“Mom, this granola bar has ‘nature’ in its name?”
“Yep, it does.”
“What part of nature is chocolate?”
“The good part.”
Lisa Rae Page Rosenberg is a survivor of 16 years in the television business. She worked, by turns, as a writer, director, producer, casting associate, and the gal who gets everybody’s Starbucks order. Later, she spent time as a counselor at an outpatient program for adorable teens with un-adorable psych and addiction issues. Working in the orbit of actors, rock stars, comedians, and teenagers prepared her for a current gig as the stay-at-home mother of a pre-schooler named Bob. Lisa writes a family humor blog called Smacksy and on occasion, enjoys talking about herself in the third person.

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“Mom, what time is it in England right now?”
“One in the morning.”
“That means in the middle of the night?”
“Yep.”
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“Mom, what time is it in England now?
“It’s four-o’clock in the afternoon.”
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“Mom, what time is it in England right now?”
“It’s ten-o’clock at night. It’s always about eight hours later there than it is here. Why do you keep asking, Bud?”
“For when Dad’s in England next month, I’m trying to figure out how he’s going to get to bed on time.”
“Hey, Mom!”
“Yeah?”
“Chicken butt!”
“I think you meant, ‘Guess what? Chicken butt’ But we don’t say ‘butt’ at our house.”
“Okay. Guess what?”
“What?”
“Chicken bottom!”
“Nice.”
“Mom? I have eleven-hundred and forty-six dollars in my Monopoly money for this game so far.”
“That’s good counting, Buddy.”
“I know. I’m practicing for college. That whole college thing is coming up sooner than you think, Mom.”
If you didn’t get to see this floating around the internet this week, you really must.
I love tiny house stories.
And this is a delightful bit of ennui.
Happy Sunday.
“I’ll be there in just a second, Bob. I really need to make a quick cup of coffee… Hey, where are all my coffee K-cups?”
“I hid them all over the house! Like an Easter egg hunt!”
“Oh… fun.”
“What’s happening, Bob?”
“I’m patrolling, Dad.”
“What are you patrolling, Buddy?’
“Everything. I’m a security guard, so I have to watch out for everything and protect all of you guys.”
“Awesome. What’s the best part of being a security guard?”
“Working from home.”