog up… and gross. I couldn’t carry them both in the house! So one at a time we went inside. It can be quite difficult trying to lug stuff in when you have a baby to carry as well. (Off topic but there is no running in the store real quick either!) Next I had to give Boomer a bath before he could jump up on my cream-colored couch and put muddy paw prints next to the baby drool (that has already ruined the couch.) Baby Blue laughed and laughed at Boomer in the bathtub. She really likes baths…Boomer does not! It was quite a hassle trying to keep him from clawing his way out without him knocking over the baby (who was standing at the tub trying to help wash the dog) and to keep myself from getting soaked. I managed 2 out of the 3. Don’t worry the baby is fine. Haha. Just kidding… She didn’t get knocked over and only got splashed once…which she found quite humorous.

Stella: It sounded (before I edited your wording) as if you were bathing both the dog and the baby at the same time. Please tell me this isn't so. I am just NOT a dog person, no matter how hard I try to be. The idea of a dog is very appealing to me.. You know, man's best friend... Someone loyal... But then the reality of having a dog... smelling a dog... taking care of the dog is just appalling to me. Sure, they can be cute in pictures & as puppies. But then they just grow up into big, disgusting ANIMALS! I'm sorry to burst your bubble, people, but animals are NOT people. I have tried to change my ways and even before I had a child I just could not force myself to like them. Why should I? Is it a crime that I don't like dogs? My daughter will tell you that the only kind of animals I like are "stuffed animals." People look at her like they are worried she is being raised by a crazy person for saying such things, but I think it's terrific. On the other hand, my daughter is IN LOVE with dogs. I'll probably have to break down and buy her one someday. But maybe I'll have a dog loving man that will take care of it so I don't have to. Until then we have my mother's pug. The only real thing I do like about dogs are naming them. The names of our pugs have been: Beulah Marie, Gertrude Eleanor (Gerdie) and Stella Louise.

Loki: I knew you would love this topic! No, I was not bathing them both at the same time.. I had Boomer in the tub and Baby Blue was standing by me (outside of the tub) You forgot to mention our other dogs' names: Snow Flake, BoDoodles, Walkerdoodle, and Poopsie. I feel the same way about cute puppies that just turn into stinky dogs. That’s why I wanted a little dog… because they remain small and puppy-like. I still call my dog a puppy at times, and he is not a puppy at all. But he is a good dog and very well trained (in the potty area). He jumps on visitors and gets a little too excited for my liking (or others entering my house.) However, he is really good with Baby Blue… And they play all the time. It is SUPER cute. I think she will be a dog girl like her cousin Bella. Even though Bella loves dogs, she does not love my Boomer. We always have to leave him outside. “Don’t let that dog in!” says Bella. I do not like the shedding of my dog, but what can you do? Big T treats him like a child sometimes and told the dog to "go to mommy!" …Um No!! I did not birth that dog!

Stella: I personally hate your dog because when I walk in he claws my legs. On top of that, I have cleaned your house several times and seeing that black hair every where makes me want to scream! I also have major issues with people who treat their PETS as CHILDREN. One friend of mine has more clothes for her dog & takes more pictures of that dog than I do of my own flesh & blood child. *Okay, that's a slight exaggeration but you get what I mean.* I just don't get it! My ex-relations would spend hours upon hours watching their dogs & talking about them to me when I was pregnant. And since I didn't know them that well I had to sit there and pretend to be interested in what they were saying. It was PURE torture. I didn't keep up that charade very long...

Loki: I think people who do not have children to talk about just liked to talk about their pets. I used to talk to our co-workers about pets all the time… But now, not so much. I have more interesting stories and things to discuss than about how my dog got scared of the thunder last night. Nana Bess used to love her Stella (the real dog, not you) and now she doesn’t care so much… because now she has babies to love on. At least there are no cats around.

Help control the pet population. Have your pet spade or neutered.

Hair Care

Stella: I’m thinking about purchasing a wig. Thoughts?

Loki: Like for Halloween or because you want to wear one for a daily use?

Stella: For daily usage of course. We already established that I do not participate in dressing up for Halloween. This head of hair has become so unmanageble. It's like taking the 1st step... I have come to the conclusion that I am powerless over controlling my hair and it has become unmanagable.

Loki: Serioulsy? Well, I dont think your hair is that un-manageble. I think it is more to do with the fact that you dont want to spend time on your hair... or you would rather just wear a pony tail. I have been sporting curly hair for a long time only because I dont want to get out of bed 30 minutes earlier to straighten it. Please get a pink hair wig... or really blonde.

Stella: No, I think I shall get a blue wig and call myself Katy Perry. Or a pink wig and call mysef... Pink. Or red like Rhianna. I guess colored wigs are the latest fashion. I bet most of the men who come in here are color blind and wouldn't notice anyway.
Loki: I watched a "True Life" episode on MTV... and there was a girl who had several different wigs that she wore daily. I think she had a shopping addiction, but they were like accessories to her. What happened to your curly hair?
Stella: Yes, it went away when I got pregnant. Maybe it'll come back again someday if I ever get the chance to procreate and spread my genes again. I used to love having my low-maintenance curly hair. Even though someone once told me it looked like a rat's nest when I was younger. (I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU! You know who you are!) But now I just can't handle all this washing and drying and straightening. Then it just looks awful. Either too flat or too frizzy. Never just nice & calm....
Loki: Who said your hair looked like a rat's nest? One time when I was 16 I decided to try something new with my hair... I think I put moose in it or shomething. Anyway, my manager at work (at the time) told me it looked like a cat had licked my hair. It wasn't very nice and I have never forgotten that... In fact, I use that quote a lot to describe my hair. Oh, motherhood! I can't wear my wedding ring now because apparently pregnancy made me allergic to white gold. Is that not the craziest thing you have ever heard? I guess I am going to have to get another ring soon... maybe platinum this time. (Uhh... yeah right!)
Stella: One time Gpa told me it looks like I had gotten in a fight with a cat (when I was in my teens and had a break out on my forehead.) People should think before they say such cruel things to young impressionable girls. I will not reveal the name of the rat commenter, but I'm sure you can guess. Also, I found my FIRST gray hair this weekend. I was really stressing out. I even tried to get dad to help me pluck it out, but he kept ripping out the rest of my hair and not the gray one. "Your mom got gray hair when she was your age too," he said. So then I was in pure panick mode... I already know I've only got 4 good years left until I reach the dreaded 30... And now I'm going to have gray hair??? Luckily, Nana Bess maintains that she was in her 30's when her head turned gray, but I don't know if I trust her memory.
Loki: Yowzers! I hope I don't have any gray hairs! You know when you pluck one, two will grow back. You just said Panick instead of Panic... haha. Talk about freaking out... You lost your ability to spell... Maybe you are turning into Nana Bess!
Thoughts on getting old & gray?

Cuz You Had a Bad Day

Stella: Today has turned out to be a not-so-cheerful day. Our boss is being an inappropriate word. Like seriously. A really inappropriate word. Loki & I have both contemplated how we should just get up and walk out. Our phone hasn’t stopped ringing. And there is a man outside walking around painting the house with something & the fumes are about to knock us all dead and the smell of my leftover lunch is almost as potent. Not to mention, our stupid ex’s are getting big, ugly tattoos and making up lies. (Okay, just mine. Which is nothing unusual but still irritating!) The only thing I have to look forward to is the Carrie Underwood concert tonight with my beloved little parents.

Loki: Oh yes, I just called Big T to rant and I was hoping to get some sympathy or for him to say he will come and kick our boss’ butt. Maybe I just wanted him to tell me to quit my job and come home. (Why I think this will ever happen is beyond me!) Alas, all he said was, “Crap rolls down hill.” I don’t even know what that is supposed to mean! But he said it like 3 times. I guess he was trying to say let it go… Sigh.

Isn’t it funny how 10 years ago you wouldn’t be caught dead at a concert with your PARENTS! And now they are your date. I would make fun of you except I would gladly join in. Although in this point of my life, country music gets on my nerves. All I have to look forward to is another hour in the car before I get home to cook dinner. And I just realized I didn’t thaw anything for dinner. Nuts.

Stella: Yes, I have gone to several concerts with the Old Folks. Billy Joel… John Cougar... I have no shame in that. It’d be even nicer if they were paying for it… (Hint! Hint! Nana Bess!) Loki actually had the nerve to call Carrie “whiney” this morning. I was very defensive seeing as how we watched her on American Idol & grow up in the country music scene… like proud parents.

Loki: I do not watch American Idol! Gasp! I do like Carrie, but today it was just too much. It probably didn’t help that we were inching our way to work in stop-and-go traffic. Stella was blarring the slow “poor me” music and singing loudly while zooming up to the car in front of her- and then slamming her brakes only to be inches from the bumper of the vehicle ahead of us. She then complained that she couldn’t ever get over to switch lanes! So I had to coach her on how to get over slowly… My work as a big sister is never done. Haha just kidding, please don’t talk about my driving.

Stella: I used to think The Man Child was the family shame, but now I think you are. Not watching as much tv as the rest of us. Disgraceful. Well, the only interesting thing that has happened while at work is Cha cha just told us that she knew a girl named “La-a.” How would you say that? That is the real spelling… La-a. You pronounce it “La Dash ah.” Do you ever feel like we have the same conversation over & over?

Loki: What did The Man Child ever do to be the family shame? I have always been the family shame… or felt like the family shame. May I also say that every time The Man Child is mentioned I hear you say the line about RUSSIAN WOMEN…It's connected to the name now in my head…And it makes me laugh. Say it again. haha.

Stella: He didn't go to college. Duh. Not carrying on the tradition of getting a General Studies degree and doing nothing with it. What's he thinking!

*** I would also like to add that Carrie was AMAZING! She sang a medley of "Jesus Take the Wheel" & "How Great Thou Art" that was out of this world!!! And then as we were leaving the concert, who do I see? Our boss & his wife. I'm pretty sure I was not very friendly.

So! How was your day today? Did you have a good day today or a bad day today? Well, what kind of day was it? I don't know, how 'bout you, how was your day?

That Don't Impress Me Much

Stella: Today I had to tell Nana Bess that the term "shorty" is used as a reference for women/a girlfriend. But pronounced like “shaw-ty.” Now she's trying to sing things and use the word "shorty" in them. Not pretty. We are bonding together while watching the top 100 Country Music Videos marathon on CMT… It has been a very educational experience for me as well. For example, I learned that my mother thinks men with big blonde mustaches are sexy… (Alan Jackson anyone?) And also that Shania Twain can't sing (and I quote Nana) "without her crotch being wide open." Lovely. Did you also know that Dwight Yoakam wore skinny jeans before skinny jeans were popular and Blake Shelton used to have a mullet that was almost as disgusting as Billy Ray's… It’s been quite an eventful morning.

Loki: You have too much time on your hands. Meanwhile, I am slaving away here at work trying to catch up on all this work. Why am I blogging then you might ask? Because I need a break! I even worked through my lunch hour (like I do most days) but right now, I am about to scream! We really work with stupid people… Ah- there my rant is done. Stella did try to keep up my work while I was out sick, but for some reason we are getting slammed right now. I think now that the weather has turned cold people must feel the need to insure themselves. Also, I am pretty sure the term shorty has been a hip-hop term for a long time now… I didn’t even know Shania Twain was still around though. My best friend’s dad in the 7th grade was in love with Shania. He used to talk about her all the time and it used to freak me out. She married her producer named Mutt. (I actually think they are divorced now.) But hello! What a name…MUTT. Oh, and I was going to also tell you that we had some friends over last night. They have 3 kids and the mother was telling me that Nickelodeon was not allowed on at her house. She said the teenage shows were “too sexualized” and then she mentioned your favorite show, icarly. I didn’t tell her that my 4 year old niece LOVES it! I hope Bella isn’t being introduced to inappropriate things!

Stella: You know I worked extremely hard to keep up with all of your crap all week while you were "sick.” I have nothing else to look forward to today but exercising and more delicious water. Since this was a countdown of videos there were several of Shania over the years. You know who else loves Shania Twain? The Cougar’s son. I don’t know if he still does but I would guess so. I went to her concert once with him & his gf at the time, Martha. Haha. Anyhow, I love the name Mutt. I am hoping to name my next child that. Not really. Bella will probably force me to name the child Sam or Carly. Yes, icarly is a ridiculous show. But it's not any more cheesy or unrealistic as Full House. And we grew up watching that crap. Besides Bella & I like to play “web show” together. We put on quite a production. Just ask Freddie, (aka The Man Child. We each get to take turns being the characters from the show.) He’s our pretend tech-producer. Just wait till your little butter ball likes things & you will be the same way.

Loki: Well, I don’t watch iCarly. I thought my friend was being silly calling the show “sexualized.” I have been thrown into one of those “web-shows” performances, and I think Bella boo’d me with her little sound remote. Obviously, she did not think my dancing was impressive. I guess my moves were not as snazzy as her Evs… or her Wii dance game.

Stella: There are few who can compete with Evs’ dance moves. (We call him Spencer though.) What else can be said?
“Shorty get down, good lord…”
“Shorty wanna ride with me?”
“Go shorty, it’s your birthday…”


Please describe your feelings on mustaches for us.

Boo...You Whore

Loki: Halloween is fast approaching. Stella and I have already made fabulous little outfits for our munchkins. I cannot wait to show them off! Also, we are encouraged to dress up the Friday before Halloween at work, but I find it rather silly when I see older people dressed up. Especially when they have on the store bought “sexy” outfits.. Umm... how is a referee sexy?! Whatever… To quote a famous movie that people like Choc Chip & the Cougar have probably never seen.. “Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.” Anyway Sparky always wants us to dress up and be festive, but I usually am the only one to do so. No, I do not dress like a sloot… I usually just wear pajama pants, a t-shirt, and baseball hat and go as a “college student." I will do anything to wear pajama pants to work! It is the best. Anyway, one year I went as a spider and died my hair purple. I don’t know what purple hair has to do with a spider, but I looked scary (I wore black sweatpants with it too! I am all about comfort). So last year when I was prego, I found a super cute skeleton baby t-shirt that I wore to work. I also sprayed my hair purple for the fun of it…

Stella: First, I would like to comment on how fabulous the girls' costumes are. I can't wait for them to wear them. $25 for 2 very unique little outfits. I'm so proud of our craftiness. With that said, I am not sure why our office would want to do anything fun like dress up for Halloween. It goes against their very nature. We are the least friendly/fun place you could possibly go/work at. Besides that, no one comes in our office. But anyhow, the first year when Loki was a "spider" she was seriously frightening. I am surprised that she didn't give an old man a heart attack (if anyone happened to wander in and see such a sight.) On a side note, that same year P.R. did dress up like a sexy referree. It was totally inappropriate. Especially because she already flirts with all of the old men who do come in our office. Oh, and Loki did scare my little Bella and I'm pretty sure Bella even cried. So yes, getting on with the story, the year after the spider costume Loki was pregnant. But this didn't stop her from wanting to participate in getting to dress up for the day. So she wore the shirt pictured here. Pretty adorable, right? But then Loki had to go and dye her hair to be even more festive. I don't even remember what color she did. All I know is that she was big & prego and sat at her desk for at least an hour saying "I'm so dizzy.... I'm so dizzy...." She got on the computer & started looking up all these reasons for why she might be so dizzy. Gee, do you think it could be due to the fact that you've been breathing in fumes for the past 3 hours? She finally came to the conclusion that the dye must be the reason she was feeling so sick. And I'm talking SICK! I had to go to Walgreens to go buy some shampoo for her because she couldn't even move. When I got back with the bottle, she stumbled into the bathroom to wash her hair in the sink. There she was... with her huge belly trying to bend over and stick her head in the short sink below. I'm pretty sure there were tears at this point, but she finally did get her hair washed & get the dye out. I'll never forget the sight as I was sitting at my desk and saw her emerge from the bathroom with a bunch of paper towels stuck to her head (in her attempt to dry her hair.) I think I was even mean enough to go take a picture of her like this with my cell phone. I'm sure she yelled at me, but it was worth it. I should have taken more though since the next thing she did was go to the kitchen to find a fork... to try to use to brush out her hair. A very typical "Lucy" moment.

Loki: I will laugh about this now…But at the time, I was not laughing. I felt so bad. What a genius I am spray painting fumes on top of my pregnant head. Because of that incident, I had to leave the house when Big T painted the baby room… And then I had to spend the night with Nana when they set off some bug bombs at my house to AVOID the fumes. I have no idea what I was thinking when I sprayed my head. I would like to also mention that the water in the sink was ICE COLD. We can’t get warm water in there… (I always wash my hands really fast)…And I have a lot of hair. I did feel almost instantly better and I am quite lucky to have Stella there at work to go fetch me some shampoo…Even if she did laugh at me. And the fork worked! What else was I supposed to do? I always wanted to be Ariel… I guess that is as close as I am going to get!

Stella: Hah! I also forgot to mention that the year Loki was a spider she also got pulled over on the way home, and I'm pretty sure the only reason that she got out of the ticket was because the officer was terrified of her. I am not much of a dresser-upper myself. I don't get why girls feel the need to dress up like sluts and go prance around town when they are 20 years old. But I am an old hag so I just can't relate. I think when I was three my mom dressed me up as a "punk rocker," but it was more like a prostitute. "You smell like a baby prostitute..." (Sorry, another Mean Girls quote. No one else in our family will be able to keep up with us if we say too many quotes.) One year when I was little I was also a bride. (I saw a picture of Curls wearing my hand-me-down bride outfit this weekend too and laughed.) I can't think of any other costumes I wore though...

Loki: I liked the punk rocker outfit! I don’t think you looked like a prostitute though…!!! I don’t know where that came from. Please illicit some pictures. I remember being Raggedy Anne, a princess, a cat, and I am not sure what else. I do remember Batman always being a bum. I like the homemade kind of costumes though…No need to spend $50 on a baby outfit. I hope I can keep up the creativity and make super cute outfits for Baby Blue. I don’t think your age has anything to do with your lack of desire to dress like a slut… it’s because you are not one. Do you like how much we are using such “vulgar” language! Haha. We weren’t allowed to say shut-up or butt without getting some soap in our mouth. Please tell me what I can be this year…. It’s a chance to not have to dress up for work!! I think I might be bringing back the college student ensemble so that I can wear my sweat pants. YESSS! I did get out of a ticket the spider year… which I think is the only time I have ever gotten out of one! “Why are you dressed so scary?!" (Sorry, that's the last Mean Girls quote for the post.)

What was your favorite Halloween costume?

Crème Brulee

Loki: Since I have been laid up this past week with sickness, I have been watching a lot of ridiculous TV shows. It is amazing to me how we can have so many channels with all sorts of shows. I just said all sorts... Let me explain. I have been watching a marathon on the BBC (UK station) and watching a show “Come Dine With Me.” I like to listen to them talk, and of course I am speaking like them now in my head. Anyway, it is a reality show in which 4 strangers have dinner at each other's house for the next 4 nights. Whoever serves the best dinner wins 1000 pounds. (I dont know what that is converted to dollars.) Anyway, it’s rather unusual watching them eat dinner with strangers... usually it is just 2 men and 2 women. There is always someone really weird in the group, and after they eat they always go and snoop through their host’s home. The people on this show always make the strangest foods. It is just strange to me how we cook different. What is common in the UK is not here. I can’t even begin to describe their dishes because they always have names that I can not even pronounce. A lot of lamb though... and sometimes its just roasted chicken but they have weird sauces for it too. They eat a lot of cream desserts--flan and crème brulee. I would love to travel someday and try all the different sort of foods (not just the Americanized version.) When we went on vacation to Jamaica, (Big T and I,) I was a little irritated at some of the restaurants... You could tell they were trying to make an "American" hamburger. But I wanted the real deal. Don’t worry, we did try the real jerk chicken and the amazing fruits. The best night of food was when they had an outside buffet with all sorts of smoked meats and side dishes. We tried everything. My co-worker went to Israel for 2 weeks and when I asked about the food, she said they found a McDonald's and ate there every day for every meal. She said when they tried to eat there it was just mush, but she was describing hummus. I think it is one of their main dishes there.

Stella: I would like to play that game. But I would like to spread it out over a longer period of time rather than just 4 days. And I wouldn’t like to go to stranger’s houses…. I think I would just like to be served fancy and exquisite dishes from people that I know. Oh, and that I like. Okay, I really just don’t qualify for this show at all. But I do like crème brulee. (It’s fabulous at Deep Fork.) And Crème brulee reminds me of Pnina Torna…. as I have been watching lots of “Say Yes to the Dress” & wedding shows. (Which you would know if you took our quiz! I especially like to watch the Big Bliss episodes. I won’t lie, it makes me feel good about myself.) This weekend I watched the new “Four Weddings” episode, which is the same premise as the show Loki described above except 4 strangers go to each other’s weddings and rate them. But these girls can be so annoying complaining about how there is “TOO much food at the cocktail hour” or how “there wasn’t as much bling as I thought there would be.” I also read a lot of wedding blogs… And look up the usual.. Wedding Ideas. Wedding dresses. Wedding pictures.. And I especially love when someone is tagged or puts up wedding pictures on Facebook…. Why, you might ask? Am I already secretly planning my wedding to Mr. Bradford? No. I just love them. And I don’t travel and eat exotic food or maybe I would be into that.
Loki: No, you are not an adventurous eater so I don’t think you would do well having other people cook for you. I am surprised I got you to eat hummus with me…Although you had a snear on your face until you decided it wasn’t going to make you gag. Next up: Sushi. Do you know it is an insult to salt or pepper food someone has cooked for you? It means it wasn’t cooked properly in the first place. Although I don’t take personal offense to such things… But in these shows they do. I like watching “Four Weddings” too. I make Big T watch it with me too… Just so he can know how good he had it. (And to torture him at the same time.) I hate how usually the girl that spent the most money on the wedding is the one that wins the big trip in the end. When, Hello! If you spent $56,000 on your wedding then surely you can afford a decent honeymoon somewhere. Do you think these girls go on a honeymoon anyway and then whoever wins just gets a second honeymoon? I would like a 2nd honeymoon please…to Tahiti or Fiji—those are my dream vacays. Why are you looking up wedding dresses? (Seriously I can see her computer screen and she is browsing high dollar wedding dresses.) I was in like 3 consecutive weddings… then we had to plan my wedding and then Stella’s wedding… and then Batman and Blondie’s wedding.. I am wedding’ed out. Even if it has been a year and a half since all the wedding hoopla…I am still not recovered. Please tell Sammy he has to wait to marry you.

Stella: We'll probaby have sushi, hummus, and crème brulee at our wedding... I don’t think Sammy and I will have a budget for our festivities so let’s go ahead and pick out what dress I should wear. It has to be one of these Pnina dresses. (But let’s pretend he had her design it just for me. By the way, these are not my favorite dresses. Just put some on here for fun. Loki was afraid to pick because she didn't want to insult me.)

Dress 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.. Click to enlarge!

Jello?! Why does he want jello?

Because he's comfortable with jello.. Jello makes him... comfortable! I realize, compared to creme brulee it's... jello, but maybe that's what he needs.

Which Sister Are You Like?

Take our quiz to see which Bantering Sister you are most like!

1. I prefer a man who is _____.
a. tall and lean
b. short and sturdy
c. at least 3 feet away

2. If I turn on TLC it will be to watch ______.a. Intervention
b. Say Yes to the Dress
c. American Choppers

3. If I could get a new car, it would be ______.a. a nice, new Lexus SUV
b. sturdy & dependable.
c. a pick up truck

4. I will only spend ______ dollars for a concert ticket.a. 100
b. 80
c. Zero. I will only go if it is free.

5. My favorite kind of icecream is ______.
a. Frozen Yogurt twist
b. White Chocolate Almond
c. Homemade

6. How often do you read books?a. As much as possible
b. Never, unless it is highly recommended.
c. What is a book?

7. What is your favorite type of food?
a. Mexican
b. Anything when I’m hungry
c. Steak & potatoes

8. I usually check my facebook ______ times a day
a. 10
b. 5
c. 0

9. The thing I hate most about my body is my ______.a. Sides/hips
b. Gut
c. Legs

10. What is your favorite alcoholic drink?a. Wine
b. I never know what to order unless I see a picture first.
c. Beer

11. What is your favorite non-alcoholic drink?a. Diet Coke
b. Lemonade
c. Mountain Dew

12. Pick the hobby you do the most often:a. Read celebrity gossip
b. Watch tv
c. Work out




Now total up the number of a's, b's, and c's that you have and scroll down!















If you have mostly A's... then you are most like LOKI!

You like to be in the know & enjoy a good book with a glass of wine at the end of the day. You like to work hard to buy nice things. You secretly like to watch others in pain, which is probably why you are up to speed on your celebrity juice and local facebook gossip. But you better work on those side crunches if you want to eat more Mexican!!!



If you have mostly B's... then I am afraid you are the most like Stella!

You are a little indecisive and paranoid. You want a car that is dependable, much like your man. You like to splurge a little when you have time to break away from the tv, but you don't like to waste time on silly things.


If you have mostly C's, Congratulations! You are Big T!

You love yourself and your hot bod. You are a man's man... You like your steak like your woman, well done! There's no time for fun and games when there is work to be done! But sorry to say, you're a little cheap and thrifty when it comes to spending that hard earned dough.

Now be sure to leave us your results & thanks for playing!

Another Sick Day

Dear Sister Banter Lovers,

Loki is out sick again today so there will most likely be no post unless I find time and energy to come up with a story for you. Nana Bess has rushed to Loki's bedside while I am busy at work and overloaded with trying to catch up on Loki's work for the past 2 days... Perhaps later I shall write a blog about what a nice, loving, kind person I am since we don't hear about that very often.

Goodbye for now,

Stella

P.S. Did ya feel the earth movin?

Loki's Ramblings

Loki: Today I want to talk about something a little more serious than breastmilk or food. But first, I would like to mention that we had a wonderful family gathering this weekend at BTT … And it was quite fabulous! Although Choc Chip did scream about how spicy the food was and we all looked at her like she had two heads. However, we discovered that she did not have two heads after I swapped my 5th Amendment taco for her Beef Al Carbon (The 5th is the taco they invent for the day & they do not tell you what is in it.) It turns out one of our staples, the Beef Al Carbon, was actually really spicy. There must have been a jalepeno in it or something. Since Stella doesn’t like to get philosophical with me (or anyone) I will be posting alone today. I also tend to ask too many rhetorical questions, which irritates Stella as well.

If you haven’t all been watching the news recently, you may not know that there has been a lot of gay teenagers committing suicide, (due to bullying and not being accepted by their communities.) There was even one young man who killed himself from Oklahoma. It is a very tragic thing happening. I was sitting in church this weekend and the sermon was all about gender confusion and how wrong homosexuality is and how wrong California was for overturning Proposition 8. (Was this topic already determined or did he teach on it because of the news headlines?) It just seemed a little insensitive to me…Or maybe it is a struggle for a lot of people in our church…I don’t know. I just feel (and maybe I am wrong…) but that living gay is a sin… But so is lying or cheating. They are all the same. How many times do I want something that I don’t have (covet thy neighbor) or gossip about someone? I feel like being gay is very judged…especially by Christians.

Did God make people gay or did they just choose it? Well, didn’t God make my hair brown? Didn’t he make me love food? Didn’t he make me with a sinful nature? I used to think that it was purely choice and that you just acted on it. I thought that gay people didn’t have to be gay- until my best friend told me she was gay. She was severely depressed about it and was hospitalized for attempting suicide… She told me that she felt guilty about it “because God made Adam and Eve…. and not Adam and Steve.” She didn’t want to be gay. And she was right. God did make marriage and designed relationships to be for a man and a woman. But this situation just made me question Him. Why allow or why give that desire to only certain people? Are they rewarded for overcoming it or not giving in to it? I am not gay, so I don’t know the struggle or how others feel… and I guess I just feel close to it because of my best friend. She did end up taking her own life, and I think it was because she did feel judged, and feeling different had a lot to do with it. I suppose this is just another question I will have to ask when I meet the Lord.

I also think that our society has made being gay so mainstream. I wonder if I have just been wrapped up in the “we are equal “ bru-ha-ha and did not realize what the Bible says. It is almost “cool” to be gay, and it is more accepted now than ever. (Which sounds like a weird statement when talking about them being bullied). Have you seen all the celebrity videos out there directed towards gay teens to “hang in there, it gets better”. I guess I get confused because I don’t want to judge…Who am I to say you can’t live this way? I want to be tolerant… But I guess a part of me wants to support them too. I don’t like how they are targeted… and how people make other people feel bad because of their struggles or weaknesses.

I guess this can be indicative of any “difference” as we are all different. I agree that things happening now will forever change us as a nation. I don’t agree with Prop 8 and it saddens me that it was overturned… But now that it is a “law” does it make it okay? Aren’t we supposed to obey the laws of the land?

Ahh confusion…. I could keep on and keep on. Thanks for listening to my rant… and questions as I typically have. :)

The Man Child Speaks

Stella: It is quite an interesting dynamic for me & my daughter to live at home with my parents & younger brother, The Man Child. Especially when he acts like a 4 year old himself and sticks his tongue out at Bella or does things just to irritate her (like sit in Nana Bess' lap.) In my mind, I have The Man Child stuck in the 5th grade. My mind cannot wrap itself around the fact that he is an adult... Does he qualify as an adult at age 19? Today I told him that I was going to have to ask him to leave the room when a program on tv was beginning and had the "may not be suitable for young children" warning at the beginning. Ha! Maybe he learned being a pest from me....

The Man Child: First of all, I do not like being referred to as The Man Child. Secondly, you say that like you didn't spend all day in Nana Bess' lap yourself whining and pleading for her to rub your aching ears. Third, I don't act like a 4 year old. Your daughter just treats me like one, much like her mother, and anything I do is construde to being a pest by Bella. I can be playing with her and the minute she gets bored I become the pest! Or I'm suddenly sitting in the wrong place. I'll just look at the girl and she'll stick her toungue out or try to correct me. I wonder what brings this behavior on? It can't be that she sees her mom doing it constantly, can it? "Look what you did you little Jerk!" (Home Alone)

Stella: Yes, you are more like Bella's brother than her uncle. Hence, she calls you "Bruncle." I was just dicussing with Loki the other day how you used to cry & make things up all the time when you were little just to get Batman in trouble. Loki says she always had to defend you from me & Batman. But I still think that you just got what was coming. You deserved every bit of it. And look how our bullying has shaped you into The Man Child that you are today. Also, I do enjoy lecturing and teaching you about the ways of the world. It is my job to relay this wonderful knowledge that I have so that you will be prepared to deal with any future girl who might come your way (or click on your Match.com profile.) Har har. Actually it is an ongoing joke around here about which one of us will move out first... People should start wagering money.

The Man Child: I'm so happy to know that whatever my future girlfriend does I will always be able to say "at least shes not as bad as my crazy sister." Although most of your teachings will only help me during those times when my wife has a mental breakdown and goes psycho! I do remember Loki protecting me from you bullies. More often then not, you would get into trouble but only when you had it coming. I think I'll move out first. I still have until I am 23 to move out (if I'm going by Batman's time table and when he moved out..) Wow, if that happens then that'll make you 30 and living with your parents! "Yes, I live with my mother... She happens to be a first class lady!" (Mr. and Mrs. Smith)

Stella: I have no shame in living at home! Just think of all the wonderful memories you will have of being so close to me each & every day. For example, today we spent much time bonding while I shared with you how I felt about commercials where the food is being personified... (i.e. the Frosted Mini-Wheats commercials where they talk & act like they lead lives in houses & wear shoes etc. I just cannot think of my food as a person.) I tell you these things to give your bleak little life some sunshine.

The Man Child: Well I'm happy you have no shame in living at home cause neither do I! I consider myself fortunate to live at home with my wonderful parentals for free! I'm saving up my money, and renting an apartment is a waste of money in my opinion! Yes, you were killing innocent candy corn people earlier! MURDERER! What did those poor little candy corns do to you but sit there and look delicious?...

Stella: They lived a noble life... and died for a worthy cause. They shall now rest in peace in my stomach. I'm so glad you could take time to stop watching Beauty & the Beast and come out of your room to join me for this chat by the way. Is there anything else you would like to say to the readers of Sister Banter? Who is The Man Child? Would you like to ask a rhetorical question about life like Loki does? Or do you want to write out a personal ad for us to make public to our large national audience (that consists of all family members)? Just tell me this.. If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?

The Man Child: Ha ha! I have not been watching Beauty & the Beast. I merely saw the commercial ad and could not recall the movie with the precise accuracy I am accustomed to with most movies! I just said that I would watch it with Bella sometime for reminising purposes. I think Batman got the better guest appearance on the blog because he got to talk about Seinfeld. I, on the other hand, had to defend myself from the gross injustices you have said about me on this blog. How I'm lazy and will do anything to get out of work, even though I have a manual labor job that you couldn't do on your best day! Also how I cannot flush a toilet when I can say that I'm quite an expert at flushing! I'm referred to as The Man Child when I do believe that I'm very mature. And yes, 19 is considered an adult! Just because you see me as a fifth grader doesn't make me have the maturity level of a fifth grader! As for the way I act towards Bella, I act the same way and play with the girl the same as every other adult she knows, but since you clearly don't see me as an adult neither does she! So in short, I blame YOU for the immaturity you so delicately described! Let me ask the audience this, do you have a sibling that treats you like you're still a child??

Stella: I must admit that you are clearly a better writer than Batman, who quotes songs in his college research papers... Talk about the worst writing skills in the family! But since you strive to be like Batman in every way possible, you still have to throw in your movie quotes as well. I'm surprised that there isn't a Batman shrine in your room. (No, not the real Batman. I'm referring to your brother.) And it appears you have had quite an ephiphany. Kudos to you. I usually get the last word in everything, but since I'm such a loving and caring older sister I will pass it on to you and bid you ado.

The Man Child: Ha. Well our brother has a rather nice life (besides being a bit crippled at the moment.) He has set a good example, in my opinion. But I think we both are really just like our father! My love for movies has always been there... But yes, I get my movie quoting abilities from Batman. Much like how I know all the angry girl songs from you! You forced me to listen a wide array of music especially during your teen years when you constantly had music blaring in your room! Although I think my father has led me to the rock of his youth! Therefore, I am a callaboration of our entire family's likes and hobbies... which I believe, makes me the most superior and most liked person out of the family!!!

Movie Quote Time! Name this movie...

"Your mood swings are starting to give me whiplash!"

Vomit Induced

Loki: I usually bring my lunch to work with me. It saves on money, and I eat healthier that way. Besides I am always starving at noon and I don’t think I could wait to go to lunch at 1. Anyway, I usually tend to pack something extra for dear Stella. (When she packs her lunch, that just means she grabbed 2 pieces of bread and shoved some turkey in the middle)… So she usually rejoices in my fine cooking! This morning I told her I had extra meatloaf for her. Her reply? “I would rather eat vomit!”

Stella: Sometimes I just do not have a filter for my mouth. I apologize for comparing your meatloaf recipe to barf and then saying barf was better. What an insensitive person… Indeed your lunches are always better than mine. (Although sometimes I have time to put a little mayo on the bread, but most of the time I don't!) I just think everything about meatloaf is disgusting. The word meatloaf makes me have a gag reflux itself.

Loki: Meatloaf makes me think of the cartoon, Garfield. Talk about word-association. I don’t particularly love meatloaf, but Big T likes it (or claims too anyway.) When you have to plan meal after meal after meal… sometimes you have to mix in new things. We rarely eat it so it was different. I always have left overs… When cooking for just 2 people you always have leftovers! Big T doesn’t EVER eat them. But, I save them anyway thinking that I will eat them. I usually don’t either so we waste a lot of food. Baby Blue had meatloaf last night too and she liked it.

Stella: I think I read a statistic somewhere that Americans end up throwing away 60% of their groceries. Isn’t that interesting? I am just full of useful information sometimes. And you save food because you grew up in a house with Nana Bess who saves things like Ramen Noodles. (They cost 16 cents!!!! You can afford to buy more! Throw it away!) Why don’t you just start making smaller portions? Americans are so fat because we all think we have to have this huge full plate of food & know nothing about correct serving size proportions. On a side note, I tried to get Nana Bess to watch the “Super Size Me” documentary on McDonald’s, but I think she turned on House Hunters instead.

Loki: For real, have you watched it before? You will never eat at McDonald’s again! Yes, I know we are off on our portion sizes. It is just hard to cook smaller portions. I have always said that I will cook the same amount when I have a family of 4. I have a hard time because I was raised to clean my plate! Even if the portion is twice what I need, I will consume it. It's hard to leave food on your plate. Hence…my love handles.

P.S.- Nana Bess is addicted to House Hunters.

Stella: Did you know that after that documentary came out McD's stopped asking if you wanted items super-sized? Of course they did! The man gained 24 lbs in only 28 days. It then took him 13 months to lose that weight that took ONE month to put on!

And here is a picture that will make you never want to eat McDonald's again if that wasn't enough. That pink, goopy, snake thing is mechanically separated chicken, and it's used to make chicken nuggets and patties. And if you didn't think that was bad enough, it's crawling with bacteria, so it will be soaked in ammonia. The ammonia makes it tastes terrible, so it's then flavored with artificial chicken flavor. After that, it's dyed white so it looks like chicken again.

(Chicken nuggets are the only thing I ever get from McD's. I feed them to my precious baby too. I'll probably still continue to eat them. Isn't that disgusting?!)

By the way, while we're on this subject, reading "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair was the highlight of my senior year. It's about the meat packing industry in 1906 (for all of those who were not in AP English.) My friend & I wrote a parody about it called "The Bradley Story" and published it for the entire English class. It was a big hit. That's how cool I was in h.s. I still have a copy if anyone is interested. Poor Stanslovas got eaten by the rats...

Loki: Eww! Gross! I never get the chicken nuggets and I am GLAD. I watch this show on the BBC channel about fat people and how much they consume in one week. The host, Jillian, always makes them look at the stuff that is actually in their food... Sorta like those nuggets! Except she would show them a chicken head or a pig's snout with the hairs still attached. Talk about vomit inducing! I have vomitted enough for a lifetime when I was prego with Baby Blue. If you are interested I can give you a list of which things are worse coming up... I will never again it noodles. :)


I can't believe that we forgot to close this post without a picture of Lady GaGa's meat dress! We want to know what foods make you sick!

Stalemate

Loki: I’ve been waiting on Stella to play with me all day... She has spent all day writing her pen pal and then checking the weather report every 5 minutes. (I can see her computer screen from my desk.) I thought she was writing me back! But nope, the pen pal got the love today. And I don’t know what it is so interesting about the weather. I am much more entertaining!

Stella: I was checking flights dumb dumb.

Loki: So the love has not returned on the Sister Banter… Maybe we should get Franny and Sveltlana to come back. They were full of sunshine. Today Stella started telling ChaCha all about her horrible bully of a sister earlier, and I am sure scarred the girl with her exaggerations.

Stella: You’re just pushing it. Quit pushing it.

Loki: And here is the example of how Stella is EXACTLY like our father! I guess I should come up with a “Please write me back! Please write me back… Say YESSSSS!” song.

Stella: You want bread? 3 dollars!

Loki: Sigh. Well, I tried. Readers, I tried. Try again tomorrow... This is a roller coaster! One week we are a go... And then the next.... stalemate.

Comment the first word you think of!

I hate that worm.

Loki: I wrote a blog… it was really profound. But I just couldn’t publish it. I knew Stella would make fun of me to no end and then that would be the end of our blogging career. It probably wasn’t really profound… just a bunch of my ramblings going in circles that no one would understand but me. You know when you are in middle school and you wrote notes to your friends? And you passed them out in between classes? I think those letters from me just talked about nothing over and over and bounced from subject to subject. However I was always a LONG note giver. I hated getting the ones that were only a paragraph long. We used to start notes with “Wuz up? NMH! (not much here)” and then continuing to write about what class we were in even though that person was probably sitting right next to you. We always gave code names for people …hmmm sort of like this blog! (ya know just in case someone saw the note that shouldn’t!) The note was then decorated with lots of scribbles of hearts or flowers or whatever you could possibly draw. When I got to high school I actually passed around a notebook back and forth between one of my friends ( I think Nana Bess gave me the idea!)… and we would write notes to each other that way. It is pretty ridiculous and waste of time but I am sure all kids do that… right?

So this is what kind of hoarder I am…. I have kept my notes from middle school! I even went as far as dividing them up and putting who they were from together. So I have multiple baggies with notes shoved inside and the name of the giver on the outside. It’s a little disturbing. I’ve tried to read them before but they are really ridiculous and never really about anything. You would think after I have moved… 6 times that those notes would get lost or thrown away!!! But No they are currently in my attic.

Stella: What could you have possibly written about that would have been profound? I am very

interested in knowing that. Are you sure it just wasn't a bunch of rhetorical questions piled together into one very long paragraph?
Well, I guess I will comment on the current subject at hand, although it is very hard as I am off today and keep seeing our faboosh mother in her fuzzy pink bathrobe playing "icarly" with Bella. (The way to play this game is to run around and call each other Sam & Carly.) Anyway, I win the prize for biggest nerd note writer or whatever it is you were getting at. I have written my pen pal, Tania, for 15 years. That is 15 years of snail mail from here to Canada. I have a chest in which I keep her letters, although I don't think I have the first few saved.. (tisk tisk for my 11 year old self's organization skills.) By the way, my notes never sounded like yours...

Loki: I was simply trying to give you a quick example of our notes. If you would like I could crawl up in my attic tonight and fish one out for your viewing pleasure. I know that your 11 year old self would love to snoop in my notes. You are quite the snooper… even reading all of Nanabess’ emails. We just gossiped about each other in my notes and of course boys… you and your weird little friends probably developed potions or rants about how you hated the world. You were like goth girls without all that make-up. Anyway I love your weirdness and your friends…. Now. Yes I find your pen pal relationship a little odd. I wonder if there are many other friendships that have lasted that long… over mail! It is quite an accomplishment. Please get her to come here so I can hear her say Abouuuut! I love accents… even dumb ones like Canadian! I had a pen pal once… she sent me stationary… she was from Japan. I think I only wrote her twice.. then Stella took over and wrote her for a year. I guess Stella felt bad about Yuko Yano because I wouldn’t write her back. Stella actually said this weekend… “I didn’t write her for very long… maybe a couple of years!”. Ummm that’s a long time for a pen pal!

Oh and it was a bunch of rhetorical questions—how did you know!

Stella: Why don't you just dazzle us all with your deep thoughts next time instead of picking me apart about everything I do that you think is weird and different? I don't think I'd ever want her to come here because you would just be mean to her and make fun of her for being my pen pal like you always have. You have always been such a rude older sister making fun of me for everything I do. Because I did not play softball & basketball like you did and I didn't write notes drooling over boys like you and your stupid friends did. And then in highschool I didn't drink & party like you so therefore you felt the need to grab the back of my hair and slam my head into the steering wheel over and over again.... You just shouldn't refer to your junior high/high school self ever again because I hate that little worm with a passion.

Loki: Someone is in a mood and a little sensitive! I wasn’t picking you apart. I just said that I had no idea what your notes were like with your friends..and yes I am aware you hated me growing up. Gee. How am I making fun of you? I think it is great that you have kept up a pen pal for 15 years. Hello! I just said I couldn’t write my girl back after 2 times! I don’t care if you played sports… and I never have. I always thought it was cool how you could do things I couldn’t… like buy the cool clothes, have a band , bake, write, and be creative. I cannot help it that my young self offended you so. I never meant to….and didn’t realize you held such hostility towards me. I just thought we were sisters…and different and we wouldn’t/couldn’t be friends until later in life. (at the time—mom telling me we would be best friends like her and Choc. Chip—I thought she was loco). Please let’s be clear… there was nothing wrong with my junior high or high school self. I didn’t “party” until my senior year. That’s one year out of 7 that you may have not liked me for my activities… none of my family did. We do not speak of the Senior Year.. whatever. I made mistakes… but it has made me who I am today. I cannot dwell on it…and neither should you. Next time I should just write a dazzling solo piece...that way my sister doesn’t bring up stuff that she has been burrowing inside her for 10 years. Gee. I am sorry I banged your head on the steering wheel. I don’t know why I did that…something about my temper. I try to not use physical violence. But for some reason we both seem to like to use our fists.

Blah I didn’t know that this blog would end so seriously—I was just talking about dumb notes.
Welcome to our Sisterly Love! Sorry Readers for that public lashing! Please come back tomorrow… and maybe there will be a much happier post.

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