August 12, 2009

• Rain, Rain...It Came Today!!

  Today it rained. I was glad it didn't start until a couple hours after I dropped Chewlee off at her day care. And what a nice day care center it was, too. Extremely clean is the first thing I noticed. The main entrance reminded me of a small school with classrooms around the outside walls. Some of the classrooms had large windows inside so you could view the kids. Others did not. I had to sign her in and the time I dropped her off and got to escort her into *her* classroom. The woman in charge immediately called her by name and said good morning and then asked her if she was ready for some breakfast (cereal and a banana). Chewlee kissed me goodbye and went and sat down right away. It was evident that she was happy to be there, which made me feel good.

  Of course, Chewlee had woken me up as soon as she woke up (at 7:30am) with her bright smile and clutching her blankey and sippy cup. I got up, poured myself some coffee, took a sip and then changed her wet diaper. I sure wish they had the wipes back when my kids were small. It's nice to have the wipes you can use to clean up their butts and then throw them away. Remember the hassle of having to carry around washcloths in sandwich bags? She wanted her juice and then asked for a cookie. When I asked her if she wanted to eat, all she wanted was one of the oatmeal cookies I had. So, I gave her one and then started getting her dressed for dropping off at day care. Once she had her clothes on, she insisted she wanted her shoes and socks on RIGHT THEN and while I put them on her, she started telling me it was time to go bye-bye. When I told her *not yet*, she got very upset with me and went and got my sandals for me. I asked her if she wanted to go to school and she ran for the door so I took that as a *yes*.

  I made up my bed once I got home and the guest room bed, too. Then I dust mopped the floors in the kitchen, living room and my bedroom. I was glad I did it because shortly after that, it started to rain and we had a power failure for some reason. It wasn't even thundering when it happened. After about an hour or so, we finally got the power back on so life returned to normal here at Brat Farm. That means I got to watch my TV while I played some games on Pogo.

  When the Beast and I were sitting while the power was out, we were talking about the problem with the PH levels in our *dirt* (it's more clay than dirt). He really doesn't have the patience to wait for anything, as I am sure you know from other things I've talked about. It's always got to be NOW. So, I said to him, *There HAS to be a way to find out what your PH level is without having to send away samples to the Agricultural College labs. Look it up on the internet.*

  So, he did. And guess what? I was right. What is hysterical to me is that they not only have testing kits like those you use for your pool PH testing (the chemicals are just different) but there is even a meter you can stick in the ground, let it sit for a minute or so and it gives you the PH level of that area. The funniest part? You can buy them at Lowes! I know! He practically lives there and you would think he would have found it on his own....I mean without my suggestions about researching it.

  The Beast found them there, came home and started his testing and was so happy to discover that, in most places, his treatment with the lime was almost perfect. He will only need another 20 bags of it to do the areas he hasn't already treated and a couple of the areas that he has. That's better than the 50 or more that he figured he might need. In fact, he admitted that he was afraid it would take almost 100 more bags if this first treatment didn't do *the trick*. I'm just not sure what signs he would have been looking for to determine that. He has a tendency to *over-do* usually so I am relieved he found these new toys. He could have, in his zeal, just destroyed the lawn and all the trees and plants we have here.

  At least the rain we had today has watered in the lime well without it running off. It was a perfect type rain; not too heavy and not too light. It was juuuuuuuuuuust right!

  It's time for bed. Still trying to kick this whateveritis. It's no better, no worse except that my back has now joined in the fun. After I have a bout of coughing, it slides into my back spasming for about the same amount of time I spend coughing. No fun.

  Love you all. Hope you have a great day and some love and laughter in your life. Remember that laughing is good for the body and the spirit.

  Here's the quote for the day: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye. [Miss Piggy]

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