It's been a pretty typical Monday around here. This morning my 2 year old pulled down his pants and urinated on the outside patio of Whole Foods, right in front of all the EBay executives who were eating lunch. I tried to preserve what was left of my dignity by squirting down the puddle of pee with my newly purchased water bottle then flashing them a charming smile over my shoulder as I tucked tail and hustled our little circus into the car. Then I shot some sort of terrible huge snake with the pellet gun this afternoon after we almost stepped on it on our way into the hen house. Normally I would let a non-poisonous snake live, especially since I have a mouse problem in the hen house. But this guy coiled up and hissed really loudly at us, and frankly, I didn't like his style. I could just picture reaching my hand into the scratch bin and grabbing his tail on accident, so I had to get rid of him. We wrapped things up with a healthy snack from the garden - carrots for Moses and a little bowl of raspberries for Titus. I love seeing them enjoying all our hard work out there. I planted most of my fall garden last week - okra, brussels sprouts, celery, and cabbage seeds went in. Kale, lettuce, and carrots are waiting for me to pull some more weeds. As you can see from this picture, we are kind of gardening prairie-style up here; I hack down a parcel of weeds, till up the dirt, and have about 2-3 months to grow something before nature creeps back in.
And that's my Monday ramble... hoping for some less embarrassing and dangerous adventures to come our way the rest of the week.
5 comments:
I'm going to edit my usual "Dude!" to ..."Baaaaabe" about the urination incident, but ...can I just say, as one of your biggest fans, I am POSITIVE the Ebay exec's just thought you were ADORABLE and had a good laugh. wow. If it makes you feel better, Simone pee'd in a parking lot today, too. Standing straight up, mind you, next to the car, as I hid my face in shame. Yep. Mondays.
You are totally the equivalent of whatever a girl "stud" would be. A hissing snake would have me MOVED out of my house, probably my city. (Not that it takes much to move us- and I'm interested to know how you would have approached our old Miami flying cockroaches). Regarding the peeing, I really don't understand why it's okay for dogs and not 2-year-olds (having, of course, been there ouselves). I remember Keefe peeing in the Costco parking lot...and as old habits die hard, we made it home from first day of Kinder today and K promptly peed on a tree in the front yard- mere feet from an actual potty, and street in full view.
That's funny Jen! It's like he had to re-establish his territory after being gone for so long...
that, my dear, is hilarious. Your day sounds so amusing from over here, but I know if I were in your shoes I might not have handled it half as well... bravo to you! and, btw, I am totally jealous of your garden. Someday I'd like to live off the fat of the land ;) xo amy
ya know, I just realized I had my three year old pee in the parking lot outside Borders yesterday. I totally forgot about that. eh. It was worth not having to trek back to the public restroom. :) xo amy
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