a lil' bit of me

I like words. I like using new to me words. If I hear a new one I haven't heard before, I often try and find out how to use it in a sentence.

Fern has issues with this. He is ALWAYS saying "that doesn't even make sense, what are you trying to say?"

Or he says "just use regular words..."

Or "what does that even mean???"

I love it. In fact, I have been complimented, one time by a dear friend, who said "wow, you have such a vocabulary"

An example of a typical conversation I have with Fern, but was with sister #1
goes like this:

we had just woken up, at the hotel on the weekend for the conference, and we are both tired, as it was a late night (she is SUCH a talker JK) and a very early morning. As I stretch out, I say "man... I slept like a ton of bricks".
Jenn says "what does that mean? That you slept good or bad?"
I didn't even know what I had meant to say, I was eager to coin a phrase I guess.

Last night, Fern and I were talking in bed, and I said, "I am so happy that I haven't lost my INITIATIVE with exercise."
He says "try again"
I say "my AMBITION with exercise"
He says "why not just say 'I haven't tired from it yet"

Probably 75% of our conversations are like this. That and he ALWAYS has to give me advice, which most the time is not wanted. Some examples:

I ran into timmies the other day, while he waited in the van. There was a lady outside asking for money. I told her if she followed me in, I would buy her a coffee, or something to eat. She declines my offer, saying she just was in there and had a coffee. So on my way back to the van, I now had change, and so gave it to her. It was like .90c. Well he gives me this big talk about how my 90 cents just supported whatever habit she had. ARGH!

Or while driving, he'll say "speed up, this guys on your butt," or "your all over the road" or "when you start the van, does the cell just magically appear on your ear?"

A couple nights ago, we were sharing nachos, with melted cheese, and he says "you wanna try and eat them from the outside in..." ACK! Let me eat them the way I want to! So what if I look for the ones plastered with cheese!!!

I love my hubby so very much, but boy can he drive me crazy!!