September 17, 2011

  • A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood....

     

    TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

    Today was a really great day.  Bright sun, moderate temperature (75 for the high) and a very happy Chewlee.  I'm so glad she is always happy to come to Grandma's house.  The first thing she did was to inspect the DVD's Auntie Bratfink sent her.  When she saw the new Veggietales one, she immediately told me that *when Sponge Bob took his nap* (the time when there is a break in programming) we would watch the new one along with the other one we have.  Bratfink sent us *The Prodigal Son* and we have *Lyle, The Kindly Viking*.  All of the Veggietales have very solid life lessons to them.  They are done nicely and are cute to watch.  She really likes the ones she's seen (I think some of her friends have others) and tells me what she's learned from them.  The one that cracked me up was when she told me you don't bite friends.    Only enemies.

    Bratfink also sent her a Yogi Bear DVD and one of the Nanny McPhee DVD's.  On our planned DVD schedule, Yogi is #3.  She recognized that Emma Thompson, who plays Penelope on Harry Potter, was on the cover of Nanny McPhee.  She says we will watch that after Yogi but I think she will be confused.  Emma is unrecognizable as Nanny but I hope she finds it interesting.  I shall see.

    The Beast is outside mowing the lawn very short in the area where the cottage/shed will be placed next week.  I had to laugh watching him mowing with his John Deere.  It used to be fairly easy to mow the back even with the trees that are planted.  However, with the addition of the raised garden and flowerbed, it's now tougher for him.  Once the shed is placed, it will be even worse.  Oh, and lets not forget the area where the solar panels are.  **Sigh**  He makes his life complicated, I think.

    I worked on laundry today.  I forced myself to do more walking than normal even though my feet are screaming at me.  Of course, with Chewlee here, doing more walking is really not much more than she forces on me at times because she doesn't really understand the kind of pain it causes me.  I'm Grandma and I am here to serve her or just to come and see things she finds interesting.  Sometimes, it's just to *pretend* with her or tickle her or help her find a match on her Mahjong game when she gets stuck.  That's not often, thankfully.  Today she ordered me to go put my feet up but it was really just because she wanted my chair for herself while she played her game.  She usually prefers to be on my lap and her wiggling butt is extremely uncomfortable after a short time.  I was glad to go and put my feet up, trust me.

    She got upset with me because I made myself some California blend vegetables.  We've been adding them to the dog's chicken for so long that she thinks it's *dog food* and won't touch it.  I keep telling the Beast to buy us just the broccoli and cauliflower mix because the California blend has waaaaay too many carrots in it but he never remembers.  **Sigh**  I spotted a brand new bag in the freezer so I just finished up what was in the old bag.  I had a taste for veggies.  She kept running up to me, looking in the bowl and going *EWWWWWW!* and wrinkling up her nose.  It was totally funny!

    Veggietales from Auntie Bratfink was a hit, as was Yogi Bear.  Nanny McPhee confused her.  First of all, it wasn't what she expected.  Secondly, she kept asking me questions and missing out on some of the action.  She told me we have to watch it *tomorrow*.

    It's now almost dark and I decided to go ahead and let her take a bath since she spent about an hour running around the backyard.  For a while, she had her doll with her and kept rocking it while she stomped around after the Beast who was mowing on his John Deere.  She then put her baby to bed and told me I had to be very quiet in the house or I would wake her up.  Then she ran outside and around the yard with Baron.  Baron loves a freshly cut lawn.  He loves to roll in it, I mean.  The Beast or I have to then brush him down before letting him into the house or he tracks it all over.  I half expected Chewlee to join him. 

    Well, love you all.  I have to finish my laundry now.  Mostly folding to do at this point.  I hung out my scatter rugs to dry because they don't do well in the dryer with those latex backs they have.  It's supposed to be cool again tonight and I hope I get some decent sleep.  I don't get Chewlee until the afternoon so I can sleep in if I want (or should I say *can*?).  I have high hopes of getting the floors cleaned up...at least the kitchen, living and dining room areas anyway.  That much would make me very, very happy since I haven't really touched them in over three months now.  Thankfully, you really can't tell and I love that about the flooring at least.  Then I plan on working on this rug in here.  I may even start on it tonight.  **Grin**  I am really tired of being mostly sedentary.  Wouldn't you be?