Beef Jerky and Dead, Bloody Caterpillars- Little Man's Perspective

The Little Man is a genius. No, seriously! He is! We had him tested. He has a high IQ. He is extremely intelligent.

From the time the child could learn how to talk, it was endless questions and analogies. He would rephrase the same question as many different ways as he could, making sure it would be the same answer. If this wasn't enough, he would also ask specific questions with specific answers in mind and was not very tolerant of variations of the responses. Funny kid. His mind has ALWAYS been going.

So it cracks me up when he comes up with some of the things he does...

Back in December, we were at my sister's home for Christmas. The Little Man has a love for beef jerky. As he was walking past the downstairs bathroom/pantry/entrance to the kitchen, he comes to my sister and tells her that he didn't know she had beef jerky and wanted to know if he could have some. My sister responds that she didn't know she had beef jerky either. He responds that she has to have some because he saw some on the floor where he had just been.

My sister had been working on potty training her 2 youngest children... You got it! When The Little Man showed my sister where the "beef jerky" was on the floor, it had actually been something brown that fell out of somebodies underwear. Eeeeew! Nope, not beef jerky!


The latest was this evening when he comes downstairs and tells me he can't play upstairs because there are dead, bloody caterpillars on the floor. Once again I go to investigate... can't possibly be dead bloody caterpillars, but I had a pretty good idea as to what it was... Unfortunately, I was right.

See, Spaz has this thing for bringing his "toys" and "dinner" in the house... Rodents that should be left outside in whatever form he leaves them. It never used to be anything other than a corps left out for me to clean up. Eventually it progressed into bringing them in "live" to play with. Now, it has progressed to the only thing he leaves is a liver... Yep. Again, I am now cleaning up a couple livers Spaz has left as "presents" for me. But as The Little Man sees it, they are dead, bloody caterpillars.

This kid can also argue his point of view like no other 8 year old I know. The child definitely has lawyer in his blood. I had The Little Man's dental hygienist tell me that she thoroughly enjoyed talking with him and that it was like talking to a little adult. She then told me that he also reminded her of her own son. Then she asked me if I have problems with him in school. I confirmed. She told me not to worry. She said her son had been the same way, but once he made it to college, it was all good. He is now a successful biochemist making triple figures.

I am just waiting for the next entertaining perception that he comes up with. And as always, desperately trying to figure out how to stay one step ahead of him with all of his questions and arguments... Love that kid!

Animals… We have 2 cats and a dog.

Spaz is the smart one. He is a huge, grey/black/brown, striped tabby, weighing in at 15lbs. He dares to step between the dog and her food, bone, treat, whatever; without without giving it a second thought - and WOULD win any fight between them. Though he does not come off as being aggressive, just "demands" his space/wants with his actions/attitude.
























To give an idea of the intelligence of this cat, we can ask him questions and he will answer us (if he feels like it). The biggest thing he has done is helped in retrieving cat #2. Whenever Wheezy has gone missing (from the very beginning), we would tell Spaz to bring him home, and he would. He would go retrieve the "prodigal" cat.



In the house we lived in before moving into our new home, the dog was never aloud inside. She was strictly an outdoor dog, but she also had full access to the stand alone garage. Spaz would saunter over to the dogs food bowel or water bowel whenever he felt like it, the dog would charge at him and he would just stand there. I think it kind of freaked out poor Paloma.



Since moving to our new home, Paloma has become an indoor dog and is quite enjoying it. She is a blond "Chug" (Chuaua/Pug). Being that Wheezy is EXTREMELY skittish… Wheezy is the stupid, little, wimpy one that startles if you breath wrong. He has long black fur with white boots in back and tips on the front. He is beautiful in his own way.



Wheezy (Wimpy) is terrified of the dog. In our old house, he would avoid Paloma at all costs. He never really had to pass the dog, but if the dog happened to be at the chain-link fence at the same time and she "charged" at the fence (50 feet away), Wheezy was outta there in a flash.
When we moved in to our new home back at the end of May, we had all 3 animals in the house. Paloma has a kennel that she sleeps in at the bottom of the stairs that she get locked in at night. The cats' litter boxes and food are upstairs away from the dog. We tried our best to make arrangements for comfort for them, too.
























Well, after a short time, Wheezy took off. I am not sure if the dog kept charging at him and torturing him or if he was just being a wimp, but he took off. We have a screened flap/pet door that the cats have been given access to the outside. I didn't really worry about Wheezy venturing past the dog at the bottom of the stairs and assumed he would just stay upstairs. I was worried sick. I was sure that the local wild life had eaten him for a snack. He was gone for over 2 weeks and at that point, I had decided he was dead.



I had kept asking Spaz where Wheezy was all this time, but was sure there was no retrieving him. Eventually one night, we look in the back yard and there is Wheezy. He was a little thin and dirty, but seemed OK. We went back into the same cycle again several more times, each time wheezy was gone, I would ask Spaz to bring him home.



Eventually I realized that Spaz would walk to the front door and meow when I asked him to bring Wheezy home. One of the occasions I actually opened the front door. He walks outside and to the front of the garage and plops down on his side and just lays there. I figured, he was just being too lazy to go out his window and he was taking the opportunity to get me to let him out the easy way.



It was a beautiful evening so I decided to follow him out to my bench by the front walk by the front of the garage to enjoy the view. As I get to the front of the garage, just around the corner, there is Wheezy. Spaz give me that look of, "I told you so."






















Presently, Spaz is in a bread pan/loaf shaped basket on the floor that I have for sorting mail, taking a snooze while The Little Man is playing tennis on the Wii. Paloma is outside because she was making me nuts and Wheezy? Who knows. Maybe he took off again. Maybe he is cowering somewhere in the house out of sight until it is my bed time and he insists on torturing me with his "affection". He will jump on my lap, come up to my face and head butt my CPAP mask off and then rub himself all over me. Why did I worry so much about finding this annoying little pest?

Finished Breaking Dawn! - Spoilers

OK, I finished it last night. (Yep, I'm a slow, thorough reader.) I liked the ending for the most part. It seemed a little rushed though...

As far as the book rating, I think the general consensus with everyone I have talked to about it is, I have a rated R imagination. ;) And based on my experiences, it won't be the same for a young lady who has not been married ;).

If there were a 5th book, I might not read it, just because I feel like I have lost interest, now... It was just all wrapped up too quick... For all the details she puts in to so much of the other books and even this one in the beginning, it just wrapped up way too fast.

I do have my own little "fantacy" or predictions as to things that I would think might happen further on in their history. For one, I do not think Jacob would have any competittion once the other half breed met Leah... I think they would imprint. ;)

I must say, Emmett is VERY MUCH like the Rocket Scientist! I could TOTALLY relate to Bella in the suggestive and sexually overtoned teasing. However, Rose is nothing like the Rocket Scientist's wife as far as being self absorbed.

At work, now, so will blog more on this later...

Breaking Dawn...

OK, I am about 1/2 way through the book. The Man Who Has My Heart has finished it. It is a good book and seriously blind sided me and went in a direction that I did not expect. I think those who were so disappointed and even irritated with the characters behavior before, might actually even like this one (Nicole).

I do have to say that I question the "rating" of this one... I think I would almost put it at a rated PG-18+ and married by Mormon standard. If I had a teenage daughter, I would probably not want her reading certain parts. I know for sure that I would not want my son reading it until he is home from his mission AND married. I don't know. Maybe it is because I have had more "experience" and so where my mind is aloud to wonder makes that "rating" higher. I will be interested to hear others feelings on that one.

I am not reading anyone else's posts nor will I read any comments left on my page until I have finished reading the book. I do not want ANY spoilers. I am still completely interested in the book and characters and am enjoying it. I just wish that Edward was not quite so miserable. I hate "seeing" him like this. Poor guy.

I won't even let my husband tell me ANYTHING and am a little irritated in the blond jokes he kept telling me. Didn't ruin anything, but still... If there were ANY chance, I would be furious!