my hoarse voice is not as sexy as i thought it was. or as quiet. and what's for dessert?

if you know me well enough, you know that i can be quick to display my famous cut throat gesture. but sometimes i'll throw in a bit of niceness just to mix things up a bit. and then there are the times in between.

our first activity on board last week's cruise started out like this.

me: i just wanna check out the menu for tonight.

hubby: sounds good.

so we walked to the restaurant. but behold. there was a family of five standing in front of the menu. and alas. i could not see it. so i patiently waited. and while waiting, this happened.

li'l tot: mommy? mommy? mommy? can we go? i wanna go.
me: just a minute. i want to see what we're having for dinner tonight.
li'l tot: well i'm not going to eat! can we go? i don't want to see.
me: shhhh. just wait. they're almost done.
li'l tot: no! i want to go! please! please! mommy? mommy? mommy?
me: JUST LET ME READ THE MENU!

that's when the family of five split right down the middle. well. three on one side, two on the other. i finally had a clear shot of the menu. and. i felt a little bit like moses.

me: oh. i'm sorry. i didn't mean you. i was talking to my daughter. heh heh.
family of five: *closes their mouths, slowly backs away from the menu, and does some serious powerwalking far away from us.*
hubby: you scared them.
me: oh look! tuna!

dinner was great that night. also. if you should happen upon a blog that talks about this exact situation - but in the opposite point of view - lemme know.