just a quick update on my good deed for this year.
the lady who fell down the stairs came into the dealership the other day. of course we all asked how she was and she was very pleased we all remembered her. personally, how could you not remember? someone falls down a flight of stairs, i would think you would remember that.
she is doing very well, her shoulder is broken but not a bad break. it is healing nicely and she is using a sling. this lady could not thank all of us enough for just staying with her and fixing her car.
i am glad she is doing ok and is on the mend.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
i'm the baby???
this is where life takes the strangest of turns.
the other day i had left a post on my cousin's facebook page, telling her to save the date.
she responded by asking me what was going on that day. i told her it was my nephew's (her cousin) 2nd birthday.
now once you start discussing the younger kids in our family, the conversation then tends to move to the time machine.
we started reminiscing about our birthdays when we were kids and all the fun things our grandparents would do for us. we had some great birthdays.
she mentioned that her daughter was coming in at the end of the week and that reminded me that her daughter's birthday was coming up. now i will admit, when it comes to my younger cousins, remembering what day they were born on sometimes escapes my memory. ok, it escapes it all the time. in a round about way i asked when her daughter's birthday was by saying, "she is going to be 15, right?". yeah it was a bit sneaky, but sneaky does run in the family.
she said yes that "j" would be 15 on the 21st of this month and that her nephew was turning 19 in the 24th. this was good to know since i would have missed "m's" birthday too.
i started thinking the same thing she was, when did these kids get to be this old?
how is this possible? had i blinked and missed something? then i started thinking about my cousins on my mom's side. i realized that 1 was married now, 2 were in college and the 3rd was graduated, looking for a house and would probably be getting engaged soon.
OMG I FEEL OLD!!!!
i said this to my cousin and she said, "you feel old? please!! do you want to know what is scary here? i will be celebrating my 50th birthday in 3 months! you and your sister are babies!!" ok i can see where she is going with this. i am 40 and hardly a baby, but to her, my sister and i will always be her babies. just like the younger ones are babies to my sister and i.
i see the younger ones as kids clammering for our attention. i never stopped to think that my older cousins would feel the same way i do. on my dad's side i have 2 older cousins.
jan is 54 and andi will be 50. on my mom's side i have 3 older cousins. debbie is already 50, karin will be 48 and marc is 44. i see them as i always have.
so when andi said my sister and i are babies, and i thought this whole thing through, i can now understand how she feels. you never stop to think how the other one feels until you get there yourself.
i guess to her, we are the babies.
the other day i had left a post on my cousin's facebook page, telling her to save the date.
she responded by asking me what was going on that day. i told her it was my nephew's (her cousin) 2nd birthday.
now once you start discussing the younger kids in our family, the conversation then tends to move to the time machine.
we started reminiscing about our birthdays when we were kids and all the fun things our grandparents would do for us. we had some great birthdays.
she mentioned that her daughter was coming in at the end of the week and that reminded me that her daughter's birthday was coming up. now i will admit, when it comes to my younger cousins, remembering what day they were born on sometimes escapes my memory. ok, it escapes it all the time. in a round about way i asked when her daughter's birthday was by saying, "she is going to be 15, right?". yeah it was a bit sneaky, but sneaky does run in the family.
she said yes that "j" would be 15 on the 21st of this month and that her nephew was turning 19 in the 24th. this was good to know since i would have missed "m's" birthday too.
i started thinking the same thing she was, when did these kids get to be this old?
how is this possible? had i blinked and missed something? then i started thinking about my cousins on my mom's side. i realized that 1 was married now, 2 were in college and the 3rd was graduated, looking for a house and would probably be getting engaged soon.
OMG I FEEL OLD!!!!
i said this to my cousin and she said, "you feel old? please!! do you want to know what is scary here? i will be celebrating my 50th birthday in 3 months! you and your sister are babies!!" ok i can see where she is going with this. i am 40 and hardly a baby, but to her, my sister and i will always be her babies. just like the younger ones are babies to my sister and i.
i see the younger ones as kids clammering for our attention. i never stopped to think that my older cousins would feel the same way i do. on my dad's side i have 2 older cousins.
jan is 54 and andi will be 50. on my mom's side i have 3 older cousins. debbie is already 50, karin will be 48 and marc is 44. i see them as i always have.
so when andi said my sister and i are babies, and i thought this whole thing through, i can now understand how she feels. you never stop to think how the other one feels until you get there yourself.
i guess to her, we are the babies.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
shout out to my friend
this one is for a good friend of mine.
i met her via of course another website and bonded over a game and funny thing, an illness.
i must have said something about having ms in a post or blogged it, because not to long after that she emailed me about having ms.
my friend also has ms. we exchanged horror stories about how we found out and meds we take and our lives. she is the sweetest girl you could ever meet. like any girl, she has her bitch switch (why i do adore her!!) but for her friends, she is the best.
i admire her very much. she is on her own, putting herself through nursing school, works full time and saves every stray and abused dog.
dogs are another bonding moment for us. we both love our "furkids" and do anything for them.
recently i asked her how to change something on the blog. she was nice enough to sit down and help me figure out how to do it. she could have ignored the request, could have emailed directions, but she didn't. she found websites for me to let me know how to change my blog.
just now as i went to finish this post, i saw she and the furkids had left a comment on lucky's birthday post. it made my night. i am very lucky to have such wonderful friends.
so sweetie, when you read this, thank you for being a great friend!!!!
i met her via of course another website and bonded over a game and funny thing, an illness.
i must have said something about having ms in a post or blogged it, because not to long after that she emailed me about having ms.
my friend also has ms. we exchanged horror stories about how we found out and meds we take and our lives. she is the sweetest girl you could ever meet. like any girl, she has her bitch switch (why i do adore her!!) but for her friends, she is the best.
i admire her very much. she is on her own, putting herself through nursing school, works full time and saves every stray and abused dog.
dogs are another bonding moment for us. we both love our "furkids" and do anything for them.
recently i asked her how to change something on the blog. she was nice enough to sit down and help me figure out how to do it. she could have ignored the request, could have emailed directions, but she didn't. she found websites for me to let me know how to change my blog.
just now as i went to finish this post, i saw she and the furkids had left a comment on lucky's birthday post. it made my night. i am very lucky to have such wonderful friends.
so sweetie, when you read this, thank you for being a great friend!!!!
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