the things we ball family people come up with

once again, we have managed to turn an ordinary saying into something hilariously funny. as we're eating dinner the night before thanksgiving, aimee brings up the point of the saying "the new black". after we have a good laugh, she tells us to go around the house saying that tomorrow. so the following day all we said really was "turkey is the new black. pie is the new black. t. stewart on a popsicle stick is the new black."
later that evening (thanksgiving) as we sat around the fire before dinner, aimee notices its beginning to die. sarah and i had been the ones basically keeping the fire going all day, so as aim went to poke it and add more wood and newspaper, sarah and i asked her cautiously whether or not it was a good idea for her to be re-building the fire, when she hadn't had any experience. her reply was "shut up! i fried a turkey!" from then on her reply to any and all was "look, i fired a turkey! i can do anything now!"
last night, we all gathered into the office room to watch areva's add compaigne vidoe that was on krissy's blog. dude, that thing is hilarious. whoever thought that nuclear energy could be so......captivating? or as krissy put it, "mesmerizing."