Clumping action, ho!

Mom: You know, we didn't even have kitty litter, when you kids were little. We used shredded newspaper for our cats.

Me (not really listening): Mmmm.

Mom: So when kitty litter was invented—wait, not invented, that's the wrong word—when it was discovered—

Me (snapping to attention): Mom, kitty litter was invented. There was no discovery of kitty litter.

Mom: Right, of course. Right!

Me: I mean, I'm pretty sure prospectors never sifted any kitty litter from the California rivers.

Scott (from the other room): There's odor-control crystals in them there hills!

Mom: You're going to write about this, aren't you.

Me: It hadn't occurred to me. UNTIL NOW.

Comments

[Geo]

I wish I was sitting on my own fresh tray of kitty litter right now, since I'm about to pee my pants.

[HeyJoe]

Dearest Alice,

Don't mothers make the most wonderful blog fodder, EVER?

Dissingly,Joe

[Dawn]

Heh! Odour crystals in them thar hills. HA!

Luckily, no diet Coke was harmed in this reading of the blog post. Some orange juice very nearly got injured, though.

There are 3 cats in this household. Kitty Litter is no laughing matter. Oh no! No laughing about the kitty litter around these parts. A few desperate sobs from time to time maybe.

[Mauigirl]

This was hilarious, and so are the comments! It actually has sparked a thought which I may post about and of course give credit where credit is due!

[CJ]

You and Scott are hilarious! Thanks for the laugh!(Your mom sounds fun, too!)

[CJ]

You and Scott are hilarious! Thanks for the laugh!(Your mom sounds fun, too!)

[Joanna Schmidt]

ho. nice. it sounds like you hijacked my mother. Again.

[jenB]

Your house sounds so much more funner than mine.

[jess]

Ha, I knew I moved to California for a reason!

To Do List for tomorrow: Mine for oder-freshening crystals in the backyard.

[dianne]

My mother would have gone on about how, in her day, they couldn't AFFORD cats ... or such frivolous uses of newspaper (much more utilitarian as blankets ... or clothing). The elitist "odor-freshening crystals" of which you speak would have been dinner.

[BOSSY]

So who discovered that kitty litter absorbs oil spills in driveways?

[Thotlady]

Yeah I remember those moments. When my mom and sisters are sitting around talking and my mom utters "I never said that", and my sisters would confirm, yes you did, you told me the same thing.

Huffing and puffing, my mom would say, "I did not". Okay, crazy woman, think what you want, but we were all there. I have witnesses. Sisters count don't they?

[heyjoe]

For post above on which the comment section is annoyingly closed.

Dearest Alice,

I have yet to give birth, but if ever I do you’ll be the first to know. Well you and the father I suppose. And please, let’s try to ease up on the self-congratulatory drivel, what do you say; my God, the ego of some people. Do you have some sort of special pulley system to hold up that huge melon?

Leg pullingly,Joe

[chicklet]

My husband's always doing the same thing - "you're going to write about this aren't you?". And I always do. It's much more fun when it's not just me laughing at him.

[Jerri]

My Mom who has yet to believe that I blog about 'the trivial', says the same thing. 'You're not going to write about this are you?' I swear the best stuff comes from these wacky conversations we all seem to have with our friends and families.BTW: I seriously had a vision of a gold miner sifting for gold, and exclaiming something about finding blue crystals in the bottom of the river. Oh boy.