10 Great Recent Memories for a hot grandma. (Who keeps forgetting she’s not a grandma.)
Short term memory.
That’s about all I’m good for these days.
So I’m all pumped for Stasha’s Listicle this Monday, one suggested by our very own Ducky @Batcrap Crazy.
The prompt: 10 Amazing Memories From a Not So Distant Past.
10. My son’s birthday at Atlanta’s Legoland Discovery Center.
Taking four boys into the big city to a three-tiered mall — throw in about a billion Legos — and it was loads of fun.
I love this picture but makes me wonder how many people thought:
look at that hipster grandma taking her grandson and friends to Legoville.
9. Planting my fall garden.
I lost lots of sleep whether to do away with my large garden. Too much work with all that I’m juggling and no money to pay for help.
All by my bitty hot grandma self, I took down fence posts, re-sized the fence and now have a much more manageable treasure trove of growing collards, spinach, turnip greens, broccoli and assorted lettuces.
Yay for hot, green-thumbed grandmas, who aren’t really grandmas!
8. I got work. Yippee.
Yes, after a few quiet months on the freelancing front, I got a quite a few assignments. Of course, this always sends me into a bit of a panic to get it all done on deadline — but I’ve done it before — I’ll do it again.
Yay, for hipster grandmas — who aren’t really grandmas — who get the job done.
Churning out the work, in spite of sassy grandchildren . . . err, children.
7. I’ve got a hair appointment tomorrow!
Okay, this will be a recent memory after tomorrow but looking at these pictures makes me realize I’ve got to get the hair to a professional STAT.
6. Running the Tower of Terror 10-Miler with my BFF, dearest hubby.
Okay, at one point I thought he might have been having some sort of arrhythmia. It was terribly hot and humid. But running 10 miles in the middle of the night with my bestest bud was awesome. For me.
For him? Not so much.
5. Carving Pumpkins.
No matter how rushed we are — this is one of the highlights of my year.
4. Going to Chicago to see my Father-in-law receive lifetime achievement award.
All my cool in-laws on hubs side were there.
Such good family time.
Washed in candlelight and scrubbed clean children and laundry for 48 hours, I do not look as much like a hipster grandma.
But it might not be me — because of course — this woman’s eyes are closed.
3. Swimming.
I’ve really enjoyed getting in the pool lately. And my hipster-not-quite-a-grandma joints are most thankful I’m not trying to run every day.
2. Son’s birthday breakfast at Waffle House.
And in case you were wondering what faux white-hot grammies have a Waffle House for breakfast.
And the number one recent memory is:
1. Blogging —
“I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a woman again — as I always am when I write.”
Virginia Woolf
What great recent memories have you?
