'Grandee'--I LOVE it, but------

What a busy couple of days I've had! Brandon and Rachel [and children] are in St. George for Rachel's sisters wedding. I haven't seen a lot of the kids [understandable] but I did have the children for a few hours last night. I knew they'd be over [all three of them] and had really looked forward to it. Oh my gosh, what an eye-opener that was. 3 children wanting 3 different things at the SAME time. Serenity, as usual, was a absolute darling but the child does have to eat SOMETIME! Hannah [who was feeling a bit fussy] wasn't 'up' for not having my FULL attention. That got tricky. Brynna [thank the good lord] is a self entertainer. She also eats 'on the fly' so she was totally no trouble. If not for Breane things could have gotten really REALLY hairy. Dennis [won't tell you what I thought of HIS IDEA] thought It'd be fun to surprise me with a 'date night.' [and yes he DID know I was going to have the Children.] The joke was on him though. 15 minutes of my grandchildren and he was 'out the door.' Trust me, I was PERFECTLY ok with saying good-bye to THAT extra pressure. I'm certain little children weren't that tiring when I was raising mine? I do now, FIRMLY believe that parents need to be younger than my 'almost' 50 years. Today I ended up working a full shift, running to Target, racing home to wrap the wedding gift, running to the reception, coming home and doing the dishes and I'm not half as tired as I was by the time Brandon came for the children last night.

They looked so cute in their little dresses for the wedding. All three girls had black and white dresses with a touch of red. I sure hope Rachel gets a 'bunch' of pictures of them. I sure love those little cuties.

lessons mom taught---what a CROCK!

One day, I swear, I'm going to get even with Mom for all those lessons she taught me when I was young and impressionable. Like, 'when you borrow something return it in as good of shape, if not better, than when you borrow it.' What a Crock!!!! I borrow her car for one day. I go to the grocery store and run Breane back and forth to school. That cost me a car wash and a fill-up. What? Well, thanks to her LESSONS, I could not just take it, use it, and then throw it back at her. Or that lovely lesson of 'do your best to give others what they are paying you for.' Great mom, so I can't just 'clock in' and then hide from the boss all day.' 'Thanks for nothing.' Or my personal favorite, 'Be honest in your dealings with others.' I promise you that one covers a multitude of crimes. I can't even keep Diane's ten dollar bill I found in my driveway. Seems to me it should cost her something for dropping it. I sure hope I didn't burden my own children with such ridiculous lessons. I love you mom, even if your lessons are pretty useless!

AARP????--bad words, bad words--

I've never been so insulted in my life. How DARE they. In today's mail I received a notice from the AARP wanting me to subscribe to their magazine. What are they thinking? I am WAY to young for them. It said in the news letter that is was for people OVER 50 years old. I've got news for them, I am no where near that age. I won't be OVER 50 for another 15 months. 50 is NOT over 50. You can't be OVER 50 until you are 51. Someone should write them a nasty letter informing them of this fact. I think maybe I will. [the 'bitch' switch could come in handy now] This is all 'in fun' naturally. If there's one thing you can't get away from it's your birthdate. What does AARP stand for anyway? something, association of Retired people??? Boy, I only WISH I was retired. Oh wait, no I don't!!!! That would make the face in the mirror AT LEAST 100 years older!

I was talking to Bryon today. He's such a 'card.' Not only are Libby's hours 'down' at Coral Hills', his are 'down' at Smith's as well. He says, and I quote,' I was thinking of getting a second job but- I hate to work.' Now that's looking at our economy with a smile. I do love that boy!
Hugs to all!!

How fair is that?

I have a grateful heart tonight. This would be a good thing if the reason for my feelings wasn't sort of sad. I'm grateful because I'm not any of the people I know and care about. It's just everyone seems to be having so many problems. Just to give you a clue what I mean: Libby doesn't seem to be feeling so well, my girlfriend, that I love so, is having too many issues to mention, a co-worker is getting a divorce--- the list just goes on and on. I look at my own life and feel guilty because everything is going so well. It isn't that my heart doesn't break for my friends it's just that I'm so glad it's not me. Am I bad or what???

Cindy is so funny. I was telling her about my strange mental state today. It's weird, one minute I'll be fine, the next, a total grump, then I'll be fine again. She just laughed [we are the same age] and said, 'my dear, you have developed a 'bitch' switch. You'd better start wearing a sign to warn others.' Now I ask you, 'just how supportive is that?' In truth, she did make me laugh. I guess it is best to just take life as it comes at you----like a locomotive!

Big Brother--I've been waiting for you

Another day in the life of Wendy Doyle, It started by dressing to--paint. However, I couldn't start until Dennis came by for his coffee. [he took his own sweet time about it to] Why? He had a couple of spots that needed texture, and I prefer that he does that because he does a better job. I puttered about waiting for him. When the door bell finally rang what should flash into my mind, but Sally saying to Charlie Brown, 'big brother- I've been waiting for you.' [so he could write her letter to Santa.] So of course I answer the door with, 'Big brother, I've been waiting for you.' For someone who insists that I am CRAZY! he sure gets a confused look if I ACT crazy. 'Huh???' Never did get the joke! I can't believe how much better that wall looks with only one coat of primer. Gee Whiz, I'd have painted it years ago if I'd known it would look that much better. Ok, I probably wouldn't have, I do HATE to paint. Why? 'Cause I spend more time cleaning up after myself than painting. That might explain why the sitting room hasn't been painted in 15 years.

Breane wants me to hurry and put on the second coat so we can go to the health food store. Great, Breane wants food! Not!!!! She just wants more white tea!!! AND she wants me to pay for it, I will too! Why? She says It would be good for me to drink it. She says it'll lower my cholesterol but best off all, it'll make me look younger! Oh yeah, I GOTTA have that!!! Well, back for the second coat of primer!

I want the chair

For those of you that do not have the 'pleaser' personality this may not make sense. That's ok, you have it better anyway. To get to my point, I DO have a 'pleaser' personality. I do/say what I think others want from me. Trent [my neighbor] has fallen on some hard times. He has an old maroon leather armchair that he wants to sell. The chair does not match any of my other furnishings but---I like the chair. Dennis STRONGLY advised me against buying it. The chair is several years old and for the last few has been stored outside. It is the 'worse for wear' because of that. I went and looked at it again tonight. I can't help it--I like the chair and it isn't as if the price isn't a steal, because it is. I asked the girls at work what they thought because I'm having a hard time ignoring Dennis's advice [pleaser personality] they advised me to buy it. As they said, 'If I find I've made a mistake I'm only out 30 dollars.' What do y'all think?

50 years and I've learned---NOTHING!

As I sat glued to the t.v. today, watching the ceremonies for our new president, the thought occurred to me [wish it'd occurred earlier] that in my 'breath away from 50 years of living' I have learned NOTHING! Why, why would I not remember that??? I took the day off to watch the swearing in [yes, it does make me want to swear!] of President Obama. Why? Did I not recall, all the other times I have watched a special event. Network television has some idea [not sure from where?] that I just might want to listen to the friend, of the first cousin, of the uncle, of the head usher at the White House. WHY??? After two + hours of that garbage I exercised my right to turn off the television. I am somewhat optimistic about our new president, and certainly hope for the best. Time will tell. As for the state of the economy, I have a foolproof method of gauging how it is affecting me. My annuity. I got the statement in the mail today, over the past 12 months it has only made $535.19, so I will have that figure to use next year. Hope it does much, much better.

On a happier note, I found a new [and easy] way to clean house. Y'all are going to love this. I "borrowed" the air compresser that Dennis left in my garage . Fill the thing up, plug on the BLOW gun and whalah, instant clean. I may never use a dust mop again. Breane is choking and coughing from all the dust I raised but---at least I can say I TRIED to clean house today. Hugs!