Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

If the track stays the same it's mostly the Carolinas that are going to get the worst of it. The big front that has been over us the last couple of days should knock it northward.

The grandson and I just had a piece of butterfinger icing cake that the neighbors made for us. The husband asked his wife if she would make him one and asked her to make us one to show their appreciation for all of their grass that I cut for them. It's one of those recipes that I told Teresa is: Too Sweet, Too rich and Too heavy but man was it Good.

 

[Baymule]

Sometimes you just need a over the top sweet treat. Glad that the hurricane rains won't be a problem for you.

 

[Bruce]

Doesn't look like Flo will get close to Mike, just graze the NE corner of TN. SC, NC, VA and WV are going to see her though.

 

[Mike CHS]

The Grandson is becoming a country boy. Yesterday he helped pull a bunch of chicken wire that was attached to woven wire for the old chicken pen and he did good. This morning he asked what were we going to do for chores today. At the top of the list is to scoop up all of the sheep manure in the several places where it seems to accumulate and move it to the raised garden beds. It doesn't seem to affect him at all since we told him the other day what all those pellets were that he was walking on.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Sounds like ya have the makings of a really good helper there in training.....

 

[Mike CHS]

Sounds like ya have the makings of a really good helper there in training.....

He has actually been better this time than I've ever seen him but his parents aren't here. He has been perfectly responsive since the other night when I called him for dinner and he told me "just a minute" so he could finish his video game. I said 'now' and he didn't respond at all so he lost his game and has been good ever since.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Ya know....there is a fine line ya have to walk there....between a "mean old fart" and being a really "cool Grandad".....

 

[RollingAcres]

Wait, I thought Grandparents are supposed to be the ones who spoil their grandkids and let them do whatever they want.

But I'm glad that your grandson gets to learn about farm life and do some farm chores. It's good for kids to learn that stuff and know that getting dirty isn't going to hurt them.

 

[Baymule]

Good for you! With the latest generation becoming hand-held-device-zombies, it is refreshing that you took it away and made him join in actual life. A little bit is fine, but letting kids stay on it non stop or letting it interfere with family time is shameful.

 

[Mike CHS]

Ya know....there is a fine line ya have to walk there....between a "mean old fart" and being a really "cool Grandad".....

I don't have a lot of rules. Kids can pout and be grouchy all they want as long as I don't see or hear them being that way. Teresa and I both ask for something rather than demand it so if the youngun' says "I want" whatever, it isn't going to happen.

He is a smart boy and figured out it's pretty easy to please Grandpa and you get to do a whole lot more new thing when you are good. He is better behaved and smiling more this week than we have ever seen with the boy.

I cut grass most of the day but Teresa and the Grand cleaned out all of the dead limbs in the chicken pen along with picking up the manure for the garden beds.

@RollingAcres - this young man is already spoiled so spoiling him more doesn't do a thing for the boy long term.