good grief

xander looves to say "good grief."  but here's the thing:  he doesn't know how to use it.  he thinks "good grief" is the same as "good thing."

por ejemplo:
xander falls.  Good grief I didn't get hurt!
xander comes dangerously close to my cup.  Good grief I didn't get coffee on that!
anything bad alllmost happens.  Good grief I didn't...

and his intonation is totally the way you'd say:  good thing I didn't get hurt!
go ahead and say it out loud substituting "grief" for "thing."  it sounds funny.  :)  love ya xander mander.