Tuesday, August 12, 2008  Say What?  That's not cute or funny! A
few years back, at a family party for my nephew's third
birthday, he, being the center of attention, was acting up. On
one occasion someone said "That's cute". A few minutes later he
did something that made everyone laugh. Of course, since he had
everyone's attention he kept it up. A short time later something
happened and he started crying. In an effort to get him to stop
crying we began to tease him repeatedly by saying "That's cute"
or "That's funny." Then he got mad and blurted out "That's not
cute or funny!" That became our family catch-phrase for a few
years, signifying that you had "gone too far" when teasing
someone. Oh, and that little three year old boy. He is now a 27
year old young man.  Do you have lights? One cold winter night,
several years ago when Mom and I lived on what we called "the
farm" the power went out. Even though we lived out in the middle
of nowhere, the electricity didn't fail us often. So I called
our neighbor, a mi