My oldest girl is making a gift for a friend of hers, she needed some boards cut to length on my SCMS. So today she asked me to cut them for her.

 

DAD: Come on over here kid, you can cut these.

 

DAUGHTER: Dad, I don't feel like it, I am a bit nervous on that saw.

 

DAD: Awe come on, you'll be fine, I'll be right here, just keep your hands over here like this, ease the blade down, and you'll be fine.

 

DAUGHTER: Dad, I really don't feel like it, can you please cut those boards for me.

 

DAD: You used to cut lumber pretty good kid, remember that birdhouse you built a few years ago? Come on over here, you'll be fine.

 

DAUGHTER: Dad, I'd rather not.

 

DAD: (slightly disappointed look)

 

DAUGHTER: (big smile) DAD! Remember my college scholarship, I am a violinist, if anything happens to my hands, my music scholarship is dead!

 

DAD: (pause, brain spun, deep thinking now, looking at the ground, then I look up) WELL SHOOT DAB BERN BE DANGED KID, WHAT THE HECK YOU DOIN! GIVE ME THAT DANGED BOARD, GET AWAY FROM HERE I'LL CUT IT!!!!

 

DAUGHTER: (laughing at my sudden concern for her safety) Jeez Dad, when it comes to money you're all heart.

 

Ya gotta love our kids, they are so smart sometimes!

 

Most are way smarter than we give them credit for.

"Well, sweetie have you thought about singing?"

We just think they are not paying attention 

I thought "yeah she has Dad wrapped around her finger".

7 minutes ago, Gerald said:

I thought "yeah she has Dad wrapped around her finger".

I think it's more that now that I think about it Gerald, she got me to do the work for her didn't she!

41 minutes ago, John Morris said:

I think it's more that now that I think about it Gerald, she got me to do the work for her didn't she!

 

You probably hold out a little longer each time but she has stamina and goes the course.

Just now, HandyDan said:

You probably hold out a little longer each time but she has stamina and goes the course.

Man you got that right!

you sure it isn't the fiddle she plays???

35 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

you sure it isn't the fiddle she plays???

She does Stick, indeed! That is her first love.

But when she puts on the gown and plays in the University Baptist Choir Symphony to pay for her education, she picks up the violin and plays discipline. They are a wonderful group to listen too as well.

But you got that right, she's got a wide streak of red running down the back of her neck when it comes to her musical prowess.