Sunny Side

One down


The last couple of days I have walked into Thayne's office and I could smell this yukky smell. I thought maybe he ate something in there and threw it in the trash and it was starting to smell. So I looked and I couldn't see anything that would smell. So today I walked in the office and the smell was getting worse. I looked at TJ and said "the last time I smelled that smell one of the tortoises were dead and rotting. Thayne has the tortoises in his office in a aquarium since they are only the size of my fist. I was not going to touch them to see if they were alive so I told TJ to. The one we thought was dead was actually alive. After some poking we found the one and pronounced it dead. TJ scooped it up on a piece of card stock and we took it to the trash. I tried humoring TJ with a small funeral by the trash can but he interrupted my speech with "mom get it over with already this thing stinks so bad I am going to barf". What a sensitive kid. We are down to 2 of these cute things. They are actually the animals I don't mind having because they are pretty easy to care for.

( this is not the dead one)




Now I don't want to sound insensitive, but I know I am going to when I tell you that I can't wait until Carlyle our miserable turkey says goodbye. Thayne names the turkeys after our grandpa's. So this one is Carlyle. All the chickens peck him. He follows me around like a dog. I think he hears me close the garage door because by the time I get to the car he is waiting for me by my car door. When I am outside the darn thing follows me everywhere. And when he walks he sounds like he is saying "sh**". Over and over I hear him and that is exactly what it sounds like to me.

So he is a grumpy old picked on turkey that curses.

Everybody should have one.