Today, my wife attended the funeral of someone from her home school.
#Iamsorry
It’s all good. She was missing today’s school, so it was me heading off to work. We were slow getting up, so when she asked me what I wanted for breakfast, I simply said a peanut butter sandwich. Now, when I say a peanut butter sandwich, in my own mind, jelly is implied. You don’t have peanut butter without jelly. It’s like breaking the laws of the world to do so.
We have outside cats and a few chickens, so I headed outside as she was making my sandwich. However, there was something in the back of my head as I headed out. The last time I asked her to do this, I got just that, a peanut butter sandwich. No jelly. It was a sticky mess.
So, when I come inside, my sandwich is there, ready to go. I open it up, find it only peanut butter, and start to giggle uncontrollably. She looked at me quizzically and I told her about last time she made me a sandwich is was just peanut butter. Then she looks me square in the eye and says, “Well, you told me peanut butter, so I made you peanut butter!”.
#ohmylord
So, I spread my own homemade strawberry jelly (delicious by the way) and continue to laugh. We squabble goodnaturedly as I left.
A peanut butter sandwich without the jelly? Come on! π


March 6, 2024 at 9:53 pm
I feel like I am with you, giggling and squabbling. This was a fun read. On a serious note…. occasionally I like to have just what you asked for, just peanut butter in my sandwich. Your strawberry jam sounds amazing though!
March 7, 2024 at 7:23 am
There’s a U-Pick strawberry place about 45 minutes from our house and we make a morning of it. Breakfast, then strawberries, then home to process jam and freeze the rest! We make margaritas for the rest of the year, using frozen strawberries instead of ice! #worksmarternotharder π
March 6, 2024 at 11:11 pm
Developing a peanut allergy later in life has been one of the biggest bummers ever because I remember the perfection that is peanut butter. But never with jelly. Creamy and plain for me! My son would say his PB sandwich has honey in it. That’s all to say your post is deliciously written and made me giggle!
#happytoreadyourhashtagsagain
March 7, 2024 at 7:21 am
Oh, that’s terrible! I cannot imagine having that happen! π¦ I remember my father going to school everyday for years with a peanut butter toast. I blame him for that love of a sandwich in the morning! π
March 7, 2024 at 4:58 am
There are two types of folks-PBJ or PB.βOpposite story for us.βIn my mind, “who” would eat a peanut butter sandwich without jelly?βMy husband.βWhen he asked for a peanut butter sandwich, I made him a PBJ and he could not eat it…he loves jelly (homemade too) and loves peanut butter but cannot tolerate the two together.βYour story had me laughing, too!
March 7, 2024 at 7:20 am
Ok, now that’s funny! I’m glad to see how the different PJ cultures collide! LOL! π
March 7, 2024 at 5:56 am
I hear ya, you can’t have a plain PB sandwich! You gotta have PB&J!!
March 7, 2024 at 7:19 am
I know, right?? π