October 24, 2011

  • A Surprise For Chewlee

     

    TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

    I think I am coming down with a cold.  It feels and sounds like it although the bouts of coughing aren't really close together.  Oh well, we shall see.

    Today was one of the Princess's days off and she was busy trying to make Mount Stinky disappear from the bedroom.  She has tomorrow off work, too, so I am hoping it will become Stinky Hill or disappear all together.  After she picked up Chewlee from school, she announced that she had a big, big surprise for her later.  The Princess had bought and made some of those Pillsbury sugar cookies for Halloween.  She surprised Chewlee with one and she was so tickled over the image of the pumpkin on it.  She went and got herself another one and brought one for me too because, as she told me, *she shares*.  laughing

    The big surprise was her paternal grandfather.  He is back from Afghanistan now and was coming up here to see Chewlee, take her shopping at the Osh Gosh outlet (Chewlee loves the clothes there and so does her mother), and keep her overnight.  No school for her tomorrow, I'm sure and he will probably take her to buy some books and/or toys at one of the big department stores around us tomorrow before he meets up with the Princess to bring her back. 

    Chewlee will be going down to his house in the Florida Panhandle for a week sometime in the next two weeks.  Her mother, the Princess, will be driving down to Port Charlotte for a get-together with some of her friends there and will pick up Chewlee on her way back home.  It will seem strange not to have either of them around for a week but it will be nice for them both to get away for awhile. 

    The Beast took Baron in to the vets this morning and discovered the poor dog had what looks like hives on his muzzle and a few other places.  He also had a bug bite, most likely a spider bite, on his muzzle, too.  The poor thing has two different pills he has to take twice each day.  The Beast had to hide them in some food and he hand fed it to him.  BUT.....within an hour, the dog was seriously better.  shocked  He's not constantly rubbing his muzzle all over because of itching.  One of the medications is a steroid and the Beast said, *What?  He's going to get even bigger?*  But the meds are only for five days, thankfully.  I hope it helps him.  If it's really hives on his muzzle, we will have to try to find out what it is that is affecting him that way.

    Well, it's nice and quiet here now so I am going to go play a few games on Pogo.  Hope your week started out well and continues that way.  If not, I hope it improves.  Love you and I wish you happiness.