Wednesday, August 15, 2012

NASA Should Hire Firemen

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I can only imagine my kids' "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" essays now.



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    1. I look forward to it every year! Thanks for reading, Catie!

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  2. Great article. A screw driver through the eye? Oh my goodness!!! And your other son with blood squirting everywhere?! I am not good when it comes to blood...ugh...

    Yay for the men and women in uniform! In the cafeteria as well as the firestation. haha... :)

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    1. I have developed a stronger constitution with all these boys. I no longer faint. I just get woozie. Thanks for reading!

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  3. My husband is a general contractor, the closest thing to uniform is his tool belt. Which sometimes can look a little 'hot'
    He actually worked with a friend one day helping him out, so he had to wear a mechanics shirt and blue dickies pants. My heart melted. Doesn't take much.

    Great article Marianne! Blending all the components of humor, good will, camaraderie(I googled spelling, as I would have spelled it commorodorie, comraderie,commeraroaoguodhoeououy) Cool for them to be able to let off steam, build stuff and laugh.
    Screwdriver in eye??????? I will just stop there.:)

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    1. A tool belt works, too. Or a name badge. It doesn't take much for me either.

      Thanks for the kind words - I'm going to try to be all commorodorie-like today because of them.

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  4. I want to move to Chicago and join your firehouse. This is really cool stuff! I am envious of the community you have. Your kids are truly lucky.

    I almost fainted when I read about the screwdriver in the eye. Seriously...hard to breath when I think about that. So glad it turned out well!

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    1. You're more than welcome! Chicago would love you!

      If it makes you feel better, the screwdriver missed the "orb" (I think that's what it's called - the colored part of the eye) and only hit the whites of his eye. If it was a centimeter closer, I'd be calling him "Patch." For public record's sake, the kid was sitting right next to me as I was opening a present that was packaged with SCREWS (why do they do that?). I set it down with two seconds later, boom, right through the eye. Stupid, stupid Marianne.

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