I know that this year so far hasn't been pleasant reading. I'm sorry. But so it continues...
We lost another very much loved lady today. Jason's Aunt Mary (Grandma Reynolds sister) passed away this morning. My heart just goes out to the Reynolds family as this year has been so hard for them.
We'll miss you Aunt Mary!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
A really, really quick post today - I'm getting ready to leave work now, and figured I'd hurry up & post this before I leave.
Yes, I have news. No, its not good news. Yet again, I was in a car accident. Last Friday, on the way to drop Chris off at daycare before heading to work, some stupidass moron decided to ram into the back of my car as I was waiting to turn left at a light. Correct me if I'm wrong, but are you not supposed to wait until your window is defrosted and you can see before you drive anywhere?!?! Well, she didn't think so. And apparently it was my fault that she was then not going to be able to drop off her grandkids at school. Sucks to be her. It will suck even more when she gets charged :) So now my car is going to be towed, we'll probably end up fighting with the insurance company again and I'm sore and achy all over. Thank god Chris was ok.... those car seats are, quite literally, lifesavers.
So yeah.... 2009 has started off with a bang. Or should I say, crash?!
Yes, I have news. No, its not good news. Yet again, I was in a car accident. Last Friday, on the way to drop Chris off at daycare before heading to work, some stupidass moron decided to ram into the back of my car as I was waiting to turn left at a light. Correct me if I'm wrong, but are you not supposed to wait until your window is defrosted and you can see before you drive anywhere?!?! Well, she didn't think so. And apparently it was my fault that she was then not going to be able to drop off her grandkids at school. Sucks to be her. It will suck even more when she gets charged :) So now my car is going to be towed, we'll probably end up fighting with the insurance company again and I'm sore and achy all over. Thank god Chris was ok.... those car seats are, quite literally, lifesavers.
So yeah.... 2009 has started off with a bang. Or should I say, crash?!
Thursday, January 08, 2009
So this is a hard post to write. Very hard. Last night we said goodbye to Jason's grandma, Grandma Reynolds. She passed away last night after a short fight with cancer. She was a lady to be reckoned with, absolutely wonderful. She will be sorely missed by so many, and never, ever forgotten.
Jason and his grandmother had a tradition - every year, without fail, they got together to make Christmas cookies. I remember the first year that I was included in this tradition. I admit, I was nervous as I felt that I was intruding in "their" tradition! But Grandma Reynolds quickly made me feel welcome, putting me in charge of making the Anna's Gunk. That wasn't a smart thing to do... for those of you who know me, my idea of baking is opening the Pillsbury dough and baking the little premade circles of dough, usually burning them :) But anyways, I did it. I made the Anna's Gunk according to the recipe with a little bit of help and was quite proud of myself. I finished icing it and then turned to show Jason & his grandma. I will never forget the look on her face! I thought that I had prepared everything just right... and I guess I did, but they had just never made with bright pink icing before!!! Once the shock wore off, they were ok that it was pink and we all ate it anyways. I made a mental note - no bright colours on the cookies or squares!
The next year I was terrified. I came up with excuses not to go but neither one of them would hear of it. So off we went. I remember going into her apartment and everything was laid out on her table - the flour, butter, measuring cups.... along with all sorts of bright food colouring and different flavours for the icing! She looked at me and smiled, and I just knew that everything was going to be ok! After that year, the icing was all sorts of colours, mainly pink because it just looked so pretty :) It was nice that she thought about that for me, and made me feel so welcome.
So much to say, but I'm not at my own computer right now. Its hard to hold back the tears while people are looking at me, but that's ok. I just wanted to be able to say goodbye Grandma Reynolds and that we all love you. I know that you will be watching over us, our own angel.
P.S. Thanks for the Christmas cookies - we're going to keep the tradition going.
Jason and his grandmother had a tradition - every year, without fail, they got together to make Christmas cookies. I remember the first year that I was included in this tradition. I admit, I was nervous as I felt that I was intruding in "their" tradition! But Grandma Reynolds quickly made me feel welcome, putting me in charge of making the Anna's Gunk. That wasn't a smart thing to do... for those of you who know me, my idea of baking is opening the Pillsbury dough and baking the little premade circles of dough, usually burning them :) But anyways, I did it. I made the Anna's Gunk according to the recipe with a little bit of help and was quite proud of myself. I finished icing it and then turned to show Jason & his grandma. I will never forget the look on her face! I thought that I had prepared everything just right... and I guess I did, but they had just never made with bright pink icing before!!! Once the shock wore off, they were ok that it was pink and we all ate it anyways. I made a mental note - no bright colours on the cookies or squares!
The next year I was terrified. I came up with excuses not to go but neither one of them would hear of it. So off we went. I remember going into her apartment and everything was laid out on her table - the flour, butter, measuring cups.... along with all sorts of bright food colouring and different flavours for the icing! She looked at me and smiled, and I just knew that everything was going to be ok! After that year, the icing was all sorts of colours, mainly pink because it just looked so pretty :) It was nice that she thought about that for me, and made me feel so welcome.
So much to say, but I'm not at my own computer right now. Its hard to hold back the tears while people are looking at me, but that's ok. I just wanted to be able to say goodbye Grandma Reynolds and that we all love you. I know that you will be watching over us, our own angel.
P.S. Thanks for the Christmas cookies - we're going to keep the tradition going.
Friday, January 02, 2009
Happy new year! Just a really quick post to say that yes, we are still here, but our computer isn't! It got sick, virused, so it has to be fixed before we can really use it again. But I've missed Joey's birthday post (happy birthday, December 20th!), Christmas and new year. It has been a wonderful, but busy, few weeks and I'm looking forward to doing absolutely nothing this weekend!!!
Just wanted to keep everyone informed - still email or comment as I can access it with the iphone, just can't post here with it.
Just wanted to keep everyone informed - still email or comment as I can access it with the iphone, just can't post here with it.
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