First, let me just say I love it when my relatives visit. My aunt just came in last night for Christmas and the funny times have already begun. I told her she fills up my quote book every time (that is partially true).

Upon walking in the door, she hands me a bottle of limonchello and declares “that’s a really strong batch”…as I read the bottle it says ” a really strong batch”. Ha, another year of homemade limoncello. 😉

Okay this one is all me, but apparently funny so I will share:

I have been wondering if my car needs an alignment and since I will be traveling soon to Delaware to see some dear friends, I thought I should check it. I called Expert Tire to inquire about an alignment check four times within 25 minutes and think I made a few people laugh.

Phone call # 1:

“Can I come down for an alignment check?”

“Sure but the wait is 2 hours and we close in two hours”.

“Oh ok so should I come down or?”

“Well I don’t want you to wait for 2 hours”

“Okay, so I shouldn;t, thank you”

Phone Call #2

“Can I make an appointment for an alignment? I really need it checked.”

“Sure, does monday work?”

“Yes, yes it does.”

“Oh how about 2:00?”

“Oh I will be out of town then OI will have to call you back I dont know when I am leaving.”
Phone Call #3

“Hi, I’ll take an early morning appointment.” ( we don;t even formally greet now..he knows my voice)

“Perfect. It will cost around $27.”

“Oh it will? I thought they were free? No?”

“No, since you bought them in Pa, it is not (Oh isn’t that another story in itself)”

“Okay. Will you take the money off if I get an alignment?

“I don’t know. There isn’t someone here to answer that right now”

“Oh ok well see you mon.”

Phone call #4

“Hi it’s me again about the alignment (He starts to chuckle) I am sorry to bother you, I just have another question”

“Oh, you are not bothering me at all (still laughing and I am laughing at this point too.) Mam, can I ask you why you think you need this alignment soo bad?”

“Well you see when I am going down a road, I am not sure if it is windy or straight.”

He starts to chukle since I have been laughing at this point too “Oh ok”

“Like, I veer right a little but I am not sure if the road is windy or not.”

“Any other reasons?”

“Yeah…I feel like my tires are going to fall of every time I drive on the highway.”

“oh ok” (both laughing again) I tell you what we will look at it for free and go from there.

By call #4 I think he realized how terribly confused I am and had some mercy.

“See you monday morning mam.”

“Okay see you then!!”

That was a little long. You must really like me or my babbling to have gotten this far. Thank you.

reason #88 and #89 why I love my family:

Sisters dashing down aisles in Wal-mart taking a double take because they nearly ran into their long-lost cousin who is now grey. No one will understand this. That is acceptable, that is besides my sister.

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“You look like you came out of an L.L. Bean catalog”

“BAM. I am a four letter word.” Pause. “Cool” ( as she shows me that her outfit is indeed from L.L. Bean)

reasons # 131 and 134:

Every time I drive somewhere with my mom, I do something silly and so does she:

-i’ll spare you the entire conversations (which I do have written down ;-)) and share a couple hilarois moments:

-That moment when we convinced the drive-through lady to give us 2 Arby’s sandwhiches for the same price….That moment when I asked “are there seeds on this bun?”, giving her a concerned look, to be happy she answered “yes”.

-To flying in reverse back to the Arby’s window because we forgot salt, to going forward immediately because we found salt

-That moment when she said “This isn’t the Indiana 500 as I nearly go over a cement cinder block” (you see I have gone over islands in parking lots before, so this isn’t out of the realm of possibility)

-That moment in B.J’s when we knocked stuff over in an aisle to laugh as it ricochets down the aisle.

-That moment where we are looking for “black pepper” which we both know is really season salt.

I hope you are surrounded by your family, whether close friends or blood relatives as you celebrate the Hallowed manger ground. I know I will be and am so excited for the laughs, the memories, and the anticipation of the celebration of a birthday that changed EVERYTHING.

Merry Christmas Eve,

jengadi jean