September 30, 2011

• Things Seem To Be Getting Better.....

   

  TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

  Buttmunch, when talking to me yesterday, brought up the fact that Sheepie is graduating this year.  I was stunned.  Time really does fly by.  It really seems like just last year or so she was a freshman.    I said I would pay for her cap and gown rental but Buttmunch hasn't called me back yet to tell me how much that it.  I mentioned it to the Beast and he just nodded his head.  He never took the walk when he graduated so he doesn't remember but I'm pretty sure that the cost hasn't really risen that much.  I'm just so tickled that so many of my grandkids are looking good as far as graduation and even going on to college.  That makes me VERY happy indeed.  I have to check with Marcus Aurelius but I think his daughter Aimee graduates either this year or next.  I think it's next year.

  The Beast was outside checking the wetness/dryness of the areas the driver needs to use to get the cottage/shed in place and pronounced it fit.  The driver will be here tomorrow to finally get it placed where we want it.  Then the Beast can call the Brother so he can come down to help get the interior fixed up.  The Beast has some of the supplies already and others he's waiting on getting it when they are ready to start the real work.  The Princess is going to be putting things into her storage unit little-by-little for the next week and then will probably have Tara's boys and Tonto help move the bigger stuff into the storage unit that she's not going to use for quite a while. 

  I'm able to stay on my feet with less pain each day.  It's my endurance that has truly suffered and what I have to rebuild.  But I am able to do more and more every day and am starting to remember what it feels like to be human once again.  I've had so many things I couldn't do for the past several months that need to be done (cleaning under beds for example and cobwebs in some of the rooms) that I can't think of what all I have to do, I just think of one task at a time.  Otherwise, it gets too depressing.  I have shelves that need wiping down, those kind of things and I have my table in my computer room that is piled with clothes that I really want to pack up and send off but I need some things in order to do that.  **Sigh**  It'll get done.  It's just going to take a bit of time for me.  What I am anxious for is being able to drive myself someplace....anyplace.  You never realize how wonderful it is to be able to just jump in your car and drive until you CAN'T.  Even the Beast, who used to think I spent too much money on groceries, has discovered that his *short* trips to the store almost every day adds up to more money than I spent every two weeks.  Some lessons can only be learned the hard way.  Even he is anxious for me to be able to drive again.  That way he doesn't HAVE to be the one to go.  We can really share.

  I need to do a little *other* shopping and it's not something I can put on a list for the Beast.  He would be totally clueless.  So, I wait, anxiously.  Chewlee keeps telling me that *when your feet are better and you can drive....*.  She knows that she will be getting a treat since one of the things I need to get is something SHE wants.    Trust a kid to have a memory like an elephant.

  I have no idea where it came from but Chewlee complained today about Baron trying to eat *her beautiful hair*.  I asked her who told her she had beautiful hair.  She looked at me so innocently and said, *Everybody tells me that, Grandma.*  I expect it's true.....when her hair is nicely brushed or if they just love the natural curls she has (nice and loose).  I just shook my head and told her that Baron doesn't eat hair.  She probably had it caught in his tags on his collar. 

  Love you all.  Have a totally fantastic Friday and a great weekend.  Spend time with friends and loved ones if at all possible.  Those are the best times. 
  

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