May 24, 2010

  • Table Of Three

     

    TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

    We smoke on the screened patio at Cee's condo and, since Frankenstein does NOT smoke, we tend to spend a lot of time out there even if we are done smoking.  Mainly, it's because we three haven't seen each other for a year or more (sometimes you forget just how long it's been because you read the blogs or Facebook entries).  Babybrat doesn't read the sister blogs because Cee reads them and relates what is going on as she is reading them.  BUT....neither one of them have blogs so *I* don't know many of the things that have gone on in their lives, just the important ones.  So, when we get together, we still have lots we can talk about and share.

    Frankenstein (also the Beast) seem to find this incredible.  We can spend hours and hours talking about this or that and not run out of things to say to each other or laughs to share.  I don't care if that's here at Cee's or at Kay's or at the Family Reunions.  It's also because sometimes an event someone shares reminds someone else of something they want to share.   So, even though we sit out on the patio for hours, we also come into the house, check our emails, read our news, chat online and then we end up outside, smoking and talking once again.

    Once we determined that we had no real desire to go anywhere today, we just relaxed and even decided we would go out for Chinese later to bring home.  It was my treat because I love the place Cee has near her house and the owners know Cee for many years now.  They are adorable people, friendly and outgoing.  It turns out that we were all in Nashville last weekend.  They were there to see their son, who is in Medical School and, as you know, we were there to see our son Marcus's new house and have a small family reunion of our own.  We shared the things we saw and regret about the flooding they experienced there.  They had considered retiring to Tennessee but decided against it after they had experienced part of the deep snow and ice problems last year.  When I told them about OUR winters in NE Alabama, the wife said it sounded much like the weather they had in Hong Kong.  I didn't know if that was good or bad because I never asked. 

    I talked to the Beast and found out the weather there is hotter than it is here.    I know!  I was surprised, too.  But the humidity is so much lower in Alabama, you can stand a lot more heat before you want to get cool and naked.  Or should that be the other way around?    He thought I wasn't going to be home until Tuesday so I told him to get rid of the dancing girls unless they cleaned and did windows or, at the very least, would cook.  So there will be no strange women when I get home tomorrow around 7pm or so, depending on how quickly I get out of the airport and Atlanta.

    I read the sale papers here today for the stores we have in Alabama and want to go check it out and see if the same products are on sale there when I get home.  If so, I have a list.......

    I'm going to be glad to be home and on my own computer.  I am so worried about screwing up something on one of my sisters' that I don't really want to do more than my blog and check my email.  I did, however, finish one of the challenges on Pogo and helped Babybrat with one of hers when she was napping.  Either that or she was on the patio.....not sure which.

    Love you all but I am going to wind this up and get it ready for posting later on.  I hope you have a wonderful Monday.  Think of me flying home around noon time and keep your fingers crossed.