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uh, that’s not the kind of baptism I meant, but okay. It’ll do.

Posted By on February 9, 2010 in Funny Stuff, Loved Ones, video | 15 comments

Basically life gets funnier when I open my mouth.

Well, that, and more embarrassing.

Like tonight, when I was innocently referring to how my friend came over and showed up with a small bag of cookies, but ended up saying this:

And then Jimmy showed up with his small package…

But then I couldn’t even finish my thought because I realized what it sounded like I had said and so I started laughing while trying to explain that there was a huge difference between what I said and what I meant.

But, really.

His small package?!?

Yeah, we then spent the rest of the night trying to shimmy that little gem of a phrase into as many of our conversations as possible.

And thank God for humor. I was talking to a friend of mine who has been well acquainted with grief herself and we both agreed that sometimes it comes down to either laughing or dying.

And so it’s really nice when there are moments that make the former option easy.

And it’s also nice when you play games with your family and you find yourself doing something as dumb as pouring water over your head because you’re playing Truth or Dare and you had tried to give that little dare to your mom, but she turned around with a rebound card and there you are, poised with the water over your head, thinking how this is not one of the worst things you’ve had to endure, by far.

But don’t take my word for it.

See for yourself.

15 Comments

  1. Mom February 9, 2010

    It was so much fun. Two quotes: “Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.” And Mark Twain: “The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.” We humans have more than laughter as a weapon, but laughter is really helpful.

    • jessica February 9, 2010

      yep. I’ll take that kinda laughter any day.

  2. peaj February 9, 2010

    That was sweet. I love the laughter.

  3. J.R. February 9, 2010

    YAY! FUN! LOL, that made my morning!

  4. sarah February 9, 2010

    i love this!!!!! it makes me so happy to see you guys having so much fun together!!!

  5. Erika February 9, 2010

    Was it at least warm water, or was it freezing? :)

    I loved hearing the girls laughing in the background. :D

    • jessica February 9, 2010

      It was cool water–not too bad…:D

  6. Mandy February 9, 2010

    That was ADORABLE. I LOVE how much the kids loved it.

  7. Rachel February 9, 2010

    That is hilarious! It is so cute how the girls are just having so much fun, and you do it! Shine on you crazy diamond!!

    • jessica February 9, 2010

      hahaha thanks!!! And crazy is right!!!

  8. Jamie February 9, 2010

    Thanks for sharing that. I needed a laugh tonight and all of that giggling was contagious. Oh and I love that you put “package” as one of the tags at the end of the post!!

    • jessica February 10, 2010

      haha I actually don’t tag all those things–it’s some kind of widget or automatic tagger or something–but it is always hilarious to see what “it” tags!!

  9. Susan Jaszemski February 9, 2010

    So sweet! Keep on laughing- and sharing laughter with the people you love.

    • jessica February 10, 2010

      I like that plan a lot:)

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