I tell ltc all the time how lucky she is to have four grandparents (really six but she doesn’t see two of them) and to have known a great-grandfather. My dad died when I was a baby, but she’s close with my stepdad.
Say! look at you! You look just like me! We're very pretty.
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sj - Jan 23, 2023 3:04:50 pm PST #20136 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
DebetEsse - Jan 23, 2023 3:40:46 pm PST #20137 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I started losing Grandparents in 4th grade, but my last one died during COVID, so it's been odd. My dad was born when his parents were 40ish, more than 10 years older than my maternal pair (Both grandpas served in WW2, one at the oldest age to be drafted, and the other the youngest).
My kid(s) will hopefully have long enough to remember their grands, but I doubt all 4 will still be around for graduation. The downsides of sprogging late.
Jesse - Jan 23, 2023 3:53:04 pm PST #20138 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Glad your surgery went well, Susan.
My mother was sick over Christmas, so I sat down at the head of the table, and almost freaked out. I'm not ready to be the matriarch!! But it's coming.
shrift - Jan 23, 2023 3:59:28 pm PST #20139 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Belated happy birthday, Windsparrow!
Constantly tweaking the cocktail as we see what the body tolerates.
Fingers crossed that it doesn't take too many tweaks to find the sweet spot. {{JZ}}
Some pictures from walking the dogs this morning.
They were great, Gud!
I'm recovering well from my surgery, as far as I can tell
Glad to hear it, Susan.
In other news, I'm still employed but let's just say that it's been a rough couple of days.
Sheryl - Jan 23, 2023 4:38:01 pm PST #20140 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
By the time I was a sophomore I didn't have any living grandparents. One died before I was born(I am named after him), one died when I was 11, one died when I was in high school and the last died the summer before my sophomore year.
sj - Jan 23, 2023 4:50:50 pm PST #20141 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I had four grandparents growing up, although Papa was technically mom’s stepdad and her biodad died young. My paternal grandfather died when ltc was a few months old. My paternal grandmother died when I was 8, but she had ALS since I was a toddler. She couldn’t speak or communicate in any way as long as I could remember. So, I never actually got to know her. My my maternal grandmother died when I was 16. She died in her 70s, but all her brothers lived until their 90s (one is still alive). She was the only one who smoked, and I’m still bitter about those 20 extra years I could have had with her. And of course Papa died just this last Spring.
Trudy Booth - Jan 23, 2023 4:52:57 pm PST #20142 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Had all my grandparents until I was 26 and then lost three that year. Now I’ve been without them as long as I had them - which is pretty hard to believe. They are definitely a big part of who I am.
sj - Jan 23, 2023 4:53:00 pm PST #20143 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
ION, I’m giving my phone the stink I willing it not to ring with another cancellation alert. It sounds like several houses in town are without electricity.
sj - Jan 23, 2023 5:46:59 pm PST #20144 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
No school again tomorrow because of downed power lines.
Steph L. - Jan 23, 2023 6:00:11 pm PST #20145 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I'm not ready to be the matriarch!!
After my oldest aunt died in October 2019, we had Thanksgiving with that side of the family. I have 3 cousins: 1 guy and 2 women. So halfway through Thanksgiving dinner, my 2 female cousins are tipsy and start bantering/arguing about who's the matriarch now that their mom died. Only the thing is, they all used to own horses for decades, so the argument my cousins were having was about who would be the "boss mare." I laughed my ass off at them. (I also don't know if they ever decided who was the boss mare.)