September 9, 2010

Mamaw is on a cleaning rampage today! The carpeting looks good—now she has to get the house dusted. She tells me she does a “special dusting” that takes a long time once every spring and once every fall. Well, today’s the day! I’m gonna be really good and just follow her around telling her how beautiful the furniture looks cause that’s what she wants to hear…

She spent just enough time in the office to get our blogs done and then she got right at it. Good thing Poppy is working—she’d be dustin him too! Me—I didn’t get close enough for her to grab me. Sure smells good when she gets a room done though—lemon oil. And her dust rag was so dirty she told me she’s ashamed for not doing it sooner. She got a little caught up in her novel writin. No sweat Mamaw—it’s just us…

I got to help her strip the bed and wash the bedding. I feel really important when she includes me in that. It’s kinda tiring too…up and down those stairs. I wonder how she does it. Then it’s time t make the bed and I want on the bed—she wants me off. Well, what’s the deal? She made me get off and lay outside the door—says she can’t make the bed with me on it.

And when Poppy got home Mamaw went for a really long walk. She invited me but I decided to stay with Poppy. He’d been gone all day and besides she wants to walk 4 miles—NO THANKS. Yep, she’s determined to lose those other 5 lbs. so she’ll stay right with it.

When she got back, all she had for dinner was a 5 calorie drink. That worries me a little bit. If she’s gonna work as hard as she did today, doesn’t she need more than that? Aw—but the bedroom was so inviting I wasn’t about to jump her about her eating habits. I just consider it an honor to be able to go back there with her. If she hangs out with Poppy for too long, I start to “hint” that it’s time to go. Sometimes she listens—other times she doesn’t. Frankly, it’s a lot of work for me.