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My niece Autumn has amused me yet again. She’s so adorable…

Today, when my sister and brother in law Jeff were over at my house to install some software onto my mother’s new laptop, Melissa had left the keys in the ignition of her truck without knowing it and locked the door. When Melissa and Jeff got ready to leave, Melissa discovered what she had done and blamed it on Jeff. The fight the two of them had was quite amusing, but I found it rather annoying that Melissa kept arrogantly bitching about how bad of a neighborhood we live in and that she’s worried about her vehicle being stolen. Honestly now, this neighborhood is not that bad, but she’s probably just complaining since this isn’t a yuppie neighborhood full of snobs like the one she lives in. ;-.-; But Melissa and Jeff did eventually stop their bickering with each other, and Melissa called AAA and got a locksmith to come over to my house.

Much to our amusement, the AAA locksmith was a black gentleman. The locksmith arrived as my mother and sister were standing outside. Jeff was busy working on Mom’s new laptop at the time. When my mother came back in and told Jeff that the locksmith had arrived, she said, “Good news! He’s a brother, so he shouldn’t have any problems unlocking your door…” A minute later, Melissa stormed back into the house embarrassed and yelled, “Jeff! Can you please come deal with this? Autumn’s out there and she just called the man a blacksmith!” I swear, Autumn says the damndest things! The locksmith was a black dude, so Autumn called him a blacksmith! That really made my day, needless to say! Jeff got embarrassed and corrected Autumn, telling her not to talk about people based on their color. I guess the fact that I’ve been trying to teach Autumn how to give a Nazi salute doesn’t help much, either. Now, if only I could get her to yell “Sieg heil!” For those of you who don’t know what “sieg heil” means, that’s German for, “Hail victory!”

Hurray for racist puns!