General Rant



He no longer has the lip ring because of what the dentist told him. This is an old picture.

   My grandson just turned 17 a couple weeks ago. He came by today and told me he was excited because he had been invited to a birthday party of a friend. He said they would ride in a limo and go eat out and then go swimming.
The conversation went like this. He said, "I'll be the only guy there". I said, "Won't you feel funny, being the only guy?"  His answer was , "Well, yeah kinda I guess." As an after thought he added, "But, I get to be the only guy going swimming with all those girls." Then he stuck his thumbs up. I said, "I guess your girlfriend will keep you in line." Then he said, "My girlfriend won't be there."  I said, "Well that's not good." He said, "But her friends will be there."  I said, Oh well, that clears things up considerable, I won't worry about you."

To change the subject, we owe our souls to the company store. That is how the song went, but today we owe our souls to the insurance companies. My car insurance was just raised by $10.00 a month.  I called and talked to one of the agents. I thought there must be some logical reason for it. Guess what, there was a rate increase.  I thought they just had one of those a few months back.  Maybe they need to give their employees a raise. I wish I could call up my employer (social security) and say, "Give me a raise starting this month." Only the insurance company can do that. They didn't even say "please".
I have been buying insurance since about 1950 and had one small fender bender and one bad accident. That was two claims in all those years. When I had the bad accident it was an excuse to raise the insurance a whole lot. After all, I might have another accident in the next 20 years. They need to be reinbursed for that. How about all the folks that pay for insurance all their lives and never file a claim on it.
 Maybe they charge by how old the car is. In people years, my car would be 95 years old. It creaks and groans and be careful when you touch anything or might fall off in your hands.
I pay for medicare insurance and supplement insurance and when I had a blood test last week to check on one of my medical conditions, I had to sign a paper that said in case Medicare wouldn't pay I would pay $49.00. It seems that if you have a blood test too often they will not pay for it. If the doctor orders it, why should they not pay for it?  Isn't that what insurance is for?
They need to be renamed "Autogreed Company and the Medigreed Company".

Utter Nonsense

Not much going on. Today I had the mammogram. When I checked in she asked for my ID. Would somebody impersonate me to get a mammogram. Of all things !!! I know, I know. I couldn't care less if they look at my ID. Just so they don't pat me down looking for weapons or bombs. I leave those in the car. JUST KIDDING. When you make a remark like that you might find the bomb squad knocking on your door.

I texted my Grandson today to let him know I would be gone and not to come over. He answered "Wat?"
So I sent  it again, "Don't come by at noon today because I am not going to be home." He answered, "Who is this?"  I forgot to sign my name. He didn't think Grandma would know how to do something so modern and complex as sending a text message. I had to send one more text that said. "Grandma Minnie".
I once had a dog named Minnie and when he and his brother were little they identified which grandma they meant by calling me Grandma Minnie. My granddaughters called me ,the grandma that lives in the white house. That is a house painted white, not the real White House (as if I had to explain that) My goodness, you might think I'm the president's sister. I'm old enough to be his mother or maybe his grandmother. I'm feeling pretty old. 
I am so tired tonight, I went to the mammogram place, two grocery stores and the bank and I feel like I worked all day plowing up the back 40. I am not going to bed before 10 because if I do I will be ready to get up at three in the morning.  Four is bad enough.
Do not despair, Spring is on the way.

Wordless Wednesday



Yikes!!! Are you my mother?"



Protesting Protesters

I ask a simple question. Is protesting a contagious disease? Since the protesters in Egypt got so much attention there are protesters everywhere. I think the attention they get is what is so contagious. Look at me!!! I am holding up a sign and there are cameras everywhere.

Give me a break and go back to your couch.

More Pictures

The only reason I get online is to see if there are any new postings or pictures of my Granddaughters.


Have you ever seen two happier faces?



Mommy, Daddy and Chloe in China



Chloe in a quiet moment. She is as happy as her parents are.



Leah is my first Great Granddaughter.
Chloe is the oldest



 

Mommy and Leah



Leah and Aunt Emily



Leah first Birthday



Mommy and Chloe (Cora is still smiling)



Great grandsons. Dylan, Tylor and AJ
(Dy and Ty are twins)

 







The Younger Set



I'm ready to go.



I love to go shopping.



These little dolls are the latest addition to our family. Don't they look like little teenagers, with a cell phone in their hands pressing on buttons.  They are probably texting each other. Spellcheck thinks texting is not a word. Come on dictionaries catch up with the world. Or maybe I should spell it texing. No, that didn't work either. It suggested I spell it taxing. Taxing is not what I mean.

We love our kids to the ends of the earth, even though
they can drive us to the brink of insanity at times.  

Life in the Wilds of Oklahoma

Back in the early days our family lived on a farm. Live was simple until one day I observed a snake entering our house through the front door. I was a small kid and just learning how to talk. I would have forgotten this event by now except I heard my mother relate it to everybody she came in contact with for the next 30 years. She was mopping the kitchen floor when I came into the kitchen and said, "Mommy, there is a snake coming in your house". You would have thought it was a Mojave Rattlesnake or maybe an illegal alien from across the border. Mommy went into action. She wielded that mop, soapy water flying all over the house. Bam, bam bam !! She beat that poor snake todeath and then hung it on the clothesline as though it was some kind of trophy. I think we got a new screen door before the sun went down.

Winter Time

What a winter! For some strange reason those of us on the northwest corner of the map have been spared those enormous blizzards. We’ve had snow and ice and cold, but it’s pretty much a normal winter here. I think Mother Nature has something else up her sleeve for us. When we least expect it we’ll get a mountain spewing hot lava or an earthquake. I’m just kidding Mother Nature. We are the good guys and we know you like us best.

Well, I heard my newest great granddaughter on the phone. She can talk up a storm, we just can’t understand her. Chinese is hard to understand, I guess. She couldn’t possible be loved more than she is. She will grow up too fast. They always do. She likes her mother's hair.


Doesn't my Mommy have pretty hair?