50 Years of Marriage

Yep, Opa and I just celebrated 50 years of marriage. We celebrated by buying a new car, getting a deck and visiting our children and my sisters. It was great to see everyone and the actual day, Jan. 9 was perfect as all the kids were there. That doesn't happen too often as they all live in different cities so it was special that they made the effort to all be together,

So those of you who haven't reached this magic mark might want to know what it's like. Well first off you don't really feel any different. We are lucky in that we are both in pretty good health so we're not caught up in how our bodies feel. (How they look is another story) So it's our minds and believe me we don't think we're old. There are tons of things we want to do that we haven't done and lots we want to repeat. We are doing another European summer as we love it there so once again we are off to bum around all our favorite spots with a couple of new ones thrown in. We are meeting long time friends for 10 days but most of the time we are on our own.
How romantic.

Well I just wanted to share this momentous moment with you. It is really pretty amazing, isn't it?

A book or a Nook

So will the Nook take over the book, that is the question. Seems like this has to be the answer. All the experts say so. It's going to replace those heavy backpacks filled with textbooks that the Nook or Kindle or those I don't recall the name of will make obsolete. Just imagine hundreds, maybe thousands of books on one little hand held device that you read or even reads to you; allows you to make notes, to underline, to highlight. Think of taking a summer long European trip with only l Nook that has all your books on it that you are dying to read. Everything points to buying a Nook SO why will I still lug a whole extra suitcase filled with those books I can't wait to get to? My family is willing to buy it for me so what's stopping me? I can't do it, I can't, I can't. It just has to be a REAL book!

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

We are the Childcare provider for the World Champion New York Yankees! That's pretty heady stuff. Now I know this makes some people not happy. The Yankess have some haters out there, primarily Boston Red Sox fans and nothing will ever change their minds so why even try. I kind of like being the top of the heap. It was great TV but I think I envy those lucky Nannies taking care of the players kids at the stadium. Maybe my daughter will hire me next year?

New York, New York

Well everybody at Nanny Poppinz is happy. The New York Yankees are in the World Series. You know, I hope, that Nanny Poppinz does the childcare at the new stadium for the players' children. We know how to keep those kids happy!

My husband has always been a Yankee fan. I just became one after watching the playoffs. Susan, Nanny Poppinz's VP also just became one, probably because they got the contract [you think].

Why are sports so much fun? I think part of it is because its live TV. You nor no one else knows what's going to happen next and you have hope almost to the end that your team will win. I did feel sorry for the Angels. How could you not. You play all year for this and it all comes down to this one game. They looked so sad.

Okay so now it's on to Wednesday night and the start of the series. Will we be happy or are we going to look like the Angels did at the end? Only time will tell.

Texting

What do you think of texting? I think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. You can ask a question and get a quick answer without all the polite preludes you have to go through on the phone if you are actually talking to someone. Texting saves time. I find that people respond quicker to texts than they do to phone calls. I even used it once when I was in the kitchen and my grandson was in the family room. What did I text? "Take out the garbage!" [knowing he ALWAYS looks at his texts] Try it with your own kids. It works!

To Score or Not to Score

I intended to blog on this topic and was blown away when I happened on to THE VIEW this morning and they talked about it. It's this. Why do so many sports for kids not keep score? Is life like that? Aren't we suppossed to be preparing them for life? I know, I know it's all about self esteem. I have heard the reasons for it but it doesn't make sense to me! There are no winners and losers in these games which is not how it will be when they grow up. So why is this the prevailing view today? Why all this coddling of the children? I remember dodgeball and Red Rover, Red rover let Mary Ann come over, just street games that sure had winners and losers. I don't know but I think my generation turned out alright.

The Start of School

Well school has started everywhere. What are you feeling besides relief? Does it make you think back to your Septembers in your youth? Do you wonder how you'll fill your days now that you don't have the kids there every moment? Now be honest, aren't you a little glad to have some time to yourself, maybe even rediscover naps? Lunches out with friends, maybe even join a book club? Or are you a helper type at school? We're all so different but I do know that everything does change once it's September. Even the leaves know its a changing time. If you're lucky to live where you get color you know what I mean.

I always think its good when something outside of us MAKES us change like the fact it's no longer summer but fall with school, football, beautiful trees and the slight chill in the air for some of us. Actually I don't know what happens in a place like Florida. Do you realize its September? I'd like to hear from a Floridian on this.

Also what's the difference for a parent when they are sending them off to college versus elementary school? I think it does make you think and you are very conscious of time passing and also you worry just as much as when they were little.