thank you from Norway

christmas 2012

I am thankful for many things this christmas: my children are healthy & happy, i have a job, my husband loves me, i have a great family as crazy/dysfunctional as we are sometimes, i have a nice car, i have great friends, i don't really "want" for anything, i get to travel pretty much whenever i want, i am thankful for all of these!

I do miss my mother on these days. Since she passed when i was 23 i wonder what type of friends we would be now that i am 42. Would we craft and bake together during the holidays? yes, i think we would. Would we do the crazy day after thanksgiving shopping? yes, i think we would followed by a stop somewhere so she could have a Miller high life. Would she guilt me into going to church christmas eve? that is a definate yes.

I would happily agree to all of this and more if she was able to ask. Enjoy the Holidays, keep your loved ones close

Gram Cor

Well i was feeling a little sad today, not sure why, i really love Christmas. I figured it was because i miss my mother so i thought i would go visit Gram. She was in the lunch room eating. At first i almost started to cry seeing all of the people sitting at 1/2 tables being fed. My gram has ALWAYS been the last one at the table and this still hasn't changed. I brought her flowers and chocolates. She asked who the flowers were for and i told her they were for her. She asked why and i said because i love you. She got such a big smile on her face. 10 minutes later we had that same conversation and it resulted with that same child like smile, 30 minutes later same conversation.

spaghetti was on the menu today with banana cake with cream cheese frosting. She took a bite of spaghetti and then offered me one, yes she fed me. The aide and i laughed, it's been about 40 years since she has spoon fed me but i won't argue. So that was how the rest of her lunch went, 1 bite for her and then 1 bite for me. At one point i said i didn't need anymore so she proceeded to put the spaghetti in my hand and also smear the fork down the side of my palm to make sure i had all the sauce. At one point she called me cindi marie so it was nice she knew who i was.

i brought her back to her room, put her flowers in a vase and gave her one of the dove chocolate bars. She offered it to me, i of course took a piece because she wasn't taking no today. She asked if i have seen Bruce or Marion Elizabeth lately. I said i haven't seen Bruce and she said "that buggar, he come around when he is broke". I told her that Marion moved to Chicago to be by her daughter Madeline and that she has a good job there.

I asked if she wanted to lay down and she said "not while i have company, i am not going to sleep". Soon after that she had to go to the bathroom, i brought her in and got her set up. I laughed and told her "what a small bum you have". We both laughed out loud! As usual, she took her own sweet time. I also laughed so hard because for being so little she still is so smelly, i feel sorry for her roommate sharing that bathroom! I know where i get it from. I helped her out of the bathroom and she wanted to lay down. I laid her down and gave her a kiss and told her i loved her, she said "i love you, too, you've always been a good friend. thank you for visiting".  i am glad it was a good day, i left feeling happy knowing she is taken care of and seems to be happy, that is good enough for me. Thank you gram for all you have done for me throughout my life and thanks for feeding me lunch today, i love you so very much you ole bird!

zu meinem Mann Frohe Weihnachten...

der löffel

tragedy

i stumbled upon this blog post...

http://www.nicegirlnotes.com/sandy-hook-newtown

pallets

I made this for Sheena, it's being used as her headboard right now but when she moves out she could use it as a sofa table or buffet table or whatever she wants.

 i am thankful my neighbor has a garage and a nail gun!

gluwein

this brings me back to when i lived in Germany. I bought the wine this past weekend in Appleton. The cup i got from the last christmas market i was at with Heidi in Germany, makes me smile thinking about it

it has to be heated, so i warmed some up and brought it downstairs while i was sewing and listened to christmas music!