Wordless Wednesday - When your son becomes your fitness coach

 

YouTube: When your son becomes your fitness coach

I asked for support, I got a lecture

Wordless Wednesday - My Kids Have Declared War on My Sanity

 

YouTube Video: Crazy Kids - Finding Humor in Parenting

Saturday Satire - Genetics: A Comedy Series

 

My son took one comedy class with me…well two; Now he’s Mr. Funny Man every chance he gets. I make one slip of the tongue, verbal blunder, mental hiccup, and he leaps on the opportunity. His eyes bulge and he blares out, “What!?”

He used that one word as a declarative statement, a full sentence. My son fired off joke after joke after joke like fireworks on Independence Day. Let me tell you my story.

I was scheduled to perform comedy in a city two hours from home. My friend and her significant other, I’ll call him Joe went with me for support. Joe drove for us, as he has done several times.

Before I left home I was telling my son about the show, “Carla and Joe are going to the show with me tonight. I need to grab $20 to give Joe for gas.”

My son stopped what he was doing, glared me, and said, “WHAT?!”

“Ma, you’re going to give a grown man twenty dollars to drive you four hours to a sundown town, to listen to you talk about menopause? Twenty dollars will get him four gallons of gas. You’re hilarious.”

His rant continued, “You put Ms. Carla in a bad spot. Now she’s gonna have to rub his feet, scratch his back, cook dinner; All because he’s helping her friend. You think an Andrew Jackson goes a long way.”

I let him get all the words out of his head and into the atmosphere. “You offered me that same twenty dollars to cut the grass, paint the screen door, and repair a hole in the wall.”

When my son finally paused I said, “Well, that twenty dollars for you was just a love offering, you can complete the tasks for free. No need to worry, when I go to your house I will be sure to leave a trail of shoes, clothes, and dishes throughout each room.”

I chuckled. You would have thought we were in sone kind of roast battle. No winner was declared. I strolled off as I said, “And I WILL be giving Joe more than $20.”

Each day my son displays more evidence that he truly has my DNA. In addition to his sense of humor, he has my temperament, my allergies…and my Adam’s apple.

I must not leave out my other son; he’s the real DNA winner. He has my mustache…my chin hairs…and my chest hairs. Just kidding, he doesn’t have chest hairs.”

What is something funny that your child or someone else’s child has said to you?

Wordless Wednesday - Humor Happy Hour - Bottoms Up for Better Health

 

YouTube Video: Bottoms Up for Better Health

Wordless Wednesday - Teeth Gone Wild - A comedic point of view

 

YouTube Video: How strong are your teeth?

Wisdom Wednesday - The Writing Life - An interview with Angela Verges

Are you interested in writing a children's book? If your answer is yes, then go for it! I encourage you to become involved in your local Society of Children's Book Writer's & Illustrators (SCBWI) organization. The group is supportive offers writing conferences that will leave you inspired and motivated to chase your writing or illustrating dreams.

My picture book Abby and Zach Pray through the Alphabet was published several months ago. I am honored to have been interviewed by SCBWI-MI as their Author Spotlight. Click here to read the interview.

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." - Henry David Thoreau

Wordless Wednesday - Manopause - What does it look like?

 

Wordless Wednesday - Women in Comedy - Nikki Carr

 

YouTube Video Credit: Dry Bar

I Wish These Were Jokes - Nikki Carr

Wordless Wednesday - Still Celebrating Women's History Month - Comedian Anjelah Johnson

 

YouTube Video Credit: When You're Not the Young One Anymore - Anjelah Johnson-Reyes

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Wordless Wednesday - Women's History Month - Comedy with Leanne Morgan

Celebrate Women's History Month with me. Each week this month I'll feature a female comedian. Do you have a favorite? Stop by each week, perhaps you'll discover a new favorite. Since I'm starting this feature at the end of the month, I'll extend the support of female comedians into mid-April

YouTube Video Credit: Leanne Morgan Comedy

Fun Friday - An Aging Metabolism

 

YouTube Video: What happens when you feel you have an aging metabolism?

If you like humor and comedy, come out to a show and laugh out load. 

Fun Friday - Humor Happy Hour - The Vacation

 

Has anything interesting happened on one of your vacations?

Humor Happy Hour - The Vacation

Wordless Wednesday - Humor Happy Hour - The Peanuts

 

Humor Happy Hour - The Peanuts

Wordless Wednesday - Holiday Humor

 

YouTube Video: Humor Happy Hour - White Christmas

YouTube Video: Humor Happy Hour - A DIY Christmas

Happy Holidays to you and your family! Make time for humor during your Holiday season.

Wordless Wednesday - Hump Day Humor

 

YouTube Video Credit: Dry Bar Comedy

Kenny Mock Full Special - I am 1 of 11 Children...My Family is Insane

Monday Musings – When Laughter is Your Go To Self-Care

 

Have you ever heard the statement, “You can’t pour from an empty cup?” What is your understanding of that statement? For me it means that you take care of yourself before you can help others (I read that somewhere). After you read this post, I want you to leap into action and do something for yourself, and don’t talk yourself out of it.

This week I’m pouring back into my cup through comedy. The root of my passion for comedy is three-fold:

1.      I like to write, and I like humor.

2.      Hearing laughter during a comedy performance is exhilarating.

3.     There is joy in knowing others are having a good time engaging in laughter and taking a break from life’s daily stressors.

As I write this blog post, I am preparing for upcoming shows this week. Every comedian prepares their set differently. My process begins with collecting ideas. When I observe something that I find funny, I write it down or snap a picture. It could be a phrase I overhear, or a sign posted somewhere that makes no sense.

One day my son and I were in different areas of the house, I yelled for him to do something for me. The thing is I called him by his brother’s name instead of his name. He then says, “Do I need to wear a name tag?”

I rolled my eyes and said, “that’s why you end up in my comedy sets.”

I mentioned in a previous post that my son and I were taking a comedy class together. Well, that class has ended and it’s time for our class showcase. If you’re in the area, stop by and catch a few laughs. I’ll share a snippet of what I plan to talk about.

The premise (main topic) of my set is homeownership, more specifically, the frustrating things that happen related to a homeowner’s association. This is new material, so I’ll test it out at an open mic tonight before I perform at the class showcase.

This is the first set in a while that I haven’t included some antic about my son. I can’t say the same about him. He talks a little about homeownership too, but I’m the punchline to his joke.

My son hasn’t said that he plans to become a comedian, but he’s had fun testing out his comedic side on stage. I, on the other hand, plan to continue to spread the joy of laughter and uncover humor in everyday situations.

Laughter is at the top of my list for things to include in my self-care. Refuel, reenergize and refill your cup. You can’t pour from an empty cup. Take care of you.

Laugh long, laugh hard, and laugh often.

 

 

 

Wordless Wednesday - Funny Church Jokes

 

YouTube Video Credit: The Funniest Church Jokes - Dry Bar Comedy

Wordless Wednesday - Hump Day Humor - Having Kids After 50

 

YouTube Video Credit: Dry Bar Comedy

My Daughter Protects Me From The Internet - Jamie Kaler Stand Up Comedy

Monday Musings – The Joke Thief – A Comedic Lesson

 

Comedy 101 Class - Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle

As an active child playing freeze tag on the school playground, I heard my fair share of name calling. If someone was accused of cheating, the other child let the insults fly, but they didn’t fight (on most occasions).

I remember on child chanting, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” I was that child; I didn’t like to fight. My grandmother taught me that chant. It was corny but clever.

Fast forward to modern day me. I’ve been called many names, some good, bad, funny. Well, I can now add joke thief to arsenal of glossy language. Can you guess who called me that? It was my son, the one who is taking a comedy class with me.

The joke he claimed I stole was related to a statement he said to me in a random conversation at home. It was about the comforts of his house versus my house. We both laughed and I said, “I gotta use that for my Humor Happy hour video.” My guess is that he didn’t hear that part of the statement.

My son told me he was telling a friend one of the jokes he was developing for our comedy class. The friend said, “I think I heard that before.”

He said, “How could you have heard it, I haven’t said it in public yet.” 

“On your mom’s TikTok.” The friend pulled out their phone and clicked on TikTok; And there it was. 

My response to the joke thief accusation was, “you did not say you were going to use that as a joke. It was a random funny observation.”

Like kids on a playground, we had a (friendly) banter going back and forth.

“Ma, can you please wait until I at least say my jokes on stage before you repeat them?”

I made an agreement with my son that I wouldn’t share any of his jokes…in public. I might tell my mom…or my brother, but not the “public.”

I reminded my son that many of my jokes come from observational humor; things that I see happen around me and to me. As he now knows well, things he and his brother say aloud, become fodder for comedy.

I read my son my Miranda rights of comedy:

“You have the right to remain silent in my presence; anything you say, can and will appear in my comedy.”

What situation has brought a little humor to your life recently?

 

 

 

Wordless Wednesday - Comedy - You Know Your're Old If...

Take a laughter break and watch a little comedy. 

YouTube Video Credit: Dry Bar Comedy

You're Old if You Sound Like This - Ross Bennet