Booming Banter

Precious Peeps it’s PITS here to heave you over the humpty and as PERFECT as ever.

I am delighted to inform you that dear Aretha has been returned to her usual spot in front of our garage.

She has been completely restored to braking boldness and not just that she’s had her spark plugs changed and a whole slew of other things that were coming due.

The dealership thought it would be a good way to thank us for our understanding and patience and we said thank you very much.

This got me thinking about maintenance in living critters. We don’t have spark plugs but just imagine we did what would we feel like if they were changed. I’d say we’d be friskier maybe funnier certainly more alert and full of beans.

So let’s for the sake of it pretend today on this humpty that we like Aretha have had a makeover and run around sparkling.

Try it and see I bet people notice the difference if they don’t just tell them I’m available to provide therapy.

Blessing#2928-New Bits

Poor Aretha has left for the shop to be repaired.

A big truck came and picked her up and she rolled up and off.

We love that little lady as she has taken us so many places.

We’re not sure when she’ll be ready to return but since we couldn’t go out we kept busy baking.

Ma used up all the yogurt and milk in the fridge and made enough wheaten bread to keep us going for weeks. We froze a lot.

It’s good stuff I can tell you.

So for dinner we had to make some good thick lentil soup.

There really is nothing quite like homemade soup and wheaten bread. It makes you feel loved.

Blessing#2928-Comfort Food.

Apart from a few minutes at brekkie and our trot we saw virtually nothing of Mom yesterday. It was great!

She took the Bro’s car and went to church then shopping then out to her friends for lunch and then to the prison for her Kairos weekend closing ceremony.

The Bro and the niece and me had a ball.

We just hung out together and watched soccer and then football and we ate all sorts of snacks.

We fried up a whole load of bacon for lunch and took naps and vegetated.

It was so cool.

Eventually Ma came home but we were so tired by then that we had to go to bed.

All Sundays should be like this or at least once a month.

Blessing#2927-Doing Nothing

You know we are never short of a bit of high drama well here’s the latest.

Ma left work yesterday to go out to Uncle Jim and Auntie Marsha’s farm as they were having a family get together.

The route takes her past our house but as she was driving she heard a dull sound and thought she’d left something in the trunk. She was going slow as it’s a 35mph zone and when she went to make a turn she discovered her brakes weren’t working. Yikes.

So of course she couldn’t go on to the farm that was miles off but she made it the half mile to our door.

When the Bro got in from work he saw there was something hanging down under her car. It was the brake caliper he said and there was fluid on the ground by her car.

Ma had had new brakes fitted front and rear less than two weeks earlier so something is not right here but that will get fixed.

Now here’s the thing this happened almost at our door but it could have happened in a neighborhood with children playing, or on a highway when she was going fast, or out on one of the remote country roads to the farm or at a major junction on a main road.

The possibilities are endless. Ma says she feels sure her guardian angel aka as Dad was watching over her.

Blessing#2926-Saved

Do you like being quiet? I mean hearing nothing?

This can happen here now at night because there is no AC or heating on.

It’s funny because the quieter everything is the more each noise that does happen makes you jump.

The squirrels sometimes drop nuts from one of our big trees onto our roof. You can hear it in the daytime but at night when it’s still they sound like ballistic missiles.

Just got me thinking that if we all kept quiet for an hour each day, no TV , no Facebook, no barking or shouting we might hear something important.

Ma said there’s a song about this

Blessing#2925-Sound of Silence

Precious Peeps it’s PITS here ready to whirl you into a wonderful weekend.

Are you feeling fab after my Wednesday tutorial. I’ll give you another next week.

In the meantime a little self focus.

I’ve been reflecting on what PITS might stand for.

Pure Intelligence Takes Stage

Please Incline Towards Superstar

Put In Take Shape

Paused Intending To Somersault

Why don’t you try with your nickname and see what your hidden meaning might be.

Only positive thoughts are permitted

This will keep you busy in any situation you run into this weekend and create a warm glow.

Enjoy and know that Perfection Is Truly Something!!

Blessing#2924-Acronyms

Isn’t it great the Pope is home and doesn’t need anymore treatment.

He must be such an inspiration for so many people.

Next time the King and him meet they’ll be able to share notes.

In the past all these things would have been kept secret but it’s great to know even the most important people are still like the rest of us critters.

Here’s hoping he’s feeling up to his Latin American tour as it will be great to see the reception he gets in Peru.

We’re happy he’s well healed!

Blessing#2923-Recovery

Precious Peeps it’s PITS here to heave you over the humpty.

As we have another two sleeps until the weekend I thought you’d like some tips on how to be more PERFECT!

First up is sleep. Get as much of this as you can. You can sleep on the bus on the train in the car if you’re not driving on the sofa at your desk on the floor and of course in bed. This practice will ensure your eyes sparkle when they are open.

Next take exercise in between sleeping. Short bursts at high speed work best. If you can’t be outside just run to the fridge or the toilet or wherever you need to go. Don’t walk run! This will tone your body and make it easier to slip into something sleek.

Eat fiber in the form of fruit this will keep you running.

Finally get groomed if you don’t have a Scooby to lick you just roll on the carpet. This will exfoliate exceptionally well and you’ll be glowing.

I bet by Friday you’ll see a difference. If you don’t I’ll give you a discount on your next order of tips from the Pitty Princess.

I love you almost as much as me.

Blessing#2922-Preparations

Precious Peeps it’s PITS here to heave you over the humpty.

As we have another two sleeps until the weekend I thought you’d like some tips on how to be more PERFECT!

First up is sleep. Get as much of this as you can. You can sleep on the bus on the train in the car if you’re not driving on the sofa at your desk on the floor and of course in bed. This practice will ensure your eyes sparkle when they are open.

Next take exercise in between sleeping. Short bursts at high speed work best. If you can’t be outside just run to the fridge or the toilet or wherever you need to go. Don’t walk run! This will tone your body and make it easier to slip into something sleek.

Eat fiber in the form of fruit this will keep you running.

Finally get groomed if you don’t have a Scooby to lick you just roll on the carpet. This will exfoliate exceptionally well and you’ll be glowing.

I bet by Friday you’ll see a difference. If you don’t I’ll give you a discount on your next order of tips from the Pitty Princess.

I love you almost as much as me.

Blessing#2922-Preparations

Yesterday we spent a lot of time together outdoors.

We did leaves and then Ma cleared out her raised bed. She harvested her beetroot and has enough for one or two mouthfuls.

They look like marbles but she still boiled peeled and pickled them. Don’t tell her I said this but they’re pathetic. They wouldn’t fill a mouse’s tummy.

Anyway onwards. We brought in the last four tomatoes again miniature in size. Two are still green but they will turn.

The Basil which is looking woody was put in the family room for winter. It may not survive.

For the moment the rosemary which was the greatest success of the season is still outside as it’s hardy but we’re going to bring it in also before any hard frost.

Now on to our experiment. We are trying to winterize our geraniums. We took them from their pot and cleaned all the soil off the roots, trimmed back the stems and put them to sleep in a cardboard box.

From the stems we cut off we are trying to make baby plants by propagating them. We could have followed instructions but you know Ma she is a speed freak so we just chopped them up and stuck them in soil. They are in the garage now doing their thing.

The Bro also got in on the job when he came home from work and swept up four full big bags of leaves from the front.

It was great being together. It was a glorious sunny day but pleasantly cool. We played a lot and felt fresh and relaxed. We should do this more often.

Blessing#2921-Gardening