So this afternoon my Dad and I were having a semi-serious conversation, a father/daughter heart-to-heart of sorts in the kitchen, when my Mom busted in and grabbed a mysterious-looking package off of the counter. The following scene then played out:
Beth: “Well, I guess you two don’t know that I ordered a Slanket!”
Melissa & Dad: Silence.
Melissa: “Hold up. Wait a minute. You bought a Slanket? The ‘As Seen on TV’ Slanket?”
Beth: “Yes. You mock, but wait till you see what it does. You’re going to want one. Think how I can read with it.”
Melissa: “So, can you explain the scenario to me, the precise circumstances, in which you decided to buy the Slanket?”
Beth: “What do you mean?”
Melissa: “I mean, did you actually call the phone number listed on the lower right hand of the screen?”
Beth: “Yes, and they were so popular, they were sold out when I placed my order. Mine has been on back order for weeks. I’m so happy.”
Melissa: “Were you alone when you made this purchase?”
Beth: “Well, what do you think, Melissa? It’s Deer Season! Of course I was alone. I’ve been alone for months.”
And then everything made perfect sense. My dear friends and blog-family, the moral of this story is the importance of living in community. If you are ever tempted to buy a massive Polyester blanket with oversized sleeves, stop and look around. Ask yourself, “Would I do this if someone I love and respect were sharing this very couch with me?” Looks like my Dad and I have another serious conversation on the horizon. I can’t believe I moved to Georgia. I love this place. If it weren’t for one very fine looking hunk of a man in Atlanta, I might just stay forever. There’s no place like Home.
Update: Okay, so in response to several of your comments I finally figured out that Melanie (a.k.a. BigMama) recently posted a similar but far more hilarious account concerning her Sister, apparently she had fallen victim to a similar brand called Snuggies. I fear a cheesy conspiracy is forming against us, Melanie.
Mom in the one and only Slanket:
Oh and on a much more sane note, here is a new picture of Annabeth and me:
A VERY IMPORTANT PS. FROM BETH: I have you danged well know that Melissa just asked for the one, the only Slanket. Yep. That’s right. Put it on. She got a stomach bug during the night and has had the worst day. When she first began to feel better a few minutes ago, she asked for a little sip of Dr. Pepper…and the Slanket. I said in my most juvenile voice, “I’m telling!” So I am.
And, by the way, y’all won’t waste a prayer on us right now. Please ask our very gracious God to cap this bug and not let a single Jones or Moore catch it. Jackson was exposed, too, and we don’t want that virus anywhere near our newborn princess or her mommy! I also have an LPL this weekend. Thank you so much! We love you guys and pray for you, too!
Oh My…Our Siesta Mama has fallen victim to the snuggie!! I’m speechless!
A tele shopper….I love her even more!
Congratulations on the beautiful new addition. Sweet Annabeth!
Ya’ll are so funny…..thanks for giving me such a glorious laugh out loud.
My mind went right to the movie scene of Charleton Heston with his hands raised parting the Red Sea…..hahahahahaha – not laughing at you Siesta Mama, laughing WITH you! ;D You enjoy – I bet that thing is warm as all get out.
Love ya’ll…
OK- I think those are the goofiest things ever. BUT, I live in KY and we have been freezing to death here for the last 2 weeks so I’m thinking I might order one. May even sleep in that thing…
Beth, what a crack up!! I had to show my hubby this post as we have been wondering who would actually order one of those??
It’s a ROBE worn backwards! For heaven’s sake. =) I think I feel the same as Melissa on this one.
Thanks for the chuckle today…love the lady you are. Amy W
Beth… um. You look like a monk.
Annabeth……you look like an angel! Amanda… you look like you are in love, and so proud (of Annabeth, not slanket-momma!) heehee.
Ok that actually looks quite comfy! I have to laugh b/c my 9YO son knew what it was – and he of course wants one
So I am thinking they get a thumbs up all around 🙂
And that Annabeth – oh.my.word!
She is adorable and I think she is looking at her Aunt Melissa saying “oh she has lovely hair” – hehe
Love ya’ll
Kim
O my!!! This is all too funny! way too funny! the part that gets me is how when i read this i can hear your moms voice and yours! it made me laugh! And i love that pick of Aunt Mellisa!
It’s true – you learn something new every day, never heard of a slanket, now I have and I have pictures…waiting for the testimonial, too.
Ha! My kids begged my husband to get me the rival “Snuggie” for Christmas. He said no, but I may get my own anyway!
Freezin in FL!
xoxo
mich
ps precious pic of baby girl and you!
In all honesty I have been wanting one! I am constantly annoyed and cold bc blankets do not cover my arms or stay put in any way…I think it’s a cool idea and tried to convince my hubby to get me one for Christmas…didn’t happen but it will! I think you positively snuggly and cozy Ms. Beth – you go girl!
Melissa in Concord, CA
ok, this is a hoot…I just got an e-mail that says “order 1 snuggie, get 1 free”!! There you go. Valentine gift giving made simple and economical!!
My girls and I were checking out the blog after we just got the Prayer Warrior email. Their exact words…”Hey that’s the Beth Moore lady and she’s got one of those blankets!!!!” My girls are 8 and 6 and I am leading the Esther study, so they are very familiar with that Beth Moore Lady!!!
God Bless the newest addition to the Jones family!!!! She’s a beauty like her momma, grandmother and aunt.
Hey! Don’t make fun of the slanket. I want one!
Congrats on the beautiful little girl! love the name! can’t believe you already have a bow in her hair and haven’t even left the hospital! 🙂 also, i would just like to say i love the color choice of the slanket. very monkish of you!
God bless! Thanks for keeping us entertained!
kimberly, alabama
Lord help us all (!) if that lil’ baby dosn’t have a BRAIN SQUEEZER on her precious lil’ head!
I should have KNOWN! Only 18 years ago this month my little niece was born (in Texas! Farmers Branch to be exact!) and she had a SLEW of those frilly lil’ things!
Nothin’ changes much in Texas, does it? That poor girl don’t know what she is IN for!
😉 Traci
This is SO funny. Last night in the car, my 5 year old little girl says very thoughtfully, “Mommy, I would like a slanket for my birthday.” I literally laughed out loud, and she said, “Don’t laugh, Mom. Haven’t you seen the commercial? They come in kids’ sizes.” Apparently she wasn’t alone in her slanket fascination. Luckily, she’s too little to use the phone unsupervised. But you know, I may have to re-think my slanket sarcasm. I mean, if Beth has one…
That’s no Slanket! That’s Chewbacca’s costume made for a 7 foot Wookie!
Someone should call the company. They are fixin’ to have a run on Slankets – “back order” will need a new name. When my husband preaches and uses an illustration like Breyers Ice Cream, United always runs out.
I sooooooooo want one too. You go Seista Mama.
There aren’t any words to describe just how goofy she looks in that thing!!!!!!!
I cracked up when I saw that photo!
She looks like a Jedi!
You know I heard Dave Ramsey make fun of those commercials the other day but it looks good to me. I know that you will be able to read a lot of books. That baby is precious and I should have known she would already have a bow on her head.
Sherrie Watson
Beth – I wanted to let you know that I am praying Deut. 33:25 for you today!!
This story is SO funny. When we see the commercial for the slanket we laugh our heads off. This story made me laugh, thank you for posting it! In Christ Alone,
Grace Macias
Too funny. I’m a TV shopper also. Beth, I saw something today on the Bonnie Hunt Show that you need when your hubby is gone huntin’. It is a pillow that has a shape to it so you can “spoon” with it. Your loved one can record messages in it that you can play while you spoon. The “spoon” man pillow and the “slanket” – what more could you want. I’m single – think I’ll check that out!!!!
Love that little baby! Such a blessing for all of you.
Gail from Georgia
Beth looks like a monk–not friar tuck–although that might be a good name for a person in that blanket!
right – where’s that 800 number and can I call it from the UK!
I almost spit out my coffee as I read this.looks cozy!
Aww Melissa, I was seriously thinking about buying one of those! My husband keeps the house at a frigid temp, so much so, that I call my house the Arctic Cirle:) A girl has gotta get warm somehow:) Way to go Spiritual Mom Beth, lovin’ the Slanket:) Ya’ll crack me up:) Aww, pic of you and Annabeth!! I was thinkin, is she named after Anna in Luke 2, and your momma?? She is cuteness and a half and three-quarters:):)
Love in CHRIST,
katiegfromtennessee
Congratulations on little Annabeth. And on the snuggie . . . up here in the frozen northland we laugh less and less at snuggies as the winter goes on forever . . .
And I have to say that we need Beth’s take on this grandbaby! I have been waiting for her explosion of joy on the whole thing . . .
it’s a BACKWARDS BATHROBE. why didn’t I think of that.
Have I mentioned how I love “little Siesta’s” headband. I believe the word is darlin.
I just love that even now, she is darlin and fashion forward.
I am praying now for patience for Curtis and Jackson, for all those hours they will be holding purses in the mall and having to field questions like, “are you sure you like this one better than the other one.”
I had not heard of the “slanket”. For Christmas my dad ordered 2 Snuggies – one for me and one for my sister. He didn’t realize they were buy one get one free. Sweet daddy asked for 2 (really 4) so my daughter and mother got the extra ones. You should have heard the squealing when the 4 of us opened them!
Warm in TN and KY in our Snuggies.
I do have to tell you I have to agree with your mom. I have a Snuggie–my mother-in-law bought me one for Christmas because I am always COLD! It’s the best invention in a long time. Now I can read and play cards without having to reach my arms out of a regular blanket–MARVELOUS. Plus, it saves on the heating bill!!!:))
Also, congratulations on such a beautiful niece. Children are so precious!
Hey Beth they sell those snuggies thingys at Walgreens. Looks comfortable though. There is a shelf in Walmart that sells all that stuff of of t.v. I know what it was the exercise bender ball. (only problem with this who’s gonna help me off the floor LOL!
Melissa you look so cute with AnnaBeth She’s beautiful.
Love ya’ll
Susan
Hilarious! However, your mom needs to be the one doing the commercial because she makes it look much more attractive..especially in that comfortable looking chair she’s sitting in. It looks like if she had to break out in a run all of a sudden, though, she would break her neck tripping over the thing! 😀
BTW Melissa..you look very natural holding Annabeth. 😉
My husband was going to make that my ONE Christmas gift. Can you believe it? According to him, nothing says, “Let’s celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ”, quite like a snuggie! I think the look I shot him led him clearer thinking because I got the watch I’ve been wanting.
Peace,
Kim Feth
Apex, NC
Beth looks like a bible character in an play (maybe a shepherd)!
OK! This is my third and FINAL comment!!! I promise!!! ;0)
Beth ALREADY sports that slanket so WELL that she not only reminds me of the FABULOUS Obe-1/Princes Leah, BUT all she would have to do is put those GREAT side buns in her hair and then she would complete her ensemble as she weilds her sword of the WORD on behalf of Annabeth and her InHAIRitance!!!! ;0)
Oh MAN! We have got to see some pictures of THAT!!! Yes, yes, I feel the force of the Holy Spirit!! Use the force Beth, use the Holy Spirit FORCE!!! :0)
I LOVE YOU GIRLS!!!! You are so FUN!!! You TOTALLY ROCK!
Deb Wordhouse- Grand Rapids, MI
I knew Beth resembled someone in that picture of her in her Slanket, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on who. When I read Kecia’s post, I said, “Yes, that’s it! She looks like a Jedi!!” A Jedi for Jesus! I love it!!
I will be praying that the rest of the Moores and the Joneses will be spared Melissa’s fate and will remain perfectly healthy. And, Melissa, I hope you’re feeling better soon. Nothin’ like a little Dr. Pepper and a Slanket to make a body feel better.
Beth, you are too cute in the slanket, but not as cute as that grand baby girl. Congratulations to and your family.
hahahahahahaha! Thanks for the laugh, so funny. Beth, you look like a monk with beautiful hair! Loved the photos. Praying for you, Wendy
CAROL ALBUQUERQUE NM PRAYING FOR THE LPL CONFERENCE THIS WEEKEND I ONLY LIVE 4HRS AWAY FROM EL PASO BUT I’LL WAIT FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE NM CONFERENCE WILL BE IN PRAYER FOR THIS SEISTA HAS YOUR BACK. HOPE ALL GOES WELL BE SAFE AGAIN CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR ABOUT THE CONFERENCE GODBLESS YOU SEISTA MAMA
HUGS AND HUGS TO ALL.
LORD IN YOUR MIGHTY NAME BE WITH THE MOORE HOUSEHOLD AND THE JONES AND PRECIOUS ANNABETH HELP THEM ALL TO STAY WELL AND BAND THAT VIRUS FROM THERE HOUSE WASH IT CLEAN IN JESUS NAME WE ALSO PRAY FOR THE LPL CONFERENCE BE WITH BETHmoore AS SHE SPEAKS BE WITH EACH PERSON ATTENDING SAFE TRAVELS FOR ALL BE WITH TRAVIS AND HIS WORSHIP TEAM MAY THE MUSIC USHER IN YOUR PRESENCE BLESS THIS CONFERENCE LORD IN THE POWERFUL NAME OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR AMEN
LOVE YOU SEISTA MAMA
ya look like obi wan kenobi. I’ve had it and it is no fun at all.
hugs and kisses
Brenda
Hilarious!!!! I know a lot of people who make fun of our very similar “Snuggie”! It does look SO comfy though! I’m ALL FOR snuggling up on the couch with a good book or with the kids or hubby!
I will be praying that the nasty stomach bugs is abolished and doesn’t make it’s rounds. I think we all know how bad those can be. I sympathize and pray wellness over the entire family!
In Beth’s defense — or maybe not — I bought a matching set of “snuggies” for my 87-year-old inlaws for christmas. They were the most excited about a give that I’ve seen in years! You just have to choose your recipient!
And I love that AnnaBeth already has a hairbow!
mikee
So I called my 19-year-old VVCD (that would be very very cool daughter) at college, and I said, “I’m going to order a Slanket.” And she SQUEALED, “MOM! I’ve been dying for one of those! Please get me one too, and can you have it monogrammed?” I was laughing so hard I almost….well, you know. And then she said, “Every time I go over to Davis’s house (guy friend) he hogs his Slanket and won’t let me wear it.” So, Melissa, yo’mama is totally vindicated by the college crowd.
They should pay you for the endorsement! Nonetheless I fully hear your plea for prayer and understand the concern totally! Everyone and everything is in his loving protective omnipotent hands-do not fear! I rebuke in Jesus name all manner of sickness! I bind Satan and any assignment of the enemy, and in Jesus name, I loose health, peace and blessing. Amen! Love you all
I am praying for both families to stay well and be totally protected from that stomach bug!
Cute pictures! You guys are so funny!
Jennifer B from Atlanta
I’m praying for you all! Sorry to hear Melissa has not felt well…We pray protection over our sweet baby siesta and over sweet Amanda too!! And, Beth, may LPL be tremendously blessed and anointed this weekend! You amaze me…And I have to say, at Bible study on Tues. night, in your weakened state of no sleep, etc., HE WAS STRONG!!!!! It was one of your best ever, in my opinion!! Way to go, AWESOME JESUS!!!!!! Thank you for your commitment…that seems too weak a word…YOU are a blessing.
If you ever want to be a monk for Halloween you are set! Funny!