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February 13, 2003
As the mind wanders...
~~I was given a red and a white carnation from the dentist/crew this morning... how sweet is that for Valentine's Week? Of course when I had to return this afternoon because a temporary veneer came off a back tooth, I was afraid they would think I was after more flowers.
~~My brother Roger is the family geneologist and while reserching my maternal grandfather's family, he found that our Great-Aunt Mary kept a journal in which she wrote something daily..even if it was just the weather report. There was a journal for each year and I'm so thrilled her family kept them intact to show him. He looked up his birthday and sure enough his birth was duly recorded along with his name and everything added after. I think that is something I am hoping this Blog (or something like it) accomplishes for me and my descendents. Not that my life and thoughts are all that monumental, but that Maura and Baby Too ( and cousins?) will be able to know me as more than Grandma...can maybe read this when they are adults as well and be able to relate to being Grandma themselves. Waving at them all now and wishing I could know them when they become Grandparents too. I'd really like to chat with my Grandmother right about now.
~~Nostalgia is great...maybe that's what people think about as they age but please stop me if I drop into discussing my bowels. ( that didn't constitute a bowel discussion, did it?)
~~I do think about serious things as well....I don't like war ( does anyone, really??) but I also don't think it is the solution to the issues we are facing right now. Maybe if I had answers, I'd be inline for the Nobel Peace Prize down the road. I do know that regimes who have no respect for the value of human life at all must be contained...
~~However, Even if I was in dire need of plastic sheeting and duct tape, I wouldn't buy it this week even if I could find it. Maybe I am too blase' but pul-eeze, I won't be terrorized like that. I've never liked the notion of "being had". I am out of bottled water though...rats.
~~Ahem...I do expect my family to get all their collective butts up to Vermont if anything weird happens though...(they can bring random friends if they want too.)
~~Ack! I'm feeling that scratchy throat precursor to full blown pain...time for lemon tea...a book...a blanket ...2 warm cats...and most likely a nap.
Posted by frani at February 13, 2003 03:29 PM
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Fran, I just read a book about a woman who finds her grandmother's journals after she inherits her house. They help her to piece together the story of her grandmother's life and to understand her a lot better. It was a great book titled "The World Below". I can't remember the authors name and I'm too lazy to go down to my room to look at it right now.
I'm with you on the duct tape and plastic. I refuse to do that. So I was really annoyed when I had to buy duct tape for a school project for Todd. I was afraid someone would think I was buying my "supplies". Actually, I was surprised I could find any.
Posted by: Gail at February 18, 2003 08:21 PM
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