January 25, 2010


  • TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

    I was awoken this morning several times by the sound of a furious wind and a great downpour.  This house is well-insulated from outside sound so you know it had to be pouring cats and dogs for me to hear it.  I opened the front door to take a look outside and the wind was so bad that it was pushing the rain in a straight line right into the storm door!    I just closed the door and crawled back into bed and fell sound asleep. 

    I woke up again after dawn some time for the call of nature and it was still the same.  It's been a long time since I heard winds like I did this morning.  Again, I decided against getting up and went back to bed.

    When I woke up again at around 11am (yes, I know I am a slug), the worst of the winds was over but the rain remained.  It was a kinder, gentler rain but still....the day was dismal.  I decided to do a whole lot of nothing so I pretty much spent the day just watching different movies and playing games on Pogo.  I really DID become a slug today but days like this depress me.  (Oh, I did *donate* 4.5 liters of blood to the Boy for his vampire game....LOL).

    The Princess called and asked me to babysit Chewlee for a couple hours so she and Johnnycakes could go to the movies.  I didn't even ask what they were going to see so I have no idea just HOW long they will be gone.  Here's the funny thing though about Chewlee tonight.  Yes, she did want to watch *Baby 'Zilla* as she calls Godzilla's Revenge BUT.......then she wanted to watch Harry Potter!    I know!  I'm still in shock over that.  So I popped in The Sorcerer's Stone (The first of the series if you happen to live under a rock) and we watched that.

    She then announced she was tired so I changed her diaper and went to put her to bed.  That is when she realized she didn't have her baby doll and freaked out.  She cried over that and didn't want to go to bed without her but Gramma prevailed.  She did try sneaking out of bed and getting in the chair with Papa but he knew she was overtired so I put her back in the bad.  After about 5 minutes, she got very quiet and 5 minutes after that, I checked and she was sound asleep.  She really WAS tired.  I'll have to beat the Princess for forgetting the baby doll.  She won't even take her nap in school without her.

    I'm hoping the day is a bit nicer tomorrow if only because I prefer that kind of a day when I need to do housework.  I didn't change the linens on the beds today so that has to be done tomorrow along with checking to see if I can repair the damage the dog did to both the quilt and the flannel topsheet.  *Sigh*  Otherwise, it's more fodder for Bratfink's rag rug.  I may end up sending her enough to make a whole rug all by myself. 

    Okay, time to get back to my Pogo games for a while and then, perhaps, an early bedtime....just in case it IS a nice day tomorrow. (But I won't be holding my breath)  Now that I got started on my Harry Potter movies, I may just keep going until the end.  Even if it means watching them tomorrow, too.

    Love you all.  Have a great day and a wonderful week in case you can't get back here for some reason.  Be sure to tell those you love that you do...often.  Life is short and no one gets out alive.