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| Julie's All-Time Favorite Late-Note Thoughts 1996
Quote of the day (17-month-old Bradley, standing at the pantry door, in a soft, sweet voice): "Koo koo? . . . Peas?" Translation: "Cookie, please?" March 6, 1996
Sticker seen posted prominently on a trash can today: "The New York Times Sold Here" March 27, 1996
Quote of the day (a weather guy, on the possibility of record-breaking snowfall for the season at Newark Airport): "We just don't know yet. It's still up in the air." March 29, 1996
Sticker seen peeling and tattered on a New York Times 11th floor bathroom wall: "IMPEACH NIXON." April 17, 1996
Thought for the day: If I drop a raisin on the floor, look down to see where it fell, but wait 15 minutes to pick it up, should I be alarmed when it's no longer there? May 11, 1996
Quote of the day: 19-month-old Bradley saw a dead bug. He lay down beside it and said, "sleep." May 22, 1996
Quote of the day: 19-month-old Bradley saw a parked car with a cover on it. "Car ba-ba," he said (ba-ba means blanket), and then, "car sleep?" May 23, 1996
Thought for the day: My dog has no concept of personal space. July 5, 1996
Quote of the day: I was teaching 2-year-old Bradley about money, and wasn't really thinking about the choking hazard of small coins. I looked away for a split second. Whipping around, I noticed I was missing a quarter and suspected he had put it in his mouth. "BRADLEY!" I shouted, "WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR MOUTH???" Opening his hand to show me the quarter, he shouted back, "TEETH!" September 4, 1996
Quote of the day: Stuck in traffic, 2-year-old Bradley was anxious to get home. "GO!" he yelled, telling my husband, Mike, to get a move on. Mike tried to explain about how you can't just "go" when there are cars sitting in front of you. Bradley's reply: "Do beep-beep, daddy!" October 5, 1996
Quote of the day: At the dinner table, Bradley looked adoringly at his father and in the sweetest little voice said, "I love you, daddy." Then he looked at me and sweetly said, "I love you, mommy." Then he looked at the light above the table and, again, sweetly, said, "I love you, light." October 9, 1996
Quote of the day: We had a termite inspection done on our new house to make sure no wood-destroying insects want to live there as much as we do. Of course, we have filled 2-year-old Bradley in on every detail of the house-buying process. But since he ordered a "wood milkshake, no termites" in a diner the other day, I'm thinking maybe he doesn't need to know so much. October 16, 1996
Thought for the day: HOW TO CONFUSE THE PIZZA GUY: Ask what topping goes best with a well-aged Chardonnay. October 25, 1996
Thought for the day: It shocks me to know that my dog, who will eat ANYTHING, including grapefruit and lettuce, won't eat Smarties. November 20, 1996
Quote of the day: Usually when I drive up to the valet parking garage next door to my office, the attendant says with a spanish accent, "What time?" (He wants to know what time I'll be leaving so he knows it's ok to park my car behind 25 other cars.) But today when I drove up, he said, "¿Como esta?" Without thinking, I replied, "Midnight." December 11, 1996
Quote of the day: "You hide it well." (A colleague, upon learning I was born and raised in South Carolina.) December 13, 1996
Thought for the day: Conversations with potatoes should always be conducted in private. December 19, 1996
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