Thursday

[chochiyo_sama]

Another day with no extraordinary accomplishments...


I put away more of the small doll accessories, mostly "food" and dishes and playthings for the children dolls.  I also dressed a bunch of the dolls that I had stripped and washed because they had been peed on by cats.  I think their cleansing did the trick.  None of them smelled nasty today.


I put fresh pillow cases on the pillows and hauled a big black sack of garbage to the garbage can. 


I folded a few clothes and pickd up a little clutter.



After that, I picked up the book Water for Elephants and took it into the family room, sat in the recliner, and started to read.  It wasn't as funny as I expected it to be--Kari said she laughed out loud through the whole book.  I found it more tragic than funny, but there was one spot were I did laugh out loud. 


I suppose it was around 1 pm when I started reading it.  I finished it at Jack and Kari's house at around 7 pm.  It was a very quick read.  I enjoyed it even though parts of it made me feel very sad.


Jack and Kari had us over for hamburgers on the grill tonight.  We ate outside on their patio.  It was cool and pleasant and there were not very many bugs.




Not too much else happened today.  Stewie and I had a good cuddle tonight when I got home.  He is the most adorable cat! 


Hopefully tomorrow will be more productive for me.  I have to get this stuff put away before mom blows a gasket. She's been pretty patient so far, but I feel it ain't gonna last much longer.

Comments

Quick review.

[the_godiva]

Do any elephants or dogs die? I can't read it if they do. I don't like to read books where the animals die.

Re: Quick review.

[chochiyo-sama.livejournal.com]

well, there are a couple of horses who die rather horribly, but it isn't described in detail and it is a very short section.

I know I almost couldn't watch the rest of The Omega Man with Will Smith because it was so heart wrenchingly awful when the dog died.

Thanks for the heads up.

[the_godiva]

I had no intention of seeing it because I liked the original and don't bother with lame re-makes but this is good to know in case it's ever on TV and there's nothing else on. I especially hate it when the dog dies. It must be all of those Disney movies. Old Yeller, Bristle Face, Biscuit Eater, Where the Red Fern Grows. I swear they think as long as the dog has puppies it's OK to kill off the dog. This is supposed to build character?

In the 8th grade we were supposed to read The Red Pony. Well, someone told me the horse dies and I stopped reading at that point. Essay test. I still got a B. For Bullshit I guess.

I have never read or seen any adaption of Animal Farm and I never will.

Re: Thanks for the heads up.

[chochiyo-sama.livejournal.com]

The part where the horse dies in The Red Pony absolutely horrified me. I think I even let out an audible screech of protest during class. "They killed the HORSE?!? This story is CRAP!"