i'm typing with one hand--cause andrew is cuttin' the fool this morning and won't let me get my "blog" on--so ain't gonna be no caps--and no punctuation--and i ain't got time to spell check.  he's already erased this whole blog twice--kicking the computer while he was sitting in my lap and he's typing right along with  me by sticking his little chubby fingers on the keyboard and hitting the "delete" button.

i just had to tell y'all this--i just got off the phone with my grandmother anna dean today--i always just call to see how she's doing. 

i talk to her once a week--i can't take no more than that.

as soon as we start talking, she asks: "what is andrew doing?"

and i tell her: "he's sitting here eating breakfast."

and she asks "do y'all let him watch television?" (a bait questions--she's so negative most of the time--always looking for something to criticize--always looking for something to scrutinize--we never get off the phone with out her calling me a "bad parent"). 

so i answer carefully: "we watch a little."

she persisted: "does he have a television in his room?"

i responded: "no, he doesn't. we have a family television." 

she wanted to know "well, how  much television is he getting a day?"

i told her "about 40 minutes of cartoons on noggin--the kiddie educational cartoon channel--then we do play time and story time. mostly books... and we have our outdoor activities."

she was like "you and shawn are such bad parents. i wish i was there to raise that baby. he needs to watch more television. sit him in front of the t-v until he gets ready for his nap--and when he wakes up--put him back in front of the television. while he's eating--sit his high chair in front of the t-v so he can hear people talking. that's how he learns how to talk." 

i couldn't believe she was saying this ignut mess... i asked: "really? cause i heard it was from adult interaction."

she was like "hell no-those books don't know nothing. i raised all of my children and grandchildren--and now great grand... all of y'all learned to talk by watching television.  you don't remember sitting in front the t-v all day?"

hell yeah i remember sitting in front of the t-v all day. at 10 in the morning, it was the price is right. and at noon--our stories came on--me and my cousin nikki would watch young and the restless then all my children with erica cane. we'd have lunch and take a nap. after that and we'd wake up just in time to see general hospital.  yeah--at 5 years old--i could tell you who victor newman was and point him out of a line up--but i couldn't spell my name!