Really Funny Stuff

For the Love of Laughter

April 17, 2013

I love to laugh. I love to hear other people laughing. And I’m pretty sure it runs in the family. This is my Uncle Calvin. Some of us say he resembles a garden gnome. So, for the love of laughter, he posed for this picture. I’m pretty sure that makes him the most awesome uncle [...]

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How to Talk Like a Texan

January 21, 2013

Pecan = “Puh – CAWN”. Anyone who says “PEE – can” is clearly not from Texas. Grandma = “Gram – MAW”, not “GRAM – muh” Grandfather = “PAW – Paw” Almost to the point of = “Fixin’ to” Everyone here = “All y’all” Get = “git” Pen = “pin” Shopping cart = “buggy” Lots of [...]

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Hilarity – It’s All in How You Slice It

January 5, 2013

If you know me, you know I love to laugh. My family jokes that I will laugh at anything, and my friend Angie, from Many Little Blessings,  has taken up the challenge and proven this by leaving me in tears with just one word. What? I enjoy laughing. Is that so wrong? That’s why several [...]

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And Then She Asked For a Donkey for Christmas

January 3, 2013

Do you ever feel like you are living in The Truman Show? Like in order for your life to be this wacky, surely to goodness someone is filming it for the entertainment of others? Yesterday during breakfast, I heard screams from three little girls, “MOMMY! There are donkeys on our front porch!” These are our [...]

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In Case You Think I Exaggerate the Crazy

December 19, 2012

Earlier this week, I posted the following status on my Smockity Facebook page: You know you live in Wacky Land when you overhear the following: 16yo: “Why is Katherine carrying around a live hamster on a plate?” Everyone else: Disregards and continues dancing to Christmas music. It actually crossed my mind that someone might think [...]

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When Life Bites

November 13, 2012

Last year one of our laying hens was attacked by an unidentified animal that tore up her… uh… laying parts. I figured we would have to put her out of her misery, since she was a bloody, mangled mess, but my compassionate animal lover nursed her back to health, placing her in a protected cage [...]

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My Creativity Energy

October 28, 2012

You may have noticed a distinct lack of recipes or DIY projects here at Smockity Frocks recently. That is because there is a limit to my genius, people! I have been spending my time and brain cells picking out paint colors, door knobs, and light fixtures for our new bedrooms and dressing kids as Biblical [...]

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Interesting Links

August 21, 2012

My teens and I got a few laughs as we all sat around reading aloud these bad opinions from Bad Opinion Generator I’m sure you’ve heard the one about how God himself couldn’t sink “this ship”. And then the Titanic sank in short order. The ones I found most interesting were from “experts” who proclaimed [...]

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The Forgotten Unicycle

August 13, 2012

*Warning: This is a collection of random bits of life happening at our house. No lessons or pieces of wisdom are contained therein. I’ve decided to embrace the photo bombing obsession my kids have. Our dairy goats are blind. We hope it’s a temporary condition. It seems that goat pink eye is very common (Who [...]

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Pickles, the Fire Cat

March 20, 2012

When my husband is working out of town, as he has been a lot recently, he likes to check in on the ol’ blog to find out what’s been going on with the kids. So, when I talked to him last night, he said, “WHY aren’t you posting anything about the family on your blog?!” [...]

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