Potter's Army

My boys, being boys, have lots of guns and LOTS of army guys and the stuff that goes with them. We even had one boy that came to our house that couldn't even remember Sean's name, but wanted to know if he could play with "the boy with the guns".

The other day one of Sean's friends and his brothers came by and wanted to know if Sean could come out to play; could they play with the army guys? I had to take some pictures of their setup to share. This is only a small portion of the army stuff we have, notice the plastic box labeled "Potter's Army"-we actually have a second larger box labeled "Potter's Army II". Even though I get very unhappy if I step on one of the little guys, I like seeing the kids playing outside using their imagination.

Wish I was this quick

THE HAIRCUT

A young boy had just received his driver's permit and asked his
father if they could discuss his use of the car. His father said he'd
make a deal with his son. 'You bring your grades up from a C to a B
Average, study your Bible a little, get your hair cut and we'll talk
about the car.'

The boy thought about that for a moment, decided he'd settle for the
offer and they agreed on it. After about six weeks his father said,
'Son, I've been real proud. You brought your grades up and I've
observed that you have been studying your Bible, but I'm real
disappointed you didn't get your hair cut.'

The young man paused a moment then said, 'You know, Dad, I've been
thinking about that, and I've noticed in my studies of the Bible that
Samson had long hair, John the Baptist had long hair, Moses had long
hair and there's even a strong argument that Jesus had long hair.'

To this his father replied, 'Did you also notice that they all walked
everywhere they went?'

Jokes that can be told in Church

At Sunday School they were teaching how God created everything,
including human beings. Little Johnny seemed especially intent when
they told him how Eve was created out of one of Adam's ribs.
Later in the week his mother noticed him lying down as though he
were ill, and she said, 'Johnny, what is the matter?' Little Johnny
responded, 'I have pain in my side. I think I'm going to have a wife.'

How to eat M & M's

My youngest brother works for the same company I do, one day (yep we work hard) he put this together in an effort to understand my
M & M eating habits:

HOW TO EAT M & M’S
According to Julie Potter

1) Open package and pour into a bowl
2) When ready to eat, grab a handful and place on clean surface
3) Separate M & M’s by color
4) Separate into groups of two
5) If there’s an odd number left over, eat each “extra” one individually
6) If the M & M’s vary in size, eat the smaller “babies” first
7) If there’s only one “baby” hold it off until the end, or until you stop feeling sorry for it
8) Now eat the remaining “full grown” M & M’s by two, saving your favorite color until last

When ready for more, repeat steps 3 - 8

I had to clarify...

A clean surface is optional.
You can mix the “extras” or “odd ones.”
If there is only one baby, you can’t eat it; you have to wait for more.

Six Quirks

I'm not nearly as entertaining as Becky, but here goes.


1: At work everything has a place and it needs to stay in that place. One of my co-workers once joked if they borrowed my stapler they needed to draw a chalk line around where it was because I would notice if it wasn't put back in the same place. I also need the paper piles straight, my co-workers will make them all messy just to make me nuts. What's extra odd about this is if you have ever been to my house you know it's a mess, but don't let it happen at work!

2: You know those little tiny box tops for education squares you get off things like pop secret popcorn? I send those in for Ian's middle school, the instructions say you don't have to trim them, I have to trim them. I just can't bring myself to send them in any other way. This takes a lot of extra time, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

3: Chair spinning. I like to spin in my chair, and for the record if anyone tells you that spinning one way and then back the other will stop you from getting dizzy, they lie!

4: When packing a stuffed animal in a backpack, I have to leave the head out. What if Toy Story is true? They need to breath!





5: I had mentioned in a previous post I really like plain M & M's, but I have to eat them a certain way. First I have to dump them all out, then put all like colors together. They need to be in even number piles; two blue, two red, etc. If I have an odd number, say five green, I have to eat the odd one to even it up. The really goofy thing is the number of individual colors don't have to be the same. I can have four yellow, six orange, two red, just as long as the number is even.

6: I don't like stepping on the yellow lines in the parking lot, I step in between them. I also try to avoid cracks, but sometimes that's just plain impossible!

Could you pass the latest citizenship test?

I got 55%.

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