Merry Christmas from the Penner Family

Coke-the real thing

Sometimes.... Jeremy is actually as scary as he looks here. But that's probably just because he is my brother.

When I was a kid, I was too scared to tell him that I loved him, because I was sure he'd be disgusted (he was often disgusted if we tried to hug him, or mom tried to force him to hug us). I often told my sisters and my parents I loved them, but Jeremy was just too scary.

Unfortunately for me, the idea of someone or me dying before I told them I loved them was even scarier than the thought of rejection. As an 8 year old child I didn't really realize that sometimes people know you love them even if you haven't told them. Anyways, I often tried to work up the courage to say I love you, but it never seemed right... do I say I love you while we're playing nintendo, or watching tv together?

So one time, we were goofing off in the family room. Probably torchering the cat together, or wresting or he was giving me rides, I can't remember exactly except that we were doing something just the two of us besides playing nintendo or watching TV. It was quite the occasion. So at one point I just blurted out, "I love you" and then without waiting to see his reaction, I ran off and we never spoke of it.

That's a little bit what our relationship is like.

I love Mel. And Here's why:



Yesterday afternoon Mel and I were studying/working. I upstairs on the computer, she downstairs on the floor. Everyonce and awhile we would exchange frustrated noises, mostly with our lack of ability to get anything done. Frustrated noises turned into wierd noises, wierd noises turned into Mel becoming a siren.

After this video Mel answered the phone. It was Nathan. I thought she was off the phone with him, but she was just getting something, when I noticed she was not wearing pants.

I said, "Mel! you're not wearing pants, go put some pants on!" (it was about 4 in the afternoon and I had already told her to get out of her "barn" -huge fleece barn coloured night gown that about three penner girls can fit into (proven))

Turns out she was still on the phone with Nathan, and when she picked it up again he said "Mel! go put on some pants!"

After this, Mel and I made an oath to finish our work in the next 45 minutes without interruption. It worked

This... Is Tom.
Tom's being my newest picture display of favourtie people is inspired by the email he sent me today which used the word "umbrage" twice!














I have never heard of this word, nor had I an idea of what it meant, even in the context.


Tom, Mel (who was around when I got the email) and I have decided that your vocabulary is far too large for you to be a carpet man (or mat man).


ps. umbrage- to angrily take offense at. (again this email was about me putting my blog as private)

Hehe,

Sorry guys, my email was flooded with all sorts of wierd comments about me doing crazy stuff on the internet, such as setting the blog to private and then not inviting people. This was a mistake I assure you. Apparantely I thought it would be a good idea to restrict my blog to only the authors of this blog, ie. Me. So I would be the only one who could read it. mmmmyeah, I like privacy so much, I think I'll just stop communicating with everyone else in the world.

It has been promptly changed and will not happen again.