Sunday, March 12, 2023

A Day Marked On The Calendar


Well, the Vergil-Jessie family got a new electric car. An EV? I think that's what they're called. They love it! And the boys love it because it is so full of groovy computer displays and almost magic things to operate. As Jessie was showing it to us I told her that I felt like an old granny who'd always driven a horse and buggy saying to a friend, "My daughter and her husband bought one of them new-fangled AuTo MoBiles!" 
And the friend would say, "Those things scare me to death. What is the world a'comin' to?"
So I invited them out to show us the new car and have lunch/brunch. I made fancy pancakes with sweet potatoes, bananas, blueberries, pecans, and oat bran. I used buttermilk, of course. They were fine indeed! 
Mr. Moon said they were the best pancakes he'd ever eaten but he says that every time I make pancakes so although it pleases me to hear him say that, I don't get all worked up about it. 

We broke out the new Monopoly game and it is swell! Finally- a game I can understand the instructions of! There are two sides to the game board and two different levels of play. We did the younger side today and when we go to learn the more difficult version, I'll probably need help with the rules. Luckily, I have August.


We did a lot of laughing and we had a lot of fun. It's a very clever re-do of Monopoly and I love the fact that if you don't have the money to pay your way out of jail, you can sing your favorite song and that'll let you out. Or if you land on someone's property and don't have the money to pay, you can just say something that you really like about them. I gave them an example- like say, if August landed on Levon's property and didn't have any money, August could say, "Your farts don't smell TOO bad, Levon." 
Oh my god. I am the funniest woman in the world. The boys almost fell out of their chairs laughing. 
Boppy said, "GRANDMOTHER!" 
Heh-heh. 

Before they left, August found a glass pen and ink set that Kathleen had given me and wanted to try it out. For some bizarre reason, I had never done that myself. I got out one color of the ink and the pen and some paper and of course ink was spilled on the counter immediately which did not bother me in the least. Boppy cleaned it up and I got out some parchment paper to put under everything. 


I am going to play with this myself. So cool. And it's just been sitting in a box on a shelf in the library for many years. 

August helped me with the puzzle. He found a few pieces for me. I knew he would. Later on today Maurice helped me. 


That cat is not becoming one bit less crazy. She's been sleeping with me the last few nights which almost worries me because she only seems to want to do that when I'm sick or injured and although yes, I have been sick, not that sick. I can always tell when she's planning an overnight stay on our bed because when I'm getting ready to go take my shower she follows me around looking worried and anxious. And then she does indeed jump up to join me. She always starts out perched on my hip as I lie on my side to read and last night I was amazed because when I finally had to change position, she did not growl at me. 
All was well until sometime late in the night Jack jumped on the bed and a terrible melee ensued. I just curled up into a ball and tried to protect myself with the duckette and pillows. Mr. Moon yelled at Jack to get off the bed and he did. 
We were not injured, amazingly although later this morning, Maurice was on the back porch snarling at one of the stray cats in the yard and I had the audacity to walk past her on my way inside, which triggered her claws-out reaction and she snagged my ankle with one sharp weaponized talon. I yelled at her so loud she'll probably never sleep with me again. 

But above and beyond all of this, today is the sixth anniversary of May and Michael. Who remembers this? 


If you would like to see many pictures and read a report of that amazing day, you can find it HERE. 
It was such a beautiful wedding. And the grandchildren were so young. August and Maggie were still bebes and Levon was just a gleam and a dream. 
The darling couple has spent a loving weekend at home, going to parks and museums. 



Are they not beautiful? 

And Michael got his bride a present that thrilled her to the marrow. 
A real, true cuckoo clock from the Black Forest of Germany. She has always wanted one, remembering the one my mother had which seemed magical to her as a child. 


She said in a text that when they set it up, "...the dancers will dance, the bird will emerge and sing, the waterwheel will spin and the children will kiss. I opened the box and burst into tears."

Y'all- this is love. When someone listens and knows your heart's desire and makes it happen. 
Well done, dear Michael! Well done!

And so it's been another grand day here in the world of Casa Luna. It has rained and been gray outside but the birds have still been rushing the feeder. The male cardinals are being especially ill-mannered and aggressive, even chasing female cardinals away from the seeds. I guess they are the current Kings of the Universe, pumped up on testosterone like Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime. 

The little boys kicked some bamboo for me. They are such helpful lads. And Mr. Moon has been my sweetie all day, making me laugh, kissing me, and loving me. 

I am going to make him some air-fried chicken wings for his supper and that, too, is a sort of love. 

Okay! I now have the words to "Stinkle, Stinkle, Little Fart," (see I had even gotten the first line wrong!) but I think I'll wait to give it to you as it is perhaps not appropriate for a wedding anniversary post although I think that May and Michael would find it pretty hysterical. 
Is this what they call a teaser? 
So be it. 

GRANDMOTHER! 

Love...Ms. Moon

32 comments:

  1. What a fun post this sunny Sunday and the first day of daylight savings time!
    Are you watching the Oscars and all the "beautiful people" parading around?

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    1. I did not watch one second of the Oscars. I hadn't seen any of the movies and just wasn't excited about it.

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  2. What a sweet day you all had!๐Ÿ˜May and Michael are indeed beautiful, and I can see why she’d love the cookoo clock! Have fun with that ink.. I’ve gotten my water colors out again, just waiting for inspiration to hit, at the right time..!๐Ÿ˜„ xo Rigmor

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    1. I find that inspiration just waits around filing her nails until pen or brush is picked up and put to paper. But that is me.

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    2. That’s totally me too.. I usually start up at the least convenient time๐Ÿ˜‚

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  3. What a lot of fun, from newfangled veehickles to old fashioned monopoly and an anniversary thrown in. Great day Chez Moon.

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    1. Very fine day at Chez Moon! I thought of you when the boys were writing with the beautiful glass pen.

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  4. I am impressed at the color coordinating done by Maurice. An orange cat under an orange curtain, showcased by orange walls.

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    1. I was thinking the same thing! Gorgeous photo!

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    2. Well, actually, it's the fact that the lampshade is sort of orange that made everything else orange. I mean, yes, Maurice is most definitely orange but that curtain is yellow and believe it or not, the walls are a sort of gray-green.

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  5. I do love that clock, It is a fancy one! Mine only has a bird.

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    1. I bought the one my mother had in Germany and it only had one bird too. I wonder what happened to that clock?

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  6. oh......I recall May and Michaels wedding day.......nice to re-read and see pics again. Makes me tear up.....lovely couple..... wishing them many more joyous Anniversaries! And a Cuckoo clock? As a child, friends of my parents had one and when we visited there....it would *display* and I always thought.......good lord, NO (even as a child I thought that). But now......I think I could love one! Love to all of you at the Moon Mansion (and it IS a mansion of love and family).
    Susan M

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    1. Isn't it funny how sometimes when we get older, things that never appealed to us somehow do? I'm sure that nostalgia has a lot to do with it but so does seeing things with a different lens.
      Thank you for the sweet words, Susan.

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  7. Michael is a keeper. May is a lucky girl.
    Maurice is a very fortunate cat to have humans that will tolerate her behaviour. Poor Jack is all I can say. I suspect Maurice knows that hitting pieces of puzzle onto the floor might be stretching the tolerance a bit far. This is why I can't have puzzles.

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    1. And Michael is a very lucky man.
      Mr. Moon has threatened to do...something...about Maurice but what would we do? I am afraid she is stuck with us and we with her until death do us part. It's so easy to tell that she had a very, very hard kitten-hood.
      Maurice doesn't knock things off of surfaces. Jack does that. And honestly- he's as apt to attack her as she is to attack him.

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  8. What a nice day! Happy anniversary to May and Michael.

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  9. Definitely a teaser. What a wonderful day you had! Happy Anniversary to May and Michael. Now I shall go back and read about their special day.

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    1. One can learn a lot about our family by reading that post.

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  10. Oh that wedding! I could feel the love just pouring through my laptop screen and I felt so happy reading it all. But, a Family Handbook? I need to know more about that.

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    1. Haha! That part was a joke. There isn't one. If there was it would probably only say, "Be nice. We are all different. Respect that. Love each other."

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  11. What a lovely thoughtful anniversary gift that is!!!! Lucky lady! And you obviously have the same "farty" humour as I do. My little grandson has just discovered that his bum knows how to sing and thinks it's hilarious!

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    1. Oh my goodness- it's such a funny stage. But sometimes it can really overstay its presence.

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  12. "GRANDMOTHER!" LOL! I love it. Why are kids so obsessed with farting? I guess anything the body involuntarily does is sort of a mystery to them and thus worthy of amusement.

    That cuckoo clock is so elaborate. I think we need video of it in operation!

    Happy anniversary to May and Michael!

    I'm not sure how you put up with those cats. I think I'd be at my wits' end.

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    1. Somehow farts are just inherently funny, I think. Butts are funny to kids. Farts are hysterical.
      I will definitely get a video of the clock when it is all set up.
      It's still easier to deal with insane cats than it is to deal with dogs in my opinion. When cats aren't being complete assholes they don't need a lot of attention.

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  13. Happy Anniversary to May and Michael! Wishing them many wonderful years together!
    The e cars are so complicated - I don't think I could figure out how to drive one. I am hoping my old car lasts as long as I do (or as long as I can drive)!

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    1. I bet we could learn to drive an electric car. Well, having said that I realize I don't know how to set the time in my Prius.

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  14. don't you love it when you say something that sort of shocks but sends the grandkids into hysterical laughter. part of the laughter is what you said and part that you said it.

    don't you drive an electric car? or is it a hybrid?

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    1. You are so right! It's the fact that GRANDMOTHER said it that makes so damn funny.
      I drive a Prius- a hybrid.

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    Happy anniversary to the lovely couple! What a fun grandmother you are!

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    1. You need to write down the words of Stinkle Stinkle to add to your Grandmother Handbook. It will come in handy.

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