archives: April 2009
Deep breaths, if you dare
April 27th, 2009 @ 9:57 pm | Comments (4)
Filed: My glamourous life | Tags: Amish
This week’s episode of Rules of Engagement featured a teenage Amish boy in the Big City during his Rumshpringa. Not only did the actor playing the Amish boy have the worst Amish accent ever, but it triggered a story that I almost forgot.
My oldest nephews (oh wait, I forgot to blog that my sister had a baby almost two weeks ago? Poor Cody.) have an Amish babysitter. Interesting Amish factoid of the day: most Amish only bathe on Saturdays, in preparation for church on Sunday. And they don’t wear deodorant.
Because she was moving the next day and had to borrow my dad’s cattle trailer to transport all her rustic cabin furnishings and dead, stuffed animal heads, my sister visited my parents’ house Friday night. She brought with her Blayne, who spent all day with the Amish babysitter. On Friday. Which is the day before her weekly bath.
My sister didn’t appreciate it so much when I nearly gagged after taking a deep breath of what should have been that magical baby smell but was instead horrific BO.
Tomorrow’s update: Surprise! It’s another boy!
