Booming Banter

Precious Peeps it’s PITS Perfect and I am definitely a fan of the Water Bunny.

She brought us a great start to the year.

Lots of snow which meant the plans for the humans to go out celebrating were scuppered.

Instead we got to have lots of fun in the white fluffy stuff.

My pen pal Libby Grace sent me pics of her and her Dad. They also were grounded.

Granny had to do what all Chinese Grannies do on New Year she made dumplings.

In theory all family members are meant to help but you know how it goes when there is a big football game on TV. Men!!!!

They were tasty little treats. Bit like bunny ears aren’t they?

Thank goodness granny made a mountain.

Blessing#1591-YumYums

It’s great that my bro is Chinese because we get to have two New Year’s. So to all of you a very happy year of the water bunny.

Ma has bedecked the front door with red ornaments for good luck and as always the fireplace is festooned with auspicious sayings that someone more skilled in the language can translate.

Many of the lanterns and little soft toys have been lifted to higher elevation lest the roaring dragon has a go at them.

This year is symbolic of the softest of all creatures in the zodiac so we are reminded to get on with it and be as they are « quietly confident and kind »

I’ll try my best! As for now I plan to get my teeth into one of the gigantic donuts Ma has procured for our brekkie to get things off to a sweet start. She didn’t quite get round to making the cake. Maybe for Easter!!

Blessing# 1590-Hopping Along

For some days I have been reflecting on a post I saw concerning the alarming price of eggs.

In Ohio, considered a farming state, the dirty dozen has escalated from $1.50 to $4.00 over the past year. If you go organic add $2.00.

This concerns me as I like a scrambler now and then but Ma has stopped making them for me. « Too expensive for you Scooby »

People are even starting to keep hens as pets which concerns me somewhat. If Ma were to do this there would be a blood bath for sure with Jaws around.

Regardless that is not the point of my post.

When I saw the above I immediately thought of eggs. What would a precious child of today be named?

Ei, perhaps if Germanic in origin, Oeuf if the parents were francophiles, Ovum or Ova for a little classical twist. Huevos is not bad I suppose as you could use Hue for short.

This morning though it hit me the name of the moment just has to be Humpty.

Get it? Aren’t I funny and it’s not even Friday!!!!!!!

I must speak to H&M in case they produce a number three.

Blessing #1589-Crack Ups

As you are aware I’m a gifted individual.

An intellectual who keeps the books for the business.

A brave guard of the homestead

A kind and comforting nurse to ANYONE in need !

One thing I refuse to do though is dust

See I told you I’m an smart. Be smart and follow me!!!!

Blessing#1588-Multitasker

Cousin Krishna sends us jokes every day to get me in a good mood. It helps me deal with trouble that currently is slumbering sweetly in another room.

This morning the cartoon gave me a smile and got me all nostalgic for a good road trip.

We always play the game « spot the states » the person who gets the furthest away wins. If we’re doing a really long journey then we count the number of states we see. Ma and the bro got well into the thirties on one trip but they were going to the Deep South.

At this time of year it’s usually too cold for me to go with Ma to work as I have to sit in the car while she’s in the tearoom.

Maybe if it’s a good day next Monday when she is off I’ll see if she’d take us all out.

Now all I need to do is study up on where to go. That’s part of the fun! Oh and how to get TROUBLE into the Trunk! She ain’t sharing the back seat of my Aretha!

Blessing#1587-Map Quests

Passionate Pitty Peeps big thanks for all your get well wishes.

I am almost back to Perfection.

The tummy tickles were still a trifle troubling throughout the day but by evening I was calming down.

The Gizz was attentive to my affliction. Funny how he can be good when I’m bad.

I almost exterminated him and the humans with some seriously smelly toots even my Dad said I was gassing like an elephant.

Sure clears your head as well as the room. Gives you so much peace to just chew!

Blessing#1586-Stink Bombs

Passionate Peeps I am a Poorly Pitty.

You know I have the constitution of an ox and a lead strong stomach but yesterday I felt miserable like a very old lady.

Half way to the park I puked up all my brekkie. Three big piles of it that poor old Granny had to pick up of the road. Auntie Denise said it could have been worse it could have been on the carpet.

We proceeded undeterred but within a few minutes I had the runs and it was all bloody.

Granny was racking her brain as to what I might have eaten. Speculation ranged from socks to soap to sweeties to soda since these are scattered systematically all around my Dads bedroom. Apart from this the Gizz and me ate all the same things.

It was only after much winding back of the memory’s tape that the light dawned. Granny had had sardines in hot sauce for lunch and when she opened the tin she spilled some of the sauce on the kitchen floor. Of course I’d sprung to her rescue and quickly cleaned it up. Bingo!

That’s me off the Tabasco for life. Maybe sardines too since they are pretty stinky!

Please pray I will be able to eat enough today to catch up on yesterday’s imbalance as I may fade away to nothing.

Blessing#1585-Aversions

Yesterday we all had a good old lazy day.

Ma stuck the dinner in the slow cooker so there wasn’t any cooking going on. She didn’t even peel the spuds in they went skin and all.

No laundry, no cleaning, no baking no nothing except Church and two trots.

So the bro thought we should all watch something funny together and introduced us to Family Guy. It’s one of his favs.

The best episode we saw was when Brian the dog went to India to meet his true love Padma from the call center. He’d been in touch with her often by phone to solve his IT issues now he was determined to marry her.

Perfect capture of Indian culture and city life. I feel a trip coming on!

Even Dad laughed that’s how good it was.

Check it out if you haven’t seen it.

Blessing#1584-Animation

The things that disrupt my sleep are unbelievable. I have the patience of a saint listening to the ramblings of my Ma and I am not nearly adequately appreciated!

Last night as she was slugging back her fizzy water around 2:00am Ma was struck by the word QUAFF!

That’s a great word Scoob she said why don’t we use it more often? Like who cares Ma. On and on and she went. Wonder is it related to COIF as in coifed from the French coiffure?

She should have got up and googled it there and then because for the next hour she was speculating how the two words may be linked.

Turns out she wasn’t the first to ask the question and no it has nothing to do with hairdos. It’s all about excess from the low German.

Blessing#1583-Just Guzzle

Are you sad about Lisa Marie?

I didn’t know that much about her but Mom feels she was like a distant family member.

She remembers her cute baby pics

Her home at Graceland that the bro and Ma visited before I arrived

Her Dads death

Her four marriages and her four kids

She was born with so much. Heck she even had her own airplane yet she always had tragedy in her life.

She needed a snuggle buddy like me

Poor soul, hope heaven is happy for her.

Blessing#1582-Resting in Peace