April 12, 2010

• Today Chewlee Ran Me Ragged !

  
  TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

  The Beast and the Princess spent most of today between here, Birmingham and then up to Decatur and back home.  They went to Bass Pro Shop in Birmingham and then went to look at a few ATV’s.  I gather that they stopped and looked at some brand new ones (some in the price range of $13K ) and one that a man was selling used for $3K.  He didn’t buy anything (color me shocked here) but they are going to Chattanooga on Tuesday to look at some new ones at the Honda dealer there.  Those (new) are more reasonably priced and have the features the Beast thinks he might need.

  I told the Beast today that he obviously would never have made it in Pioneer Days.  If he needs THIS MUCH HELP NOW, he couldn’t have gotten a deer home back in those days.  He and his family would have starved.  Trust me on this much, *I* would have learned if I had to and learned to overcome the obstacles even if it DID mean dragging the damn thing home or to my horse…whatever. 

  I’m beginning to understand why the Beast is getting so paranoid.  He’s listening to a hell of a lot of very strange talk shows and even news reports.  All of them are really gloom-and-doom shows that SEEM to make sense when that’s all you are listening to every day.  It’s really scary.  I mean scary to listen to them and scary that the Beast is swallowing all this hook, line and sinker.  Oh, he claims not to be but then he will say…*…but just in case…!*

  So, while they (Beast and Princess both) were gone, I had Chewlee.  She was in a good mood but antsy and active.  She has more of a run of the house when the Beast is gone.  Usually it’s because Baron is gone, too, but today he got left behind because the Beast took the truck (in case they bought something and had to bring it home).  It only seats two so the Princess had that seat.  What’s weird is that I think if we had a station wagon or a van, he probably would have taken the dog with, too.   Chewlee usually stays in my computer room with her toys (and me….her BIG toy!) so that Baron can’t get excited and end up knocking her down.  Today, Baron was depressed at the Beast leaving him behind and he just laid all over the place.  I even tried to feed him but he sniffed at it and went and laid down in the middle of the floor.

  We ended up having both TV’s on.  I had the DVD choice of the hour on in my computer room while Chewlee’s favorite shows were on the other one.  She ran from one room to another to divide her time between them.  I let her because I know it’s not something she can do anywhere else.  We watched two different Harry Potter’s and she was sitting in my lap for the parts she enjoys watching (the exciting ones where Harry is either in trouble or fighting something) and the rest of the time she was watching either Sponge Bob or Chum Chum.  Dora wasn’t on today.

  She ate in the high chair in front of the TV (fish sticks, mac and cheese and some chocolate pudding…which she didn’t like.    What kid doesn’t like chocolate pudding???) then we both ate some popsicles.  Of course, it couldn’t be the ones on a stick…no, she wanted those tube thingys and, unfortunately, I have them in my freezer.  She can spot them in half a second if the freezer is opened.  Doesn’t even matter what shelf it’s on, she finds them.    I suppose I should be glad she likes those best because she can actually have several and it’s less than a regular popsicle both in volume and sugar content.  I cut them in half and she wraps a dishrag around hers because it’s cold on her little hands.  She’s  learning to push the icy part up in the tube but she sometimes has to come to me for help on that.  It’s usually when she loosens her grip and it falls down to the bottom.

  She discovered my wedge heel shoes in my closet so she was clomping around in them and felt so grown up.  I told you I had tied a ribbon in her hair yesterday?  Well, the Princess told me she wanted to wear it to bed (and it came down around her neck during the night of course) so she had to re-do it this morning.  Chewlee kept moving the bow part from the top of her head to the side and back again, depending on the *look* she wanted when she checked herself in the big mirror I have in here.  She eventually loosened it and I had to re-do it two or three times during the day.

  She spent her day up and down from my lap.  Other times she was pulling me around the house, hiding from *monsters* and laughing the whole time.  It didn’t warm up until late this afternoon so we did all this inside the house.  I debated going outside late in the afternoon to read while she ran around the yard but I knew she would never let me sit still if I tried that.  So, I turned on the fans and she started slowing down.  She rocked her baby doll to sleep then put her down in the guest room bed, under the covers and closed the door.  She came to me, saying, *Shhhh..the baby is sleeping* in a quiet voice.  She then was sitting down on the couch (not the rocker …which is her favorite place since it’s right in front of the TV) and started kind of leaning over on the throw pillow there.  I thought she might actually fall asleep but she didn’t.  She had almost fallen asleep over her lunch.  But, her stubborn streak kicked in and she was up when the Beast and the Princess finally got home.

  I could have choked the Princess and the Beast.  She started talking about what a beautiful ATV he bought but it was a special order.  When I asked about price, she said it was originally $13K but the Beast had talked them down $4K so it wasn’t that bad.  I got so pissed, I went into my computer room and slammed the door.  She then peeked into my room and said, *I was only kidding, Gram…he didn’t buy anything.*  See why I wanted to choke her???

  The Beast tried to show me some nice ATV and motorcycle trails near Anniston in a poor attempt to cheer me up.  I told him, *Don’t even TRY to make me feel like your spending money on something like that will be some great thing.  NOTHING will make me feel like it’s anything but another waste of money.*  He already knows I’m pissed about all the money he’s spent on the guns and ammunition.

  When Chewlee and the Princess left to go home, I was pooped!  I did manage to get a load of wash done but I never DID get my linens changed on my bed.  I’ll have to do that tomorrow because I honestly don’t have the energy for it right now.  I fell asleep in my recliner for about an hour and it wasn’t enough.  I’ll be going to bed early tonight just because my back feels broken.  I need to throw another load of clothes in the washer so that all I have to do is dry them.  Tomorrow I am going to hang my linens out on my clothesline since I will have to do those and I might as well take advantage of this great weather we have going for us right now.  We have at least a week of it if nothing changes (but I’m sure it will).

  Love you all and I wish you a wonderful day and great weather. 
  

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