My husband is home

[MOmomof8]

Ok, he was only gone 2 days & a night but I don't like not going places with him.  He drove an empty bus home bc  the kids came back with their parents & the coach came back with her husband.  So he was all alone in a big old school bus all day.  Well, almost all day.  He did meet with one of his former foster daughters.  She's married with 2 little girls now.  She calls my dh dad & has her daughters calling him grandpa.  I would have loved to meet her & her girls.  They are 3 & 5.  The 3 year old has the reddest hair I've seen in years.  Her name is Sarah but I can't remember the 5 year olds name right now.  It's a real pretty name, just hard for me to remember.  I wonder if she will let her girls call me grandma.  So counting them, we have 12 grandkids between us.  My dh & his late wife were foster parents for awhile & that's how they ended up with Vicki & Brandi. 

I'm about grandkid out right now.  I started watching grandkids at 6 am this morning & when those 2 left I gained another one.  I had her until after 10 pm.  So I'm tired.  Chris was fussy again this morning but JJ slept the whole time.  Rose took a 2 or 3 hour nap today so I got a nap in too.  She reminds me alot of Nathan, she talks almost nonstop.  She is learning some phrases that just crack me up.  She'll say got to wait, with her hands on her hips.  She will say please until you give in or put her in time out.  She can be really bossy.  I thought my dh was going to slap her today bc she looked at him with a mean face & said shut up grandpa.  He went in the bedroom & brought out his paddle to show her what she will get if she keeps being bossy.  He has a huge one that is cracked so it has black electrical tape holding in together.  He's told me he was going to use it on me if I don't behave.   But I do behave, just not good all the time.  He has never swatted me with it, although he has whipped my butt a few times....lol  Sorry if that was TMI.  I love to tell my sons that kind of stuff cause they can't stand it & close their eyes in hopes I will shut up.  But I don't always.  I have been known to follow them into another room just to make them squirm.  I know, I'm rotten but it's so funny to see them react like they do.  I never got to give my oldest the sex talk bc he refused to discuss sex with me, I did get all I had to say about it out but it was alittle here & there.  Then when I started dating my dh, my oldest son was the one that sit me down & gave me the sex talk which lasted about 2 or 3 hours.   Believe it or not, he did tell me some things that I didn't know but in my defense, they were things that wasn't thought of in my day.  I know, that makes me seem old but let's face it, I'm not young anymore.   I'm 52 so that makes me over a half century old.  I grew up in the 60's & 70's, had my kids in the late 70's & 80's.  So there is alot of stuff in this world now that we didn't have then & yes, some of it is even sexual.  Or maybe I was as wild as everyone including me, thought I was.   It's ok you can laugh, I don't mind at all.

My dh did go shopping while he was gone.  He got me my anniversary gift.  It's an angel whose wings are fiberoptic.  They change colors & it's runs on batteries.  It's really pretty & I'll keep it with my angel collection.  Now I really have to get busy & clean the glass, put the shelve in my careio cabinet so I can put all my collections in it.  I collect angels, tricket boxes, jewelry boxes, barbies, & some other stuff that I can't think of right now.  My dh collects m&m dispensors, swords, dragons, knifes, star wars, star terk, among other stuff that I can't think of right now.  I have this memory problem that has been a problem all of my life but it did get worse while I was married to my 2nd husband.  Our collections make it easier to pick a gift for each other sometimes.  I still have a problem at times bc I want to buy him all kinds of stuff.  Oh, another thing he collects is lighthouses which I am showcasing in our bathroom.  That is the theme in there & when we get our new bedroom done, if ever, it will showcase his dragons, swords & knifes.  I want to start collecting fairies to add in there also.  Once I'm finished with the house each room will have it's own theme.  It will be different then how most people decorate but I like different, always have.  That's why I don't like the word normal.  Nothing is normal in this world anymore but I have to admit that it does serve a purpose when discussing certain things. 

Tomorrow will be nice not having any grandkids.  Don't get me wrong, I love all my grandchildren dearly.  I just like to have a day alone with my dh atleast once a week, even if we don't do anything but watch movies all day & vegetate.   We don't even have to talk to enjoy being together.  I'll catch him every once in awhile just looking at me.  There are times that he just reaches over & rubs my arm or holds my hand.  No, I've never had a man do that before him.  I know, I've lead a sad life in some areas.  Maybe he will get up & fix breakfast for me in the morning.  When we first got married he did almost every weekend.  Lately, he doesn't do it very often.  We were watching something the other night & they were talking about cowboy eggs.  He makes them but he hasn't in a long time.  Maybe he'll remember & make them tomorrow.  He has even bought special shape loops to cook eggs in just to make them more interesting.  He uses them for pancakes too.  That's one thing that I can't make, I don't know why I have a problem making pancakes but I do & always have.   My dh makes banana pancakes which I love.  He's a really good cook.  He would love to go to chef school & cook like Emril or whoever.  I can't wait to start on our downstairs kitchen cause he plans to have all those great pots & pans & stuff.  We both love kitchen gadgets so we have 2 of everything. 

My dh, Brandi & I were talking the other day about the house.  I think I will make a sewing room in the smaller bedroom upstairs.  I'm thinking about redoing the closet so I can sit my sewing cabinet & everything in it so I can also use the room as  play room for the grandkids.  We have a set of wooden kitchen applicances to refinish so I'll put those in there with a table & chairs.  Then have containers of other toys along one wall.  That way the room serves 2 purposes.  Now I have to get the kids to move their stuff out & find a place for all my shoes & clothes that are in that closet now.  It would be very easy for me to be like my mom with all the closets in the house filled with my clothes & shoes.  The difference is that I wear my clothes for years & only buy when I really need clothes.  Like when we went to KC & left my suitcase at home.  I got 4 new outfits & even jewelry then.  My dh & mom thought I planned it but I really didn't.  It worked out good for me though.  My dh never forgets my suitcase anymore. 

I swear animals are like kids.  My cat, Skeeter, started to sharpen his claws on my laundry divider.  I yelled no to him so Gizmo, our dog, thought he needed to go get Skeeter.  Skeeter saw him coming so he just dropped & rolled on his back.  Gizmo started to bite him on his tummy.  Why does the oldest always think you need them to help correct the younger one.  My boys were like that also.  Travis did it to Nathan & Nick.  Then Nathan did it to Nick.  Poor Nick didn't have anyone until my sister had kids.  I've noticed her kids do the same thing.  There is always a pecking order I guess.  I was an only child until I was 19 so having my sister around was like having another child.  She got punished for doing wrong just like my boys did.  She would threaten to tell her mom when I whipped her for something.  I told her to go ahead bc then she would not be allowed to stay with me anymore.  She asked me once when I was fixing dinner if we ate like that every night.  Her parents didn't do that unless someone was coming over.  I would fix a meat with 3 or 4 vegetables & rolls.  I usually had something for dessert, too.  It was easier back then to do all that even when I was working a 40 hour week job.  So I guess I never experienced the pecking order myself.  I don't think I really missed much.

This has been another peek into my world.  Maybe it makes your world seem not so bad or even, dare I use that word, normal.  Maybe I'm not as different as I've always thought I was.  Or maybe I'm becoming less different the older I get.  Who knows?  Who even cares?  Live is just what you make it & I want to make my happy & fun.

[MSugarKane]

Nov. 8, 2009 at 7:22 AM

I could use a nice long, full day of being a couch potato without grands around too!  They are so cute, so loveable, but so much work. Even if your just sitting mine have to talk and talk and talk to me LOL