the world is your acorn

recent email exchange with mom:

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I am so happy not have to work any longer.. Please use my hotmail address from now on. I am struggleing to use my new HP laptop..
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ps. I will digitize our family photos …
I saw 6 turkeys in your backyard

My mom often sends me bizarre, hilarious, and/or infuriating emails. Occasionally I post them here. Well today Brittney twittered about this blog, which is a compilation of a bunch of MomMail. Fantastic.

From mom today in response to receiving our holiday card and a question about buying Frontline online:

next year, pls dress oliver in Chinese costume..that would be very interesting. but pls let him run when you take picture. I like to see him flying in the air when he runs

I saw the front line ad in TV..will let you know when I see it again..I will google it then I will remember the name.

this is the last thing she said:

what do you plan to do this weekend? plan to buy a car? I may get forester.

Should I be buying a car because she is? I’m confused.

I emailed my mom to let her know about the new dog this morning. I was a little nervous that she’d be critical of the decision to get a dog, saying that it’s too much work or too expensive or something. To my surprise, she seemed pleased. Here is what she said:

that is great! can I borrow him? where did you get him from? you need to learn grooming the dog. it is very expensive to have him groomed. does he cost you arm and leg?

Some thoughts:

• What is she going to do with him if she “borrows” him?
• How can she “borrow” him? She lives in Connecticut. I clearly don’t.
• Is “grooming the dog” some sort of line dance?
• The Little Red Haired Girl said that she could borrow him in exchange for her arm and leg.