Today as dawn broke (ok, you are right, it was 10:30, and yes, we were in our jammies eating breakfast! What of it?), I mentioned to Allison that I needed to do a bit of work on this index that is due tomorrow. The first thing I do when I edit a completed index is to delete the orphaned subheadings. The subs that appear all alone with no other friendly subs to hang out with. So I told Allison that all I had to do was “delete the orphans” – her response was priceless. “Delete the ORPHANS? Mommy! That’s mean. ” I explained what I mean by orphans, when she decided “you shouldn’t call them orphans. Why not call them aphids. Aphids deserve to be deleted. Go delete the aphids!”
LOL