chat with a savant

sa·vant a person of profound or extensive learning; learned scholar.

EARLY Friday morning, my son and I had just dropped my daughter off to cheer practice. It was 6:30 AM. I am NOT a morning person, I am a night owl by profession and by a life time of training. I love David Letterman AND I love my Scotty Craig Ferguson, who is a hottie and on whom I have crushed since his Drew Carey days. Those who know my affinity for silver hair will not be surprised to know he is a beautiful, mature man with a grey/silver hair, AND he's very clever and witty. I LOVE clever and witty.....but I have digressed, as this blog is neither about my late night owl behavior NOR about hot older men.

So we are driving down the road, which due to the early hour, was clear. The sky was blue and clear and gorgeous. My brain was addled and tired, and NONE of those former attributes.

So it is at this moment that my beloved child says to me, while looking at a bus on the right of us, "Momma, why do buses have orange lights on them?" I was confused....orange lights? I scanned the bus very quickly. DO buses have orange lights? I paused and then stammered, "Ummm sweetie, I am not sure, I don't know why they have them. Do they HAVE orange lights?" He answered that they do, pointing in some general direction of the huge bus next to us. But he dropped it, and I was off the hook.

So I thought.

Then came a new question, lurking in the dark and waiting for me to get snagged in it's web. We were driving a bit faster than the bus, of course.....and as we passed the front window where the driver sat, Hunter asked his next question - a simple, easy question. "Hey momma, how come the bus steering wheel is so big? Is it because the wheels are so big?" Huhh! I haven't a clue. A flash of car sizes/wheel sizes and steering wheel sizes passed through my head. Do Monster Trucks have monster steering wheels? Do mini Coopers have a mini steering wheels? (And DAMN! I had just driven past 7-11 while trying to drive and think. No Dr Pepper for me this morning now. Too bad, it would have helped me come up with a snappy answer.)

"Oh Hunter," I said in my best i'm-sorry-your-mommy-is-such-a-dummy voice, "I'm not sure, honey. I'm sorry."

He said, "It's ok." letting me feel like I wasn't a total loser. For about 30 seconds.........

Then he said, "I'll ask daddy - HE knows more!"

duh duh duh DUHHHHHH!

And if you think THAT is funny - wait till you hear the Hooter's story in my next blog.

The Furries ~ the puppies

Sara

Sara is our 10 year old yellow Lab - true to her breed, she is patient and loving. Having raised two kids (ours) she has put up with talcum powder, Vaseline, fingers in all orifices, and days when her people forget whose turn it was to feed her. She is an escape artist and has spent her fair share of time in the slammer for taking off and visiting the neighborhood and city in general.

Casey

Casey came to us by way of the animal shelter. He was skinny and scared. Casey is a blue weimerainer and he has a very sweet disposition, but he is also very protective of his family. He loves his girl, Sara, and will follow her, and HAS followed her, just about anywhere. Casey is also around 10 years old and he manages to muster up the longest and loudest sighs and groans you have EVER heard from a dog. We haven't even begun to talk about his FLATULENCE!

Look down below for our CATS and the Lizzards!

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The Furries

The Furries

Jadyn (aka Little Girl)

     

      

Little Girl is our Bengal cat.  A Bengal is a domesticated cat bred from a black Manx and a wild Asian Leopard Cat.  She is crazy fun and loves to play in water, climb anything and everything and feels that it's her duty to drive our other cat bonkers.  She follows me all over the house just like a puppy, but give her some attention & she's back to DIVA status and ignores us as only a cat can do.  Allergic to cats?  Many people who are, are NOT allergic to Bengals.  Their fur is a PELT and they don't shed and have the dander most cats do.  Cool huh?

BooBoos 

     

      

BooBoos is my first baby, arriving before the dogs, even before my children.  I got him from one of my fourth grade students the year before Lauryn was born, & my husband found out I had him when he called home from the deer hunt & he heard meowing in the background.  He's now 16 & as beautiful as ever.  He's lost weight & has old man problems, but he's my boy & I love him to death. 

Look down below for the  Lizzards! 

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tHe ScAleY aNd FuRrY kIdS ~ ThE sCaLeYs

The Scaleys

Yoshimoku

He’s a Bearded Dragon. He measures about 8 inches head to tail right now, but at the rate he’s eating ( about 20 small to med. crickets per day) and growing, he will be between 18” to 24” within a year’s time. He is really nice, likes to be petted and held. His environment in the habitat has to stay around 105 degrees day and night, and he climbs up on his tree branch to be close to the heat lamp. Due to that heat lamp & the UV lamp & the special grape vine wood for him to "bask" on, Yoshi cost Santa a heck of a lot more money than we expected to spend! Yoshi sheds over a period of a couple of days and in little pieces that we find at the bottom of his habitat.

Gunner

Gunner is a Leopard Gecko, Hunter's first "paid-for" lizard. Gunner is a nocturnal lizard who is very shy & likes to hide in his cave & comes out to eat about 5 medium crickets a day. He's about 8 inches long & close to being full grown. Gunner likes his habitat to be around 85 degrees. When he sheds his skin, it comes off in pieces over a few hours time, and Gunner pulls off the pieces that are attached to his body & eats them. EEEEWW!!

THERE ARE OTHER LIZARDS PAST AND PRESENT, BUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOSHI ATE "BIGGIE" THE LIZARD LAST WEEK WHEN HUNTER PUT BIGGIE IN YOSHI'S HABITAT, WE ARE GOING TO PASS OVER THOSE LIZARDS FOR NOW.......MAY BIGGIE R.I.P.