June 27, 2010

  • A Little Of This....A Little Of That


    TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

    I happened to think of a couple things today that I thought I might pass along for YOU to contemplate.  Do you really understand how Global Warming will lead us to another Ice Age?  Seems weird to think that, if all the ice disappears, it will make MORE ice appear.  I have a DVD with the movie, *The Day After Tomorrow* that really explains it all in ways you can *get* (but, of course, like all disaster movies, it exaggerates what MIGHT be possible).

    I got some good news today.  The Beast is going to visit with the Brother next week.  I don't have a day just yet but he's going to be gone 4-5 days.  Part of it will probably be spent putting some vents into the crawlspace because that is what is causing the Brother's house to have some bad mildew problems.  Plus, the Brother borrowed some money from us a while back and he says he has it now.  The Beast knows better than to let the Brother keep it for any length of time.  He's as bad as the Beast can be about buying *stuff*.  Good thing the both of them have wives that aren't the same way. 

    In preparation for his trip, he started mowing the yard (again) since it means it should then be ready to cut again when he gets home.    That's his life during the summer.  Mowing the lawn and spraying the trees and grounds will take up all his time for the next several months.  During the *winter* here, such as it is, he can go long periods without having to mow but even then the grass keeps growing. 

    I got a birthday call from the Princess and my youngest boy, Marcus, today.  I doubt Buttmunch and Mustachio even remember.  I'm not sure if Buttmunch has her phone working just yet and I am kind of used to Mustachio being oblivious.  He seems to live partly in another dimension most times.  I think that was inherited since his Uncle Icky was/is the same way.

    The Beast has been reading a book titled *The Road to Serfdom*.  It was written in 1931 and is an amazing (but difficult) read.  It could apply to things going on here in the USA and around the world TODAY!    It puts together a lot of things that I knew but had never explored and/or put together in the same way.  It's almost scary because it points out some things that are difficult to accept but are almost inevitable unless more people see it and deal with it.  'Nuff said!

    I'm looking forward to seeing Chewlee tomorrow.  She tickles the heck out of me most of the time.  I'm going to make some spaghetti for her tonight since that is what she asks for most of the time.  I don't know if it's because she likes my spaghetti or if her mother just doesn't make it much.  I need to get some popsicles today when I go to the store so we have those here, too.  I've been out of them for a week now.   Bad grandma!  Bad grandma! 

    SyFy channel is airing a made-for-TV movie tonight called *Dinocroc vs. Supergator*, which should be a hoot if you have seen the previous movies (separate).  It means Bratfink will be happy because there will be a lot of satisfying deaths and carnage.  She sent me a movie that she particularly loves to watch and we are supposed to watch it *together*.  That means we both put it in at the same time and make comments about it on an IM while we watch.  I still haven't watched it yet because she has been either busy with the move-in to the new house or she has been in a lot of pain and spending most of her time in bed.  We will eventually get to that, I'm sure.

    We hoped for some rain today and it really looked like it was going to bless us for several hours.  However, the skies have brightened and the heat risen so I had to go out and water all my plants instead.  They do so much better with rain water.  I guess the water treatment chemicals, although not very detectable to us, are detectable by the plants.

    The Beast is happy because the lack of rain helps the chemicals continue to work on the fungus on the trees and in the ground.  He is, however, buying more chemicals (each is slightly different) and continuing to spray.  I'm not sure if he's really all that worried or if he just loves that sprayer he bought.  He's got it secured on his ATV and goes from tree-to-tree and then back and forth along the whole property.  He can't do anything without *over*-doing it.  Everything becomes an obsession.  *Sigh*

    I'm going to close for now and just say *Love you* and wish you a great Sunday.  I have, at least, enjoyed my relaxing day.  I'm off to take clothes out of the dryer now and get them folded and put away.  At least there's no pressure.