First off, I need to explain my mother. She is the antithesis of me: Organized, practical, views going to the salon as a painful endurance, etc. I have her laugh and her mannerisms, and I look like her. Well, I look like her with my hair dyed, full makeup and painted toenails, but other than that...
So Sunday I told her, "Mom, join Facebook, then you won't have to download the pictures I send of the kids, I'll put them there."
So she does this. By Sunday night, she emails me, "Kris! It sent an email to everyone in my address book, telling them I joined! I heard from my doctor's nurse, someone in dad's camera club, someone I went to high school with, what did I do? See, this is why old people shouldn't use technology." I calm her down. It's just an email, they can delete, right?
So Monday morning comes. The kids are off and I get to sleep in (I am the only one of my parents and brother who feels 8 a.m. is an acceptable hour to rise -- they're more the 5:30 types -- even when they were young.) Something is seriously wrong with that, but I digress.
At 6:30 a.m. on our day off, my cell phone is buzzing and I come upstairs to check it and it's beeping: TEXT MESSAGE FROM KAY! (my mother) Okay, first facebook, now she's texting??? So I check it out and Facebook has texted me that Kay has joined Facebook! So I call my mother, at an hour she knows I view as ungodly, and tell her, "Hey, you're texting now!" I elaborate.
She is mortified and she squeals, "Oh Kris, what did I do? What did I do? Did it do that to everyone?"
Now I know it's only me because I've texted her pictures before from my cell phone, but what fun would that be?
"I have no idea what you did!"
"I woke everyone up? Oh Frank, Frank, Kris says I woke everyone up with a text message about Facebook."
My dad, ever the beacon of support, grunts, "Oh Kay!" in exasperation. "For crying out loud!"
And she wails, "I just wanted to see my grandchildren!"
She is cracking up at this point and so am I. So Mom, this one is for you. A freebie. Thanks for the entertainment. This is a Jonah-engineered swing he made for Elle.
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13 Comments:
Haha! Too funny. I keep telling my mom to get a facebook because my dad's not crazy about travel and she gets bored. Maybe I better get myself over there and set the thing up first, Lol...
Btw, 8am is the perfect time to wake up!
Oh, bless her heart! I so needed that laugh today!!
Blessings
Michelle
Oh my gosh, I laughed all the way through this, K. LOL
I'll have to make sure my mom reads this. Maybe she can try to "comment" and give me some more entertainment. LOL I'm bored easily.
Oh my goodness, I LOVE this post!!! Hilarious, Kristin!! I feel your mother's pain. LOL!
Oh my goodness, I LOVE this post!!! Hilarious, Kristin!! I feel your mother's pain. LOL!
For cryin' out loud! I haven't heard that since my dad passed away 20 years ago! I love it!
Too funny. So...how did she get facebook to text? I'm new to the monster, and I haven't seen that feature!
I love that you posted that twice Di. ROFLOL
We're now skyping with my in-laws who live out of state. It's good amusement. Except now I can't talk to them while I'm wearing my pj's and have a messy house. Hubby goes to call them up on skype and I'm like, "wait, you can only sit here, and don't turn the web cam this way or they'll see these piles I have to go through."
Sarah, Skype scares me for that reason. Whenever Oprah has someone skyping, I wonder what the other side of the room looks like. I remember the poor woman they woke up to redo her bedroom, ack!
Hilarious! Your mom sounds so sweet. And she knows how to text? And get onto Facebook? That's far superior to my knowledge of phones and computers. Kudos to her!
Kristin,
This is hilarious. I was reading it drinking a cup of tea and had to keep forcefully swallowing before I burst out laughing--all over the keyboard!
Your Mom sounds precious...and I bet that truth be known, she'd do it all again to see her grand-kids!
Beverly
She would! In fact, my best friend contacted her and asked if we'd get "Easter Dresses" this year, something we finagled every year as kids, using each other's mothers as "weight". My mom said she'd buy if Beth's mom would buy. So Mom's even being nagged on Facebook.
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