Morada Musings

I love to dance and have enjoyed various parodies and video clips over the years. This newest one, Dance Evolution 2 by Judson Laipply, is as fun as his first one and made me laugh out loud. I can’t help but wonder what strangers to our place and time think of us if they saw us dancing! Enjoy!

My nephew emailed me with subject line of “Big News!” to announce his engagement. I did my happy dance. I just hope no one was looking in the windows that late at night!

Teen boys’ lives are so well captured by the Zits comic strip, as was brought home to me during a birthday dinner. It was my son’s birthday. For days in advance he’d been texting back and forth with friends trying to make arrangements for something more fun than dinner with Mom and Dad. It looked like it didn’t work out so off we went to Prezo’s.

Partway through dinner, he asks if we’d be okay if his friends picked him up before dinner was done, “if that’s the way it turns out,” so they could make it to the movies. We agreed and for the next 15 minutes there were texts back and forth amongst several of them. They couldn’t decide which movie. No, they did decide. No, maybe not – maybe the other one… I started to laugh because it was just what I’d read (and laughed about) in this Zits comic strip a few days before.

My large (67 lbs) poodle thinks she’s a child. She tries to climb up on my lap and loves to play peek-a-boo! Seriously! Snorting, she burrows her face behind the sofa cushions, sometimes even between the small of my back and the sofa. Her round, poufy tail wagging a mile a minute, she wiggles and waits. I say “boo!” and do a quick tickle to her ribs; with a snort, she swings her head out and back as though she’s laughing out loud. Then she very gently puts her open mouth around my wrist for the briefest of moments, lets go and burrows again to start the cycle all over. She can do it for a good half hour before tiring of the game. So much fun!

Another blogger mentioned that she always laughs when people fall. For me, it’s hiccups. They can be mine or someone else’s but every time, regardless of where I am and how inappropriate it might be, I laugh. And not just a little snicker but full belly laughing. And the more I try to restrain myself, the worse it gets!

I remember a time I was with my sister-in-law and her baby (who is now 35 but was about 6-7 months old at the time) in a mall. It was pretty quiet and my niece started to hiccup. It echoed. I started laughing and couldn’t stop. I was laughing so hard I couldn’t walk. My s-i-l was so offended and annoyed she walked away, with Jen’s hiccups echoing. That made me laugh even more. Sorry, Rebecca (and Jen) – it still cracks me up every time I think of it!

My husband just came in to ask if I was alright because our son told him I was at it again with the wheezing laughter! Some things are just timeless!

I answered my business phone professionally only to hear a long minute of someone laughing. I was confused momentarily but joined in the laughter. When he said, “You must be working” it seemed such an non-sequiter that I laughed even harder. Thanks for the laugh, JC!

Today’s laugh is a gentle one, touched with a bit of sweetness: Dad Life rap.

The Dad Life rap pays homage to the modern suburban dad. Enjoy the gentle humor and give the dads you know a pat on the back, maybe a cold beer.

I’m looking at my husband’s collection of Dockers and polo shirts and appreciating his life in a new way.

Go on, I dare you! Just go to YouTube or any other of your favorite video sites and search for “baby laughing” or a variation of that theme. You’ll find quite a few choices. Some say they’re hilarious but aren’t. Most, however, are contagious. I especially love the quadruplets who think Dad’s the funniest thing and seem to play off each other.

Go ahead, indulge yourself in a real good belly laugh!

With apologies to my brilliant husband and all the other smart blonds out there, my favorite blond joke (given to me by a blond friend, Jordie, who collects them):

Two blond women go into a bar and order drinks. Sitting at a table, they raise their glasses and cheer “23 months!”

A few minutes later, another blond woman joins them and they call to the bartender to being another round then begin chanting “23 months! 23 months!” and giving each other high-fives.

A fourth blond woman joins them a while later, with the chanting and more high-fives all around.

The bartender is intrigued. When he brings over the next round of drinks he says, “Wow, you ladies are really celebrating tonight! What’s the occasion?” One of the women responds,

“We’ve been working on a jigsaw puzzle together and finally finished it today. It only took us 23 months!”

The bartender, surprised, says, “Only 23 months? That must be a really difficult puzzle!”

“It was! And we did it in only 23 months –

the box said 3 to 5 years!”

Last fall I participated in a blogging event, 30 Days of Thanks, and loved it. It forced me to have the discipline to write each day in addition to being mindful of the things – and people – I am so grateful for in my life. Each month there has been another theme and this month’s – laughter – really resonates with me so, once again, I’ll be writing daily.

For those of you who are new readers, I urge you to read Day 21 of my 30 Days of Thanks. If you already know me, you know that I laugh easily, sometimes uncontrollably and occasionally at inopportune times. But always I’m ready. So bring it on! Share your favorites (keep it clean or it’ll never been seen!)