My youngest has been giving me a rough time lately. I’d like to say it’s a phaze he’s going through and it’ll pass…but unfortunately, I have the feeling that’s not the case. He just marches to the beat of his own drum, even if it means plowing over everyone else.

So, the other day, I’m sitting at my kitchen table feeling tense and frustr

ated and downright exhausted.

I lean back in my chair and mutter, “What I wouldn’t give for a jacuzzi tub and a glass of champagne right now.”

((Right now since we’re renting, we don’t even have a bathtub, just a shower. And the little baby tub we’ve held onto from when my boys were small — they’ve since graduated to taking showers. So, when I dream of moving into the house we’re building I dream of a fantastic bathroom.))

Anyway, I look across the table at my husband to see how he’s reacting to my ‘calgon, take me away, moment’.

One corner of his mouth tips into a mischevious smile, and he replies: “The best I can do is a tiny tub and a Pepsi lime.”

It struck my funny bone, and I started laughing….and you know what? I felt SO much better. Sometimes love is all about knowing the right thing to say. :)

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Oh! I finally figured out those darn clickable smileys! Thanks, Lynn, for letting me ‘borrow’ your source code. With that, and a little bit of my own “doh!” initiative, I was able to get them working. See, you helped me and ‘ya didn’t even know it.