June 29, 2010


  • TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

    I'm keeping Chewlee for the night and Bratfink and I were talking about her new preschool (I like the fact that there is a mixed brew of kids unlike the last one).  From there, we talked about kids eating habits and for some reason, I remembered an incident from the other day that I never shared.

    We've been having a problem with ants here because the Beast neglected to do his spraying under the house and around the perimeter due to his worry over the fruit trees.  I got some stuff I sprayed around the outside of the house and a different spray I use when I find them in the house.

    Chewlee is a whiz at spotting ants in the house and was constantly finding some and telling me to *Spray them, Gramma!  Spray them!*  The other day, before I had finished doing around the outside of the house, she found some around the floor trim and she hunkered down to point them out, I guess.  I was talking to the Beast with my back to her when, suddenly, she screamed. 

    I had visions of blood gushing out from one of her fingers or other digits.  I whipped around and she was holding out her finger while screaming at the most incredible volume!  I didn't see any blood but I grabbed the finger and........

    I found an ant. 

    She was terrified!  I grabbed up the ant (to her complete surprise) and squished it then flicked it down the kitchen drain.  She was both shocked and happy at the same time.  I told her she got too close to the ants if they could crawl up her finger.  She inspected her finger and her hand to make sure there were no more ants crawling on her and has since stayed FAR away from any ants she has seen since.  Somehow, she never considered that an ant might climb on her. 

    I have her here for the night because it's another incredibly early day for the Princess tomorrow.  Her AT&T store finally has the new i-Phones in and they open up early...like 6 or 6:30am so they can start delivering them and getting them up and running.  This way, Chewlee and I can sleep later and I can bring her to preschool at a reasonable time.

    The Beast started getting things done for his trip to his brother's house.  Tonight he packed up a couple of his guns and some ammunition.  He cooked up some chicken to take to supplement the dogs food.  He ran to Pet Depot and bought some of the (very expensive) natural canned dog food plus the special dry food.  I wish he were actually staying as long as the dog food might indicate but I know, at most, he will be gone maybe five days.  If he stays away longer than that, it will be a shock to me even tho' he IS supposed to help put some vents in the crawlspace under the Brother's house.  He'll get that done in one day knowing him.

    I have all the wash done so he will pack up his clothes tomorrow (Tuesday) and those will be in the car, ready for him to leave.  I bought him a few things for snacking on while he drives and I have bottles of water for Baron. I offered to make him a couple sandwiches but he prefers to grab something from McDonald's or Waffle House (as long as the weather isn't too hot to leave the dog in the car).  It's about a 7 hour drive even with his stops to let Baron out to run and relieve himself.

    The main reason I made sure to have all the wash done is the Beast has favorite things....like we all do.  He has perhaps three pair of jeans he likes to wear.  Of course, he owns about 30 pair.    I started yelling at him to at least rotate them so he can wear out a couple pair that have been hanging in the closet forever!  Sheesh!

    Gonna get this posted and ready for you to read.  Thank you for stopping by and love ya!  Hope you have a great Tuesday.  Drive carefully, please!