SEW MY NAME

This is my second quilt (in progress) for my son Zurikh. I love it as it is bright and cheerful and suitable for my fun-loving son. I have finished with the main pattern and will add sashing and borders before sewing it with backing and batting. Like my first quilt with BBC (WIP too), I will only do that after doing the third quilt for my youngest son so as to be able to use the materials effectively.

Last night I asked Zurikh what color border would he like for the quilt showing him my colorful collection. He said orange and I asked him why not green to which he replied that it didn’t really matter as he will use the quilt for sleeping only. I told him that I like to make a nice one so that he will think of me when going to sleep. He just gave me the ‘whatever look’ answer .

And I remembered reading a joke somewhere of this lady at check-out counters with very slow-moving queue to the point that she felt being ignored. She then lamented that if she wanted to be ignored she might as well stay at home and get ignored by her kids. Poor mom but I believe in most cases this is just a passing stage in bringing-up a teenager.

Just for a laugh and see if we can identify ourselves guilty of having said similar craps in times of exasperation.

Things My Mother Taught Me:

My mother taught me LOGIC.
“Because I said so, that’s why.”

My Mother taught me MEDICINE…
“If you don’t stop crossing your eyes, they’re going to freeze that way.” My Mother taught me TO THINK AHEAD…
“If you don’t pass your spelling test, you’ll never get a good job!”

My Mother taught me ESP…
“Put your sweater on; don’t you think that I know when you’re cold?”

My Mother taught me TO MEET A CHALLENGE…
“What were you thinking? Answer me when I talk to you…Don’t talk back to me!”

My Mother taught me HUMOR…
“When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don’t come running to me.”

My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT…
“If you don’t eat your vegetables, you’ll never grow up.

My mother taught me ABOUT SEX…
“How do you think you got here?”

My mother taught me about GENETICS…
“You are just like your father!”

My mother taught me about my ROOTS…
“Do you think you were born in a barn?”

My mother taught me about the WISDOM of AGE…
“When you get to be my age, you will understand.”

My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION…
“Just wait until your father gets home.”

My mother taught me about RECEIVING…
“You are going to get it when we get home.”

And, my all-time favorite - JUSTICE
“One day you’ll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like YOU…then you’ll see what it’s like.”

My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
“If you’re going to kill each other, do it outside - I just finished cleaning!”

My mother taught me RELIGION.
“You better pray that will come out of the carpet.”

My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
“If you don’t straighten up, I’m going to knock you into the middle of next week!”

My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
“Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you’re in an accident.”

My mother taught me IRONY.
“Keep laughing and I’ll *give* you something to cry about.”

My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
“Shut your mouth and eat your supper!”

My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.
“Will you *look* at the dirt on the back of your neck!”

My mother taught me about STAMINA.
“You’ll sit there ’til all that spinach is gone.”

My mother taught me about WEATHER.
“It looks as if a tornado swept through your room.

My mother taught me how to solve PHYSICS PROBLEMS.
“If I yelled because I saw a meteor coming toward you; would you listen then?”

My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
“If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a million times - Don’t exaggerate!!!”

My mother taught me THE CIRCLE OF LIFE.
“I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.”

My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
“Stop acting like your father!”

My mother taught me about ENVY.
“There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don’t have wonderful parents like you do!”