August 10, 2013

  • Chewlee Re: Teasing vs. Lying

    TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

    There are days I have to give Chewlee credit on the scoreboard for turning a situation into a score for her.  Today was an example (although it didn't apply to HER lying yesterday).  The Beast was giving her a hard time about not touching a snail.  She got all girlish and said she didn't want to touch anything that was slimy.  He then told her that snails attacked and ate kittens.  She looked at him, at first, like he had gone off his rocker and she said so.  He kept it up and told her that they (snails) got together and would hide until there were enough of them and then they would jump on the kitten and start eating it.  He told her one of their favorite places to hide was in a cat pooper scooper machine and Chewlee's eyes got huge because they have one of those in the laundry room for her kitten.  That was when she turned to me and wanted me to say YES or NO to what HE was saying.  She does that because I told her (and have kept my word on that) that I would never lie to her. 

    When she did that, I shook my head NO and that's when she told the Beast that he was lying to her.  He suddenly realized where this was going to go and said, *I was just teasing you!*  That's when she folded her arms and said, *Uh huh, and   just what makes teasing and lying different???*  I just smiled because there was no way the Beast could try his usual *Because I said so!* or try *You knew I was kidding you!*  To her, it was a plain and simple lie because grownups aren't supposed to tell kids lies like snails eat kittens.  Worse, that they gang up to attack and eat kittens.    I know!  It's funny to you and I but it could be scary to a gullible little girl or boy who is told such things by an adult.  After all, we aren't supposed to lie about such things, right?

    We actually had a good day here.  The Beast spent a lot of time with Dennis and even went over to inspect Dennis's *barn*.  It's actually big enough to qualify since it was built to be able to house their RV plus their car, his motorcycle and provide ample space for a workshop.  The Beast came home all envious and I told him to cut that shit out.  It always ends up costing us money and that ain't gonna happen!  We have plenty of room for most anything he wants with the barn and cottage we have.  He has enough room in the cottage to put in a good size workshop if he really wanted one but I guess it's a little like penis envy among men.  You want what you don't have. 

    I'm going out in a bit to see if I can see any of the meteorites that show up this time of year.  For the next two or three days, they will be showing up in the NE section of the sky.  Actually, they will show up in any large area of sky you can see without any of the city lights showing on the horizon.  Check it out.  Best time is between midnight and sunrise.  I'm going out after midnight and just sit and relax in a comfy chair and watch the sky.  I'll let you know how that worked out.  All that will spoil it is if clouds move in.

    Time to go.  Love you all.  Have a great Sunday.  Tara and her kids get back tomorrow and the Beast will be picking them up at the airport and will get a report on their time up there, I'm sure.  There are a lot of states that could be in real trouble with flash flooding (we are included up here in the mountainous areas) so say a little prayer for all of them/us.  Some states needed the rain but not all at once!