Well I decided with the new technology out there, what with email, and blogging, and all...that I would do away with the "cheesy" Christmas newsletter in the Holiday cards I send to people. I decided if they want to read up on me and my family they can go ahead and click on the link! :) and...if they don't want to, HEY...they don't have to! Brilliant, right!? Better than thinking they throw away that expensive stationary I spent minutes deciding on at my last trek to Staples, right after they open the envelope.
I sent some Christmas cards out, but just to family. Everyone else, I will only send out to those who send to me. Kind of selfish, I know. This was probably not the most fruitful of avenues, it has backfired a bit. Everyone knows by now the more cards you send out the more you will receive. Here it is Dec. 13th already and I have four cards up on the inside of my front door (the traditional place we put them every year) One is from my employer and the other is from our insurance agent. SO, looks like I'm gonna have to send out a few more to receive more, so we don't look so pathetic and friendless!
So, without further ado, if you choose to read on beyond this point...here's what you need to know about the Tanner Clan for 2010...
Mattie our oldest (24) is attending the University of Dallas, pursuing her Master's Degree in Emerging Media and Communications. She hopes to be done in two more semesters, and we hope she'll move out then. Heh, heh. Actually, we love having her home, she's a great help with her little brother and sister and is an excellent cook, guess it's skips a generation? She's a hard worker and takes her job and church calling seriously, she started out a Sunday School teacher, then had a brief stint as the employment specialist, now she's the Relief Society Secretary!
Cameron: #1 son and child number 2 is in his sophomore year of college, attending Utah State University, in Logan, Utah majoring in Graphic Design and 3D animation. He's an excellent artist and it shows in his drawings and paintings. Dave just hopes he can find a job when he graduates! He turned 20 in November (weird to have a second child hit that age!) He works at a place called "Hastings" it's much like BlockBuster's. He is serving on the Activities committee right now and has confessed he just shows up and does what they tell him to do. Which is what every committee chair wants in a member!
Caulin: #2 son and 3rd child. Is very busy these days, he will turn 15 in January, and is a Freshman in High School. He's active in the band playing the percussion. He is a "Pit" member during marching season and is hoping to get on the quad drums come next year. He's full of energy and is always thumping/drumming on everything and trying new and innovative ways to entertain himself and his friends. He's on several websites including Tumblr (A blog site), and several others including YouTube. He's a very "connected" kid! He was just called to be the Secretary of the Teacher's Quorum at church. Hmm, I see a pattern here! (Mattie and he both are secretaries.)
Marin: Child #4 and our sweet little baby is a baby no more! She turned 13 in October, she is an official teenager! She plays the flute in band and is a straight A student! She is in two Honors classes and is going to add another one next year. She's one bright kiddo and funny too. She is another budding artist in our family, she loves to draw and when she isn't playing her flute, or texting friends, she is usually found drawing and coloring something!
Dave: After 18 years with Nortel, Dave moved over to the company called GenBand. He was made a manager and is busy working. He still loves to bicycle and enters races when he can. He did the "Hotter-n-hell" 100 again this year, but sadly wasn't able to complete it this time around, it was really hot temperature wise, he made it to the 80 mile marker before passing out. He hit the big 5 0 this year. So that could be why he passed out, OLD AGE! He still serves as the ScoutMaster for our ward. He also received his MBA last January.
Lari: Hasn't been able to write much since getting back into school. I have one year under my belt and have another year to go before I receive my Bachelor's Degree in Business Management. What I plan to do with that degree? Your guess is as good as mine! I'm still looking at all my options, which are numerous, when I figure it out I'll let you all know! I still work part-time at Forest Labs and enjoy it, it's the best job ever!
My sweet, beautiful mother passed away this summer, and so that's been an adjustment, I miss her every day. After serving as the Relief Society Secretary for close to a year (see the pattern again), I was released so that I could focus on my studies at school. What can I say, I've never been much of a multi-tasker! I'm loving school and am enjoying all the learning I'm doing!
Sorry if this was long and cheesy, but hey...that's what Christmas newsletters are for! We hope you and yours are doing well this year and are happy and healthy always! With my mom's passing I am ever more aware of how precious life can be. The older I get the more I have learned to cherish every day I have with my sweety and my wonderful kids. How grateful I am for the birth of our Savior and for his ultimate sacrifice.
God bless you all!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Love,
The Tanner's
Monday, December 13, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
The 80's and why I love that era...
Ok, so I have to talk about the 80's. With Thanksgiving holidays moving on, we as a family started watching TV to pass the time. The movie, "Tootsie" came on, my kids had never seen it, so of course I made them watch it with me. I became a young adult in the 80's, I graduated from high school in 1980, got married in 1983 and had my first child in 1986! So the 80's mean a lot to me, and the movies of that time reflect that for me.
I'd forgotten how clever and funny the movie "Tootsie" was! What I loved the most was the music and then it hit me, 80's movies had a certain type of music that truly identifies it with that era. Listen to this "Tootsie" (1982) soundtrack, here. Another movie that also has that similar jazzy, saxaphone, Kenny G, type of sound is "Romancing the Stone" (1984) here, pretty similar right? How about "Mister Mom"(1983)which came out six months after my husband and I got married... here, can you hear the saxphone in the background!? How about "Splash" (1984) here, yet another classy saxaphone instrumental!! If you haven't seen these movies yet, I highly suggest you watch them. They are funny, romantic, and just plain good!
Here's a list of the top 100 movies from the 80's, here, not all the ones I mentioned here are on that list, but they are still good and stand the test of time. I dare you to check out the soundtracks and see for yourselves.
I guess the 80's for me is what the 50's were for our parents, a time of innocense and fun. The romantic comedies reflected the era of the 80's very well for me. I become nostalgic when listening and watching the movies and sounds of that time. I'm sure my kids will look at the 2000's as their time of reflection, an age of innocence for them, maybe, but it's hard from me to fathom, when I still see them as so young!
Enjoy the sights and sounds of the 80's on me, and let me know if you agree, oh and if you don't no need to comment. :)
Happy Holidays everyone!
I'd forgotten how clever and funny the movie "Tootsie" was! What I loved the most was the music and then it hit me, 80's movies had a certain type of music that truly identifies it with that era. Listen to this "Tootsie" (1982) soundtrack, here. Another movie that also has that similar jazzy, saxaphone, Kenny G, type of sound is "Romancing the Stone" (1984) here, pretty similar right? How about "Mister Mom"(1983)which came out six months after my husband and I got married... here, can you hear the saxphone in the background!? How about "Splash" (1984) here, yet another classy saxaphone instrumental!! If you haven't seen these movies yet, I highly suggest you watch them. They are funny, romantic, and just plain good!
Here's a list of the top 100 movies from the 80's, here, not all the ones I mentioned here are on that list, but they are still good and stand the test of time. I dare you to check out the soundtracks and see for yourselves.
I guess the 80's for me is what the 50's were for our parents, a time of innocense and fun. The romantic comedies reflected the era of the 80's very well for me. I become nostalgic when listening and watching the movies and sounds of that time. I'm sure my kids will look at the 2000's as their time of reflection, an age of innocence for them, maybe, but it's hard from me to fathom, when I still see them as so young!
Enjoy the sights and sounds of the 80's on me, and let me know if you agree, oh and if you don't no need to comment. :)
Happy Holidays everyone!
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Lines, and why I'm beginning to resent them...
Ok, so I noticed that the last few blogs were about me getting older and facing my mortality...but as I am getting older I am beginning to wonder, is my patience running thin too? Maybe just a little.
Take today for instance-it started out pretty normal. I got up, tried a new workout routine, (my shoulders are killing me now by the way), showered, then went and met my husband for lunch. We talked and enjoyed our meal together, we finished and he went back to work. I decided that I'd go to my favorite department store, where I have been frequenting because I can fit into their smaller sized clothing, yay! I've lost about 30 lbs., so this is my new favorite place, I don't have to shop in the PLUS department anymore and this store just validates me in a way that makes me feel good about myself!
So, I went in, found what I wanted and got in a line at the checkout counter. There was only one line and about 5 people waiting in it, me being #3, Now, when I walked in several of the employees were congregated in the middle of the store, looking like they were having an employee meeting, or shift change perhaps? Anyway, there was only one person at the register. The cashier called for help and this group of employees fanned out and two more people came up to open registers. One employee yelled,
"I can help the next person here!" while waving his hand.
So I b-lined it over there. 'Yes,' I thought...I was first now, he welcomed me and then the unthinkable happened! The other cashier who was alone for a while, waved at him and told him that the lady behind me was next! What!? She was apparantly #2 in line! But, I got here first darn it! Fine, fine, FINE!
So, he apologized and asked me to step back to ring this other lady up. I was happy to oblige, she was before me after all, So by now there were three registers open and about 2 people in each line. The lady who was #2 had a lot of stuff, and several of her items, marked "clearance", were missing price tags. 'Oh, great'...now I gotta wait some more...'Hmm...I wonder if there's a bathroom near by, I'm starting to feel like I should have gone after lunch.'
The cashier can't find the sticker so he calls over another worker to help him...'great again' I think, 'if he'd have rang me up first, I'd be done now and outta here, but NoooOOOO...'
While this is going on, some woman, who looked to be in her late 50's, dressed in tight skinny jeans, with high heels and bleached blonde hair, way too much make-up, wearing glasses as thick as coke bottles comes up behind me and says...
"Excuse me, I really am in a rush, I have to get these pants for my daughter (she holds up black spandex leggings) and she needs them now and I'm late for a funeral, so can I get one of you to ring me up, like, NOW!" She looks at me longingly as if to ask for my understanding...I had none to give.
Seriously...I thought...and then I said it outloud for everyone to hear,
"Seriously!"
I didn't mean for it to come out but it did and she answered me back,
"Yes seriously, I have got to go, I wouldn't lie about this!"
I looked at her in disbelief, I shook my head and just smirked, and said, "Whatever."
She then proceeded to tell me again how she wouldn't lie about somthing like that and her daughter had just called her to tell she needed those pants right away! I wondered who her daughter was, was she a kid in high school, cause if it had been my kid I would have told her to suffer!
I was in a hurry too, I needed to relieve myself and pretty darn quick or else the line I was in was going to swim to the cashier! I wanted to tell her this, I had a justifiable reason for being first. I think going to the bathroom take precidence over being late for a funeral, don't you?
So the gentleman that was helping the cashier with customer #2 says, "I can help someone over here..." while he is looking at the coke bottle glasses.
Of course the lady, dressed 20 years younger than she should have, (and why would she wear tight skinny jeans to a funeral anyway, that did not make any sense to me), ran straight to him...I decided I had to move to another line, Lady #2 was no where near being done, and crazy lady trumped my needing to pee.
So I finally get up to the register and the cashier says,
"So how are you doing today maam??"
Wrong thing to ask me at that moment, I say something I don't ever say..."I'm pissed that's how I'm doing!"
She apologized, and I told her it wasn't her fault, and I went into this diatribe about how it just must not have been my day for waiting in line, the nerve of some people, etc.
Then the "coke bottle eyes" has the nerve to turn to me as she's leaving and says, "Thank you maam for understanding."
'Seriously!' I thought again, but I didn't say it outloud that time. I just nodded and waved her off. I wanted to say 'Go away, get to your funeral and hope those spandex pants are the wrong size and that you have to come back and wait in line!'
I'm normally an easy going person, not much gets me upset, well besides my kids and my husband. I normally don't mind waiting in line, it's something that is a given in life. No matter where you go, you'll end up waiting in a line, at the grocery store, at meals, at school, at work, at the amusement park, etc. It's something I normally don't really get upset about. So, why today? I don't know. I keep thinking I'm turning into an old cranky lady! Does this have to do with age, I thought I was gaining patience, not losing it! Maybe my blood sugar was just low, I did feel a little clammy when she turned to thank me, or maybe I was just bothered by it. Who knows, but I'll try to be better about being patient.
The great news, the pants I didn't try on before I bought them fit perfectly, so I guess it was worth waiting in line for afterall!
Take today for instance-it started out pretty normal. I got up, tried a new workout routine, (my shoulders are killing me now by the way), showered, then went and met my husband for lunch. We talked and enjoyed our meal together, we finished and he went back to work. I decided that I'd go to my favorite department store, where I have been frequenting because I can fit into their smaller sized clothing, yay! I've lost about 30 lbs., so this is my new favorite place, I don't have to shop in the PLUS department anymore and this store just validates me in a way that makes me feel good about myself!
So, I went in, found what I wanted and got in a line at the checkout counter. There was only one line and about 5 people waiting in it, me being #3, Now, when I walked in several of the employees were congregated in the middle of the store, looking like they were having an employee meeting, or shift change perhaps? Anyway, there was only one person at the register. The cashier called for help and this group of employees fanned out and two more people came up to open registers. One employee yelled,
"I can help the next person here!" while waving his hand.
So I b-lined it over there. 'Yes,' I thought...I was first now, he welcomed me and then the unthinkable happened! The other cashier who was alone for a while, waved at him and told him that the lady behind me was next! What!? She was apparantly #2 in line! But, I got here first darn it! Fine, fine, FINE!
So, he apologized and asked me to step back to ring this other lady up. I was happy to oblige, she was before me after all, So by now there were three registers open and about 2 people in each line. The lady who was #2 had a lot of stuff, and several of her items, marked "clearance", were missing price tags. 'Oh, great'...now I gotta wait some more...'Hmm...I wonder if there's a bathroom near by, I'm starting to feel like I should have gone after lunch.'
The cashier can't find the sticker so he calls over another worker to help him...'great again' I think, 'if he'd have rang me up first, I'd be done now and outta here, but NoooOOOO...'
While this is going on, some woman, who looked to be in her late 50's, dressed in tight skinny jeans, with high heels and bleached blonde hair, way too much make-up, wearing glasses as thick as coke bottles comes up behind me and says...
"Excuse me, I really am in a rush, I have to get these pants for my daughter (she holds up black spandex leggings) and she needs them now and I'm late for a funeral, so can I get one of you to ring me up, like, NOW!" She looks at me longingly as if to ask for my understanding...I had none to give.
Seriously...I thought...and then I said it outloud for everyone to hear,
"Seriously!"
I didn't mean for it to come out but it did and she answered me back,
"Yes seriously, I have got to go, I wouldn't lie about this!"
I looked at her in disbelief, I shook my head and just smirked, and said, "Whatever."
She then proceeded to tell me again how she wouldn't lie about somthing like that and her daughter had just called her to tell she needed those pants right away! I wondered who her daughter was, was she a kid in high school, cause if it had been my kid I would have told her to suffer!
I was in a hurry too, I needed to relieve myself and pretty darn quick or else the line I was in was going to swim to the cashier! I wanted to tell her this, I had a justifiable reason for being first. I think going to the bathroom take precidence over being late for a funeral, don't you?
So the gentleman that was helping the cashier with customer #2 says, "I can help someone over here..." while he is looking at the coke bottle glasses.
Of course the lady, dressed 20 years younger than she should have, (and why would she wear tight skinny jeans to a funeral anyway, that did not make any sense to me), ran straight to him...I decided I had to move to another line, Lady #2 was no where near being done, and crazy lady trumped my needing to pee.
So I finally get up to the register and the cashier says,
"So how are you doing today maam??"
Wrong thing to ask me at that moment, I say something I don't ever say..."I'm pissed that's how I'm doing!"
She apologized, and I told her it wasn't her fault, and I went into this diatribe about how it just must not have been my day for waiting in line, the nerve of some people, etc.
Then the "coke bottle eyes" has the nerve to turn to me as she's leaving and says, "Thank you maam for understanding."
'Seriously!' I thought again, but I didn't say it outloud that time. I just nodded and waved her off. I wanted to say 'Go away, get to your funeral and hope those spandex pants are the wrong size and that you have to come back and wait in line!'
I'm normally an easy going person, not much gets me upset, well besides my kids and my husband. I normally don't mind waiting in line, it's something that is a given in life. No matter where you go, you'll end up waiting in a line, at the grocery store, at meals, at school, at work, at the amusement park, etc. It's something I normally don't really get upset about. So, why today? I don't know. I keep thinking I'm turning into an old cranky lady! Does this have to do with age, I thought I was gaining patience, not losing it! Maybe my blood sugar was just low, I did feel a little clammy when she turned to thank me, or maybe I was just bothered by it. Who knows, but I'll try to be better about being patient.
The great news, the pants I didn't try on before I bought them fit perfectly, so I guess it was worth waiting in line for afterall!
Monday, August 23, 2010
Revving it up, yet winding it down...
I find myself in a quandry these days. I'm in two different gears. I'm revving up for school. Taking a full load that if it doesn't kill me will make me stronger and getting my kids ready and off to school, yet I am finding that I'm in the winding down phase of my life. I am busy getting kids to school, but they are getting older. I no longer have an elementary school kid! NO MORE ELEMENTARY!! I am happy about that, I was tired of fund raisers, parent/teacher conferences, attending meetings just so we could see our child sing or play an instrument. I'm excited to get away from those new parents, you know the ones...they have to hover and hang around because they think little "What's his name" will not be able to function without them. Come on...any "old" parent knows it's all an act! Five minutes after you leave the tears are gone and they're playing with blocks and tormenting the other children. After close to 20 years suffering fools, teachers, principals, more teachers, crazy parents, and annoying front office staff, and those yearly teacher gifts... I can finally say, I am DONE, well-at least with Elementary school!
So, I have a middle schooler now, and along with that comes a whole new ball game, but I'm ready for it, been there done that, so it's old hat now. I'm still winding down though. I see that my kids are getting older again...it won't be long that the middle schooler will be graduating from high school. I just might get to be an empty nester, which I am looking forward to. BUT, if the kids keep coming back, I guess I'll be ok with that too. I'm getting older and realizing that things are slowing down in some ways for me and yet, it's getting busier.
My mother passed away this summer, and I think about her a lot and the things that she taught me. She was amazing and I think about my own kids and what kind of legacy I will leave with them. Will they believe I was amazing too? I sure hope so, I guess I just hope they don't hate me too much, for not doing the things they thought I should have. I am beginning to feel my age. I always thought that term was strange, but I do, I FEEL it now. My husband had to get hearing aids, yet he is still very active and keeps going, he seems too young to me to being getting hearing aids, that's an old man thing! He's becoming and old man I guess, and our wish for each other when we first took our vows to be wed all those years ago is coming true, we ARE growing old together, it's actually happening, it's not off into the distance anymore, it's here right now staring us in the face. So, I'm a little more wrinkled and gray, in a weathered yet comfortable skin. I like who I am and what the future holds. I'll be graduating from school in 15 months, I am revving it up now to go forward and see what is in store for me!
So, I have a middle schooler now, and along with that comes a whole new ball game, but I'm ready for it, been there done that, so it's old hat now. I'm still winding down though. I see that my kids are getting older again...it won't be long that the middle schooler will be graduating from high school. I just might get to be an empty nester, which I am looking forward to. BUT, if the kids keep coming back, I guess I'll be ok with that too. I'm getting older and realizing that things are slowing down in some ways for me and yet, it's getting busier.
My mother passed away this summer, and I think about her a lot and the things that she taught me. She was amazing and I think about my own kids and what kind of legacy I will leave with them. Will they believe I was amazing too? I sure hope so, I guess I just hope they don't hate me too much, for not doing the things they thought I should have. I am beginning to feel my age. I always thought that term was strange, but I do, I FEEL it now. My husband had to get hearing aids, yet he is still very active and keeps going, he seems too young to me to being getting hearing aids, that's an old man thing! He's becoming and old man I guess, and our wish for each other when we first took our vows to be wed all those years ago is coming true, we ARE growing old together, it's actually happening, it's not off into the distance anymore, it's here right now staring us in the face. So, I'm a little more wrinkled and gray, in a weathered yet comfortable skin. I like who I am and what the future holds. I'll be graduating from school in 15 months, I am revving it up now to go forward and see what is in store for me!
Monday, July 26, 2010
My youngest got a blog!
My youngest child decided she was old enough to set up a blog for herself! What, how did this happen, when did she stop playing with dolls and stuffed animals!? When!? She's almost 13, and sure enough just like her three older siblings, she has discovered electronics and the world wide web! Yikes! Now I am feeling really old. She doesn't want a Facebook or Twitter...yet! But, only time will tell. She loves to read, and write, so I figured it's a good way to get her use to journaling and if family and friends chime in, it will be good for her. *sigh* My baby is growing up to fast for me. I would have liked to have kept her small for just a while longer! Bring it on ol' Father Time, I'm ready to deal, she's already taller than me, what's the worse that can happen? Right? Keeping my fingers crossed! :)
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Getting Older and other thoughts...
It's interesting getting older, one tends to think it happens to everyone else! But, it happens to us too. Really it does, you can quote me...we all get older! Each hour of each day in each year the clock keeps ticking, the days and nights keep rolling by and we continually get older. It's boggling if you think about it.
I'm beginning to notice fine lines around my eyes, "crow's feet", what!? I don't have crow's feet, my mom has crow's feet! BUT, yah...I have them too. Funny, and not, at the same time! I have graying hair, and when they first cropped in, I thought great, something that shows I am mature, experienced, and OLD. I figured I'd be different, I'd embrace the gray, sure I did embrace it when it was just at my temples and my daugther said I looked like the girl from X-men. I was flattered, see- gray ain't so bad...until...I found more gray hairs in other places of my scalp! Now everytime I'm at a Target or grocery store I comb the hair colorant isle! Hmmm, should I go with reddish brown, or golden umber brown, or just forget it all and go with basic BLACK!? What will last the longest, and covers the most gray!?
I hate having to think about this stuff, hate it! Yet, here it is, growing old, staring me in the face, and the face I see is starting to sag and look tired. Now I understand why women feel the need for plastic surgery. I haven't gotten to that point yet, but who knows?
My parents are growing older too, and their health is getting worse, soon they will not be able to take care of themselves (and they're pretty close) and it makes me sad. Not just for them but for myself. Selfish, probably...but honest. Here I am finally getting a chance to do some things for myself. My children are older, two all grown-up, and two more becoming teenagers. and now I have to worry about aging parents. I was looking forward to these years. Going to school, spending more time with my husband...because when we were so busy making a life for ourselves and our growing family we didn't get to spend a lot of time together...and now we find ourselves having to take care of not only our children but our parents.
Nothing makes you feel your mortality like seeing your once spry and independent mother struggling to understand or hear what you are saying. Watching her illness take over her body and mind has been hard to witness. All of which makes you realize you're getting older too, and your kids will be looking into your eyes with dismay and wonder just like you are doing with your own parent. Better be good to your parents, I keep thinking of that "Cats in the Craddle" song...it's true, so true. Your kids grow-up to be just like you. Whether you like it or not. So be good to your parents, love them and care for them. Set the example so your own children may someday understand it and be willing to care for you. If you're smart, you'll have a plan though, so your kids won't have to fret over you.
I have noticed that with getting older, I am more calm, which is a good thing and a plus at any age. Issues and drama's don't bother me as much, maybe cause deep down I know time is growing short and why waste it on silly things that really don't matter. Or, it could be I'm just developing a new type of dimentia!
I'm finding myself wanting to eat dinner before 5 p.m and saying things when I get up in the morning like "Oy" as I grab my back and try to straighten up. I tend to look at the soft food at the grocery store just in case I may lose my teeth to dentures...I mean...who hasn't asked themselves if Ploygrip really is the best tenture paste? No, anyone?
Yup, growing older isn't pretty and not so much fun at times, but all in all, knowing that I have lived a good life makes me relish and welcome old age, as long as I'm still in my right mind and can walk upright when I'm 90! :)
I'm beginning to notice fine lines around my eyes, "crow's feet", what!? I don't have crow's feet, my mom has crow's feet! BUT, yah...I have them too. Funny, and not, at the same time! I have graying hair, and when they first cropped in, I thought great, something that shows I am mature, experienced, and OLD. I figured I'd be different, I'd embrace the gray, sure I did embrace it when it was just at my temples and my daugther said I looked like the girl from X-men. I was flattered, see- gray ain't so bad...until...I found more gray hairs in other places of my scalp! Now everytime I'm at a Target or grocery store I comb the hair colorant isle! Hmmm, should I go with reddish brown, or golden umber brown, or just forget it all and go with basic BLACK!? What will last the longest, and covers the most gray!?
I hate having to think about this stuff, hate it! Yet, here it is, growing old, staring me in the face, and the face I see is starting to sag and look tired. Now I understand why women feel the need for plastic surgery. I haven't gotten to that point yet, but who knows?
My parents are growing older too, and their health is getting worse, soon they will not be able to take care of themselves (and they're pretty close) and it makes me sad. Not just for them but for myself. Selfish, probably...but honest. Here I am finally getting a chance to do some things for myself. My children are older, two all grown-up, and two more becoming teenagers. and now I have to worry about aging parents. I was looking forward to these years. Going to school, spending more time with my husband...because when we were so busy making a life for ourselves and our growing family we didn't get to spend a lot of time together...and now we find ourselves having to take care of not only our children but our parents.
Nothing makes you feel your mortality like seeing your once spry and independent mother struggling to understand or hear what you are saying. Watching her illness take over her body and mind has been hard to witness. All of which makes you realize you're getting older too, and your kids will be looking into your eyes with dismay and wonder just like you are doing with your own parent. Better be good to your parents, I keep thinking of that "Cats in the Craddle" song...it's true, so true. Your kids grow-up to be just like you. Whether you like it or not. So be good to your parents, love them and care for them. Set the example so your own children may someday understand it and be willing to care for you. If you're smart, you'll have a plan though, so your kids won't have to fret over you.
I have noticed that with getting older, I am more calm, which is a good thing and a plus at any age. Issues and drama's don't bother me as much, maybe cause deep down I know time is growing short and why waste it on silly things that really don't matter. Or, it could be I'm just developing a new type of dimentia!
I'm finding myself wanting to eat dinner before 5 p.m and saying things when I get up in the morning like "Oy" as I grab my back and try to straighten up. I tend to look at the soft food at the grocery store just in case I may lose my teeth to dentures...I mean...who hasn't asked themselves if Ploygrip really is the best tenture paste? No, anyone?
Yup, growing older isn't pretty and not so much fun at times, but all in all, knowing that I have lived a good life makes me relish and welcome old age, as long as I'm still in my right mind and can walk upright when I'm 90! :)
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Patience in Waiting...
I have always thought the idea of "Ladies in Waiting" was rather silly. I mean who are they waiting for, or what for that matter!? I guess the waiting means to wait on something, like a waitress who waits on tables. But as of today, I feel like a lady in waiting! Well, I'm waiting anyway. The company my husband works for filed bankruptcy over a year ago. Thankfully he was able to keep his job, other's were not so lucky. He was told months ago that a bid from another company was coming to buy out their group. Well, about two months ago the bid came through. But, offers needed to go out to the employees to make it official for them to crossover to the other side. He's been waiting for an offer from this company for several months now...can I say, "Gentleman in Waiting!" They first told us April 6th, then April 14th, now they've pushed it back to April 25th! When will the waiting end!?
We'd just like to know if he still has a job or if he's gotta start huffing it and hit the pavement! It's not like they are without work, he's been keeping busy with enough work for two people. So, why the long dragged out conclusion to this saga...Apparently the new company cannot decide who to keep and who to let go. Hey, I can tell them, keep my husband!! I have tosay he's been pretty calm about it all, just rolling with the punches, I mean what else can ya do!? We've had our share of joblessness and worries, and so this isn't new, but it's been a long time since we were without employment. Just like Maria VonTrapp, I do believe that wherever God closes a door, he also opens a window. It's just finding the window that is the problem!
So, we'll be patient and wait till April 25th. Hopefully we will no longer be "Ladies in Waiting" and will be "Lords a leaping" for joy at the fact that we still have a job, or...One of the many unemployed looking for work again. Either way, I'd like to know, and sooner rather than later! *sigh*
I'll keep ya posted of further developments!
We'd just like to know if he still has a job or if he's gotta start huffing it and hit the pavement! It's not like they are without work, he's been keeping busy with enough work for two people. So, why the long dragged out conclusion to this saga...Apparently the new company cannot decide who to keep and who to let go. Hey, I can tell them, keep my husband!! I have tosay he's been pretty calm about it all, just rolling with the punches, I mean what else can ya do!? We've had our share of joblessness and worries, and so this isn't new, but it's been a long time since we were without employment. Just like Maria VonTrapp, I do believe that wherever God closes a door, he also opens a window. It's just finding the window that is the problem!
So, we'll be patient and wait till April 25th. Hopefully we will no longer be "Ladies in Waiting" and will be "Lords a leaping" for joy at the fact that we still have a job, or...One of the many unemployed looking for work again. Either way, I'd like to know, and sooner rather than later! *sigh*
I'll keep ya posted of further developments!
Monday, March 22, 2010
A B-E-A-U-tiful Day!
Well, over Spring Break we had some great weather, started wearing sandles and capri's by the end of the week, then Saturday came, and a cold front with forecast of snow! Really? Seriously!? I was just getting use to the idea of warm weather and the cuter clothes that go with it! I've lost 22 lbs. and was looking forward to new Summer clothes! Oh well, it will have to wait a week or so now, but I'm still gonna have to go shopping. My Summer clothes from last year are too big, yippee! So, if I don't want to walk around in my skivvy's all Summer better get that shopping done, darn it! he he...
Today the weather is fantastic, upper 50's and the sun is shining brightly! These are the days you are so glad to be alive and a part of it all! When you feel the sun's warm glow upon your face, the blue sky above with soft billowy clouds, and the soft voices of birds sweet singing in the air, it's truly a B-E-A-U-tiful day!!
Come on Spring, we know you're there!
Have a great day everyone, and enjoy not only the weather (if your there where the weather is good today!) but the blessing of being here upon the earth and experiencing it all! :)
Today the weather is fantastic, upper 50's and the sun is shining brightly! These are the days you are so glad to be alive and a part of it all! When you feel the sun's warm glow upon your face, the blue sky above with soft billowy clouds, and the soft voices of birds sweet singing in the air, it's truly a B-E-A-U-tiful day!!
Come on Spring, we know you're there!
Have a great day everyone, and enjoy not only the weather (if your there where the weather is good today!) but the blessing of being here upon the earth and experiencing it all! :)
Sunday, January 24, 2010
One Semester Down!
Well, I've got one semester of school under my belt. 4 classes and a 4.0 grade point average so far, but this semester is going to be hairy! I mean total shaggy hairy! I have a Philosophy, two physcology, and two math classes. I sure hope I survive. I'm afraid those math classes might just bring that grade point down. Oh well, as long as I pass I think I will be very happy!
School has given me a new perspective, and keeping me very organized. I can't waste time like I use to! It's great to have something to discuss with my husband and kids other than what's for dinner and how was their day! I actually have them listening to me for a change, which has been a pleasant suprize. Oh, they listened to me whine, or gripe, or complain, (and not really since I was nagging them) but now they listen to me talk about my classes, offering help and ideas. It's great! I do love my family and am so grateful for their love and support through all this.
Life is keeping me busy, and I haven't updated this blog in a while, I will try to be better about that. Hope all of you are keeping busy and staying happy too!! Happy 2010 everyone, (Hey it's almost February, when did that happen!?) hope it's a great year for you all!
ME
School has given me a new perspective, and keeping me very organized. I can't waste time like I use to! It's great to have something to discuss with my husband and kids other than what's for dinner and how was their day! I actually have them listening to me for a change, which has been a pleasant suprize. Oh, they listened to me whine, or gripe, or complain, (and not really since I was nagging them) but now they listen to me talk about my classes, offering help and ideas. It's great! I do love my family and am so grateful for their love and support through all this.
Life is keeping me busy, and I haven't updated this blog in a while, I will try to be better about that. Hope all of you are keeping busy and staying happy too!! Happy 2010 everyone, (Hey it's almost February, when did that happen!?) hope it's a great year for you all!
ME
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