We have a message chalkboard in the kitchen.  The original purpose of the chalkboard was to leave messages telling other members of the household about phone calls, where one is going, call me, and such.  It is a handy little item that has become a family joke.

The chalkboard has always been a favorite of The Precious, so frequently it is covered in multi-colored squiggles or Spongebob, trains, monster trucks, and anything else with wheels or landing gear.  Boppy uses it to draw a little character we call Bob.  Bob often is left with nothing said.  He wears a top hat on St. Paddy’s day.  He has been known to wear a diaper on New Year’s day, a heart on Valentine’s day, have rabbit ears on Easter and so on.  Lately Bob has started talking.  He tells us of golf trips, and trips to Golf USA.  He is polite enough to tell us Happy Birthday, or Happy  Anniversary and so on.  My daughter uses the chalkboard to leave us little messages.  She often states where she is going and writes “I love you both!”  Recently we were gone over night and the little chalkboard was waiting for us when we got home.  It said “Missed you guys.  Welcome Home!”  We had a chalkboard message on our anniversary and recently one that told us she had to go to work early.  I’m telling you it is a handy little wall hanging.

I love my little chalkboard, but you never know what you will find on it.  A lot of people see it as an invitation to write any old crap they think is funny.  Once Boppy’s friend wrote, “happy anniversary limp dick and squeaky tits”.  That had to come off before my mother came over and there was serious explaining to do with the kids.  We have had random bits of trivia on the board.  Pumpkins are common in October.  Santa arrives on the board in early December (replaced on the 8th and 21st with birthday wishes for Boppy and my non-vag. daughter).  I am sure you see the pattern.

Well this week it has been a competition to see who can write the funniest thing regarding what you are doing.  It started with Boppy.  He was going to play golf (shock and surprise) and left the message “gone golfing”.  The next day my daughter was going to a concert and she crossed out golfing and wrote “partying”.  The day after, Boppy wrote above the crossed out golfing “golfing again”.  Then my daughter wrote “working”, but kept Boppy’s again.  Well I was feeling really left out.  I don’t golf or work or do anything that is interesting enough to write about on the chalkboard or anywhere else.  I thought about “gone vacuuming” but that really didn’t make any kind of sense.  I considered other choices but they were equally ridiculous.  Finally I thought I would just write the truth so I wrote (in bright pink) “I’m Not Doing a Damn Thing”.  It was a hit.  My daughter thought it was just too funny.  Boppy liked it too.  Here’s the thing…they think I wrote it because at the current moment I wasn’t doing anything and that was true.  What I meant though, was “don’t ask me to do anything today because I won’t”.  I guess the last laugh was on them.

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