I finally got my September/October issue of Paula’s Home Cooking in the mail today. I’m not sure why Paula wasn’t on her A game and I’m just now receiving it, but I’m just glad it’s here because it is chock full of all kinds of things I’m going to cook in the next few weeks. She even has a recipe for popcorn balls which I’m just thrilled about because some of my favorite Halloween memories include eating the popcorn balls that my Nanny used to make. I guarantee Caroline and I will be making some in the next month.
Something on the cover of Paula’s magazine got me tickled. Here I’ll show you.
Do y’all see on the cover where it says “Bobby’s Hip New Home”? It just cracked me up. Can’t y’all hear her saying, “Bobby has just moved into a new home y’all, and it is SO HIP.” She might even describe it to some of her friends as chic (which I bet she would pronounce chick).
It made me laugh because it falls under things a Mama might say in all innocence while completely mortifying her child. I still laugh about a friend of mine who was moving into her dorm and her mom said something was AWESOME. She immediately snapped “Mom you do NOT say awesome.”
My mama has kept a note for years that my younger sister wrote when she was in junior high and Mom was supposed to pick her up from the movies. It said, and I quote “Mom, pick us up at 9:00. DON’T SAY ANYTHING. You can ask how the movie was but DON’T SAY ANYTHING else.” Looking back I can’t believe my mom didn’t tell her to call a cab. I’m not blaming my sister because I am fully aware that I was just as bad, if not worse. I just didn’t leave a paper trail of evidence to prove it.
I realize that my day is coming and in fact may already be here. Caroline is quick to tell me “Mama, you stop singing” or “Mama, don’t dance like that”. Apparently I can already be a huge embarrassment to the three year old set. It kind of makes me cringe when I think how bad it will be 10 years from now when we’re both at the height of crucial hormonal shifts.
I guess it’s too much to hope that she’ll always think I’m hip and chic.