Yay/Boo

Yay: Luke Skywalker reading the Spiderwick Chronicles to us in bed after we turn out the light. It actually says the narrator is someone else, but it’s narrated by Mark Hamill (check out the preview, right at the end he starts talking). And it helps a lot that the main character’s name is Jared. My Jared keeps saying, “How COOL is it that Luke Skywalker keeps calling my name?”

Yay: Elliott slept in his BIG bed for the very first time last night. And he only came out of his room 3 times.

Boo: HUGE thunderstorms, with thunder that terrifies both kids, for 3 straight nights. I am normally not opposed to thunder, but somehow Elliott has realized that Jared gets really obsessive about watching the Weather channel when there’s a storm afoot. Two nights ago, when the thunder hit, he started crying and then said, “I WANT TO GO WATCH THE WEATHER!” 

Boo:: Google reads my email.

Yay: This actually turned out to be hilarious just now. I know this because here’s the backstory (another one of those things that ended up being a huge joke for the rest of the weekend)

We all went out to dinner at Foster’s in Chicago last week. Shmancy steak/seafood place. Of course I had a pork chop. MMM. It was delicious. And of course we all perused the dessert menu. Well, the one thing that looked good to me was carrot cake. LOVE carrot cake.

But of all the desserts, this one happened to say, “Carrot Cake for Two”. Hm. Well, I certainly can’t get carrot cake for two, right? If I’m only one? And nobody seemed that interested in sharing it with me. And I had this whole conversation with myself over the carrot cake for two. Liv even snapped a photo, which she just sent me in an email teasing me about the carrot cake::

 

Her email was titled,”What Indecision Looks like”

“hmmm… should i get the carrot cake for two? why does it say for two? could i order this and eat it all myself? why did they have to write “for two”? do they not think one can finish this on one’s own? where’s the chef? i think i’ll order ten of these!”

I responded, archived the email, and it refreshed, and what do I see at the top of my screen?

 

Why yes, Gmail. I AM craving carrot cake. Thank you for asking.

Comments

[HeatherK]

I would have totally shared the carrot cake with you! That totally weirded me out the first time I realize gmail did that. Yay for the big boy bed!

[Becky]

LOL, the carrot cake thing is hilarious! I think I would have had to order it because I could TOTALLY finish up enough carrot cake for 2! :)
Becky
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[Liz Ness]

I've been there, facing the yummies made for multiple folks. I've ordered them even so. Then, I've scowled when they brought extra forks/spoons. YES. I can eat the whole thing -- I've got a fast metabolism. (Looks like you do, too -- so, go for it girl!)

=)

PS: Love the idea of Luke calling Jared's name. Duncan would flip out if Luke called his name!

[latz]

Dinner was YUMMY! Jessica did share a smidge...so technically it was for two!

[shell]

she SHARED it! better than me...
What i loved about the moment is how the waiter had to repeat after you ordered Jessica, and out loud, "you want the carrot cake for two?" HAHAHAHAHA love that!

I'm an avid weather channel, weather.com fanatic also...looking for TORNADOS! ugh. shell

[LivE]

ROFL!!! i am holding my sides which are now aching from rolling on the floor with belly-aching laughter left over from last night :D Gmail should send you complimentary carrot cake for 10. And we should all go back to the resto with our Sharpies and add "not enough" to "carrot cake for two" Bwahahaha! And omg, how funny that Shell reminded us of that waiter's totally un-funny question! hahaha!

so sorry to hear about the thunderstorms... my kids used to get scared too, till i told them that it was just the sound of angels playing bowling in heaven. that's about as true as the tooth fairy and santa claus, but it did give them something else to wonder about, hahaha!

[Laurie]

Oh my gosh!! That is stinkin hilarious!!!!! That carrot cake is going to follow you for the rest of your life. But it was worth it, right? And you totally deserved it. ;)

[carmela]

LOL! love the carrot cake story. i mean, why do they need to impose how many people can eat a piece of cake??? hahaha. :) lovely picture too, btw. i just curled my hair crazy and am looking at your curls thinking... now how does she keep the curls looking all healthy and bouncy? :) one day, you can share your secret with the curls. :)

[Veevs]

Ohhhhh sooo funny!!! Hahahaha!!! From this day on it will be Jessica and her carrot cake for 2!!

[Marcia Bettich]

TOOOO FUNNY :)) I really enjoyed this one Jess!!

[kyleeg]

Ha! That is so funny! I had to giggle to myself, because I would probably do the same thing! With ya on that one! :)

[Joanie]

I love this post! What I want to know is-- was the term *carrot cake* used in the subject line of the post?

[George Geder]

To Gmail:
"Why are you all up in my (personal) business?"

To Jessica:
"Carrot Cake Rules!"

Peace,
"Guided by the Ancestors"

[Amy L]

I will forever be so happy I shared that cake with you Jess!!