Oh Say, Can You See?

The telephones in Peanut's house play The Star-Spangled Banner and ring at the same time.

Yea. It's the strangest. 

And not exactly the first thing you want to hear when you're trying to pry yourself out of bed in the morning. Cause who wants to sing, "Oh say, can you see..." when it's too early to, in fact...see? Yea, no offense Francis Scott Key, but waking up to your old national tune makes me want to rip my ears off. Don't get me wrong, it is a fine piece of music and an honored American tradition. For sporting events? Perfect. Presidential inaugurations? Absolutely necessary. 6 am at Peenie's house? Makes me want to spit nails. And I can't change it to another tone, because the little nut won't be able to hear it.
So I'm coming for you, Mr. Key. Ready yourself. 

But then again...maybe I should cut Mr. Key some slack. I should really be going after the phone company that made that particular ringtone an option, right? Right.

So obviously, the phone is kinda making me crazy, friends. But I'm also becoming a little schizophrenic about it. Cause even though that ringtone is annoying as HELL, er...I mean, HECK, I get a little upset when Peanut picks it up and it stops mid-verse. Yea, I don't know if it's my musical background or if I'm just crazy, but THE SONG MUST BE FINISHED! It’s like, “O’ER THE LAND OF THE FREE, AND THE HOME OF THE…Hello? Edward's residence.” So disappointing. So I’ve started just belting out whatever is left, “BRAVE!”. Peenie has no idea what I’m doing. She just looks at me like I’m weird and gives me a little half-smile.

Oh, and the funniest part of all? How about this conversation:
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Me: Peenie, why do your phones play The Star-Spangled Banner?

Peenie: What?

Me: WHY do your PHONES play the STAR-SPANGLED-BANNER?

Peenie: Katy, I don't know what you're talking about!
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…if that’s not proof she needs a hearing-aid, I don’t know what is.

I’ll leave you with this:

Peanut’s sweet tooth has reached an all-time high. Last night, I was baking Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins for an AmeriCorps meeting. I always make extra, and some of them were cooling on top of the stove. I left the kitchen for a moment, and when I came back, two were missing and Peanut was grinning and chewing. “Goooooood!”, she said.