H/T - Is it Just Me?
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Monday, May 31, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Guests
Imagine getting a call from someone you used to work with who now lives in Texas, but haven't seen in a couple years.
Imagine that call and a request that on their way to Chicago, they want to stay at your house for several days, along with their 17 month-old twins.
Imagine them asking if they could then invite a few friends they made while they lived in your town over to your house so it would be so much easier than them having to drag the twins all over the city.
All of the above is true.
Now imagine what having two 17-month-old girls in your house for several days would be like, the chaos, the things that would get broken, the squalling day and night.
That last paragraph is NOT true.
Several posts back I wrote about the two women who have become my daughters of my heart. My Texas daughter and her husband just left this morning and we miss them and those two precious baby girls already.
Although I knew T and her husband would be good parents, I never expected that two barely-toddlers could be so sweet, so good and so little trouble.
These two precious girls stole their way into our hearts and we hate thinking how long it will be before we see them again.
The party they requested was fabulous, 5 little ones running around the house, their parents worrying over leaving a few toys in the floor even though we kept insisting that we let our grandkids scatter the toys in the floors when they visit. We're not the parents, we're the grandparents, aunt and uncle, etc. We get to spoil, it's our pleasure and our right.
When my Texas daughter called to tell us they would be visiting, it was in the middle of the horrible working hours I was putting in February and March. Instead of giving me dread, it perked me up and gave me hope. I was thrilled they were coming, I was thrilled that she knew she could ask.
We are family, not just friends. Family.
Imagine that call and a request that on their way to Chicago, they want to stay at your house for several days, along with their 17 month-old twins.
Imagine them asking if they could then invite a few friends they made while they lived in your town over to your house so it would be so much easier than them having to drag the twins all over the city.
All of the above is true.
Now imagine what having two 17-month-old girls in your house for several days would be like, the chaos, the things that would get broken, the squalling day and night.
That last paragraph is NOT true.
Several posts back I wrote about the two women who have become my daughters of my heart. My Texas daughter and her husband just left this morning and we miss them and those two precious baby girls already.
Although I knew T and her husband would be good parents, I never expected that two barely-toddlers could be so sweet, so good and so little trouble.
These two precious girls stole their way into our hearts and we hate thinking how long it will be before we see them again.
The party they requested was fabulous, 5 little ones running around the house, their parents worrying over leaving a few toys in the floor even though we kept insisting that we let our grandkids scatter the toys in the floors when they visit. We're not the parents, we're the grandparents, aunt and uncle, etc. We get to spoil, it's our pleasure and our right.
When my Texas daughter called to tell us they would be visiting, it was in the middle of the horrible working hours I was putting in February and March. Instead of giving me dread, it perked me up and gave me hope. I was thrilled they were coming, I was thrilled that she knew she could ask.
We are family, not just friends. Family.
We're gonna miss those precious baby laughs and smiles. But we are now planning our big Memorial Day Camping trip with my massive family and our grandson will be joining us. Thank God for this trip or I would probably be going through some dramatic withdrawal about now.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Nineteen Years Ago Today
I said my next husband would be responsible and get along with my family.
Hmmmm.
At the same job now for 36 years.
Drives me crazy BECAUSE he gets along too well with my family, they encourage his silliness.
Oh, there are other qualities, both endearing and crazy, but I don't have time to list them all.
We're heading downtown for a nice dinner.
Next year is Hawaii.
Yeah, I guess I'll keep him. Good man, love him more today than 19 years ago.
Hmmmm.
At the same job now for 36 years.
Drives me crazy BECAUSE he gets along too well with my family, they encourage his silliness.
Oh, there are other qualities, both endearing and crazy, but I don't have time to list them all.
We're heading downtown for a nice dinner.
Next year is Hawaii.
Yeah, I guess I'll keep him. Good man, love him more today than 19 years ago.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
I Vote YES
Next spring we will celebrate our 20th anniversary. I figure that calls for a GOOD trip. Here's our next destination:
I've convinced Bob by saying, "I'm planning on going to Hawaii for our 20th, wanna join me?" After a few weeks of this he finally realized I meant it. New places make him a little nervous, but once we're there he loves it.
He hasn't quite figured out yet that I'm planning on making it at least a 2 week trip, with a couple of days in San Francisco as a stop over. I suppose he might realize it when we don't fly back in a week.
So, I'm doing the research on where to go. I figure we can hit two islands in two weeks. I have to pick Oahu for one week, I don't want to not see Pearl Harbor and I think Ko Olina is where we might stay. Waikiki looks too crowded and the only people who complain about the Marriott in Ko Olina on tripadvisor.com gripe about how out of the way it is with nothing to do but lay by the magnificant beach and the wonderful pools. I'm good with that, thank you very much.
I think I'd like to be on the Big Island the other week. Seeing all the volcanoes would be amazing. I would love to find some isolated tropical paradise tiny "hotel" like they show on Survivor when someone wins a reward challenge. I don't know if such places exist on Hawaii, but I can't imagine that don't.
And reading through the books, today I read this:
"Every 5 days, there is enough lava coming out of Kilauea volcano's eruption to place a thin venner over Washington DC - all 63 square miles"
Now it's even a BETTER idea for vacation. I vote "yes" to shipping about a month's worth there.
I've convinced Bob by saying, "I'm planning on going to Hawaii for our 20th, wanna join me?" After a few weeks of this he finally realized I meant it. New places make him a little nervous, but once we're there he loves it.
He hasn't quite figured out yet that I'm planning on making it at least a 2 week trip, with a couple of days in San Francisco as a stop over. I suppose he might realize it when we don't fly back in a week.
So, I'm doing the research on where to go. I figure we can hit two islands in two weeks. I have to pick Oahu for one week, I don't want to not see Pearl Harbor and I think Ko Olina is where we might stay. Waikiki looks too crowded and the only people who complain about the Marriott in Ko Olina on tripadvisor.com gripe about how out of the way it is with nothing to do but lay by the magnificant beach and the wonderful pools. I'm good with that, thank you very much.
I think I'd like to be on the Big Island the other week. Seeing all the volcanoes would be amazing. I would love to find some isolated tropical paradise tiny "hotel" like they show on Survivor when someone wins a reward challenge. I don't know if such places exist on Hawaii, but I can't imagine that don't.
And reading through the books, today I read this:
"Every 5 days, there is enough lava coming out of Kilauea volcano's eruption to place a thin venner over Washington DC - all 63 square miles"
Now it's even a BETTER idea for vacation. I vote "yes" to shipping about a month's worth there.
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