1. You are a mother who is rushed to get her 3 darling children out the door for church on a Sunday morning, when you find your 2 year old sitting quietly in the kitchen with an opened jar of peanut butter.

This one is from Nate....

2. you are on a train, going downhill when you realize that the train has no brakes.

Your husband has just informed you that there is a chance that his job will take you to London for a year. (Actually, considering T's job, maybe the Scottish Highlands would be likelier.)

You've just reread for the thousandth time a Bible passage that has never made much sense to you - and you suddenly understood it.

You've just discovered a previously unknown Jane Austen novel - hiding in an old trunk in your attic that your great-grandmother brought when she migrated to the US.

C. just told you she thinks Barack Obama would be a great President.

Your best friend just told you she's moving to the next town over from you.

(Are you sure the chances of getting a lot are slim? This is fun :-)

(Not that I have any great ideas, but just to count myself among your vast blogging public... ;o))

This one's ultra-cliche, but... You're just on the point of folding the last item in a huge pile of laundry, when the neighbor's crazed dog comes bounding through the house, right after a mudbath, and jumps onto your sofa stacked with fresh laundry. (!!)

But then-- scenario two-- your husband and kids come in and pack you off with a book, a diet Cherry Coke, and one of those almond roast candy bars, insisting that *they* will handle this situation themselves.

Speaking of those almond roast candy bar things-- A group of people (among them, a cameraman) come to your door, announcing that you've just won a lifetime supply of the delicacies.

You're celebrating reaching your goal weight, when your arch rival from high school comes over with a falsely sweet smile and an extremely fattening dessert to "congratulate" you.

Still on the subject of people at your door-- You answer the door to find a neighbor who "wants to talk to you about your son".

That sounds a bit onimous, but then-- another scenario-- it turns out that she's there to thank you for raising such a fine young man, because he's just volunteered to help her cross the street, carry her groceries, find her lost cat, etc.

Ok, you know how horribly UNcreative I am, so, again, just to be counted among your readers....

You plan an incredible evening for your husband for Valentine's Day (or "just because" since I think I recall you mentioning your slight distaste for that day :). You take the kids to your inlaws' for the night, make yourself and the house all pretty and romantic, with rose petals spread about and candles lit EVERYwhere. The baked potatoes are almost done,everything's all ready for fondue, and you're JUST waiting for your husband to call to let you know he's on his way so you can start the steaks. The phone rings, and as you try to act nonchalant, he informs you that his car is dead and he needs you to come pick him up from work......!

:) This was just because I'm too lame to make anything up. Personally, I left all the candles lit and the oven on and hoped for the best...! :)

You are groovin' on your IPOD down the candy aisle at Albertsons when you start to sing along with a throaty rendition of "Everything I do, I do for You." When you get to that, "Don't tell me it's not worth tryin' for," part you really get into it, stop dead in your tracks and start singing into a Twix Bar with the most passionate, engrossed look on your face. When you open your eyes you see some little old Asian man standing before you with a little grin and a twinkle in his eyes.

I dunno, I've got nothin'.

Ladies, these are fabulous. yay! Thank you all very much.

You look into a wardrobe, reaching for something in the waaaaaaay back, and realize :-O there actually IS such a place as Narnia!