Daft Rubbish.

 Someone asked this morning whether Norman has livestock on his farm, and I answered that he doesn't as I was thinking of only cattle and such like. But later I remembered that I saw some cats there when they were taking him away, so I said about it to mum this morning when we were getting breakfast and she said to see if they let him home first before we go off down there. I didn't see why we had to wait but then when dad and Eric came in for breakfast I soon understood why. Dad wanted me to spend the day with Eric cleaning out one of the cattle sheds. So I have a tractor with a trailer on which Eric loads with manure from the shed and then when full I haul it across the fields and tip it in a heap to be spread sometime in the future. I just love driving the tractors.

It was funny at breakfast this morning. Eric handed me this envelope and on opening it I found a couple of magnetic learner plates. 

This was a nice gesture in itself but then he went and said, "Put them on and you'll be able to take you mum shopping on the tractor."

Everyone laughed except poor mum, "You can shut up Eric _____, her heads already full of ideas without you adding any of your daft rubbish." replied mum.

We all laughed, both at mum's reply, the manner in which she replied and also the thought of me and mum off shopping on the tractor. Of course I will be able to take her shopping, but in the car as long as she is with me. I can drive a tractor on the road by myself but not a car. I guess it will depend on whether her nerves will stand it.