OK, I wasn't really dragged, it was my idea, lemme explain.... Sometime in March, my brother Jariah called and said we should all move to Columbus(2 hours away) so the guys could get better jobs. I said that's a great idea, but lets go to Tucson(36 hours away) instead!! (Zion's been wanting to for years.) Everything worked out really fast, so two months later, we were on our way!
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
It only took us one try to get this song just right for you, are we a talented quartet or what?! Hope you have a great day, mom, we love you. =)
You know Jehshanah, I still want to buy a rental property in Tucson, but nothing I have seen and heard gives me the least bit of confidence that you are committed to staying in Tucson for the long haul.
Any two women who leave their husbands and Arizona to go to the frozen wasteland for 5 weeks during the winter need to have their heads examined.
You're lucky you aren't married to me, because you wouldn't be going anywhere, except to the unemployment office to look for work.
Are you staying in John's Apartment?
Anyway, the only legitimate reason I can see for going to Ohio would be to sell lots of toys so that I can see a return on my investment.
Well, Israel, I guess you would have to say that everybody that lives up north has to have their heads examined.
Believe it or not, some people love winter and snow, for them the ups outweight the downs of cold weather. I happen to be one of them. I will be glad to go see my parents for a while in the winter and play in the snow with my little boy, it should be a blast! And Christmas with the Holsapples is always a lot of fun...
Becca, Thanks, Honey. I can't wait to see you and our big boy!
Israel, She will be helping me sell tons of toys. She is one of the best I've ever had and I NEED her help. Also, Becca's family is clear in Canada and NEVER get to see her or Brandon. Whew! I'm glad they are neither one married to you, too. I am however, very glad that you, too, are in the family. :) You will see a good return on your investment. I am trying VERY hard to make this business very sucessful. I couldn't be trying any harder. Thanks for the birthday greetings, I've had a wonderful birthday so far.
Sherry LaFontaine gave me a gift card to Lowe's, another employee brought me a card and muffins. Janessa and the little miss Zvxes made me birthday cards as did all of Janessa's class and Jess' entire first grade class. It was great! Then Gary came up to take me out for lunch and suddenly we were told we could go ahead and begin priming our store! We didn't expect to be able to get in there before Friday. It's great! It is now primed in perriwinkle. I am so excited, we will be putting in cabinets that we have been painting for 6 weeks over the next couple days. It is finally starting to come together and I expect it to knock everyone's socks off! I sure hope so.
When we got married my husband knew that I was going to go visit my family as often as I could. He is going to miss me and I will miss him too, but when you live far from your family that's the way things go...
Don't worry the guys won't starve we are making sure the freezer is full of home cooked meals for the whole time we will be gone.
And by the way we will only go 3 weeks without seeing them and they will be there for a few days. We talk on the phone everyday while I am gone and so did Zion and Shan last time.
Your wife doesn't sound like she has much freedom without being threatened by divorce...
LOL! Jeshanah What's up with you guys? You never take everything so seriously except, it seems, when it comes to Israel. Remember when he said if you were laughing, he was joking, if you were getting mad, he was joking, if you were confused, he was joking...? Lighten up. He is playin around. We ALL are. You aren't like that with ANYONE else. I think maybe you do need emoticons.
Well, to be honest, I did think that it was pretty rude to say Happy B-day Sharla... Jeshanah you are stupid and lazy...now give me my money, but maybe that's just me.
And while I tend not to take things that seriously, that's only true unless I feel that I or any member of my family is being attacked or put down. If I feel that way, I do tend to lash out.
John says, "Shan overeacting to something? Wonder where she gets that from?" Lol. John also says when Israel says something you need to picture him (John) saying it. Dad and John say you are intimidated by Israel, probably because of all the hype we all heard from Zion for months before we ever met Israel.
He doesn't think you are stupid or lazy. It was nice of him to wish me a happy birthday. It was very helpful of him to invest in my business when I really needed it and I would want to see a return on a business investment too. Anyone would. He will. He has been great about it, honey. I don't need defended. :)
Remember me telling Jeshanah to get a job? Well she did and I hope it cheers her up.
(Bad lawyering cuz I never did specify it had to be in Tucson.)
If you think I'm intimidating online, you should see me in person. I've had clients tell my partner they are scared of me but they're glad I'm on their side.
Lol Did you guys hear that in order to get my new checks I had to go to the post office and add my name to John's apt. and then the mailman changes the mailbox and puts Holsapple ON TOP of Hullinger and then the new landlady comes along and finally decides it's time to put the names on the outside of the buiiding on the intercom and puts just "Holsopple" which of course is spelled wrong as well as not mentioning Hullinger whose apt it really is. John is thrilled.
Haha, dont you all love family *grin* Shan...about the comment you posted on my site...if they want to look dainty, well, thats pretty much what sidelines were invented for... By the way guys, the song was gorgeous, simply splendid... P.S. I tried to put "grin" in angle brackets, but blogger, for some odd reason, thought I was trying to hack your site using HTML tags, and rejected my message...
To paraphrase Lady Catherine DeBourgh, "There are few people in America, I suppose who have more true enjoyment of cooking than she, or a better taste, and if she had ever learned, she should be a true proficient."
Or something like that.
And, Mom is mostly Irish, Dad is mostly German... I think.
It was a little underdone. I had to nuke it a couple more minutes so the center would soften up. (Although it's pretty difficult to mess up a baked tater.
An Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman are sitting at a bar enjoyin' a pint.
The Englishman looks down in his pint and discovers a fly. He summons the bartender and says, "Excuse good fellow, there seems to be a fly in my pint. Could you kindly fetch me another?"
The Scotsman looks down in his pint and discovers a fly as well. He scratches his head, reaches down into the pint, removes the fly, and takes a drink.
The Irishman also looks down in his pint and discovers a fly. He reaches down into the pint, grabs the fly, and starts shaking it violently, shouting, "Spit it out ya dirty *$^%&*#!! Spit it out!"
John and I were just laughing about all of the funny things that were on this blog. We decided the best comment of the week has to go to Zion when he said he was getting tired of dealing with the repercussions of Israel's statements. We were cracking up at the time and again just thinking about it. John said he could just see Zion rolling his eyes. This blog is great. It really does help us to feel like we are all still together. We love you guys.
We would have cleaned it up, but it was so disgustingly mushy and messy and stinky that there was no way we could have done a decent job without a mop, bucket, brushes and a bunch of towels. It was gross!
I will try to think of something else to embarrass you.
That is why whatever adult was with you should have told the waitress what happened and asked for "a mop, bucket, brushes and a bunch of towels", instead of leaving it for the poor waitress to find and deal with. To borrow a line from your son, that was unacceptable!!
By the way, we've heard about the fainting of Josh on his wedding day a million times, so that one's old news. We've also heard about Zion chasing the ice-cream truck, Zion being hosed down by one or more of his big brothers, and a few others that I can't think of right now...
54 comments:
Well, I don't know about Mom, but that got me all misty...
LOL! I LOVE YOU GUYS! That was beautiful! Actually, you just MADE my day! Thanks!
I know the song already said it but... Happy Birthday Sharla! !
Happy B-Day Sister Sharla!
You know Jehshanah, I still want to buy a rental property in Tucson, but nothing I have seen and heard gives me the least bit of confidence that you are committed to staying in Tucson for the long haul.
Any two women who leave their husbands and Arizona to go to the frozen wasteland for 5 weeks during the winter need to have their heads examined.
You're lucky you aren't married to me, because you wouldn't be going anywhere, except to the unemployment office to look for work.
Are you staying in John's Apartment?
Anyway, the only legitimate reason I can see for going to Ohio would be to sell lots of toys so that I can see a return on my investment.
But that's just me and I'm a mean dude...
Well, Israel, I guess you would have to say that everybody that lives up north has to have their heads examined.
Believe it or not, some people love winter and snow, for them the ups outweight the downs of cold weather. I happen to be one of them. I will be glad to go see my parents for a while in the winter and play in the snow with my little boy, it should be a blast! And Christmas with the Holsapples is always a lot of fun...
So you like the extreme cold, huh? Didn't anyone tell you that Tucson is nice and balmy during the winter?
Just wear a t-shirt and a light skirt go to Costco and sit in their walk-in freezer all day with the other fruits and vegetables.
Jeshanah, you know that Zion will be eating at McDonalds for breakfast lunch and dinner while you're gone.
When you come back he'll be depressed, arterially clogged and even fatter than he is now.
That's why my wife doesn't go anywhere without me for more than a day. I'd be dead within three weeks.
I just think that if your wife leaves you twice (for more than a week) within a six month period, you should be able to go look for another one.
Becca,
Thanks, Honey. I can't wait to see you and our big boy!
Israel,
She will be helping me sell tons of toys. She is one of the best I've ever had and I NEED her help. Also, Becca's family is clear in Canada and NEVER get to see her or Brandon. Whew! I'm glad they are neither one married to you, too. I am however, very glad that you, too, are in the family. :) You will see a good return on your investment. I am trying VERY hard to make this business very sucessful. I couldn't be trying any harder. Thanks for the birthday greetings, I've had a wonderful birthday so far.
Sherry LaFontaine gave me a gift card to Lowe's, another employee brought me a card and muffins. Janessa and the little miss Zvxes made me birthday cards as did all of Janessa's class and Jess' entire first grade class. It was great! Then Gary came up to take me out for lunch and suddenly we were told we could go ahead and begin priming our store! We didn't expect to be able to get in there before Friday. It's great! It is now primed in perriwinkle. I am so excited, we will be putting in cabinets that we have been painting for 6 weeks over the next couple days. It is finally starting to come together and I expect it to knock everyone's socks off! I sure hope so.
Wow...what love! I'm impressed!
When we got married my husband knew that I was going to go visit my family as often as I could. He is going to miss me and I will miss him too, but when you live far from your family that's the way things go...
Don't worry the guys won't starve we are making sure the freezer is full of home cooked meals for the whole time we will be gone.
And by the way we will only go 3 weeks without seeing them and they will be there for a few days. We talk on the phone everyday while I am gone and so did Zion and Shan last time.
Your wife doesn't sound like she has much freedom without being threatened by divorce...
Sharla that sounds great!! I thought you were closing one store and opening the other, but IO guess you've got two now. I'm glad Jeshanah is helping.
What you guys need is little emoticons on the site so that I could put up a little guy laughing or winking his eye after a joke.
No, I am not advocating divorce!!!
I just want to make sure that my little brother is taken care of and that he doesn't have to resort to eating mustard sandwiches.
Why?
Because I care, even though some people have accused me of the opposite.
HAHAHAHA (That's a joke! Or is it?)
HAHAHAHA see I made another funny.
Seriously!!
You guys need emoticons.
I cannot be held responsible for hurt feelings caused by a lack of emoticons or a sufficiently technologically advanced site.
HAHHAHA (now I'm mad and just being sarcastic. Or am I?)
HAHAHA!!
You'll never know...
HAHAHA is that an evil laugh or a funny one, or a sad sort of resigned one??!!
HEEHEHEHEHEEE!!
And what does that mean? Is it different from HAHAHHA or the same?
Well...Jariah laughed but was he being sarcastic or was he honestly amused by your comments!?...HAHAHA
LOL!
Jeshanah
What's up with you guys? You never take everything so seriously except, it seems, when it comes to Israel. Remember when he said if you were laughing, he was joking, if you were getting mad, he was joking, if you were confused, he was joking...?
Lighten up. He is playin around. We ALL are. You aren't like that with ANYONE else. I think maybe you do need emoticons.
:o) :oD :o( :oP :o/
Here these are easy to do...
What did I say? This is my first comment on this post since saying(and singing) Happy Birthday to you.
Nothing, it just sounded like Zion was thinking you were taking Israel's comments very seriously. Maybe not.
Well, to be honest, I did think that it was pretty rude to say Happy B-day Sharla... Jeshanah you are stupid and lazy...now give me my money, but maybe that's just me.
And while I tend not to take things that seriously, that's only true unless I feel that I or any member of my family is being attacked or put down. If I feel that way, I do tend to lash out.
John says, "Shan overeacting to something? Wonder where she gets that from?" Lol. John also says when Israel says something you need to picture him (John) saying it. Dad and John say you are intimidated by Israel, probably because of all the hype we all heard from Zion for months before we ever met Israel.
He doesn't think you are stupid or lazy. It was nice of him to wish me a happy birthday. It was very helpful of him to invest in my business when I really needed it and I would want to see a return on a business investment too. Anyone would. He will. He has been great about it, honey. I don't need defended. :)
Sharla,
Remember me telling Jeshanah to get a job? Well she did and I hope it cheers her up.
(Bad lawyering cuz I never did specify it had to be in Tucson.)
If you think I'm intimidating online, you should see me in person. I've had clients tell my partner they are scared of me but they're glad I'm on their side.
Well Jehsanah, I'm on your side too...
I want you to be happy and Zion to be happy and for you guys to have dozens of happy rug rats in Tucson Ohio or wherever...
rug rats... Are those anything like cockroaches?
;-) <--- winking emoticon
BTW- Becca's emoticons have HUGE noses!
BTW Part II- Yes, you read that right when Mom said "Dad and John." It's Three's Company here at the Holsopple Homestead tonight.
:cries:
Lol
Did you guys hear that in order to get my new checks I had to go to the post office and add my name to John's apt. and then the mailman changes the mailbox and puts Holsapple ON TOP of Hullinger and then the new landlady comes along and finally decides it's time to put the names on the outside of the buiiding on the intercom and puts just "Holsopple" which of course is spelled wrong as well as not mentioning Hullinger whose apt it really is. John is thrilled.
He should just change his name to Holsopple since he is a sensitive man of the 2000's and all...
Mr. and Ms. John Holsopple.
That's hilarious!! :OD HAHAHA
LOL, I bet that does make John incredibly happy!!
He mumbled something about if things get any worse one of looking for another apartment or something like that, I couldn't quite understand him...
one of "us"
As long as Mr. and Mrs. Holsopple keep the conjugal visits to a minimum, I'm sure everything will be alright.
That and maybe you make him a sammich once in a while. And warm milk. And bring him his comfy slippers.
NOOOOOOO!!!! For the love of humanity, do NOT tell her to fix me any food! What is wrong with you? A man can only handle so much "Spanish" rice.
;-) <-- winking emoticon (that means I was teasing Mom, so Shan doesn't try to step in and defend her)
;-) <-- another winking emoticon (so Shan knows I was teasing her about stepping in to defend Mom)
How do German Mother-in-laws make Spanish rice?
Mit der blood of the enemies of der Fatherland!!
Icht bin ein hungry. Bitte, Bitte woman make me ein Sammich!!
Actually I don't know if Sharla is German. I'm just assuming since her Jung ones look like they come from fine Germanic stock.
I don't speak German, but I do know that the back of a package of Gummie Baren says Liebt by Jung and Alt.
All the German I know I learned from packets of Gummie Bears and Hogan's Heroes. Other than that "I know Nothing!! Yavoull, Herr Kommandant??!!"
That doesn't seem right.
Haha, dont you all love family *grin*
Shan...about the comment you posted on my site...if they want to look dainty, well, thats pretty much what sidelines were invented for...
By the way guys, the song was gorgeous, simply splendid...
P.S. I tried to put "grin" in angle brackets, but blogger, for some odd reason, thought I was trying to hack your site using HTML tags, and rejected my message...
To paraphrase Lady Catherine DeBourgh, "There are few people in America, I suppose who have more true enjoyment of cooking than she, or a better taste, and if she had ever learned, she should be a true proficient."
Or something like that.
And, Mom is mostly Irish, Dad is mostly German... I think.
That would explain the red hair.
I guess I better not make her mad or take away her Lucky Charms.
And I bet she makes a great baked Potato!
It's too early in the morn' to try to think of Irish jokes...
"And I bet she makes a great baked Potato!"
It was a little underdone. I had to nuke it a couple more minutes so the center would soften up. (Although it's pretty difficult to mess up a baked tater.
What's Irish and sits around on the porch all day doing nothing?
Patty O'Furniture
:rimshot:
William Wallace > Michael Collins
Sean Connery > Colin Farrell
St. Andrew > St. Patrick
An Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman are sitting at a bar enjoyin' a pint.
The Englishman looks down in his pint and discovers a fly. He summons the bartender and says, "Excuse good fellow, there seems to be a fly in my pint. Could you kindly fetch me another?"
The Scotsman looks down in his pint and discovers a fly as well. He scratches his head, reaches down into the pint, removes the fly, and takes a drink.
The Irishman also looks down in his pint and discovers a fly. He reaches down into the pint, grabs the fly, and starts shaking it violently, shouting, "Spit it out ya dirty *$^%&*#!! Spit it out!"
LOL, Josh.
Lol Josh. Hey, what am I gonna do? I need more time! Lol.
I loved the fly Joke!!
Is there a Scotch - Irish rivalry thing I don't know about?
I have heard comments about "Only mad dogs and Englishmen would do this or that," which I didn't really understand.
I don't know if there is a particularly heated Scotch/Irish rivalry or not. But I think I'm going to try to get one started, just in case.
John and I were just laughing about all of the funny things that were on this blog. We decided the best comment of the week has to go to Zion when he said he was getting tired of dealing with the repercussions of Israel's statements. We were cracking up at the time and again just thinking about it. John said he could just see Zion rolling his eyes. This blog is great. It really does help us to feel like we are all still together. We love you guys.
I know, Zion is sooooo mean!!
I'm the oldest, I'm supposed to be giving the smackdowns around here.
Did I ever tell you guys about the time Zion pooped himself at a restaurant and it rolled down his leg and went under the table?
We freaked out, put a napkin over it and left rather quickly.
Somebody got a pleasant surprise that day.
I hope we left a big tip!
A baby?
Weren't you 12 years old?
We would have cleaned it up, but it was so disgustingly mushy and messy and stinky that there was no way we could have done a decent job without a mop, bucket, brushes and a bunch of towels. It was gross!
I will try to think of something else to embarrass you.
If Josh doesn't straighten up and fly right I'll tell the story of how he fainted at his wedding!!
That one is hilarious!
That is why whatever adult was with you should have told the waitress what happened and asked for "a mop, bucket, brushes and a bunch of towels", instead of leaving it for the poor waitress to find and deal with. To borrow a line from your son, that was unacceptable!!
By the way, we've heard about the fainting of Josh on his wedding day a million times, so that one's old news. We've also heard about Zion chasing the ice-cream truck, Zion being hosed down by one or more of his big brothers, and a few others that I can't think of right now...
I think that was one of those Restaurants where you don't have to bus your own poop.
Yeah, but I bet you guys haven't heard about what I said to Josh when he was on the ground, what becca did and what Becca's dad said after that!
That's what makes it hilarious!
Tell me the other Zion stories you talked about...
Israel
I guess I know the hose one, but what Ice Cream truck?
Zion told us that one time when he was a very young boy, he chased an ice-cream truck down the road.
Naked.
I bet he'd do the same thing today if he was really craving a popsicle...
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