Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Sam and Grandma's Blanket
Sam did well at his sleepover without Grandma's blanket. He said that at least he knew it was safe at home. He DID tell the boys he had left it at home. None of them teased him...now those are true friends. He is so cute. Today he walked around in Grandma's wig all day. He touches my heart so.
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I had one last shot at taking the three 12 hour shifts per week at my job. I have been doing only 8 hours every OTHER week since 1996, when my third daughter was born. This would have been a big jump for us. I struggled, I debated, I talked it through with my husband, friends, sister and myself. I finally said "no". My kids still need me. Even though my oldest is 17, she talks to me, hangs with me, looks to me....even seems to want to be with me. I don't want to this to change. I don't want to...
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Saturday, March 21, 2009
I am worried. My Samuel is at a sleepover tonight and he forgot to bring Grandma's blanket with him. I just realized it but it is too late to call. It is midnight. Maybe he forgot it on purpose, because of the pink flowers on it? But I don't think so. Because I asked him a few days ago what he would do if he went on a sleepover...about the blanket, I mean. And he didn't hesitate, didn't miss a beat. He said he didn't care what the boys thought. That he would bring it with him. That he needed it...
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My dad gave my 9 year old son one of my Grandmother's wigs. He wears it around the house...I have even found him standing by the mirror in it, combing it, fixing it, just touching it. And he has her blanket too.... He sleeps with it at night. It is white with pink flowers. He has such a tender heart.
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Memorial Card
Here is the prayer that will be on my Grandma's Memorial Card. I really like it. "Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary but what is unseen is eternal. None of us lives to himself and none of us dies to himself. If we live, we...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
I will miss you, Grandma
Its been a long few days? A week? I'm not quite sure. My Grandmother passed away today after being sick in the hospital for a week. I am grateful to have made it down to see her last Friday while she was still somewhat alert. She was on some kind of very forceful oxygen mask so it was hard to understand what she was saying, but when I found myself alone with her for an hour or so, I felt like it was more important to take the mask off of her for a minute or so at a time to let her express what...
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Friday, March 13, 2009
A Slump
Feeling like my blogs are really boring and wondering if I should just totally quit this blog it thing. Problem is, it's paid for for the year. So I might as well keep it. I think I need to get a life, so that I have something to write about. What does everyone else do when they go through a slump like this?
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Lego Red and No Bed
Tomorrow we hit the paint again. But this time, Lego Red. In my son's room. We emptied his room out tonight. His dressers, shelves etc...We even took down his loft bed. He has decided that he likes sleeping bags and he doesn't want a bed anymore. Well, ok, we can store it in the shed. He's so excited that he's having a hard time sleeping tonight. I think it's really cute....and it makes me feel good to be able to help make these kinds of memories for him. The work of painting tomorrow will seem...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Delete It
My son and I were working on his math today. I wrote something...a mistake... and turned to pick up the eraser. My son said, "Yeah, mom...just delete it." It took me a second to realize what he had said. Wow-it's definitely the computer generation.
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Monday, March 9, 2009
Lego Red
We were going to get up early to finish painting today. So much for that idea...its already 8:30 and we are just getting moving. The sun is out today...good lighting for painting. For seeing all those spots we miss. Hopefully we can finish up the dining room today, take a three day break and then start on my son's room on Friday. He chose Lego Red for his walls.... and a Lego border. My husband "balked" at the red idea at first, until I reminded him that Sam will only be a boy once. What neat...
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