What to do while waiting for the “BIRD”

I was in the living room relaxing on Thanksgiving morning. Lillian was in the kitchen busy, getting things going, for that big succulent “BIRD”. We were talking back and forth, when all of a sudden I heard her almost in a demanding voice, say….”You need to go out here and shake this pear tree”.

Now……..this is where things started going south for Lillian. I got up out of My favorite chair, and proceeded to the kitchen, and on My way, I told her that she should have waited until I had an eggnog or 2 with a little sumpin sumpin in it. I walked over and looked out the window to see what all the fuss was about. These leaves have drove the both of us nuts, because we cant see out to the street anymore. She and I laughed a bit and she once again said,” yeah you should go out and shake it“. Then I told her that I should have her go out and shake it…no wait!….better yet, you can go out and pluck 10 leaves off every 10 minutes through out the day, and when the day is over you’ll be done. Now!…..she looked at Me and laughed thinking I was kidding. I looked out the window again and it had Me intrigued as to how many leaves would actually fall, if it was shook. I told her to go out and shake the tree 4 times. She went got her flip flops on and out the door she went. When she got out to the tree, she was hesitant, giving the excuse she couldn’t get to it. I told her to stand on the evergreen ground cover because it wouldn’t hurt it. The she shook that tree at least 10 times and leaves were falling all over, thinking to Myself, well I’ll be damned it worked. We were both laughing together as I taunted her out the window. Then I told her to come up to the other side of the tree and shake it as it was easier to get to. She did so and shook the tree again with lots of leaves coming off this time, some falling on her……I was laughing loudly out the window by now. Then she stopped and looked at Me and started picking leaves off the tree counting out loud to 10 and threw them down, with her little defiant fit, look to the ground. We both burst out in laughter and I teased her all the way back in.

I’m back in My chair now, she is out in the kitchen, pots and pans a flying, “BIRD” on the wayyyyyy. And she just ran out and came back in and said “that’s 10”……Heh Heh Heh.