My Grandmother has retired from work. That's not really an usual thing, but my Grandmother is 83 and worked in her position for 30 years! My Grandmother has moved in with my Mama. That IS an unusual thing. She has always been active, healthy, spunky and extremely independent. After my Granddaddy died about 19 years ago, she moved from the farm house to a house in town. It was a small town in West Tennessee. She is still healthy, except for the herniated disk that started this chapter of the story. I think all it really took to get her to move was a stern voice from my mother and up she moved.
Now, I'm thinking I really should have attended the seminar on The Sandwhich Generation at the recent Convention I attended. It was just so overwhelming that Mama didn't know where to start. She is always the one that has been in charge, or even my Grandmother with directions, but this time it was me. Everything was moved without me. No problem. That was where it stopped. Mama was very stressed out and didn't know which way to turn. That's where I jumped into the production and started in the room that was the ultimate spot to get the ball rolling, my Grandmother's new bedroom.
After a day of moving furniture out of the room, shuffling items from one room to another, we got her bedroom suit in. It is cherry, queen sized and beautiful. It is set up as close to her old room as possible, down to the T.V. and her prized jewerly box, with every piece of jewelry Avon has ever sold! Her clothes fill up a closet, 5 large garmet bags and a full size bed is loaded with things on hangers. The woman is a clothes horse!
I think things are beginning to settle down for a bit. The garage is a bit more manuverable, the living room is not as crowded as it was and my Grandmother's things are going where she would like them. The POD is the next thing to tackle, with enough Christmas decoartions in it to make Santa jealous. We are hoping the weather cools down a little first, but if not, it will literally be Christmas in July in my Mama's yard.
Wish us luck with our next project!
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
All Stars
My middle son played on the All Stars team this year. Bless his heart, he was SO excited. He was (and knows this) an alternate pick. He played hard and listened and had a great time. They won 1 out of 3 games, but they did get the Sportsmanship trophy. You would have thought they won the whole tournament! What a happy bunch of boys. They played great games and in the last one made the other team earn their win.
I try to be a supportive, but not overbearing Mama. I know he will roll his eyes if I call him "Baby", or would rather hide in a hole than have me hug him at a game. I also try really hard not to say anything before he bats. Now, when he gets a hit, I'm all about some hollerin'! I got a new camera recently and it has a sports mode. He loves to watch the pictures of himself and it is fun to capture the moment when he hits the ball.
The All Stars was a new experience for me as well. You get a combination of parents you have been with through the years and then throw in some you might know from the ballfield, but usually sit across the way from. It can be an intersting mix. Emotions run higher at these games. The boys are all pumped up and so are the parents. But, there are only 9 positions on that field and there are 12 players...you just know someone is not going to be happy. My son knew he was not going to get to play the whole game and had a pretty good idea that he would be in the outfield when he did. I think, or would hope, that all the other kids knew riding the bench was a possbility. I try to be a realist and understand the coaches want to win and will use the best players available. There is a rule that each player has to play at least an inning in the outfield and have 1 at bat. That is all they are guaranteed. We were good with that. However, there were parents that were not and got upset. What are we teaching our children when we get so upset about everyone getting their turn and fair play? I'm prone to get excited and let my emotions go, but just not at the people in charge. I tend to to it at home, which is just as bad! We all need to take a deep breath and remember, it is just a game and there are more important lessons to be learned.
The Proverbs I read this morning, kind of says it all.
Above all, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Proverbs 4:23
If we remember to guard our heart, we will guard our outbursts and it will make us better examples for our children and to each other. Then we will all be All Stars!
I try to be a supportive, but not overbearing Mama. I know he will roll his eyes if I call him "Baby", or would rather hide in a hole than have me hug him at a game. I also try really hard not to say anything before he bats. Now, when he gets a hit, I'm all about some hollerin'! I got a new camera recently and it has a sports mode. He loves to watch the pictures of himself and it is fun to capture the moment when he hits the ball.
The All Stars was a new experience for me as well. You get a combination of parents you have been with through the years and then throw in some you might know from the ballfield, but usually sit across the way from. It can be an intersting mix. Emotions run higher at these games. The boys are all pumped up and so are the parents. But, there are only 9 positions on that field and there are 12 players...you just know someone is not going to be happy. My son knew he was not going to get to play the whole game and had a pretty good idea that he would be in the outfield when he did. I think, or would hope, that all the other kids knew riding the bench was a possbility. I try to be a realist and understand the coaches want to win and will use the best players available. There is a rule that each player has to play at least an inning in the outfield and have 1 at bat. That is all they are guaranteed. We were good with that. However, there were parents that were not and got upset. What are we teaching our children when we get so upset about everyone getting their turn and fair play? I'm prone to get excited and let my emotions go, but just not at the people in charge. I tend to to it at home, which is just as bad! We all need to take a deep breath and remember, it is just a game and there are more important lessons to be learned.
The Proverbs I read this morning, kind of says it all.
Above all, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Proverbs 4:23
If we remember to guard our heart, we will guard our outbursts and it will make us better examples for our children and to each other. Then we will all be All Stars!
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