Monday, April 20, 2009

Teen Daughter!

My 14-year-old daughter asked me to pick up an iTunes card on my recent trip to Target, and I happily complied. When I handed it to her, she said she could pay me for it next week.

Pay me?

Yes. Apparently she spent the weekend mucking paddocks and earned some money.

So I told her she didn't need to pay me, that I wanted to get it for her, so I did.

But really, I want to pay for it!

Why?

Because I earned money and I can.

But I'm your parent and I like buying things for you, just because. It makes me happy!

It does?

Yes!

I don't want to be greedy.

You're NOT greedy! Go enjoy shopping on iTunes! Sheesh!

What does a guy have to do to be nice to his kids these days? I thought by 14 kids were supposed to stop talking to their parents. Glad that's not the case! Now if I could just get the neighbor's beagle to shut up, life would be golden!

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Cape Cod Escape

Ants in my pants, can't sit still. Need to get out and about on a regular basis. So packed up the kids and the dogs and the RV and headed to Cape Cod for a spur of the moment escape. What's not to love? Blue skies, pristine beaches, and no crowds. Perfect!

On a side note, we were having trouble with the TV and hooking up to cable. Turned out one part of the problem was our TV settings and the other part was the campground cable hook up. Anyway, in the process of troubleshooting I decided to pull the TV out of the overhead cabinet, which involved 7 screws. I wanted to check the connections on the back of the TV. Guess what I found back there? Another dead mouse, nicely mummified, likely been dead for years. Probably the sibling of the one I found in the trap (a trap that *I* did not put in the RV) under the fridge in the fall when I was having a water leak issue.

Oh, the joys of owning an RV! Every trip brings another adventure!