Thursday, March 11, 2010

My mom is brilliant.


While I've been sitting on my ass, waiting for the Zoloft to kick in, I've been receiving certain e-mails.

From my mother.

Remember Krampus?

Yes. Everybody's favorite dancing frog family mascot is on the loose. See, whenever I leave my parents' house, I inevitably forget something. I think it's my mom's way of insuring that I will return. At Christmas? Well, I forgot Krampus.

I know. I feel horrible. I had a cold. He blended in with the Christmas decorations. I am a terrible parent. I have no excuse.

So, lately? Krampus has gotten sick of sitting on his ass, waiting for me to get off my ass and come get him.

I guess my parents' living room gets dull after a while. The frog is now on some sort of walkabout. And I am the lucky recipient of his vacation photos. This one makes me think of "Gonna fly now" from Rocky.

This one made me nervous.
And with good reason. This next photo accompanied an e-mail that simply said, "Ohhhhh ... shhhhiiiiii ... "
Any bets on where Krampus will end up next? I just hope he has the good sense not to end up in Vegas, married to a waitress.
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8 comments:

  1. hope505March 11, 2010 at 10:40 PM

    You have officially made my day. And it's after 9 p.m. *haha!* Now I can claim some worth to the day: I got to see Krampus.!!
    awesome.
    Somewhere between groundhog day and easter...yes, like the precursor to the easter bunny!
    *ha!*
    thanks, man.

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  2. melMarch 12, 2010 at 8:06 AM

    That there is good stuff...it made me laugh out loud and spit coffee on my desk. I think I love your mom.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 12, 2010 at 8:31 AM

    Krampus makes me smile too!
    That's a frog who definitely needs his own theme song.

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  4. CaronMarch 12, 2010 at 9:54 AM

    oh, post them all! those are great.

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  5. jeanMarch 12, 2010 at 12:50 PM

    This reminds me of the Flat Stanley project my son had to do in grammer school. We sent Flat Stanley to visit my Uncle in Vermont.

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  6. 8March 12, 2010 at 1:24 PM

    Ha ha ha ha!!!! I was roflmao when I read this! Love your mom! Such a great sense of humor!

    I am with cndymkr / jean about the Flat Stanley thing. My mom carted him around town for a couple of days and took pictures with him all over Salem, OR. Maybe if Krampus is famous enough there will be a book about him too.

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  7. slow panicMarch 12, 2010 at 3:18 PM

    what a very cool mom you have to do that. all i got out of my mom today was "does your husband suffer from sleep apnea?" totally out of the blue. kinda freaked me out.

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  8. SCREAMING FOR CHOCOLATEMarch 13, 2010 at 11:56 AM

    I love that. Your mom must be a hoot.

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