April 6, 2010


  • TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

    Today was hot.  I mean that.  Hot and a bit muggy but it was so very welcome for a change.  We have a couple more days of this and then some rain (they say) on Wednesday night. 

    The Beast did his usual inspection and, I am almost certain, pep talk and was so happy to find out one of his Black Tartarian cherry trees is blooming.  He wasn't expecting it because it was really one that Lowe's found somewhere, stuck in a corner of their warehouse and put out in January.  The Beast dug a hole even though it was so damn cold and  plopped it and a brother tree in holes with the thought that they might...just MIGHT...do exactly what it did.  Bloom.  Duh!

    We have this one peach that is an unusual one.  It's called a sweet peach (?) and this year is the first year it has bloomed.  The bloom is actually beautiful.  There are quite a few and I like where they are located because the branches should have no problem holding the fruit without damage if they get big and juicy.  One can only hope.

    The baby ordered Harry Potter to watch and she selected the Order of the Phoenix one.  She called Voldemort *the monster*.  She can tell, can't she?    She also left me for a minute and told me she would be back but she had to talk to Papa.  I waited a bit and followed her out and guess what she was doing?  She was berating him because he didn't take her picture yesterday.    I couldn't believe she had really been paying attention.  She was such a little stinker yesterday because she hadn't had her nap.  Everyone knew she wouldn't have been cooperative so they decided to do it another day.  We will try for this weekend.  The kids want a picture with all three of them in it. 

    I found out something really interesting to me.  I gave the baby a stick of gum and she chewed it like a pro.  I know her mother hates when she has gum because it always ends up in her hair.  I always ask the baby for the gum and we throw it away after about an hour or so of her chewing it.  This is not the first time I have given her gum.  It keeps her from asking for candy and it's sugarless.  But....what I found cute and unusual was that she won't take anything else while she is chewing her gum.  She wanted an orange section but then said, *Oh, no...I am chewing gum.* 

    When I asked for her gum before she left for home, she tried to just give me a part of the gum but I got it all.    She didn't want to leave without seeing the rest of Harry Potter but her mother promised to read a book to her at home.  With that, she finally decided to leave me but not without a huge hug, once again, and telling me she loved me.  *Sigh*  Gotta love the little stinker.

    Well, time to wrap this up and get it posted.  Hope I haven't put you to sleep since nothing exciting is going on at the moment.  Oh...Oh...I got a card for the NRA today.  Yeah, the Beast signed me up for it.  I told him, *Oh, great!  Now we both can be on the Homeland Security Watch list.*  Sheesh!  But, truth be told, I do believe we all have the right to at least have a gun for home protection.  In some areas of the country, I would say it's almost a necessity.  Here, we are kind of isolated and not many neighbors around.  If it makes the Beast feel more secure, well and fine. 

    Love you all and have a wonderful day.  Smile and think happy thoughts.  Don't lose your temper for your OWN well-being.