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Last night, after Grizzled finished his vegetable-laden, heart-healthy dinner... I knew what was coming,
G: "Do we have anything fun to eat?? I want a candy bar!!!"
Me: "No... there are no candy bars, because you, for the 1000th time since I've known you, have asked that I not buy fun stuff, and that I try to jam even more plant-life into your meals... which, as you'll recall, I am fine with... but I am getting tired of then catching crap for not having anything fun in the house."
Fast forward to dance class time for YL...
G: "Will you please pick up some candy bars when you're taking YL to dance? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze?"
Me: "No... I look like hell, I'm covered with dust bunnies and paint... no, I'm not going to stop and buy candy bars. Besides, you said you're trying to eat less crap."
Fast forward to the drive to dance class:
YL: "Are you going to stop and get candy bars??"
Me: "No. But I think when I get back, I'll tell your father that I'll make him cookies if he picks you up and then does carpooling for EL."
YL: "That sounds like a bribe."
Me: "That's a negotiation. Marriage is full of them."
YL: "But it sounds more like a bribe..."
Me: "Bribes tend to be illegal. There's nothing illegal with me baking your father a few cookies... Now get out of the car. I'll see you in an hour."
YL: "Don't you mean Dad will see me in an hour? You'll be busy baking bribery cookies."
Me: "Get out."
In the Cookie Queen tradition, actually.
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | February 22, 2012 at 08:59 AM
I love the concept of a "bribery cookie".
Posted by: Mandos | February 22, 2012 at 09:02 AM
That kid is too darn smart! :)
So, did you bake him the cookies?
((Hugs))
Laura
Posted by: Laura | February 22, 2012 at 09:46 AM
Busted by Y.L.!
P.S. I'll comment more on your blog in exchange for not-bribery cookies.
~
Posted by: ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© | February 22, 2012 at 10:05 AM
ZRM- BG may have bribed to win her crown, but I did not! I won honestly!
Mandos- It has promise, doesn't it?
Laura- hell yes I did. I can bake a batch of cookies blindfolded, and with my hands tied behind my back. I get tired of carpooling... this seemed like a workable deal.
thunder- I'll bake you some cookies (bribery or not-bribery) anytime. Just don't be surprised if they have some heart-healthy lentils in them. :)
Posted by: Jennifer | February 22, 2012 at 10:17 AM
I thought Laura had staked out the Baking Cookies blog gig.
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | February 22, 2012 at 11:55 AM
Remind me to scratch baking from subject matter, cuz lord knows we can't be blogging about the same things!
I guess I can scratch pretty much every other topic as well.
It's been fun! :)
Posted by: Jennifer | February 22, 2012 at 12:00 PM
Yeah, I know you'll be bereft to not be able to Rush-blog or Mekons-blog.
SMILEY.
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | February 22, 2012 at 02:21 PM
I thought Brando owned those topics...
Posted by: Jennifer | February 22, 2012 at 02:27 PM
Me: "That's a negotiation. Marriage is full of them."
You should be commenting on the "Debt" symposium at Crooked Timber.
Posted by: herr doktor bimler | February 22, 2012 at 04:31 PM
Snaggery is contagious.
Posted by: Pinko Punko | February 23, 2012 at 11:04 AM
I know... it felt like a very Snag-esque moment when it was going down. And I could be wrong, but there was the faint aroma of bourbon and bacon in the car as I was driving.
Posted by: Jennifer | February 23, 2012 at 11:30 AM
At Riddled we will happily forfeit spider-blogging if you want to occupy that turf.
Posted by: herr doktor bimler | February 23, 2012 at 03:09 PM
The cookies were appreciated, but they were no Charleston Chew. YL is a business person at heart, and not to be trusted.
Posted by: Grizzled | March 07, 2012 at 05:14 PM
Get back to work, Grizzled.
FYI- there will be soup on the stove when you get home. I'll see you around 9:30ish... I keep hoping the wind will take out the power, but I don't think I'll be that lucky.
Posted by: Jennifer | March 07, 2012 at 05:20 PM
blog-based fridge-notes? you guys are on the crest of the wave of the future!
Posted by: almostinfamous | March 07, 2012 at 10:59 PM