Being Grandparents Must Be Awesome

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You know it must be pretty awesome to be grandparents. I know my parents love it and other grandparents I have talked to say how great it is and some grandparents to be said they couldn't or can't wait to be grandparents.

Of course one of the main things I hear is, because they can spoil their grand kids rotten and then send them back to mom and dad. lol

I know with my son Logan a lot of the time it is all about Nana and Papa. His world revolves around them and theirs around him. I couldn't ask for better grandparents for my son or parents for me.

I myself am glad I am not a grandparent and I am just a mom, I am 36 with a 29 month old. Okay Okay, I will be 37 here soon. I guess now a days I could or almost could be a grandparent, had I started having children younger. :)
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I Miss My Best Friend In Florida

I miss my best friend, it was really hard leaving her when we moved back to Minnesota. We stay in contact via phone & e-mail, but it is not the same at all.

You know it is not often in life you meet a friend that you click with so well & can call your best friend. The funny thing is we can be such opposites at times. Maybe that's why our friendship works so well, because we off set each other a little bit.
I never had such a blast with any friend in my life, people would say we were crazy or having way to much fun, in a good way.

We worked together for about 2 years at The Ledger newspaper in Florida. I actually looked forward to going to work just because of my best friend. We would make people laugh that normally wouldn't even smile. We made each other laugh or just laughed at each. Don't get me wrong we were both very hard workers & did a great job at our place of work.

We have seen each other through some hard & sad times & always managed to keep the other on track & finding the lighter side of things.

I guess the hardest most heartbreaking part is that even if we helped her with a plane ticket to come here, she could never really afford to take the time off work. She is a single mom of 4 children, you do the math. We will really never be able to see each other as much as we would like. Oh how I miss my best friend.
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Toddler Boys and Jumping Off High Things

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Okay, so my son who is a toddler likes to find the highest thing he can & jump off of it. I can not imagine toddler girls go through this. Do they?
It is insane to me & can not believe my eyes when he does this. Logan's recent thing has been now to land right on his knees, OH MY Gosh !

We have had to try to put a stop to this. Not only because it looks & sounds just awful, but now he is getting bruises all over his legs. also because Logan told me the other day "mommy my back is sick." Yep you guessed it he is now hurting his back & at his age I can not think this is good.

I say try to put a stop to this, because he will still try to sneak to do this. I can not imagine why, but he does. I told my husband we need to get him knee pads, I know they make them cause I have seen them. I use to think they were for peewee sports, but I think it is for parents who have toddler boys who jump off everything & make their back sick.
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Bicycle Good Samaritan's

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Good Samaritan Def: A compassionate person who unselfishly helps others.
There is a couple who live in Minnesota, that have dedicated their lives to helping others by giving away bicycles.

Their names are Benita & Michael Warns, they recycle bicycles & give to those that are less fortunate or are unable to buy bikes of their own.

Benita was quoted saying "It's a true calling, we run it as a ministry."
They feel that having a bike as a child, student or someone in need can bring joy & make them happy. Their mission is to give away bicycles.

Laurie: I remember my first bicycle as a child & I would have to say yes it did give me great joy, very good memories. I also remember a couple of times in my life when my car broke down & money was a little tight, it would have been nice to have a bike.
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Five Hour Fishing Woes (Humor)

Well we had a nice little mini vacation the weekend before Memorial Day, going about 4 hours up north and I ending up with a nice little souvenir.

So you have heard the term farmers tan, golfers tan, etc. well I guess you could call mine dumb ass tan.

Anyway we were up fishing in McGregor & the sun was out, but it was also very very windy which made it quite cool. I found this little cubby hole where I could fish & the wind was not hardly blowing there. Unlike the other little secluded place from the wind I found or so I thought and when I cast my line, YEP up into the tree it went. Of course it happened right when this boat of three fishermen came up. well I saved everything, but my leech, well everything but saving face I guess.

So anyway this nifty little place I found was perfect, I even caught a snake sized northern, after 5 hours of fishing, I might add. I had on a black sweat shirt, because when I had to head out to go get more bait (which was often) it was cold.

Well when we were done & out of the sun for about an hour I happened to look down at my hands, yep bright red. It looked like I had some kind of skin disease, at that point my mom said wow honey you are really sunburned. So I was burnt from just the upper wrists down & I decided to look in a mirror & to my horror my face was bright red burnt , but not all of it. My right side got more sun than the left, but only half of my forehead got anything. Well now it is dark and you can imagine what it looks like.

You know I do not consider myself a vane person, but I told my husband I am going to a tanning booth to try and blend.

More Personal Than Ever

Here is a little more about me, a little more personal.

I have lived in Michigan, California, Oregon, Montana, Florida and Minnesota.
I have seen a lot, done a lot and seen & met all kinds of people, I wouldn't trade it for the world.

I have had horses & have been a real life cowgirl pretty much, mom and I training & breaking horses. I have had every other kind of animal in between & gone to having not an animal at all.

I have gone from being down to literally Pennies with my parents and us selling firewood to be able to survive. At times I have made decent money & had decent jobs. I have worked as a housekeeper and at a zoo when I was younger, Waitress, Bartender, Production, Pruduction Line Leader, Accounts Payable for computer construction software company and at The Ledger Newspaper in Florida.

I have been fortunate enough to have a wonderful family, that has been loving, caring, thoughtful and supportive. I have found a woman that I am so greatful and pleased to call my best friend.

I have loved and lost & I have loved and gained.

I have survived two major tragedies in my family and one with my husbands family.
I am the oldest of three siblings, my world felt like it ended with the loss of my middle brother do to a horrible traffic accident.

I have seen the very bad in some people & the ultimate good in others.
I have had depressing times, bad times, sad times, very happy times, funny times and memorable times.
I have learned from most of my mistakes and have been made stronger for them.

I have a wonderful husband that no matter what life throws at us or how much we may disagree or argue we have still stood together and love each other.
I thought I would never have children, that something was very wrong with me. To getting pregnant and having a wonderful, beautiful now 29 month old little boy.

Well there it is in a nut shell, tried to some it up best I could so not to have 10 pages.
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The Nana Blues with Some Humor

Well mom has gone back to Florida now, after being up here for a while visiting. She has been gone now for several days. I think my son is going through withdrawals not having his Nana, I think I am too for that matter.

He will wake up every morning and ask the same question, "wheres Nana at ?" Sometimes he cries late at night or early morning a wakes himself up asking that same question too.

I know if I am not Johny on the spot and do something with him when he is getting bored or in trouble like the park or something like that, he asks where she is too. My mom loved to take Logan to the park or just go exploring.

The other day Logan came out carrying his diaper bag over one shoulder & heading for the front door. I asked him honey where are you going, he said " I am going to go " I asked going to go where? He said " I am going to Florida where Nana's at." True story at 29 months he just told me he was leaving to Florida. I explained to him that it was to far for him to walk, etc. I also told him that Nana, papa, and uncle will try to come up as soon as they can again.

Well that helped a little I guess.
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My Son What a Character (Humor)

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My two year old son Logan is such a character. The other day my mom took him to the park & he saw a woman there holding a newborn. He asked my mom, is she a nana too? Mom laughed & said no sweetie she is a mommy. Logan said to the woman " Hi Mommy "
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P.S. I Love You (Movie Review)

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We just watched this movie, I thought it was pretty good. I thought it would be a little more funny than it was though. Don't get me wrong it had it's funny moments for sure, but it was also a tear jerker.

Yes I found myself teary eyed more than a couple of times.
I loved Hilary Swank in this movie, I like the part Kathy Bates played as her mother, a little refreshing from seeing her in horror movies or playing the psycho path. Lisa Kudrow was her funny self and had some good parts using her wit, I thought, it just seemed so natural. Gina Gershon was a good best friend to have in the movie. I thought Gerard Butler was kinda hot in this movie.

I liked the end, it had me going though. Close to the end it had me thinking one way, something was going to happen and I was like no no not him and then it changed. Thank the lucky stars. lol ( do not want to give away to much of the end if you haven't not yet seen it.)

One of my favorite parts was the boat seen on the lake.

The only thing else I would say is the beginning was a little slow. It could have used a little more pick me up. I know they were showing you the characters and their relationship, but it could have used a bit more of something in the beginning. If you can make it through that part you will probably enjoy the movie, it does get better.
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