Earlier Mom looked at me and said, "It’s an early night. You’re going to bed early. 10:30 at the latest." The look in her eye said, "And don’t even think about talkin’ back, young lady."

Why? Last night was dicey. We had thunder and lightening and rain and thank God for it all because we need it! But it scared Caden-2yr, who did not get to sleep until he’d wrestled with me until 12:45 a.m. Then he was fine. But at 2, Seth-5mth woke up, and at 4, Ethan-5yr woke up, and then at 5:30 I woke up screaming ‘HELP’. I had some dream I couldn’t remember at the time, but I awoke to the sound of my own voice yelling "Help." I was SO annoyed to realize that Mike slept through my plea for help from the already forgotten dream. My knight in shining armor snoozed peacefully all night. Lucky him.

But, on with the real reason for this post. Y’all are the world’s best commenters, it turns out! Yea! If you haven’t read through the answers at Talk Back, Y’all, you should. Because y’all are too funny. J-Mom and I read and laughed and were amazed. Here are the promised highlights!

If you’ll remember, there were 5 quick questions which were answered in comments (a truly staggering number of comments, too!).

The first question was What is your secret talent? J-Mom is stunned at the number of you that can do unusual things with your feet and toes. J-Mom has little ‘doll feet’  – as my sister calls them. (Her toes and feet don’t really move much.)

Awarded in the Secret Talent category: (but remember, it’s sort of only a mention, and not really an award, but whatever)

Mega Mom:  I do a phenomenal Elephant noise (Y’all, SHE TOTALLY DOES. I dare you to click this. You’ll be inspired: Download elephant_noise )

Lena: Offending people. But, I think it’s hard to keep that one a secret.;) Actually it would have to be that I can pick up anything with my toes. Like the cat, laundry, whatever. I am monkey like. (My mom is STILL talkin’ about this one. She can pick up her CAT with her toes. I’d love an email attachment on that one!)

Jenna: Secret talent….I can peel a banana with my feet. And I have an entire Ashlee Simpson album committed to memory. Seriously.

Shannon: I can sing every single word of Larry the Cucumber’s long, spoken monologue in the middle of "Love My Lips."

Mere I can tell voices from voice over commercials, TV shows and movies

Ellen: My secret talent (let’s keep it a secret) – I’m really good at spotting nits on grade school kids.

My hairy legs, and a cat so large even Lena couldn’t pick him up with her toes.

Congratulations to all of you with Secret Talents, especially to the five listed above!! Yea!

Next Question: "If you have a blog and a spouse, does your spouse read your blog?"

There were four stand-outs in this category, so please applaud the following:

Faith: Yes. He thinks It’s great. That’s because I don’t let him read anybody elses. ;D

Grammy: Yep. He reads it every time and leaves comments so that I won’t feel like I’m all alone in cyber-space. (J-Mom and I thought this was sooo sweet!)

Heather: I have no spouse. Just a blog. I need to find a spouse to read my blog!

Kate: yes, my man reads my blog and he emails me when i mispell or use words in the wrong form. i never use spell check and i suck at articulating my my thoughts in a grammar way.

Yea for the bloggers, with and without spouses!

I’m taking a break, and will return with the so-called awards for Questions 3, 4, and 5 soon. (Hopefully, tonight, but only if my mom lets me stay up late!)

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