Saturday is Coming

This is a post made one shy week of one year ago. I lost my original domain and was able to rescue a few other posts. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Posted by Sherry D at 4:52 PM 0 comments
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Saturday is Coming
Do you remember the excitement when you were a school child and you look forward to Saturdays? Perhaps you were excited to sleep in? Most of my childhood friends were excited for Saturday as it meant they could watch cartoons all morning long. This mind numbing event made their parents most happy as they could throw a box of dried cereal on the counter and let the kids run rampant through the house, while they themselves slept in.

Now that I am officially "older" I look forward to Saturdays for a many reason, none of which involve cartoons, at this point. I can sleep in. I may also drink coffee leisurely while I surf the internet. It doesn't matter if I am not wearing makeup or my hair is sticking up in very odd angles. No one will see me.

The most important reason I look forward to Saturdays these past few months is that I can get spend a few hours with Mason. My daughter and her husband know how important we believe it is to bond with our new grandson. They so very nicely open up their home sometime during the weekends.

Now, I am sure there may be times when they would rather just be along and not have company. After all, when you work all week, you don't really want to entertain anyone. Sometimes you just want to be alone. However, they often look at this as an opportunity to get out of the house and spend a few quality hours together, without a baby on their hip. This coming Saturday is one of those times they want to go out. So, off we will go to spend an entire afternoon and evening spoiling our grand baby, as they have "date" night.

They need to go out and we want them to also. Perhaps they would go out more often if we bought them dinner? Purchased their movie tickets? Hmm. There is a good thought.
Posted by Sherry D at 4:23 PM 0 comments

Live and Learn

This week has not been fun. My thiswholegrandmathing.com domain name expired, even though my credit card originally "took" the charge, I had entered the wrong exp. date and with no notification from the cc company, a squatter took my domain. So, I was misguided to use godaddy.com. What a darn mess that is. That hosting site is not friendly at all. I just cannot figure it out whatsoever no matter how many message I have sent them. They say, click the edit button,..no edit button to be found. Not only am I out my money, but what the heck has happened to customer service. I do believe trying to use them to "get my money's worth: has not been worth the stress. So, money in, money out.

Now onto the bright side. I am going down, with Jana, to pick up Mason Saturday morning. I am so excited. I haven't seen the little squirt in two weeks. Right now only his mama will do. I hope this overnight goes well. However, Jana, a.k.a. Nna will be here. Jana must be like a magnet and Mason is the steel. They both light up like a new light bulb when they see each other. I remember very clearly that Mason preferred auntie Nana over me. Ouch. That was rather painful, I must admit.

Why? Well, I'm the grandma! The rule book says that "Grandma and Grandpa" are the fun ones, doesn't it? After all, the rule book says that we are to spoil and only cease when his parents are on the scene. Otherwise it is all systems go.

But Auntie Nana? She rocks. This I know. She doesn't get to see him often. Last time she was home and had anticipated a nice time with him, she was ill with pneumonia. I believe it has been about 8 weeks since she has actually seen him, if you don't count the webcam.

I cannot wait to see what trick Mason has up his sleeve. I love to watch him explore his world, from the many various angles he uses and invents. I will never forget Christmas 2009, when he climbed on a package, stood, looked back at us through his legs and began to tear the wrapping paper off! What a great Christmas.

Well, I had better get my grandma rest, as I am sure that the little guy has plans for me also!

Hurry Saturday morning. I need my baby fix.

Great, Just Great

Well, let's see if this works.