I'm On Top of the Ball

Most of us remember how Grandma could never quite get her phrases right.  I sometimes laugh when people use cliches because I think of how Grandma would have said them...

"I'll HIT BASE with you later."
"I'm not your KISSY."
"I'll give you a HANDS up."

This story happened a while ago but I decided it would be fun to share.  I was being really productive one day and getting lots done at home.  My mom came up to talk to me and I popped off, "I'm on top of the ball!"  She immediately began laughing.  I had no idea what I had said wrong.  What was so funny?  Then she replied, "You mean, 'you're on top of things'?  Or maybe even, 'you're on the ball'?"  To this day I still say that I'm on top of the ball.  People know what I mean, right?  Plus they even get a good laugh :)  I, like Grandma, can't seem to get my cliches right.  I don't care though.  It makes me think of her every time I say it.

Mom... Thanks for LAUGHING

Mom... Thanks for LAUGHING

Tyler • Sierra • Briana • Tanisha • Trena • John

HERE is a flashback to Cascade 2012... the skit that only Grandma really enjoyed, if the sounds of laughing on our video tape are any indication. Maybe we needed to preface our singing about previous Family Cascade Skits, which we combined with our new love of Chick-Fil-A (something that came about after our move to Texas... where everyone seems to be an addict & the drive-thru lines are insane!) before charging right into our melody.  Maybe Grandma loved it most because we managed to indoctrinate her into our "I could eat Chick-Fil-A 7 Times a Day" club :)  Mom first joined me in Indiapolis, Indiana when Briana competed in the Grand Nationals Marching Band competition in Nov 2009. It was there in a downtown mall that we shared her first Chick-Fil-A sandwich and a seasonal Peppermint Milkshake! I'm telling you, she was hooked and we went back a 2nd time before leaving Indianapolis :)

There was no swearing when TWHS Band didn't take 1st place ... but Mom was sure we were jipped! (She was right! haha) I suppose all in all she didn't think of the Lucas Oil Stadium as a Godforsaken Hell hole! ... I had to add that... cuz Brandon's post about Grandma swearing made me laugh a little. If that is Grandma swearing... may her example of swearing be my worst!

Thanks for laughing at our skit MOM.  You're the reason we ever prepared skits for camp anyway.

I LOVE YOU

I MISS YOU

I hope they have something like a Peppermint Milkshake where you are :)

♥ Trena