My Silly Girl!!

Well, Papa is instilling in my daughter that "it's all about the money, boys!!" And he's mainly doing this because when my brother and I were growing up, we always heard about how important college and a good education was, but now that my Dad is retired and we've spent most of his money trying to buy a farm, invest in real estate, and get in the restaurant business, he's come to the realization that having a Master's Degree hanging on your wall, as he does, will not necessarily get you very far in life financially.

So he's holding out hope for a miracle and keeps trying his luck at the lottery;trying to absolutely convince himself that he is the winner(that's what the Secret says to do). I give him kudos because he's quite the cynic and not generally much of an optimist, but he's trying very hard to be a "half full" kind of guy.

So anyway, my daughter had decided that she's going to go ahead and make her wish list for Papa now, before he's actually won "his million dollars." So at least once a day I hear "when Papa wins his million dollars can I have____?" And of course I always say sure. Well today she says, "maybe when Papa wins his million dollars he can give us a credit card." And finishes off with "and we can tear down this house and build a rich house because when Papa gets his million dollars my room won't be big enough for all of my stuff." Jeez!! Where did she come from?? She cracks me up.