Well, I conveniently forgot to cut the grass. It's really getting wooly and I'm sure it's making the people who care about such things nervous. Which might be a good reason for letting it go another week.
After watching Auburn get hogtied, I took the younger two girls up to Wal-Mart so they could finish spending their Christmas money. Rebecca had wanted to get a case for her camera and a bigger SD card. I had a 128MB card I had been letting her use, but I convinced her to step up to a 2GB. That used up a lot of her money, which seems kind of unfair to a kid. I mean, the chip is the same size as the 128MB one, and looks the same, and for some reason it cost 70 bucks? I explained that it would hold nearly an infinite number of pictures, but I think she was still a bit disappointed in nearly blowing her whole bankroll on one bit of plastic and silicon. Anyway, she got a camera kit with a tripod and case and battery, so that was okay. And a couple of video games, so that was even better.
Cat? Well, she needed something to stack DVDs in, even though she didn't KNOW she needed one, so we got a small rack so she could try to put away some of her things in her room. AND, a chair. I don't know why, but she's been wanting a butterfly chair. I suspect one of her friends has one. Anyway, I've resisted, because she has no place to PUT a butterfly chair, out house being completely furnished with an abundance of sitting utensils. But, she wanted to use her money to get one. The Wallyworld had exactly one left. She decided to try it out in the store (it is Wal-Mart, after all) and pronounced it "too small."
But then, this caught her eye. Or rather, her sense of adventure. As with the butterfly chair, she felt compelled to dispense with any sense of propriety and proceeded to rock backwards numerous times with her feet extended toward the ceiling while giggling maniacally. (It is, after all, Wal-Mart.)
Thus entranced, she asked if she could use her money for this must-have item. Well, it IS smaller than a butterfly chair, and the entertainment value is much greater.
So, it now sits in the floor of the den, and each of them has taken turns flipping over backwards.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at October 9, 2006 12:31 PM