Toodles

Well, the day has finally arrived. I have been awake since like 4:30 AM and finally got on my laptop about 5:30 AM because I just could not lay there any longer.

Today is the day that we leave Florida for Pennsylvania. I am very much looking forward to the actual move and I know this is a good thing for all of our family for each of us to go our way and live our lives. But, and I say a big BUT. Leaving always means you have to say goodbye. I hate goodbyes. Randy said I shouldn't say goodbye this morning just say "toodles" not sure the kids would understand that though.

To our girls I want to say a very big Thank You for putting up with us for this long. They both have been great. I know it can't be easy to have your parents living with you for several months. But we have managed to do it without any blood shed. Not to say we didn't think about it several times but always managed to draw the claws back in at the last moment.

I need to thank my girls for a couple of things they have done for me in particular.

1. They turned me on to all of the comfy girlie PJ's out there. I now have a ton of them.
2. They turned me on to DVD's when we moved in with them I had -0- now I have 155
3. There are many more things but I want this to be a post and not a manifest

I am still hoping to make this a tearless goodbye this morning but I don't know if I can pull that off. Randy and I both had our moments last night when we shed some tears regarding the grandkids. But as much as I will miss the grandkids I will miss my two wonderful daughters just as much.

Too late I am sitting here with everyone else still asleep crying my eyes out.

But to my girls and grandchildren I say a great big I LOVE YOU!!!!!

Happy Mother's Day

This morning when I woke up I had two homemade cards slid under my door. They were from my grandsons. I am telling you I have the two sweetest grandsons in the entire world. I know my granddaughter had made me a card but as of yet she hasn't given it to me. But I know I will love it and will cherish it just as much as the ones from the boys. She is just watching TV right now with her Aunt Sue Sue. We are going to have a big dinner when Joy gets home from work this evening and will celebrate Mother's day and my birthday all today.

So to all of the Mother's out there have a Happy Mother's Day.

Almost time

Well, it is almost time for us to move. We will be leaving in just about a week and a half. Although I am excited about moving to PAand Randy and I having our own place again. I have appreciated our daughters putting up with us for several months now. But, after being married for 40 years it is always good to have your own abode and have the peace and quiet that we need at our age. So as excited as I am about our move, I am just as equally sad about leaving our daughters and our grandchildren. I know Jill is going to Holland and that is hard for me too. I know this is something she really wants for herself and I say go for it. But as a Mother you always want your children close to you. Joy will be staying in Florida so there will be about a thousand miles between her and the kids and us. I will miss very much being around our grandchildren every day. I know this has to have been hard on them many times having 4 adults tell you what and what not to do. But all in all I think they have done pretty good with it all. I just wonder when we leave how many miles I will cry on our way. I know we are supposed to make this move but that doesn't make it any easier to leave the only family you have. But to my daughters I say you are both strong women and I have no doubt that you will do fine without me looking over your shoulders. You are both a chip off of the old block. So with that in your favor I know you can take what ever is thrown at you cause you are both 3 generation bitches. So go both of you and kick some ass!

Calgon Take Me Away!!!

Oh Good Grief Charlie Brown, it is only Tuesday of this week and I am ready for a nervous breakdown. I don't know what it is lately but I am about to blow. Randy and I got away and spent a weekend with some friends the weekend before last and I don't know if that is the reason but lately the 5 children in this house are about to drive me right over the edge. I know part of it is being our age and living in a house with as many people in this house. I mean living with your two daughters and 3 grandchildren, and we won't even mention the other "Mother" and her 2 children thrown into the mix. That "Mother" and Jill have gone this morning to take her 2 children to the doctor. It is about time the baby is now 19 months old and has not been to see a doctor since she was 3 months old. So do ya think it is time she went to get some shots or something???? This "Mother" and I use the word "Mother" very loosely is the poorest excuse for a "Mother" I have ever seen in my entire life and trust me I have seen a lot in my years.

An Introduction to Me

This is my first attempt at blogging. This is something new for me so it will come slowly at first. Bare with me as I attempt to put all of my thoughts into the written word for the world to see. I will give you a brief synopsis as to who I am. I am a wife to my husband of 40 years. I have two grown daughters who are 37 and 33. I also have three grandchildren who are the love of my life. They are my granddaughter "K" who is 9 years old and my twin grandsons "N" and "Z" and they are going to be turning 8 years old this coming Friday. I live in Central Florida and I've lived here on and off for the last 27 years...more on than off. I am originally from Evansville, Indiana and I lived there until 1980 when I moved with my husband and children to Florida.

I'm not one for writing and journaling my thoughts but I'm going to give it my best effort. What I write will be whatever is going on with my head at that given time so you never know what you're going to get. I hope you'll bookmark me and check back often for updates.