Mar 11, 2009

CUE THE HEAVY AND DRAMATIC SIGH

My mom can't come to the blog right now. She's on day three of a migraine bender and methinks she should just stay put on the bathroom floor. Don't worry about her, though. I'm making sure she has lots of fluids (No, I didn't put the lid up, you sillies....I poured her a nice tall glass of diet Orange Crush), and I'm demanding that she just gets some rest.

I thought I'd take you on a little tour around the homestead. Since I figured out how to push the camera buttons with my paw, I figured I'd better snap off a few shots before the old lady regains her senses and then grounds me for touching her stuff. Man, she can get really testy about paw prints, dog hair, or puppy pee on her "stuff", so I have to indulge myself whenever I can.

First up is the lamp post out in the front yard. As you can see, the wind took the top of it right off. Mom ran out there to see if she could fix it, but all she managed to do was get the glass into the garage and Aunt Chrissy over here in a flash. They stood out there for a good hour or so before Mom finally came stomping into the house muttering something about "little sisters being the smarter ones, my ass", and then she grabbed rubber bands and headed back outside. Considering it was about a billion below out there, I just stayed put and got the phone ready to dial 9-1-1. (Mom has a habit of electrocuting herself every now and then, so I like to be prepared.) I did manage to call the Home Owner's Association here in the Forest, so the guy should be here in the next few days to fix this right up. In the meantime, the neighbors think Mom has entered her "sculptural" phase of lawn ornamentation:

Next is a pic of what I am now calling Lake St. Stewey. If I could get my little rowboat out of the attic by myself, I'd take it for a spin, but ever since Mom had to wade into the retention pond last summer to "save" me, I've been grounded from all water sports. Oh well, I guess I'll just wait for the ducks to show up and then I can run out and bark at them. I wonder where all of that water is going to go? (Nope, in case you were wondering....we don't have a lake front lot. This used to be a pasture/field of some kind where the deer threw keggers:


Here's a potted mum that both Mom and Aunt Chrissy completely overlooked during Fall Garden Cleanup. I pointed it out to them at least a dozen times, but they ignored me and let the thing sit out there all winter long. How embarrassing. Well I, for one, am not going to let the darn thing just rot away, so I think I'll give it a little watering for the spring thaw:

Oh, and I better get the grass too. Looks like it hasn't had a drink all winter long:

I'll leave you with a shot of the chipmunk subdivision that I discovered in the front garden today. Boy oh boy is Mom going to be peeved when these little suckers start running around eating all of the tulip bulbs.

Well, that's about it for now. I'm off to Mom's Happy Chair to watch "Mistresses" on the BBC. I've been secretly taping each episode and then watching them whenever Mom's not around, and I'm just dying to see what those ladies will do next. I don't understand a lot of it, but I'm getting the impression that it's really hot wherever they are because they keep taking all of their clothes off.

Mom will be back soon. I can already hear her starting to rustle around in there. Better go!

Love,
Stewey

19 comments:

  1. Oh Stewey - you are a hoot and I love you for making me laugh every time you sneak on here.
    Tell your mum that the 2nd series of Mistresses is even better than the first.

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  2. Stewey, your such a wonderful son. Now I hope you can manage csome pics of your mom while she;s under the weather. Sneak up on her and get her when she's sneezing!!
    Hugs and I hope your mom feels better soon!!

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  3. Loved the pics, Stewey, especially the "lawn art". Hope Mommy is soon feeling better and up to stitching. Give her my best.

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  4. Stewey..I love when you post.you are such a sweetie and I would love to hug you..Hope your mom gets to feeling better..

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  5. Stewey, it's so good that you take care of your mama......

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  6. Thanks for the tour Stewey - great pictures!
    Hope your mom gets better soon!

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  7. Stewey take good care of Mom. Those migraines are nasty things. Thanks for the tour of the neighborhood. Wonder where the deer are having their keggers now,hmmmm.

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  8. stewey stewey
    oh the hings you can dooey
    makes me crack up

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  9. Hi Stewie, hope your mum is feeling better now. just a suggestion - why don't you take some pictures of your mum. Is she really that shy???

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  10. Stewey, you and Chloe need to get in touch. I'm really tired of maintaining my own blog, and I think my readers would like a few more pictures. If Chloe could just use my camera, like you sneak pics with your mom's, I could take a break!

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  11. Stewey, Dreyx would get along great with you. He alos loves to take care of his mom when she needs it but knows enough to stay out of her stitching stuff.

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  12. Thank you so much Stewey. You are a hoot to read. Take care of your mom and tell here I hope her migraine goes away.

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  13. Hope you get out of "migraine jail" soon.
    Karen

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  14. Hope your Mom feels better soon. Things will really get HOT if your Mom watches C4 (UK) Gordon Ramsey's The F Word, when it's back on. He takes his top off in the opening titles!

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  15. Stewey, you just made my day. Now I feel I am ready to battle work again :). Keep up the good work. Tell your mom to get well soon, migraines are just awful.

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  16. Stewey you are such a helpful and inciteful young pup...your Mum I know must be very proud! :o)

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  17. Stewie, get a bag of frozen peas and wrap them in a teatowel and pop them on her head....it helps! I love reading your adventures and they make me laugh out loud. You have also opened my eyes to how evil squirrels are....we don't get them here in Australia.

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  18. Oh Stewey you are too much!! I just wonder why you have to wait until Mommy isn't around to sneak on here to write. Why don't you just start your own blog? You're so good with the computer and the camera. You'd be a natural for it. You could talk about taking care of parents, the garden, the lawn security, the dangers of deer keggers.

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  19. I think I like Stwey better than I like some people.....straightforward with a bit of wit and sarcasm sprinkled in.......

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