I wonder when I will ever get to have another hair cut...
I wonder how many more massages I can get for my back before our health fund bonus runs out...
I wonder how I can convince my kids to eat more good food...
I wonder how I can eat more chocolate without the negatives that it brings...
I wonder if I can convince a cleaner to come to my house every couple of days and work for cupcakes...
I wonder how work at home mums do it...
I wonder how work outside the home mums do it...
I wonder if my kids are going to turn out messed up...
I wonder if my middle child will ever decide to wipe his own butt...
I wonder why we just can't all be well at the same time lately...
I wonder if peanut butter sandwiches every day for lunch is really a good thing for Monkey...
I wonder if I should get a worm farm or a Bokashi Bucket...
My wonders have a hierarchy, or perhaps a rating system would be a better explanation. Some wonders have a higher importance on one day than others. Today, my highest rating wonder is this...
I wonder if a worm farm counts as getting the kids a pet?
They did get rather excited about finding worms when they were digging at Grannysaurus' place a couple of weeks ago. They do get completely freaked out by dogs and I have said that I'm not buying a pet that needs toilet training until we are no longer toilet training children... and that seems forever away. The plus side is at least worm wee and poo is good for the garden, unlike the barkers eggs and dead grass patches that a dog leaves around. The kids have asked for a bird... but Monkey is afraid of anything with eyes so that gets rid of that option. It looks like our only real option for a pet is a rock or worms... and Lion gave me a pet rock for Mothers' Day and Monkey threw it out a hole in our window screen. I guess it's down to worms... or maybe that Bokashi Bucket...
Hmmmm, I wonder....
I'm thinking that it would be a big stretch for a bokashi bucket to count as a pet. But it does look pretty neat. And stinky kitchen scraps deserve to be composted in an inoffensive manner.
ReplyDeleteThis post cracks me up. I wonder many of the same things my dear.
ReplyDeleteI say go for the worms. It's not like you have to feel bad about getting rid of them if your kids lose interest or find them another home. You can just toss them into your backyard.
I wish I had thought of that! Instead, we have 3 female dogs and we have to put vinegar in their drinking water to keep the grass from yellowing. That and picking up their poop isn't too fun either.
I must say, if one worm gets sick and you "take it to the vet" but really just dig up another one, and one of your kids knows you did a switch, THEN I'd be worried, or impressed, I can't decide which. Mind you, if your kids can even tell that a worm is sick, I'd be pretty impressed.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if I'll ever be able to buy a smart phone, so I can keep up on my blog reading. I miss you!
ReplyDeleteWarning! The worm farm will lead to larger sized worms,(snakes). We have them in our garden, worms and snakes.
Luvs
Suz
Try snuggling with a worm at night or under a blanket - SQUISH! And, then you really can't laugh because it IS a pet! Better a cat! Cats are soooo low-maintenance. But they purr, chase a lazer pen light, are willing to be carried around - and, if you train them right, go outside to take care of business! I LOVE my cat! Cleaning up after a squished worm would just gross me out!
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