Nothing major has really happened for awhile now, but I thought perhaps a little family update might be helpful for some. I know it's not Christmas :-). So either consider this very early or considerably tardy :-D.
Grandpa: Retired from Wal-Mart in spring of 2008. He enjoys not having to keep track of time :-) and is often heard to say that those in retirement don't need a watch or calendar :-) - though he still wears a watch, perhaps from old habit. He finds great enjoyment in tending the vegetable garden.
Grandma: Earlier this year she was down to 72 pounds and is now gratefully up to 80! She was blessed by several cards & drawings for her birthday back in February. She enjoys watching game shows. However if you should ever come by for a visit, she would love to talk to you. You might have to hear the same story 4 or 5 times in the same setting, but that's all right she will appreciate the attention. If you ask her, she might even bring out her harmonica!
Mom: Is unfortunately losing her vision. She is in the process of cross training her service dog, Shelley, for vision assistance. She enjoys listening to audio books and radio dramas. She is also ever learning new things on her Mac at the weekly classes she takes.
Jeremiah: Is currently looking for a job. His car, unfortunately is on it's last legs. He enjoys playing computer games, reading, and target practice.
Crystal: Is forever trying to find time to accomplish everything at once - house chores, assisting Grandpa with the garden, taking Mom to the places she needs to go, cooking, decluttering, sewing, hobbies, etc..... She enjoys many hobbies and is ever trying to figure out how to squeeze everything she wants to do into one day :-) If only there were more hours in a day...... :-D
Shelley: Mom's service dog who just turned 4 at the beginning of April. She enjoys laying on the deck swing, playing with her toys, but best of all being petted & cuddled!
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Great to have an update on your family! Glad to hear you all are doing well...Thanks for posting :)
ReplyDeleteYou inspire me to maintain our own family blog; I have one but I don't always remember to post.
ReplyDeleteI really like the chick-tract at the beginning.
I have never understood your assumption of treating Shelley as one of your siblings; that being said, you've done a wonderful job of finding her voice and maintaining perspective.
I'm in the middle of proofreading a book, written by an aunt I only learned I had in the last few years, about a whole side of my family of which I was completely unaware. It details what life was like for her at a time and place that I would be hard pressed to find any documentation, let alone a literal, tangible perspective; I hereby encourage you to interview your grandparents, asking them what life was like, writing down the details, and cleaning it up for publication. Use lulu.com or something. It doesn't matter if it's released into the "wild" but it would be nice to capture all the real (if not nice or best) parts from your past, yes?
As for the quality of the blog - as you're using blogger, you can't do terribly, terribly bad, but it's not stellar either. Overall: pretty good!
Keep up the posting and take care!
That's a good update; maybe spring would really be a good time to send out family updates - there's always such a rush with other things in the Christmas and New Year's season, and people might not pay much attention to it if they're getting a hundred other updates at the same time. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the thorough update. We certainly understand the dilemma with time. In sorting out our priorities we have found that we always have time to do what we do first! God bless you and your family as you redeem the time.
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