August 27, 2010

Today has been all about WORK—and do I mean work! Those darned apples are just gonna kill Mamaw! I don’t know how she stands it…but she’s faithful. And the Association minutes says we have to have our trees and bushes trimmed by September 1st if we don’t want to get A LETTER. Here it is, a very nice, hot day, and Mamaw is out there trimming the evergreen hedge too. Well I just can’t stand to watch it—I’ll spend my time in the kennel. “No you won’t, Miss Scarlett,” she says, “its way too nice for you to be inside.” So she drags the gate out and makes me go out there to watch her. Yeah—it’s been a day.

And she’s spent a lot of time writing today too. She told me she wants to spend two hours a day JUST ON HER NOVEL…and then she does the blogs too and even though I help that’s most of the day. But she’s determined and it isn’t my job to slow her down.

Oh—but get this—on top of all that she made me walk a long way today. I’ve been lazy and haven’t wanted to go so she’s gone on her own. Today she wasn’t takin no for an answer. I think she wanted to tire me out so I’d rest too. And rest I did…

Miss Betty called and wanted some company. We went to see her and I had a lovely time with the two little dogs and Mamaw used the curling iron on Betty’s hair. It looked real pretty when she was done too. Miss Betty has the whitest gray hair I’ve ever seen. I heard em hatchin an idea to go back to Denison, IA for a day—a long day. That means I have to stay home…

Poppy came in the door from his mini-vacation a lot sooner than we expected him. We were just gonna dig in the fridge to find something to eat but instead we made a pizza. You don’t even have to ask—I GOT NONE.

Mamaw promised Miss Betty she’d get that movie watched and back to her. She’s had it at least 2 months…she needs to slow down and smell the roses don’t ya think? Well, she couldn’t get the dumb thing to work in the bedroom so she says it’ll have to take place sometime today. Poppy didn’t offer to watch it with her in the living room—he was worried about how that Tiger Woods was doin at the tournament. And when he found out it was “awful.” So we just watched TV and took in some lovin from each other.