Sunday nights are quite the riot when the Cowles clan gets together. This is a weekly tradition with our extended family and one that I absolutely love. While I was in Argentina, Sundays were the worst, because I always knew the family was together laughing about something so stupid and I was 6,000 miles away. But, since I've been back, I have loved being with the family on Sundays and yesterday was no exception!
Most of us in the family are educated...meaning we went to and graduated from college. We have an engineer, a PE teacher, several history majors and a math major. Looking at this list, we have some academic skills and some brain power. Our cousin Jeff, who really is a genius, explained to his teacher a long time ago that he was so smart because he "came from a long line of geniuses." Well, we decided last night to see who in the family could be the top genius and to start a contest among ourselves. Of course, everyone knows that Marilynn and I are the champs of Trivial Pursuit almost every Thanksgiving, and so, of course we are in the running. We submitted the idea of coming up with questions to test our knowledge. Some in the family ousted themselves last night with certain comments that would not be considered at the genius level. We do have such a good time together.
Later on, we were discussing how to launch a math tutoring website. We came up with the URL of mathsucks.com and Marilynn googled it to make sure it would be available. Michelle wants to tutor on-line so, we came up with a business model (of course it was genius!) and the steps to make it happen. We'll see if it comes to fruition. We were discussing how to make this work and how to charge: per question or time? But what if the question takes a long time to answer? Or what if it only takes seconds? Things that need to be ironed out before it can go live obviously. It was pretty funny with all the potential situations.
I heart Sunday nights with the fam!
We are indeed a unique family, even Jeff's friend, Taycina, said at the end of the night how she had never been around a family who had more fun and could laugh so hard at themselves and each other. Even though I ousted myself out of the genius pool with my comments, I'm sure there is a little genius in everyone - it just manifests itself differently. Fun night and the dance moves were the BEST!! Luv all my family.
ReplyDeleteSunday nights are good for all of us Cowles family members to get our two cents in on everything and laugh until we cry. Genius pools everywhere should fear the Cowles Genius Pool (CGP).
ReplyDeleteWell said Mammy! Let's be honest, our family really is pretty funny, smart, entertaining and the coolest around...just ask grandma. :) Love the fam and the good times we all share together.
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