Leave 'em Laughing!

I just realized I did not post my gratitude entry yesterday.  What made me realize it was I just saw that Red Buttons died.  I really liked him.  One of the roles I liked him in best was as the character "Pockets" on Hatari! with John Wayne.  He was such a cute man.  There was always a twinkle in his eyes, and I guess those dimples helped a lot, too.  I have dimples and was born with red hair, and one of my mom's brothers had red hair and dimples and that everlasting twinkle in his eyes.  Red Buttons reminded me of my mother's father, too, so he just always seemed like he should have been a member of my family.  All the old greats are going, aren't they?

Anyway what I thought about being grateful for yesterday, which would also have been appropriate for today, was "humor."  Several things brought this to my mind yesteray.  Specifically I was thinking about the little jokes between Thomas and me, that others may not get; much like the humor between me and my sisters.  A few days ago one of my sisters emailed me that her computer was back up and running.  "So send me something," she said.  I emailed back, "Something!"  Then she emailed me, "OOOOH.....YOU'RE CUTE!(*&%#$!)"  So I asked her if she was cussing at me, and she answered, "No!  It was only 'Holy Cow!' "  Yeah, sure it was!

Then another sister emailed me today that she'd hooked up her DSL all by herself.  "Let me know if you don't get this email," she said.  She also said, "I thought of calling you before I sat down to set up my email service, etc.  I was feeling a bit melancolic, but I feel better now."  So she can't call me when she's not feeling blue? lol

Anyway, I'm grateful for humor, big or small, and for having a sense of humor.  I'm grateful for a family full of nuts, for a husband with a kind sense of humor and for kids who usually get the jokes, even the subtle ones.  I'm even grateful for having been able to enjoy comedians like Red Buttons, who could be humorous and entertaining without being dirty or gross.