mom

[kuhio98]

I am blessed to still have my Mom. And now that she's moved back to Alaska, I get to see her as often as I can.
Things that crack me up about my Mom? Well, MomCat likes to make up words. Especially when she's mad. She will combine parts of swear/cuss words and yell. Everyone ends up laughing (including her) because she just can't be taken seriously.
When Mom is ticked (I swear, it's not that often), she can't remember the names of her kids. So, she starts with my name (since I'm the oldest) then switches to the start of my sister's name and then the start of my brother's name and then back to my name because I'm the one she's mad at. I've been known as Li-Car-Don-Lisa! for most of my life. (My sister's name is Carmen and my brother's name is Don).
Mom likes to name THINGS. (She remembers their names). Like the trash compactor is named Beverly. Why, Beverly you ask? Well because there was a character on Star Trek the Next Generation named Beverly CRUSHER.
And Mom likes to make up words to songs. Remember that song that goes "There's a bad moon on the rise"? Well, Mom sings "There's a bathroom on the right." And, Mom likes to annoy people by being soooooooo cheerful when she wakes you up in the morning. Some of my favorites: "Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey" (i.e. Get up and eat your eggs and bacon) and her annoying song: "It's time to get up, everybody everybody. Everybody rise and shine."

I'm so lucky to have such a wonderful Mom. I need to tell her that more often!