Headless Perch

Every morning, Handsome Dude wakes up, puts on his Space Man goggles, and finds Peter the Kitten.

He marches up the stairs, announcing the good news for all the world to hear:

“Peter is up!  Here comes Peter!”

Then he sits on the couch and cuddles his BFF.  Tis cute.

Here’s some updates.  For I know you long to be updated.

1)  Daisy Mae was the best helper when it came to building the new rabbit fences, therefore, she got to go on a special fishing trip with her dad.

The two of them brought home four perch that no longer have heads and are sitting in my fridge.

I would like the people to know that:

A)  I ain’t cooking them

B)  I ain’t eating them

Thank you.

2)  We started to paint the chicken coop yesterday.  I went with a brown/red.  It does not have the pizazz of a brilliant red I had originally hoped for, but it will do.

The trim of the roof is still the old color.  We will remedy this soon.  And when I say “we,” I , of course, mean David.

I can’t paint on a ladder!

We also decided to paint the sides white.  In case you cared.  But you probably did not.

It was pretty glamorous and all, standing in chicken poop and painting the coop.  A few brilliant chickens started pecking inside my paint can.  And did you know chickens can be afflicted with diarrhea?  True story.

Yes.  My yard is tidy and has no junk in it at all.  Thank you for noticing!

3)  For the past couple of months, the girls have been working hard to get ready for a live production they would be starring in.

Sweet Pea was in a skit and had quite a few lines to learn.  She did great, the fine actress that she clearly is.

There she is . . . spitting out lines like it ain’t no thang.

Daisy Mae was in the choir and took it quite seriously.

Afterwards, they ate gobs of ice cream and spun fiercely on the tire swing.  This resulted in Daisy Mae wailing and moaning the entire ride home.

And have you heard?  We have a LONG ride home.

4)  The other day, Daisy Mae was phoning Auntie Datenut.  And yes, I just said phoning.

She sat there for a long time.

Me:  Honey, are you getting her answering machine?

Daisy Mae:  No!  The phone is just making this weird sound over and over!

So, I listened and it was a busy signal!  She was sitting there listening to it for a few minutes. Ha.  My children had never heard a busy signal before.  It was pretty exciting for them.  And a trip down memory lane for your truly.

Happy Monday!

PS-Update from the last post:

Sheetrock:  Big white sheets of some sort of material (perhaps rock?  get it-sheetrock?ha.) that builder peoples, such as my husband, nail on to studs to create walls.

Do you know what a stud is?  Do you?

And not this stud:

The wall kind.

Anywho-you nail this big sheet to the studs and then you have to do something called mud and tape and all I know is David loathes that part.

And just like magic, it all turns into walls that you can paint whatever color you like!  But don’t pick peach.  Please.

OSB-  OSB looks like a bunch of wood chips glued to a big board.  I don’t remember what we used OSB for, but I kind of think it was used on the floor of our laundry room and perhaps we laid the tile down on top of it?
But what do I know?

Not much.

So, there you go.

And rest assured, if my husband reads this, he will be sorely disappointed in my building knowledge.

Sorely.