Whine-A-Thon!

All right, I now have seventy five KAJILLION adorable baby pictures of Madeleine and Meredith scanned onto my hard drive and (whimpers quietly) not even the SUBJECTS OF THE PICTURE want to look at them.

Me: Darling angels, come here and look at some pictures of you when you were babies!

Darling Angels: Do we haaaavvvee to?

As for the Digital Picture Frame Project (whimpers loudly) we went over there and the inlaws had the thing unplugged from the wall.

You know what they say about old dogs and new tricks. I imagined this conversation one day:

Christmas 2035

Mad & Mere: Go ahead Mom and Dad! Open the present!

Me: Just a minute kids, I need to kick start my hands with the Anti-Athritic Stimulator. (zap! tchwunk!) Ok, here we go! (unwraps gift, stares blankly) What on earth is it?

M&M: It's a ticket to Mars! See, you just press this button and you're instantly on Mars! You know how you always said you wanted to visit Mars!!

Roger (crabbily) I never said I wanted to visit Mars.

Me: Sweeties, we love it!!! (pokes crabby husband) DON'T WE HONEY? But...darlings...I don't know how the Anti-Gravity-A-Thon on the Mars trip will affect my hearing implant.

M&M: Mooommmmmm......(they exchange significant looks) You just can't teach those old dogs any new tricks, can you?

Me: Excuse me?

M&M: Nothing!

Me: This hearing implant works pretty well, you know!

M&M: Fine! We'll just exchange it and get you...oh I don't know....how about one of those old fashioned COMPUTERS?

Me: (eagerly) You can still find some old ones on ebay, I think!

M&M: Whatever. See you later! (They press the zap and instantly are transported back to their second homes on the moon).

Roger: Brats. C'mere honey and give me a Anti-Athritic kick start so I can play with my 30 year old computer.

Ah yes, old fogies. God Bless 'Em.