Tuesday Round-Up

Pretty uneventful day here at Corinth West. Katie and I motored over to the Wal-Mart in Stamford for supplies that were not available yesterday in Anson. We also bought some more Foamies, which included the Under-The-Sea pack, turtles and alligators and foam boards to which to stick them. Previously I had bought Katie a Foamie Puppet kit that included everything to make 10 monkeys, 10 lions and 10 elephants and she really enjoyed making the puppets and mixing the body parts up to create new animals. Matter of fact today when I asked her if she wanted to go to Wal-Mart she told me, "I wanna stay here and make lions."

There were a lot of thunderstorms, hail and high winds in West Texas today, but we did not get one drop of rain or one big gust of wind. The rain, winds, hail and tornadoes were southeast of Corinth West. I would have welcomed the rain, but will settle for none if it means no hail and tornadoes.

I purchased year-long weed and grass killer from Wal-Mart. The solution is supposed to inhibit growth for an entire year. The weeds are popping out of the ground along side the driveway and I needed to nip them in the bud. I also noticed today that the younger mesquite seemed to have sprouted leaves overnight. I read an interesting article in the Abilene Reporter regarding mesquite. A gentleman who knows mesquite believes that we are due one more frost. He based his opinion on how the mature mesquite bushes are leave-less. In his experience the older mesquite will not produce leaves until after the last frost, while the younger mesquite--being like typical young punks--are so anxious to proudly display their leaves that they do so before the average nighttime temperature is consistently above a certain degree. The mature mesquite have learned the lesson of patience after living through several seasons.

Katie pushed the boundary tonight. Why she was so riled up, I do not know. She started chasing Eric with a broom, threw a roll of tape at him, pushed him out of the way which resulted in Eric falling over, and ran from one end of the house to the other over and over and over again. After she climbed on our bed and proceeded to jump, which is a big no-no, I scooped her up and deposited her in her bed. She was supposed to get a bath tonight but with how exuberant she was being, I did not want to place her in a tub of water. I could just see the gallons of water that would have been splashed around the bathroom. She didn't take a nap today and I swear when this occurs she gets a super-charged, hyped-up second wind.

Well it's time for me to kick back, relax, watch a spot of TV, sleep and awake tomorrow morning to start all over again. Please Lord, can you turn down Katie's youthful energy tomorrow? Thanks. It's much appreciated.