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 Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:39 pm
Log of Skull Monkey: Tawn
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:43 pm
 +August 23rd++Tawn is Currently: He took Peabody for a walk out to the Hillman District. I think he's trying to calm the poor little guy down- he doesn't like the idea that all Tawn's stuff is in boxes. +Tawn's mood:Excited, and nervous as hell. +...MY mood...: Excited, and nervous as hell. ^_~ +Tam is:Getting ready to spend the day at the headquarters. +Tam's mood:Fine- she's been quiet for the last few days, but she doesn't seem to be in a bad mood. +Milla is:Sitting beside me, holding onto my leg. +Milla's mood:Giggling like a mad fiend- she thinks she's very clever, for being able to grab onto my leg and get rides. +Status of Sk...:Watching TV. 
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:44 pm
+Tawn's log reads... a little thickly, if you don't know exactly what I'm talking about. And I'd rather that anyone passing by could know who/what I'm talking about. Every name in this log is higlighted with a color that suits their personality... but that still doesn't tell you much, so here's a brisk little guide to the whos and whats in Tawn's life....
+This is by no means a fixed and solid 'dictionary'. When Tawn starts to mention someone more in his log, they get a picture entry. However, anyone at all that's mentioned has a text entry.
(+Aiden-) Roxy's son- in Tam's 'litter.
(+Aspyn-) Claia's daughter- the first pebble Tawn'sever held.
(+Bob-) Maddie's boyfriend- adult stage Skullmonkey.
(+Camet-) Sine's Mom.
(+Citrine-) Child skullmonkey- older than Tawn. Has a tendency to lick him and carry him around by the ruff.
(+Claia-) Aspyn's Mom- "Ms. Claia", to Tawn.
(+Diro-) Also from Tam’s 'litter'... friend of Jen's. Half's son.
(+Edana-) Part of the Jen+ Diro Trio.
(+Edgar-) Keppit's Zoolie.
(+Half-) Diro's Mom. Relatively new, but, as with all the SM peeps, seems like she's been there forever.
(+Herman-) Tawn's cow stuffed animal. A gift from Sarabi.
(+Isto-) One of Tawn’s friends- revered by younger Sm's as "Super Isto"- for surviving being hit by lightning. Has metal paw.
(+Korea-) Hanyu's Mom. Also goes under the male pseudo of kor.exe.
(+Lauroid-) My friend- an artist. She's Zounds mother.
(+Lenta-) Mauli's Mom, and one of 'the regulars'.
(+Liz-Liz-) Quiet's cohort and aid up at the SMhq.
(+Mauli-) Lenta's daughter- the second skullmonkey to go into the 5th stage... pirate fascination.
(+Moo-) "Old" regular- Isto's Mom.
(+Roxy-) Relatively new at the SMhq. Aiden's Mom.
(+Tobias-) Quiet's youngest. Red-hawk obsessed, loner. He and Tawn have argued before.
(+Zounds-) Laur's son. Tam's been known to torture him.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:46 pm
heart A Mother’s Diary: heart
+May 10th
Tawn came on Mothers Day. If you smacked on any more fate to that, you’d have a Greek tragedian chorus. …It seems to add more meaning to it all. I mean, I’ve known Tawn was coming for a while- and I’d even prepared for it, thought about it, moved around everything out of an old workshop on the first floor and put it in the basement so the new arrival would have a room of its own. But the gravity doesn’t really HIT you…until there’s a little pebble right there in front of you. And having it all framed around the day of motherhood… well, like I said, it seems a little fated, and a little ‘thickly laid on’, if you know what I mean, by whatever grander scheme that wanted all this to happen. If anything, I should be a little insulted that this ‘grand schemer’ doesn’t seem to think that I can take a hint. (I mean, come on, it’s not even remotely subtle!) But I can’t care. Not now, not when there’s Tawn. This subtle-as-a-sledgehammer destiny will have to find out the hard way that I DO take every single hint. And the ‘you shall be mother’ fate has found a happy neck for its noose in this girl.
+ …I was late. What a way to begin. I could hardly help it- but still, I figure it has to say SOMETHING about me, that the first glimpse I get of my baby is a belated one. But Quietsnooze was so sweet about it- she knew I was going to be on the road from the convention (and with Sk, no less!), and she made sure that my little arrival was safely stewarded into a quiet corner where it could wait out the frenzy of people coming to claim their pebbles, and wait for me to finally make an appearance.
(By the way, the convention was fine- at least, in comparison to what it COULD have happened- true, Sk almost got us thrown out by attacking Wonderland’s penguin exhibit, but all he really managed to do was upend a few tables and ruin some display cases. I swear; that cat is going to be the end of me. He seems to think so, too. But the prospect is somewhat more appealing to him.)
Anyway, after all the hoopla, and we finally did get on the road, we had some car trouble. It would have gone a lot faster if Sk’d helped get the spare out from under the car, but nooooo. For being a black cat, he seems awfully sissy about getting ink stains on his precious fur. The little beast….
I was rounding the block, two streets away from the house, when Quietsnooze called me. Sk was asleep on the passenger seat, so I didn’t bother dropping him off at the house- I just turned around in the nearest driveway and drove across Gambino to Market Street. Quiet lives a few houses down the street from her Skullmonkey nursery (the original shop is over on the Boulevard- which isn’t TOO far away from 17th street, where my shop’s located- although I wouldn’t want to walk the distance between the two.)- so she hadn’t gone too far out of her way to be waiting for me, but gods, is she still a saint and a half for sitting there with Tawn, and for offering to come down after nursery hours in the first place!
I had to carry Sk in- I wasn’t going to leave him in the car alone and asleep… I’m such a sucker, and seem to think he’s this helpless little kitty whenever I see him asleep. But, so sue me, I didn’t want to leave him there, so I woke him up just enough so he’d let me pick him up and carry him inside. He growled a little as we went up the stairs, but it was just a complaining growl, and so sleepy it sounded more like a meow than anything else. …He’s so cute when he’s sleepy.
Anyway, the main nursery is on the first floor- I don’t know if there were any pebbles left in their basinets, though, because everything from the weighing area to the playroom was closed off and the doors closed- lights off for the night. I might have looked through the windows if I hadn’t had Sk, but I just wanted to get Tawn and go back to the car before I ruined his sleep entirely- so I just went straight upstairs after I went through the doors. (Quiet's office is on the second floor- she said in the phone call to just come right up, the door’d be unlocked. …I have no idea what’s on the third floor, by the way. I’ve never been past the second.)
The door was indeed unlocked, and Quiet was the first thing I saw- sitting behind her desk putting something into her computer. Madeline was in front of the desk, listening to her CD player through a pair of headphones… she took them off long enough to say hello, and to hear me include her in the greeting to Quiet.
I didn’t see Tawn at first- Quiet had been keeping the pebble behind the desk with her- apparently, she’d carried one of the basinets up from the nursery, and that’s what Tawn'd been sleeping in since the morning.
Oh, it was so wonderful, rounding that corner and seeing that pebble sitting there, in all that white lace- just a little, brown and tan heart-spotted pebble that would be overcome even by the size of my palm…around which was curled a little white tail, so fluffy and soft that the urge to brush it along my cheek was overwhelming. I’d almost been treating it like a simple errand- ‘Go get Tawn, bring Tawn home’. It could be the fault of the traveling weekend, and the ‘to-do list’ mentality… but more than that, I don’t think I let it sink in who this was… and what it would mean to me.
Quiet just had a few things to set up before we could go home- Madeline took Sk so that I could sign the birth certificate, authorize the name, double-check to make sure Quiet's contact information for me was all correct, and write down the date and time of Tawn's next nursery appointment. After that, it was just a juggling act of having Sk asleep in one arm, and the basket Quiet provided with Tawn nestled inside under a swaddled blanket hanging off the other. Sk went back onto the passengers seat, and the basket… well, I kept it on my lap. I know, I know… but I just couldn’t bear putting such a tiny thing out of sight. Something inside me said that the only way I could keep Tawn safe would be to have that pebble in my line of vision at all times. (At this point, I think I could sympathize with Thumbelina’s mother…) It wasn’t so hard to drive with the basket on my lap, as it was to THINK with it there. All the way home, ‘Tawn Tawn Tawn’, ran through my head, punctuated by Sk’s purring snores. …I haven’t even seen this little infant yet- I don’t even know the gender. But one thing I know, and I know it VERY surely- is that I would do anything to protect it. Because it’s mine, and I feel it through and through.
heart Getting set up for Tawn: heart
+May 11th
= Uggggh… nothing short of donating organs should be this difficult! stare I knew when I cleared out that storage room that Tawn wouldn’t be needing it until at LEAST the child stage- until then, like I said, there will be no leaving my sight- there’s a basinet in my room for all Tawn's ‘living needs’, right next to my bed. But for now and until then, I have an empty room, and a heap of crap piled up in the basement- and still no supplies or preparations to last me past the pebble stage, really. I’ve only ‘stocked up’ so far ahead- and, I’ll tell you, give it one or two more days, and that’ll be the breaking point.
When Sk woke up, by the way, and we were home, he sat on the overhang of the baby’s basinet and rolled it around into the pillow ‘puckers’ made by the buttons with his paw until its little white tail was all fluffed up like an albino cotton candy. I lit into that cat when I thought he’d scared it to death… but it turns out the ‘fluffing’ was because of all the static from being rolled around between a cat paw and cotton, and not shock-inducing fear. stressed Always a good thing. It smells of good news, really… it means the two will probably get along- even in the pebble, Tawn's not afraid of Sk. …And maybe even appreciates his sick sense of humor. …Gods, but I have a strange brood. sweatdrop
+ Hope! Laur is coming over to the house tonight, and she is BRINGING REINFORCEMENTS! …Ah. Well, to be more exact, she’s coming with her own new little pebble (Zounds… how cute is that? Zounds ^_^), a plan, and suppliiieeees… She was originally only coming over so I could meet Zounds and we could plan the two’s birthday party (another thing I’m going to pretend I’m not worrying about)… but I wheedled her into helping me paint the border around Tawn's room, and then that led to her offering to bring over any extra linens or baby food she had. So… basically…. SCORE!
In exchange, I’m making the food for the party, beading a coverlet for her, and I have to help paint Zounds room, when she decides on what color she wants. …I think she’s going to wait until she sees if Zounds is male or female before she decorates at all. Me? I think the white room, with a red baseboard trim, and a mid-border of red stars will be great either/or. (That, and I know that if I don’t get it painted now, before there’s anything in the room- I’ll never get the drive to drag everything out of the room and do it.) Laur's the artist, anyway- I would’ve begged for her help regardless. ^_^
heart I am going to KILL that cat...: heart
+May 11th
-Tawn’s had a listless day today- last night that pebble was bouncing and rolling about, little white tail swishing everywhere- but today, its just… sat there in the basinet, or on the couch, or the carpet- wherever I put it. Sk even batted it around under my bed for a while- and he didn’t get a reaction… at least, not until I yanked him out from underneath by his tail and told him to cut it out. (Of course, for my trouble I now have two shiny new scratches rounding my elbow and a rude saying written on my bathroom mirror in black marker. -_-) I hope the lack of hyperactivity is a sign of being ready to hatch, and not that the heat is keeping little Tawn from enjoying the day. (It is murderously hot, isn’t it? I just know that if I go lay out in my hammock I’ll have a little criss-cross pattern purple sunburn across my back. In fact, I daren’t go outside at all. I fry like a Buddhist monk in protest…) Which reminds me- I need to get the rolled up sugar bag out of the pantry. I’m making lemonade for Laur, and the last time I checked, I think the sugar tin was empty.
=I swear, I’m going to find that damnable cat and wring his little sarcastic neck. He’s still not speaking to me, apparently, and I’ve also been getting the ‘invisible’ treatment- I haven’t seen him all day- and the only thing that proves he’s not off and moved to Mexico is the trail of destruction and mayhem he’s left in his wake- an ever growing pile of revenge tactics that ever so ‘subtlety’ say… that he’s either still angry with me, or he’s bored and having fun with me. I suspect the latter.
First- he wound up the grandfather clock. That sounds like nothing at all- but I HATE that thing with a passion- there’s nothing that can drive me insane like the constant tick tick tick tick BONG BONG BONG, incessant noise of that clock. It was my Aunts, and se left it to me- which is such a supreme twist of irony, since I was the only person in the family who not only did not have the overwhelming desire to own it- but also, the only person in the family who didn’t want the thing… at ALL. But, she did leave it to me, and when I tried to give it away, no one would take it that way. It just figures I’d get the ‘guilt clock’. Anyway, I tried the thing out- but I could not get used to that constant noise, so I just stopped winding it up. Now it sits in the corner of the dining room, nice and big, silent as a cemetery and the prettiest hunk of wood you ever did see. But Sk must have wound it up this morning- because it’s been tick-tocking and tolling bells all day. It’ll be like this for a few more days. God help us. …Or, better yet, help that beast, because he’ll be cat paste when I find him.
He also glued my phone receiver down- I’ve been using the mobile all day because of it- re-hung half of the pictures in my bedroom upside-down, wrote sarcastic comments in the margins of my sales book from the shop, and, worst of all, put Tawn in the bathtub to ‘see if it’d float’, I’m assuming. I found Tawn floating along on the top of the water, scooting its tail around so that it’d go in little circles and patterns. Gods, that scared me so badly, to see Tawn missing from the basinet, and then, there- in the bathtub… ugh, that cat. …I can’t find my car keys, and I still have to make that lemonade.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:47 pm
+May 12th+
+Tawn is Currently:Asleep. He's been exploring the downstairs, now that he can crawl around a bit, and it's tuckered the poor little guy out.
+Book I'm reading to Tawn now:The Alphabet Book.
+Tawn's mood:Well, he's tired, like I said, but he seems to be so excited about everything. Note to self: Baby-proof the house. ...Especially the kitchen.
+...MY mood...:
I have a new little baby in the house. ...I don't HAVE any moods. I'm on autopilot. ^_^ (But seriously- SO happy.)
+ Status of Sk:
Actually (and brace yourself for a shock) he's watching the baby. Okay, sleeping on the baby- but still.
+May 15th+
+Tawn is Currently:
Learning how to play checkers. ...And is learning the wrong way, I might add, because Sk is cheating.
+Book I'm reading to Tawn now:
Skullmonkey Fables
+Tawn's mood:
He's begun to talk quite well, and he laughs often... I don't think he's been in a BAD mood, yet. I love the sound of that little laugh.
+...MY mood...:
Impatient. ^_^ I want to know what the fifth skullmonkey stage looks like.
+ Status of Sk:
Sitting on the stairs w/ Tawn- playing checkers. ...He has a vets appointment later tonight, so I hope to high hell he doesn't catch on until then...
+May 16th+
+Tawn is Currently:
Playing with a ball, right next to me (I'm in my office)
+Book I'm reading to Tawn now:
We're almost done w/ Skullmonkey Fables.
+Tawn's mood:
Really happy- he woke up this morning to find the camera he won for the marathon, and he's been excited about it ever since.
+...MY mood...:
A little tired, but mostly happy.
+ Status of Sk:
I have no idea. He's probably outside.
+May 21st+
+Tawn is Currently:
Playing over at the SMhq nursery. I left him there, because I have shop work to do.
+Book I'm reading to Tawn now:
"The Bravest Boy". He's actually reading it to ME. ^_^ He's getting quite good at reading.
+Tawn's mood:
A teensy bit confused- his friend Chu transitioned into child stage. I had to tell him it was normal- she's 2 days older than he is.
+...MY mood...:
Fine. ...Except I'm covered in bug bites. -__-
+ Status of Sk:
Taking care of the shop.
+June 1st+
+Tawn is Currently:
At Doomi's house. He better call to check in.
+Book I'm reading to Tawn now:
We're reading through "A river in her mind" together. We still have to look up a lot of the words for him, but he's getting quite good!
+Tawn's mood:
Embarrassed that I keep hugging him (how can I resist?!?!), but so proud he's growing up.
+...MY mood...:
Stuffed. I ate too much.
+ Status of Sk:
I have no idea.
+June 3rd+
+Tawn is Currently:
At a neighbors. He's helping her bake cookies. (And, also, probably helping her eat them.)
+Book I'm reading to Tawn now:
Still "A river in her mind."
+Tawn's mood:
He was fine when he left this morning. He's generally a happy little nut. ^_~
+...MY mood...:
Mm... procrastinating...
+ Status of Sk:
He's asleep on top of the cupboard in the dining room. It's warm up there- a sunbeam comes in from the living room window, hits right on that spot. Knocks him out for hours.
+June 6th+
+Tawn is Currently:
In bed. He's caught a virus of some kind.
+Book I'm reading to Tawn now:
We just finished our last book, and haven't started on a new one, yet.
+Tawn's mood:
He has a tendency to get very clingy when he's sick, and a little scared- calls me every time he coughs, so I can assure him he's not dying. ^_~
+...MY mood...:
I'm fine- I think I'm getting that thing Tawn has, though.
+ Status of Sk:
Up in the attic, making something. (He won't tell me what, yet.) He's trying to stay away from Tawn while he's sick.
+June 7th+
+Tawn is Currently:
Downstairs in his room.
+Book I'm reading to Tawn now:
Actually, a baby names book. We're hoping for a new arrival in the house eventually. blaugh
+Tawn's mood:
...I really don't know. He's seemed a little...off, ever since we got back from the SMhq today...
+...MY mood...:
A little peeved, but it's got nothing to do with Tawn.
+ Status of Sk:
Eating.
+June 8th+
+Tawn is Currently:
Asleep. I'm writing this at 11:30 at night- he BETTER not be awake...
+Book I'm reading to Tawn now:
We're up to the O's in the baby name book.
+Tawn's mood:
Absolutely giddy. He spent all afternoon w/ Sarabi at Richardsons.
+...MY mood...:
Stressed. There's a big event going on at the shop tomorrow- I'll have to get up early to put it together.
+ Status of Sk:
He's sleeping in Tawn's room tonight. I think he didn't like being left alone today when we went to the flatsale.
+June 13th+
+Tawn is Currently:
Sleeping. I put off doing this until late.
+Book I'm reading to Tawn now:
He's reading a book on his own, actually. Something about fish...
+Tawn's mood:
Excited. He'll be getting a cousin tomorrow.
+...MY mood...:
Extremely pleased with myself. I made the 'dictionary' section of the log. I'm proud of it. ^_^
+ Status of Sk:
Downstairs watching Tv.
+June 15th+
+Tawn is Currently:
Eating dessert. (It's just a popsicle, but in this weather, ANYTHING cold is a treat...
+Book I'm reading to Tawn now:
Still the fish book. I'll ask him what it is when I go downstairs.
+Tawn's mood:
It's been an exciting week for him. He's still enjoying playing w/ his new pet.
+...MY mood...:
A little irked w/ some of my carrier services for the shop, but altogether in a good *but HOT* frame of mind...
+ Status of Sk:
I put an ice cube on a saucer for him to lick at. He likes that better than a popsicle.
+June 17th+
+Tawn is Currently:
Walking around the lake at the SMhq w/ Sarabi, and swimming. He called me earlier to ask if he could.
+Book I'm reading to Tawn now:
I went to the library today- and I found a great book on how they make crayons. I'm going to read it to him tonight before Quiet and her kids get here for dinner.
+Tawn's mood:
Well, I'm guessing at the moment, he's pretty happy- swimming in the lake, and all. I told him he couldn't go deeper than his neck, without someone out there watching them.
+...MY mood...:
A little busy- I'm finishing up dinner for tonight- the turkey'll be out of the oven in a few hours...
+ Status of Sk:
Sleeping on a chair near me. He's been a little lethargic, of late.
He's been outside since late last night.
+June 18th+
+Tawn is Currently:
Sitting on my lap.
+Tawn's mood:
Excited, and a little nervous. Today might end up being a very big day for him.
+...MY mood...:
Clingy. It may be the last day Tawn's a child, and I've practically had him in my arms all day. I missed the actual change into the last two stages, so now, I'm going to keep him with me ALL DAY long...
+ Status of Sk:
He's been outside since late last night.
+June 20th+
+Tawn is Currently:
Downstairs, getting ready to see his new little sibling.
+Tawn's mood:
Really happy. ^_^ We all are. It's such a big day.
+...MY mood...:
It's been such a... busy weekend, what with Tawn turning into a teenager, and the flatsale... and now, there's a brand new little pebble to bring into the family. I'm just, overwhelmed. In a GOOD way.
+The Pebble:
Is still at the SMhq. (Presumably in the nursery, or wherever Maddie is.)
+ Status of Sk:
Running the shop. And being a putz about it, too.
+June 21st+
+Tawn is Currently:
With the pebble.
+Tawn's mood:
I think it REALLY hit him today, that he's a brother. Mixed emotions- most all of them happy, though.
+...MY mood...:
...Procrastinating. ..Is that a mood? Ah well.
+The Pebble:
With its brother.
+Status of Sk...:
Sleeping in the basinet with the pebble.
+June 25th+
+Tawn is Currently:
Asleep. ^_^ Teenagers sure sleep a lot more..
+Tawn's mood:
I don't know. I barely saw him at all today- he was in the woods with Peabody.
+...MY mood...:
I got so much done at the shop today- so I'm proud of myself. ...But I sort of feel like there should be a reward. ^_^
+Tam is:
With Sk.
+Status of Sk...:
With Tam. ^_^ Saw that one comin', neh?
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:48 pm
 +May 15thquietsnooze  Tawn's Fortune Cookie_______ Tawn breaks his cookie in half, pulling out the slip of paper. Munching happily on the cookie outside, he begins to read his fabled fortune: [ Growth is soon will be in your future for good reason ] I hope this has something to do with the fifth stage... **Don't get ahead of yourself, darling. You're still an infant. Even if you DO get an item that will take you to the fifth stage, you're not going to even TOUCH it until you're an adult.**+June 13thHinabi PRESENT!
This Present To Tawn was brought to you by: Hinabi ^___^
Hey, Em + Tawn. A present for you! a personalized SM KAO!
Ino and I hopes you likie ^__^ heart It looks like me!!! What do you say??THANK YOU, Ms. Hinabi!!! *Runs and hugs her* heart +June 25thquietsnooze Tawn's Key Event________A note comes in the mail. It's addressed to Tawn, of course, but Sk gets at it first, and reads it over. "Rubbish," he concludes, finally passing it along to Tawn. There's a key inside the note, and pictures of all of the Items Shoppe items. At the bottom, in letters cut out of a newspaper and magazine, it spells out "PICK ONE." On the back in quick cursive, it explains, "Return the key with your choice!" turns the note back and forth, ignoring the Sk clawmarks. "Mom!" He runs up to the office. "I just got a note from Ms. Quiet!"....
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:49 pm
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:50 pm
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:51 pm
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:52 pm
exclaim Tawn's Turn exclaim
=+ June 3rd
~Now that I'm big enough, I can keep a log of my own. And Mom promised me she wouldn't read it. I hope she doesn't. Not that I have anything I wouldn't want her to see- but I don't read her diary, because she said that you're not supposed to read other people's diary. I wonder how much she talks about me?
I didn't go to the headquarters today- I spent the day over at Mrs. Giffen's house. She taught me how to bake chocolate chip cookies. (But she wouldn't let me pull them out of the oven.) They were yummy- but the best part was the milk. She had chocolate milk, and let me dip the cookies in it. I love milk.
Later, I'm going to ask Mom if she'll invite Sarabi and her Mom over for a barbecue. I want to show Sarabi my new room- I have a brand new bed and everything, and Mom gave me 50g to go walking up and down the minishop boulevard with, to get new toys!!!! 50g! isn't that cool? Of course, I have to go with Sk. I can't go alone.
Well, I guess that's it. Bye!
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:04 pm
exclaim Tawn's Turn exclaim =+June 7th, 2004+ I spent the day today at the flatsale, over at the SMhq. Mom said I could pick out the one I wanted... she said.. 'Don't get your hopes up". But, you know, there really wasn't one there that popped out at me. Sarabi was there, though- and so was... well, EVERYONE, really. And everyone was so excited. I felt so bad, but I asked Mom if she'd mind taking me back the next time the nursery opens up. She said no. I hope she'd not disappointed with me. She didn't say she was, or anything- but, I don't know. Maybe she shouldn't have let me pick out my little brother or sister.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:05 pm
exclaim Tawn's Turn exclaim
=+June 8th
+Today was the best day ever! Mom took me to the SMhq today, to talk to Quiet and everyone... and it turned out there was a flatsale that was going to happen!! A new baby! So Mom had Sk watch the shop, and she said we were going to spend the whole day there.
So I was waiting for Quiet to bring out the new pebbles, when Sarabi got there with her Mom... and her Mom asked mine if I could go to Richardsons with them. I thought I'd have to beg and beg, but she said yes right away- and she even gave me money for ice cream! (Sarabi's Mom paid for the MiniGolf.)
I've never played MiniGolf before- Sarabi's much better at it than I am- I kept getting stuck on the one where you have to get it into the clown's mouth before he raises his tongue. Sarabi was three holes ahead of me-- but she kept coming back to wait with me when I got stuck in the sandbox trap. O_o I was there for a while.
Sarabi and I played car bingo on the way over, too- and her Mom even sang with us when we started 'Row row your boat'- I went first, then Sarabi, then her Mom... we got mixed up at the end, and I think Sarabi was singing MY part, but it was soooo fun!
And the best part of all... the COWS!!!!!! Richardsons had this great, absolutely wonderful pasture filled with cows! Brown cows, white ones, big spotted black and white ones... and one even came up to the fence and Sarabi and I pet it! It's nose was so soft... like it was a stuffed animal, or something. And then a farmer came out and took us into the milking shed, and showed us how to milk a cow- we each took turns (YAY! I milked a cow!!!), and then he showed us a little about how they process and pasteurize milk... and after all that, we went and ate ice cream! It was SO fun.
Her Mom drove us back to the SMhq, and it turns out I can't get a brother or sister until the next Generation, but that's okay- this way, I'll have a little brother or sister I can REALLY boss around!!! blaugh
Mom seems a bit tired- she went to bed early- well... at least, she went up to her office. I'm writing this, and then I'm going to go to bed- Sk's going to stay here in the room with me.
Goodnight!
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:06 pm
heart All of the hoopla! heart
+June 13th
+ God, I have NO time in which to write this. O_o I shouldn't have put it off so much! sweatdrop I'll have to SEVERELY abbreviate the events of the past few days... Sk has been running the shop the entire time, practically, because Tawn, Doomi, Keppit, Lenta... well, ALL of us, have been camped out at the SMhq for the flatsale. We weren't there for Tawn- I'd forgotten about the Generational Rule- but that's alright- Quiet called me after the hoopla of the flatsale to tell me that there'd be some more pebbles available- probably next Friday. It was nice of her to call me- I know how busy she's been, what with all the newcomers down in the nursery, and that she'll be even more swamped next week! (She has long, tedious business meetings and presentations over in Exem City until...Thursday, I believe.)
The SMhq has been so bustling the past few days! You absolutely wouldn't believe it. People I've never seen before waiting outside the doors for Quiet to pull up in her car in the morning- just WAITING to be let in! I've only met a few of them- mostly, those that ended walking away with pebbles. Korea, and Claia and Camet- all so sweet, and now that their pebbles have hatched, it's been such a joy to see new little infants toddling around the nursery. Especially for Tawn. He's taken quite a liking to the pebbles, and asked me this morning at the table if he could start to babysit. ...Well, I think he'd be wonderful at it, but that's a ways off, yet. I told him he has to spend some time (supervised) in the nursery with the pebbles, and be a little bit older before I'd let him babysit. Claia was so sweet, and she let Tawn hold Aspyn, who started to sing! ^_~ Oh, it just makes me want to have another one. ...Damn those nesting instincts! ^_^
Anyway, the biggest events this week (besides all the new pebbles) were when Tawn went to Richardsons with Sarabi (It was such a good idea of Doomi's...) He's been talking about it ever since- about the minigolf, and about the cows (dear god, about the cows- you'd think the house'd turned into a farm!), and how he got to milk one, and on and on... The other big event was the barbecue on Thursday afternoon- Sk and Tawn went to the grocery store and picked out all the food (I had a minimal hand- mostly just telling Tawn that you can't grill gummy bears...), and Doomi and Sarabi came over around six. (I'd had instructions to the house all written out before, but turns out we were both at SMhq at five-thirty, so she just followed behind the car.) I really thought I would've had the house a little better put-together before I started to entertain (the kitchen tile needs to be replaced, I haven't put the new back porch in yet...), but Tawn was insistent that Sarabi come over and see his room.
The barbecue was a lot of fun- we made some 'kiddilink shish-ka-bobs'... which, basically, was just a lot of fun stuff like cinnamon apples and cookie dough, skewered and grilled, for the kids to eat, and then some 'real' grilled food... chips, and pop, and just a lot of candy (the kids were bouncing off the walls by nine, easy... I'm surprised we didn't have to scrape them off the ceiling.) We grilled over the spot in the yard that's still singed from Sk's adventure w/ gerbils and rockets (don't ask... all I'll say is that thank GOD I'm a homeowner now, and not having these sort of shenanigans happen in an apartment anymore... I've lost FORTUNES on security deposits...), so the grass wasn't harmed any.
After we ate, and sat out in the backyard for a while, the kids went to play in Tawn's room (Sk disappeared for the night), and then Doomi and I went into the living room and talked until it was time to go.
All in all, a really great week. And Tawn's excited about getting a sibling soon, and a cousin even sooner!
Alright, well, I have to fix up some receipts, and then it's off to bed (LONG overdue.)
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:07 pm
heart Newcomer... heart
+June 13th
(Technically yesterday's entry shoulda been the 12th... but I wrote it after midnight, so for correctness, it also carries a date of the 13th.)
+Tawn spent most of the day at the SMhq... and I just loitered about, whether it be in the shop, or the hq. I didn't get any work done today (filled a few orders, but they weren't large ones, and I didn't even have to go to the stock room to complete them.) So today's just been a...lounging and leisurely Sunday. I feel guilty... but not enough to actually get up off my butt and DO anything. I can't believe its 7:30 already- and I haven't even made anything for supper yet. Tawn must be starving. I'll call downstairs and tell him it's a 'free for all' night. (Although he's probably been taking things out of the fridge since we got home.)
The kids- and I mean Sarabi and Tawn- she's been over here so many times, I'm beginning to think of her as 'one of the kids...'- exchanged gifts today. We went shopping day before yesterday, and spent some four hours going in and out of shops, and when he couldn't find the EXACT plushie he wanted to put with the rest of the gifts, he gave me those big sad eyes until I made it for him. (I think I sewed the head on a teensy bit crooked, but he didn't seem to care.)
Doomi and I just stood in the doorway of the SMlounge while they pulled gift after gift out of a pack- a charm bracelet for Sarabi, a cow plushie for Tawn... and then, when I thought it was all over, Sarabi rushed over to where she'd put her things, in her cubbyhole- reached in, and pulled out... a brown and green Zoolie with black markings on it! O_o She'd gotten him a Zoolie!
Tawn went nuts over it, of course, and as soon as I saw Tawn grab him up and hug him like he'd lose it if he didn't crush it to his chest, I knew that I'd let him keep it. ...Not that me 'letting' him have it is the issue at all- I love animals, and it'll help Tawn to have something to take care of. (Especially if he wants to be a babysitter.) The only issue is... Sk. I don't know how he'd react to a Zoolie, or what he'd do to the poor thing. But I guess we'll find out, won't we? Because I don't have the heart to tell Tawn that he can't keep his new little pet. (He even named it already- Peabody.) He's downstairs with Tawn, now. I don't know where Sk is- but I'll make him something extra special for dinner tonight, just to soften him up.
It's been an exciting day for Tawn (even if it's been an uneventful for me.) He's got a new cousin- Jen. We haven't met it yet, but my sister called and left a message on the machine, that she'd just gotten word. We'll go over to her apartment tomorrow and help her move furniture (that was also part of the message... -_-), and meet the new member of the family.
And tomorrow we'll go to the pet store and get some supplies for Peabody, and get some more legal pads for the shop (I ran out today, doodling spider webs in all the corners...)
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:08 pm
exclaim Tawn's Turn exclaim
=+June 15th
+ This has been the coolest week EVER!! It's like what Christmas must be like! (Which I can't wait for, either!) Sarabi gave me the best presents I've ever seen, like a cow plushie, and a wind-up toy!! I named the plushie Herman (she made it herself), and he sits on my bed on my pillow. Oh, which reminds me, Mom said that once I get through this growth spurt, she'll buy me that sailboat bed I've wanted, with the sail and the anchor and the 'below deck'. I have the perfect thing to go in there! Peabody! Which is the last thing that Sarabi gave me. He's a Zoolie- and he's squishy, like he doesn't have any bones at all- you can just pick him up and squeeze with a big bear hug, and all he does is wiggle and giggle. Mom laughs so hard- sometimes I can hear her in the other room, and she'll go... "Tawn! Wiggle N' Giggle!" And Peabody will run over and I'll grab him up and squeeeeze... and she can hear him giggling all the way into the living room.
Mom and I went to the pet store with Sk- he kept putting cat treats in the cart... and we bought Peabody a bed (it's a little basket with a green bow on the handle- I put it under the window so he'd get the sunlight when he falls asleep there in the day), and some squeaky toys, and lots of Zoolie food. But he likes our food better- the only time Mom's gotten mad at him is when he jumped up on the counter and made off with her bagel. I TRIED to catch him, but he's faster than Sk! By the time I caught him, he was in the backyard, licking crumbs off his tail and giggling.
Mom was afraid that Sk was going to do something to him- but all he's done is sit on his head when he was sleeping in his basket. (I think it's because Mom's been trying to be reeaaaally nice to him. She even put a heating pad out in the dining room for him to sleep on when it started to rain yesterday.)
Sarabi has a Zoolie, too! I've not really met it, except to feed it gumdrops in the SMhq. I hope she and Peabody get along. Well, they'll get to meet when we'll all be at the SMhq on Friday. That's the other exciting thing- we're going to try for little sister for me! (Don't tell Mom I said this... but I don't care if it's a boy- I could use a little brother. But I think Mom's getting tired of being the only girl in the house- first it was just her and Sk, and then me, and now Peabody! ...So, yeah, I wouldn't mind a little sister, either.) So there might be a little pebble in the house- how FUN! I love the pebbles- Mom said just a few more times supervised at the hq with Hany and Aspyn, and she'll let me babysit. Oh yeah, and Jen, too! I didn't tell you about my new cousin yet!
Jen is little... and brown... an it's got a fluffy little tail that doesn't move a lot- the pebble mumbles a lot, though. I asked Sk if I mumbled when I was a pebble, but he wouldn't tell me. I'll ask Mom, later. I met Jen over at Aunt Keppit's house- she's really nice (she made me chocolate milk with marshmallows in it- and she has the BIG marshmallows!)- and SHE has a Zoolie, too! His name's Edgar, and he's like Sk. The two of them glued the door to Aunt Keppit's cuckoo clock shut, so that every time the bird tried to come out it hit its head. Mom and Aunt Keppit's unstuck the door, but now, every time it pops out, you can see the whole front of its head is bashed in...
Well, Mom's calling me for dinner. We're having chicken fingers and hush puppies. Have you ever had hush puppies? They're SO good. (Mom doesn't make 'em, though... she buys them frozen, in a bag!) Gotta go!
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