93

For those of you that don't know I now stay at home with my Grandmother who has graciously stayed home with me most of my life. She has cared for me, driven me, fed me, spanked me, kicked my husband out of our house(when we were dating), made me clothes, knitted and crocheted me blankets and scarves, taught me how to be creative, taught me my multiplication tables, made the best cooked apples in the south, gave me my love for lemon drops, given and given and given some more, made me laugh at just about everything and She is my Nannie and I love her!
I was given the opportunity to give a little bit back to her when she need someone to sit with her this past fall. So, in good spirit I volunteered to stay home and have her come to my house everyday. Yesterday, January 15th she turned 93. I am so glad that my children will get to spend some time with her, even if her cheese is sliding off her crackers. She is not all the way with us these days but it does make for some good laughs. She and Ansley Jane have become quite the friends. Happy Birthday Nannie!

Deep thoughts by Jack Handey

One of my favorite memories from being an adolescent was when my brother and I would watch Saturday night live together. We would stay up late and my mom would usually go on to bed. I don't know if you remember or not but there was a skit called "deep thoughts by Jack Handy" it was played by Phil Hartman. It was one of those skits that just made you laugh because it made no sense while it made all the sense in the world because it showed how your thoughts wonder. So today as I was driving home from picking Tucker up from school he started talking. It was that spot on Plano Rd. where it is just open space. It must have triggered some deep thought.Tuck tells me this:

"When I was a little boy, I was laying in bed and I was scared. I said Lord,( in his little boy accent that sounds more like Lohd)are you there? are you right here with me? If you are, I will forgive you forever! and everything was OK"

I thought this was so sweet. But it was as if it just came out of nowhere and he went about his usual talk of who could come over.

So tonight instead of thinking of everything in the world to keep from going to sleep- you know like, I need a drink, I need socks, I need more covers, I don't want covers, etc, etc, etc- he says:

When are going to get Santa's presents? I said Tucker, we just had Christmas and Santa already came. Remember? He said, "NO mom! I mean when are we going to give Santa his presents?" I said, "Well all he really asked for was milk and cookies." He said, "Well I would really like to give him some real presents." I said, "Well tell me what you want to get him? He said, "A Frosty with a Santa hat and Froggy with a Santa hat and a farmer dress, oh no, I mean farmer overalls."

He is such a thoughtful kid to want to give after he received. But all this crazy Tucker talk made me think of those crazy SNL skits. Lorne Michaels may have a new writer on his hands!!

Happy Birthday Kaelin

Kaelin and Heather both celebrate birthdays this month. His the 2nd and hers the 8th. tucker wanted to make them a cake and I couldn't think of anything, so we decided to make a replica of his Mennonite hat. They are really big into the simple life and many times throughout the summer you will see them working their Belgian horses and wearing the Straw hat. I thought it was fitting and they loved it. We surprised them with it at church and everyone got to eat some and tucker finally got to make another cake. it is becoming one of his favorite things to do. He simply likes to eat the icing.