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Thursday, August 13, 2009

What Togetherness Will Get You

I am currently with my husband and two kids in a place we lovingly refer to as the "boogie woods". We are deep in the hills of southern Ohio, where there is (egads) no wi-fi. What withdrawal? I am typing this from our cabin rental office. What blog addiction? Thank goodness we're heading home soon. I'm starting to itch.

Before our trip to the hills, we spent two days together at an amusement park. If the four of us haven't been in the car, we've either been in a little hotel room or in a very small, A-frame cabin.

Yesterday, we all took a canoe trip. Four of us, four paddles, four life-jackets, two fishing nets and a cooler in one boat. It was togetherness at its finest.

After about a half hour on the river, we noticed storm clouds rolling in and thunder started rumbling. We luckily found a concrete bridge under which we took shelter while pounding rain came down around us.

While we waited for the storm to pass, the kids began to get restless. I tried to think quickly and said, "Why don't we play a game? Let's go through the alphabet and take turns coming up with words that have to do with our vacation." My husband was at the back of the canoe, so I told him to go first.

He replied, "Okay. A is for arguing."

Labels: Family Life, My Better Half, Ramblings

# posted by Momo Fali : 2:04 PM

Comments:

Bwahahahahahah, isn't THAT the truth! Still, arguing aside, I hope your time together is well worth it.

# posted by

Kori : August 13, 2009 at 4:38 PM

And B is for bickering, and C is for crying and D is for.....

Home or away--it's been a long week for me as well.

# posted by

Ed : August 13, 2009 at 5:12 PM

I think I figured out where your son got his smart aleck tendencies from.

Also, Rage Against the Meshugenah arrived today. That was fast!

Hurry home, I miss reading you.

# posted by

unmitigated me : August 13, 2009 at 5:50 PM

Bwahaha! What a funny man your hubs is.

# posted by

Tara R. : August 13, 2009 at 8:17 PM

Love your vacation wrap ups. You seem to do the same things in Ohio we do! And funny how it always ends with "argument", too. I smell a theme.

# posted by

Kate : August 13, 2009 at 9:46 PM

I just got back from 11 days in Hawaii w/my family. Too much togetherness. We were nearly strangling each other by the last day!

# posted by

Twenty Four At Heart : August 13, 2009 at 10:09 PM

Isn't he clever? Heh.

# posted by

Putting the FUN in DysFUNctional : August 13, 2009 at 10:49 PM

Oh, it's so good to know that other people understand that there IS such a thing as too much togetherness!

# posted by

terri : August 13, 2009 at 10:53 PM

omg, was he on my family vacation too?????

# posted by

And I'll Raise You 5 : August 13, 2009 at 11:04 PM

Waiting out storms under a bridge in a boat are what memories are made of. If the boat trip had been uneventful it would find a space in the cobwebs of time. :)

# posted by

Moonshadow : August 13, 2009 at 11:06 PM

A nice little slice of Americana, right there. Thanks for the smile :)

# posted by

Mrs4444 : August 13, 2009 at 11:21 PM

Oh yeah. I needed this today, thank you!

# posted by

J : August 14, 2009 at 1:02 AM

:) and once again (*smile*) I am reminded of why I read your blog.

# posted by

Misty : August 14, 2009 at 1:04 AM

It took my sisters and I until we were in our 40s (last year) to go on vacation together and not argue. Of course the fact we can drink probably helped . . . a lot! Another thing that helped is that when we got "home" we all went to different homes.
Thanks to you, and hubby, for a great laugh!

# posted by

SurprisedMom : August 14, 2009 at 1:41 AM

Nice :) Daddy wit FTW. We haven't had a chance yet as a family (very, very sad realizaion) to be together, like THAT, yet. Can't wait to see what schenanagins ensue when we do though :)

# posted by

George Romaka : August 14, 2009 at 7:23 AM

Bahaha.. that is why we have yet to take a family vacation yet.. :)

# posted by

Kim : August 14, 2009 at 9:10 AM

A is for arguing. That's priceless. And sounds like every family trip we've ever had.

# posted by

Carolyn...Online : August 14, 2009 at 9:44 AM

Your son gets his humor from somewhere. WTG dad! (his Mom's kinda funny too). 3 cheers for family time!

# posted by

WeaselMomma : August 14, 2009 at 10:45 AM

A is for awesome!

# posted by

anya : August 14, 2009 at 12:16 PM

Ah, togetherness. This is the stuff that family memories are made of.

# posted by

Tom : August 14, 2009 at 1:53 PM

I love it. Whether it was said growly at the time or not, he created a priceless line for future family storytellings.

# posted by

AlisonH : August 14, 2009 at 3:54 PM

This made me laugh out loud. I hope there was F for fun times too.

# posted by

Lynn : August 14, 2009 at 5:06 PM

I see your son has learned from his daddy. ;)

# posted by

Jaina : August 14, 2009 at 6:16 PM

But it is this memory that will last with your kids for the rest of their lives. I bet they will remember this trip forever.

:)

# posted by

Anonymous : August 14, 2009 at 8:54 PM

Ahahahaha! But it still beats hanging out around home for weeks...

# posted by

Maureen : August 14, 2009 at 10:19 PM

It's not a family trip without a little disagreement, right?

# posted by

James (SeattleDad) : August 14, 2009 at 11:32 PM

That - is hilarious.

# posted by

Amy : August 15, 2009 at 12:16 AM

I have the biggest smile from that ... so HIM! Hilarious. Plus I'm thinking of you smiling to yourself and thinking, "Welp, there's my blog post!"

# posted by

Bean : August 15, 2009 at 10:23 AM

I've been told that being a quick thinker can be annoying to those around you. ~Mary

# posted by

Anonymous : August 15, 2009 at 10:52 AM

Awesome.

Let me guess. B is for...bickering?

# posted by

Angella : August 15, 2009 at 1:23 PM

exactly.

# posted by

the planet of janet : August 16, 2009 at 1:17 AM

B is for bugbites,
C is for canoes,
D is for deer in the woods,
E is for eating
F is for fun, family time together!!!!

# posted by

As Cape Cod Turns : August 17, 2009 at 8:10 AM

Ahahahahahhha

# posted by

meleah rebeccah : August 17, 2009 at 8:13 PM

I do hope the rest of your vacation was awesome [sans arguing] and [sans lack of internet] !

# posted by

meleah rebeccah : August 17, 2009 at 8:16 PM

I hope you said B is for butthead.

LOL

# posted by

Briya : August 19, 2009 at 8:05 PM

A is for All. All the things you are used to.

Taking your lives somewhere nice includes the normal things you do.

I go to a beach house in NC in 2 weeks. I bring 2 laptops and wirelsss cards. LOL

# posted by

Oscar : August 19, 2009 at 10:47 PM

AH, the joys of family vacation!

# posted by

Angie : August 24, 2009 at 1:49 AM

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