Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve posted. The past month has been rather difficult for me, but I am thankful for such a wonderfully supportive husband! Joseph is talking more and discovering more sounds and reaching for things with much more precision. He’s about to reach the chord to the light above the changing table, so Daddy watch out! Today he rolled over from his back to his tummy for the first time. He’s been rolling onto his side for a while, but this morning he grabbed my sweater to help him over the hump to make it all the way. There are more videos and pictures up since I last blogged. Today Grossmutti came over and took Joseph for a long walk and I allowed myself to have no responsibility for an hour. The dishes sat in the sink, the laundry stayed in piles, the computer was off, Little Precious couldn’t interrupt me, and I didn’t even pressure myself about falling asleep. It was amazing how much better I felt after that hour of rest. Everyone tells me to rest, and even though I’ve let a lot of things slide and just do the minimum of housework, I’ve been thinking that means sleep and have been go, go, go (at least mentally, if not productively) until I crash in bed. There really is something to this ‘rest’ thing and I’m very grateful to Grossmutti for giving me the chance to try it out!
It was quite late in life when I discovered power chords, and that Spencer and Brian meant one thing when speaking of them and I meant something entirely different.
Me: power cord—you know, the thing that you plug into the wall when you want electricity to come out.
Guitar Players: power chord—something on their instrument, I forget what.
They sound the same when I pronounce it.
I believe Mom means a chord that conveys electrical power and the nephews mean a chord that conveys music power because it consists of only the root and the fifth.
There I go again. Taking too long to make a comment because the demands of motherhood call me away . . .
Haha, jokes on me. I have failed to realize (for years?) that 'chord' and 'cord' are spelled differently. Hence Stephan's comment was lost on me, and I replied in all seriousness to Jon's question, and I didn't understand why Mom was talking about how it sounds. My husband has set me straight. It's a good thing I got over the humiliation of being a bad speller and proof-reader a long time ago . . .
Since you learned to read music before you learned to spell, it's not surprising that all are "chords" to you. Ironic, though, that your very next post was the comic about spelling. :)
And I was confused because I'm too young to realize that you could have actually come to know the term "power cord" late in life...
Things we've learned late in life:
SursumCorda: "Power chord" is some electric guitar terminology thing.
IrishOboe: "Cord" is power, "Chord" is musical; they are not spelled the same.
Stephan & Jon: Not everyone learns the above in kindergarten.
All of us: Homophones sure don't help clarity of expression.
P.S. Jon, I'm assuming you meant "power chord" in your latest comment. SursumCorda knew about "power cords" before you and I were dreamt of.
I guess so, but I guess Sursumcorda was referring to the various spellings in her first comment when she only wrote the one variation. So yes - a sentence that only works well when speaking doesn't work so well when written.
