I’m sorry I’ve been dragging my feet on this snark
folks. I just can’t stand Mary Anne and
I keep drawing her blasted books!
On the cover, Mary Anne is holding a bowl of catfood out to
an invisible Tigger. I’ve never lost a
cat, but it makes more sense to me that she would scatter cat treats on the
ground instead of holding a large dish of food.
I digress….I may do that a lot in this book.
So, we start with Dawn and Mary Anne riding their bikes to
the cat store to buy more toys for Tigger because he keeps batting them behind
the refrigerator. Common Sense Moment: Move the stupid fridge instead of wasting your money on
more new toys. If you don’t ever move
the fridge, I REALLY don’t want to see what’s under there. We get the chapter two spiel and it’s
not even chapter two yet. I want to hang
my head and cry.
They get back in time to give Tigger his toys and head to
the BSC meeting. More gobbledygook (the
language of goblins) about meetings and procedures and MA gets a job sitting
for Logan’s
siblings. Ironically enough, Logan is the one who calls
the club to arrange a sitter for his sibs.
Richard still has some rules, including a rule that Logan cannot come in the
house without an adult present. So MA
and Logan sit on the front step and hang out.
It’s an icky, almost raining Friday.
Logan is
a little snappish, Jamie Newton comes over to play with Tigger and then Mariah
and Gabbie come over. After they leave,
Charlotte J stops by to play with Tigger too.
I am amazed that Logan
isn’t annoyed that his pseudo date with MA was interrupted by the neighborhood
kiddos. It’s time for the BSC meeting,
but Tigger is so happy outside that MA leaves him out while she goes to the
meeting.
MA gets home, starts dinner and realizes she hasn’t fed
Tigger. I just have to pause to say this
cat has a mat that says “food please”.
MA is going to be one of those crazy cat ladies when she’s old, isn’t
she? You know, those people that feed
their cats at the table and talk about Smoopkins as though he was a
person. She looks through the whole
house (conveniently forgetting she left him OUTSIDE before the meeting) until
her dad comes home. Then both of them
search outside in the dark. Richard finally
talks MA into going back in and having dinner.
She tries to remain calm until it’s bedtime and then she panics about
Tigger again. Richard tells her to go to
bed; Tigger’s probably just off having and adventure. But when the cat’s not back the next morning,
Richard’s worried too and they take turns watching for Tigger.
MA breaks from TIggerWatch 1989 to babysit for Logan’s brother and
sister. Hunter is allergic to everything
and Kerry is trying to stretch her independence wings.
MA hurries home to see if Tigger’s back and he’s not. She calls Kristy for an emergency meeting. They meet at Claudia’s and MA sniffles
through the story of the lost Tigger.
Mallory suggests posters, Claudia volunteers to draw a picture of Tigger
and Kristy suggests a reward. She also
says her mom will run copies off at her office and they can hang them around
the neighborhood the next day. MA calls Logan to tell him about
the Tigger problems, but he’s distracted by baseball, so she calmly hangs up on
him.
Jessi has a sitting job for her siblings and has to write
about it in the club notebook. It’s
really more about her reading Sounder
and thinking about where Tigger is.
Sunday morning dawns and Kristy calls MA at 8am to tell her
that they can go and paper the neighborhood.
MA runs into a kid who says he saw Tigger and can he please have the reward
money? They tell him to beat it and he
scrams.
They keep looking for Tigger and even when MA sits for the Newtons the next day,
Jamie offers to continue to search. They
invite Mariah and Gabbie to go along with them, but still no Tigger. They stop by MA’s house, she gets the mail
and there’s a letter…Tigger has been catnapped!!!! She calls Logan, who is massively
underwhelemed, but volunteers to come to the meeting. They all try to figure out what to do, when Logan suggests a
plan. MA drops an envelope of monopoly
money and the rest of them hide out in the field to wait for the
catnapper. They all agree not to
involve any adults. Mommy Moment: If one of my kids felt that they couldn’t tell me
something or about some problem they’re having, I’d be worried. These girls NEVER go to an adult first, but
their friends. Is this normal teen
behavior?
Dawn sits for the Barretts, and the kids are freaked out
about their dog Pow possibly being napped.
Way to go, MA. Jamie Newton has
spread the word of the catnapping.
Perhaps you shouldn’t have been calling everyone and their uncle to tell
them about your letter WHILE YOU WERE BABYSITTING! Mommy Moment: If
my kids are in bed, feel free to talk, text, browse the internet. While they’re awake, I want you aware and
paying attention to what is going on.
The next day, MA slogs through school, waits anxiously until
it’s time to go and then heads to the drop location. She pretends to go home, then doubles back to
hid with Kristy. Suddenly, someone
approaches the rock. It’s the same kid
who demanded money while they were hanging posters!! They confront him and he admits to just
trying to get some easy money. They let
him go after they scold him a bit. But
where is Tigger?
Claudia sits for the Perkins girls and they talk about
replacing Tigger.
At the same time, MA is sitting for Hunter and Kerry
again. Lo and behold, Kerry has Tigger
hidden in her closet! She saw him by the
street one evening and decided he wasn’t being well taken care of, so she took
him home. You know, in spite of the fact
that her brother is allergic to EVERYTHING.
You’d think once she saw the posters for the missing kitten that she
would have given him back. What a
sanctimonious brat. She’s just trying to
show that she’s good and responsible, so she has a heart to heart talk with her
mom. MA decides that Logan must have known Kerry had Tigger and
accuses him of being a liar.
Well, that hurts Logan
and he is angry with her. She says he’s
hurt her by being gruff and crabby lately.
He says he’s about to get kicked off the baseball team so he’s sorry if
he’s been distracted. They promise to be
honest with each other.
MA brings Tigger with her to the meeting, poo-pooing the
idea she’s being as overprotective with her kitten. Who cares?
Hes’ back and he’s happy.
And….he’s a kitten.
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