Katie:  (while dishing up her dinner)  I have stars stuck in my head.

That was it.  We were supposed to understand this.

Katie: You know how they have those shows on HGTV where they take brand new furniture and beat it up to make it look rustic and old?

Me:  Yes.

Katie:  Well, I saw something that showed people taking cheap old things and making them look fancy. Most of it involved gold paint.  They took an old brick and painted it gold and then used it as a bookend.

Me:  Well, that kind of sounds stupid.  (Katie then gave me a strange look)

Me: Oh, did you think that was a good thing to do?

Katie:  Well it looked just like a gold brick.

Me:  People will know it is not real.

Katie:  No, it was an old beat up brick with missing chunks.

Me:  Katie please tell me that you don’t think that gold comes out of the ground in bricks.

Katie:  No, I don’t think that.  They melt it right?

Me:  So why would someone have a gold brick with missing chunks?

Katie:  I don’t know I just thought it was cool.

Katie:  Like how I am up before 1:00?

Scot:  The bar is set low.

Katie:  I was up until 4:00 AM too.

Me:  Why were you up that late?

Scot:  Is that because you could not fall asleep after getting up at the crack of noon yesterday?

Katie:  Well, I learned in IB Psych that the Circadian clock is actually 25 hours and that explains everything.  Doesn’t it?

Let me add that she is wearing a nice black and gold sparkly shirt, Mickey Mouse pajama pants and magenta flats with a bow on the toe.

Scot and I are sitting on the deck and Katie walks out with two balls of yarn in her hands.

Katie: I just calculated that since these balls are 2 5/8″ across, when they are half used they will be 2 1/16″ across.

Scot: Do you have pointy ears?

Katie: I need some more clear nail polish. I am out. I don’t see any point in using it on fingernails, but it is great to use for other things.

Katie went outside to pick the first ripe strawberry of the season, then came back in a few minutes later and asked, “Wait how are you supposed to pick it?” Laughing ensued and then I said, “Hold onto the stem and pull.”

Katie:  I wish there was a spout that could attach to anything, where the spout is its own entity.