This summer, most of my family will be in Utah for family reunions. With my five siblings geographically spread out across the US (from Washington state to North Carolina) this is a big deal. Andy and I were thinking that it would be fun to make t-shirts to commemorate the occasion. I have only started to consider the possibilities, but let me share with you one of my ideas.
My mom says funny things. For instance, early one Saturday morning, she calls my brother who was a college student at the time. He was still asleep and groggily answered his phone. My mom proceeds to list off a bunch of things that she needed to do that day and wanted to coordinate some things with him. As my brother struggles to make sense of the phone call, he asks her, "Where are you?!?" Her response has become a classic one liner, "I'm in the beans and I'm heading west!" More confused than ever, my brother asks for clarification. Come to find out, my mom was shopping at a grocery store and was, logically, in the beans...heading west.
Not to be outdone, Andy has had a few gems as well. For example, one day, we were out weeding in our garden and I was telling him that I would like to plant some bougainvillea by an arch in our fence. His response was classic, "That sounds like a karate move. I'm going to bougainvillea your face!"
I could go on and on with quotes about how punching a sibling will give them cancer etc, etc. The purpose of this blog entry is to throw the idea out to my siblings and see if they are interested in having family shirts made up--each with a different, funny family quote on it. Perhaps an entire family could have the same quote, or we could do them randomly. If you're interested, please leave a comment and recommend your favorite quote.
9 comments:
Oh the deliciousness! You're brilliant, do you know this?
Here are some personal faves:
"Pah--Jeh--She--whoever you are"
"For the love of Pete"
"That gripes me"
"I didn't used to swear before I had kids."
(I DO think we'd feel bad if we ended up with a saying that made M&D feel bad.)
Ooh!
I have always liked this flippant reply: "We left the other six home."
How about this one, "This is a trick I learned in the Army."
I love this idea! So...when are you guys going to be in Utah? HOpefully we can catch up!
We are planning on attending the Dixon family reunion...Roger has the details. In fact, he's the one planning it, I think. Hmmm...Maybe you're not invited.
We'll defn'ly meet up while we're there!
The Army one is my new favorite!
Just to set the record straight, Stephen was not sleeply in bed. He was supposed to meet me at the grocery store, so I was telling him where (in the store) I was. I'm not totally crazy! Steve is!
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"Look, they're flocking!"
Love ya, Paula!
Limitless possibilities. Great idea. Do you have a vendor in mind? (NorthShoreShirts.com does custom T-Shirts . . . that's where I got my "Skadoosh!" T-Shirt) :)
How Fun!
I always loved when David said when he was little "Aloha Hunnababy!" A possibility?
I've wanted an 'in the beans shirt' ever since she said it. to be in beans and still have your bearings is quite a feat. Mom is one tallented woman. If I can be of any service in this production let me know.
Also, "fuki baff" "theres a cat in my bed" "ah ha david, Paul ate your special K" "big cookie with cheese and meat" and "(insert name here, usually mine) look out the window!"
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